History Webcomic / TheQueenAndTheWoodborn

''The Queen and the Woodborn'' is a lesbian romance webcomic by Creator/StjepanSejic, drawing from [[Myth/SlavicMythology Serbian folklore]], and is [[https://www.webtoons.com/en/challenge/the-queen-and-the-woodborn/list?title_no=502306 published on WebToons]].

* MovingBuildings: Baba Yaga and Baba Roga live in a cottage built on the back of a giant chicken, which is capable of moving around.

* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Danica's husband is usually just referred to as "the king" or "your father" (when speaking with their son). She calls him "Peter" during her FreakOut after experiencing {{hallucinations}} of their son calling her, but it's pretty easy to miss.

** The one-eyed witch Baba Roga more than happy to eat any humans she comes across, and promptly tries to swallow Danica whole when she finds her.

* YourDaysAreNumbered: Smorodina is unwilling to relinquish a soul, even in return for Morana's domain of ice, but he grants an extension on Danica's life for seven years.

** When Morana taps into her aspect as a death goddess, her skin turns pale grey, her hair turns white, her head-wings become skeletal bat-wings with patagium made of blue flames, and she switches to a waistcloth an chest cover armored by [[SkeletonsInTheCoatCloset lots and lots of bones]].

* MamaBear: Hallucinating that the Nightmare Mora is her son Andrew, Danica bashes Morana upside the head with a rock when Morana manhandles the entity to save her.

** When Morana taps into her aspect as a death goddess, her skin turns pale grey, her hair turns white, her head-wings become skeletal bat-wings with patagium made of blue flames, and she gains an outfit armored by [[SkeletonsInTheCoatCloset lots and lots of bones]].

** Baba Yaga's left eye has a black sclera and yellow iris, one of the few outward clues that she's an anthropophagic [[WitchSpecies hag]] rather than a reclusive old women. Ironically, she's more rational than her hot-tempered sister, Baba Roga, who abuses her status as Morana's honorary aunt to meddle in her business.

* WitchSpecies: Baba Roga and her sister Baba Yaga are witches, but they are decidedly not human. Baba Roga has a single horn jutting out of her forehead and a single eye -- to say nothing of her ability to transform her mouth into a massive fanged maw. Baba Yaga is more human-looking, but has a large beak-shaped nose and one eye with [[BlackEyesOfCrazy a black sclera and yellow iris]].

* ThresholdGuardians: The Woodborn's duty is to punish mortals who stray beyond the stone statues marking the boundary between the Shimmerwood and the lands of mortals.
-->'''Morana:''' Stonecrossed is Woodborn owed.

* ToServeMan:
** Mora, the Nightmare whose essence Danica is cursed with, tries to eat Danica when she's drawn to its lair, only to be stopped by the Woodborn.
** The one-eyed witch Baba Roga more than happy to eat any humans she comes across, and promptly tries to swallow Danica whole when she finds her.

* BerserkButton: Baba Roga ''hates'' when people state or even imply that Crnobog isn't Morana's one true love, and even her sister Baba Yaga isn't immune to her rage. Just the thought of Morana sharing her bed with Danica is enough to infuriate her.

** When Morana yells at Danica for tricking hr in "The Grand Bargain of the Gods", her sclerae turn black to accentuate her menacing death goddess appearance, highlighting just how powerful and dangerous she is when angry.

* LivingOnBorrowedTime: Danica succumbs to a hereditary terminal illness immediately after swearing to serve Morana until her final breath. Annoyed by this, Morana barges into the Underworld and trades her aspect as a goddess of ice to the death-god Smorodina in exchange for Danica serving her for seven years -- after which she'll die again.

Queen Danica was married to the king of a small kingdom on the border of the Shimmerwood, an enchanted forest inhabited by gods, demons, and assorted spirits. Adoring her son Andrew, Danica raised him for twelve years despite opposition from her husband's advisors, especially Cyril -- an antagonistic acolyte of the god Stribor. Tricked by Cyril into crossing into the Shimmerwood, Danica encounters the Woodborn -- a goddess tasked with guarding the boundaries of the Shimmerwood from intruders. Thus begins a fairytale romance between a Queen and a Goddess.

