The Autumn Queen?      

Ren and Elena were shocked stunned. The once regal and powerful Queen was slumped lifeless on her throne, and in her place sat a woman Fey with red hair cascading down her back like molten lava.

She had an aura of power and danger around her that made Ren and Elena uneasy. Her piercing green eyes seemed to look right through them, sizing them up with a calculating gaze.

Without a word, she stood up from the throne and walked towards them. Her every step echoed through the room, and it was as if the air had become charged with an invisible energy.

Elena stood frozen and uttered in a low voice, "Lady Russet . . ."

"You know her?"

"She's Queen Aurora's sister and currently the ruler of Autumn Palace."

"Half-sister," Russet corrected. "You must be the adventurer who was sent to investigate my half-sister's missing body."

Ren was baffled as to how she had known that, or was it part of the quest?