B3C8/B4C8/B4C15 Cinder

"A Champion is a Prestige Class. With your upbringing, you might not know, but Prestige Classes are those born into a Class so rare that their birth is documented and recorded. They are considered special, and are often more powerful than similar Classes." Pyrrha's eyes roved upwards, to the words that hung damningly above her head. "I was born as a Champion. In recorded history, there have only been a dozen or so of those, and never more than one a generation. I believe there is only one other Champion who lives at this time." She smiled. "He's the personal bodyguard to the King of Vale."

My mouth fell open. The bodyguard to the King of Vale? That was far beyond what I could ever hope to aspire to, and likely what any of our Guild could. I'd never even seen the King, what with Ansel being only a small place and the King never leaving the city. That said, I could only assume it meant the other Champion was incredibly strong.

"I was offered that position in Mistral."

"W-What!?" I choked.

"Not immediately, but in time. I'm still young and inexperienced, but it was suggest that I shouldn't bother learning in an academy like Beacon or Haven. The Royal family were willing to pay for me to have private tutors and tuition, whatever I wanted, so long as I pledged my loyalty to their son."

"That's… that's insane…"

"There were even suggestions I could marry him if I wished."

–B3C8


Pyrrha did say Mistral loves its Prestige Classes. I wonder if that's why Cinder is so strong, and why Julianna trusts her.

–B4C8


"I am Cinder Fall, Royal Consort to his Highness the Crown Prince of Mistral."

[...]

"I am the princess, though only in name," she corrected. "I'm the Royal Consort to the Crown Prince. I wasn't born into the position. Just think of it as me being his fiancée. I might later become Queen, but that is something for the future."

[...]

I barely had the time to panic before she smiled and released me, moving on to shake hands with Pyrrha. "I should thank you," she said. "Were it not for your refusal our situations might be reversed. I only have this position because you turned down the opportunity to be his bodyguard."

–B4C15