* AltarDiplomacy: In the second chapter, Danica narrates that her marriage was politically motivated and opposed by her husband's advisors -- especially Cyril, who resented that she was a foreigner. However, she notes that she came to love her husband for his kindness and willingness to suffer through the same fertility rituals as her.

** The Woodborn is a woman with wings on her head and pointed ears, seen by the people who live near the Shimmerwood as a fae being or witch that executes mortals who stray into the enchanted forest. In truth, she is the goddess Morana
** The Shimmerwood is home to spirits and beings from [[Myth/SlavicMythology Serbian folklore]] -- rusalka are shown chilling near a river, and the anthropophagic witches Baba Roga and her sister Literature/BabaYaga being acquaintances of Morana. These supernatural beings are bound by any oaths they make, which Danica exploits to trick Morana.

* FreakOut: Danica has one in front of the entire court at dinner when she believes she's hearing her son calling to her, but it turns out to be a result of drug-induced hallucinations.
* GodOfTheDead: Smorodina is the deity who presides over the Underworld, embodying the river of the afterlife. Morana's aspect as a death goddess enables her to barge into the underworld to reclaim Danica's soul, which angers Smorodina as Danica had already immersed herself in his waters.

* {{Hallucinations}}: Danica is drugged by the clergy, who don't like her, with a potion made from the essence of a Nightmare. This causes her to halluciate her son's voice, making it seem like she's experiencing a mental breakdown.

* MeetCute: Danica first meets the Woodborn while playing with her son near the Godsroad, glimpsing the Woodborn watching from just past the boundary. Morana ducks behind a tree and peeks out at her, then disappears.

** When Baba Roga catches Danica, she distends her mouth into a gaping maw with multiple rows of fangs and tries to swallow the former queen whole.

* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Danica's husband is usually just referred to as "the king" or "your father" (when speaking with their son). She calls him "Peter" during her FreakOut after experiencing {{hallucinations}} of their son calling her, but it's pretty easy to miss.

* SanitySlippage: Consuming the Nightmare Mora's essence causes Danica to have hallucinations of her son laughing and crying, which combined with her loneliness caused her mental health to deteriorate.

** The one-eyed witch Baba Roga is known to eat humans, and promptly tries to swallow Danica whole when she finds her.
* SuperMode: When Morana is particularly angry she unleashes her divinity, her arms and legs turning purple, her head-wings growing in size, her teeth turning into fangs, and the sigil of the gods appearing above her head.

** The Shimmerwood is home to spirits and beings from [[Myth/SlavicMythology Serbian folklore]] -- rusalka are shown chilling near a river, and the anthropophagic witch Baba Roga and her sister Literature/BabaYaga being an acquaintance of Morana.

* {{Hallucinations}}: Danica is drugged by the clergy, who don't like her, with a potion which causes these making her seem to experience a mental breakdown.

* ViolentlyProtectiveGirlfriend: Morana is viciously protective of Danica, threatening to rip apart Mora the Nightmare and [[AnArmAndALeg literally unhand]] Baba Roga when they try to eat her, and dragging Danica back up from the Underworld at great personal cost to herself. Baba Roga in particular is completely taken aback by Morana's behavior given that they're old friends... at least until she gets a good look at Danica's face, prompting her to indignantly retreat.

* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Danica's husband is usually just referred to as "the king" or "your father" (when speaking with their son). She calls him "Peter" during her FreakOut after experiencing hallucinations of their son calling her, but it's pretty easy to miss.

* NoNameGiven: Danica's husband is never given a name.

''The Queen and the Woodborn'' is a lesbian romance webcomic by Creator/StjepanSejic, drawing from [[Myth/SlavicMythology Serbian folklore]].