Indian Fairy Tales · Character
The Cruel Ranee
The new queen whose jealousy turns a household into a hunting ground, forcing her stepchildren to flee for their lives.
supporting
Also known as the new Ranee, the Ranee, The Ranee, Ranee
First appearance: The Son of Seven Queens
As a supporting figure in Indian Fairy Tales, The Cruel Ranee is not background color—the story leans on what they do once the chapter opens.
The Prudhan's widow who marries the Raja and mistreats his daughters.
She enters the story as the king's second wife, a woman whose resentment of her stepchildren curdles quickly into open persecution. Her cruelty is not passive: she schemes, demands, and drives the young prince and princess out of the palace, setting the whole tale in motion. Without her malice there is no exile, no forest, no test of the children's cleverness and loyalty — she is the engine that turns a royal family into fugitives.
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See The Cruel Ranee in The Son of Seven Queens