Queen Isabella

Queen Isabella is the cold-blooded and ruthless mother of King Edward III and one of the main villains in the live action television show "World Without End". She is portrayed by Aure Atika and is based off of a real-life English monarch of the same name.

History
Queen Isabella first appears in the series premiere, having recently attained victory over her husband Edward II, whose crown she promptly passes down to her son Edward III. Pursuing a romantic affair with Roger Mortimer, it is later learned that the two had Edward II murdered in his prison cell, and then attempted to cover it up. However they were unable to prevent one of Isabella's former knights, Sir Thomas frome escaping with a parchment that contains evidence of Isabella and Roger's scheme. Though they eventually reclaim the letter and then attempt it to conceal the truth, Edward III discovers it and with it as evidence places Roger under arrest. He then has him hanged on the spot, leaving Isabela devastated. She subsequently declares revenge on the city Sir Thomas has fled to, Kingsbridge, and over the next several years goes out of her way to inflict suffering upon the city, first by taxing them harshly. She also simultaneously tricks her son into going to war with France, a conflict he had intiially wished to avoid.

Personality and Traits
Queen Isabella is shown to be an extremely cold-blooded and stoic individual, who clearly knows (or thinks) that she is superior to almost everyone around her. She never shows any genuine care or concern to anyone except her lover, who she was truly saddened to see be killed. Though she made her son the new king of England, there is little if any evidence to suggest that Isabella has any true love for him, as she is not above manipulating him to achieve her own goals and the two's relationship is typically shown to be dispassionate and sometimes outright hateful. Following Roger's death she blames the entirety of Kingsbridge for his execution and vows to make them all suffer for their "affront", suggesting she is an incredibly vengeful individual who will go to any lengths to take what she feels is sufficient vengeance for perceived slights.