Queen of Hearts
 
As a child, Cora, a miller's daughter, works in the mill all day, wearing nothing but rags. Despite this hardship, the experience teaches her that the only person she can rely on is herself.
At some point, Cora begins working in a tavern, where she fends off the flirtatious advances of patrons. After pushing away one man, she accidentally falls into Jonathan's lap. He, who has been coming to the pub for a week, offers her a seat since she has been working past the end of her shift. Jonathan compliments her for behaving with the grace of a lady, and Cora talks about doing so because of her wish to be better than what she is. He mentions having to depart soon, and drops a handkerchief, which is embroidered with the royal crest. Citing that he had hoped for her to know him as a normal man rather than a prince, Jonathan proposes to her with a straw ring and promises, in two weeks' time, to return with a gold ring. Prior to his leaving, they consummate the marriage. After two weeks, Cora doesn't hear from Jonathan and finds him, two months later, at the royal estate, where she learns he is not a prince, but a gardener. When Cora admits being pregnant, she asks him to provide her with money for herself and the child to get by, and if not, she will tell the actual prince what he did to her. Jonathan doesn't care, so she calls for help, but he knocks her away and flees. She is found by Prince Leopold and later shows him how to build a campfire. As they bond, he tells her about his engagement to a princess, Eva, but decides to marry Cora instead. Two days before the wedding, Jonathan threatens to reveal their past and her pregnancy unless she provides him with riches. Before she can fulfill the deal, Eva, having overheard the conversation, exposes the truth to Leopold. With her lie exposed, Cora is taken away by guards, and she later gives birth to a daughter. Clinging to her dream to being more than a miller's daughter, Cora abandons her child in the woods, where a passing cyclone whisks the baby to Oz.
One morning, Cora sees her drunken father collapsed outside their flour mill, although he is supposed to be making supply deliveries. Fed up, she hauls the flour bags to King Xavier's castle herself, where her presence catches the attention of a familiar face, Princess Eva, who trips her. Cora, carrying the bags, spills flour everywhere, and she is then blamed for ruining the princess's shoes. On King Xavier's command, a humiliated Cora kneels and apologizes to Eva. That night, she sneaks into a castle ball for the king's son, Prince Henry, who must find a bride. Briefly, Cora waltzes with Henry before King Xavier cuts in. Once they are alone, he warns her against trying to reach above her station. Insulted, Cora boasts of her ability to spin straw into gold and how she could have made his kingdom rich with gold had he not affronted her. As proof, the king asks her to spin straw into gold and gain Prince Henry's hand in marriage. If not, she will die for her failure. Trapped in the tower, Cora finds an unlikely ally in Rumplestiltskin, a wizard who wants her first-born child in exchange for assisting her. Intrigued, she requests, as part of their deal, that he teach her to spin straw into gold. Rumplestiltskin, recalling his own humiliation and desire for vengeance, instructs Cora into channeling anger into magic. As she envisions harming those who scorned her, the straw turns into gold. Later, in front of an audience, Cora demonstrates her talent and earns Henry's proposal. The day before her wedding, Cora realizes she wants to be with Rumplestiltskin more than having wealth and power. The couple plan to run away together, with Rumplestiltskin changing the deal so any child she has will be his, but before going, she asks to learn how to rip out King Xavier's heart. After he teaches her this, Cora speaks with the king, who makes her choose between her lover or her husband. When he asserts that "love is weakness", she recognizes that having a heart will keep her from gaining power. Cora, ripping out her own heart, later confesses to Rumplestiltskin that she had to in order to reach the top. Months after this, Cora gives birth to a daughter, Regina, and proclaims she will be queen one day.
Full Name: Cora Mills
Nickname/Alias: Queen of Hearts, Princess of Misthaven
Meaning: derived from the Ancient Greek Κόρη (Kórē), an epithet of the Greek goddess Persephone.
Title: Queen
Gender: Female
Orientation: Straight
Some years after, Cora seals her wand in a box with a blood magic, and when she enters into the study to lock it in a drawer, she finds a young Regina playing with her doll. Regina wants to play with her mother, but Cora declines, stating she has too much work. When Regina notes that she never has free time, Cora speaks of working in the mill as a child and learning to depend only on herself, and this ultimately bettered her life. Cora promises to see Regina at supper, and then, she leaves the room, forgetting to take the drawer key with her. After unsealing the box, Regina plays with the wand, knocking herself unconscious with a magic blast. Cora, with Henry, rush in to check on Regina. Since her magic is the cause of her daughter's pain, Cora deducts that only someone close to Regina who hasn't harmed her can heal her. Traveling to Oz, she tracks down her first-born, Zelena, whom she witnesses using strong magic. Zelena's adoptive father prepares to beat her as punishment for using magic, but Cora intervenes by freezing him in place. She praises Zelena for having the gift of magic, and she offers her a way to prove to her adoptive father that her magic is good. Once Zelena agrees, Cora brings her home to Regina. She begins pulling out a complex spell that Zelena must perform to save Regina, but instead, the red-haired girl channels her magic into Regina to cure her, explaining that she has always wanted to use her powers for good. Regina becomes fast friends with Zelena, and while the girls are playing in the study, Zelena unlocks the blood magic seal on the box. Cora, standing outside, overhears Regina suggest that she and Zelena could be related. Cora later admits the truth, that Regina and Zelena are sisters, when questioned by the girls. Regina wants to be a family with Zelena, but Cora snuffs out these hopes, chiding her daughter for not learning to depend on herself only. Cora believes that once people find out about Zelena, everything she's worked towards for Regina's sake will be undone. On her orders, guards take Zelena away. Regina vows to Zelena that they will always be sisters no matter what and that she will find her again, but Cora ensures this never happens, by having both girls take a potion to forget each other.
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