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{{Infobox NPC
|name = Kuldra
|image = Kuldra (Umbral Sands Narrative Trailer).png
|release = 15 April 2025
|update = RuneScape: Dragonwilds is out!
|location = [[Dragonwilds:Scorned Wilderness]]
|race = Dragon
|gender = Female
|aka = High Queen, Dragon Queen, God Eater
}}
'''Queen Kuldra''', also known as the '''Dragon Queen''' and the '''God Eater''', is an ancient black [[Dragonwilds:Dragon (race)|dragon]] with five heads. She is the leader of the dragons ruling over the continent of [[Dragonwilds:Ashenfall]], and the current '''High Queen''' for some of the [[Dragonwilds:Garou (race)|garou]].{{CiteJournal|journal=Garou Highborn's Cloak|quote=Even after turning from the moon-goddess Lougrim, becoming servants of the High Queen Kuldra, the garou continue their ancient rituals.}} She is the boss of the [[Dragonwilds:Scorned Wilderness]] raid, and the final boss for the Kuldra saga.

==Deity Info==
{{Infobox Deity
|name = Kuldra
|alignment = N/A
|symbol = 
|ascension = None (Killed Lougrim and claimed her title as Goddess and Queen)
|godhood = Worshipped
|colours = N/A
|adjective =
}}

==History==
===Creation===
Kuldra was created by the [[Dragonwilds:Dragonkin (race)|dragonkin]] [[Dragonwilds:Lacrussa]] and [[Dragonwilds:Avisk]] with the assistance of the [[Dragonwilds:Gods|goddess]] [[Dragonwilds:Lougrim]]{{CiteVideo|author=RuneScape: Dragonwilds|title=Developer Deep-dive|url=3j9CcdWKTc8?|timestamp=28:22|date=20250415|site=Youtube|notes=|name=}}, using the goddess' blood for their experiments, as well as [[Dragonwilds:rune essence]]. She was the only survivor of the experiment, with other dying before her. Despite Lacrussa being against multiheaded dragons due to insanity kicking in for multiple minds, Kuldra was able to work as one mind unified. Her rage was also controlled, spread across her that allowed her to express other emotions as well, such as curiosity and wit. 

===Dragon Rebellion===
As she grew older, she witnessed her children and other dragons that came before her being enslaved and mistreated by their masters. Enraged by this, she would plot a [[Dragonwilds:Dragon Rebellion|rebellion]] against the dragonkin. At first, she was hesitant, but it was [[Dragonwilds:Velgar]] who convinced her and was the first to join her cause. When the rebellion started, Lacrussa was slain, along with [[Dragonwilds:Brakka]], from whom Kuldra stole powers for herself and shared them with Velgar, her most trusted ally,{{CiteJournal|journal=Velgar|quote=General Velgar was one of Kuldra's most trusted allies in the dragon rebellion. In the years that led to the betrayal of their Dragonkin masters, she would seek Velgar's advice on how to best handle the situation. His answer was always clear, brutality was the only language that their masters would understand.}} granting him his elemental mastery of earth.{{CiteJournal|journal=Fractured Cape|quote=Kuldra, the godeater, crushed him beneath her great claw and feasted on his anima-rich soul. Stealing Brakka’s power for herself. She gifted Velgar, her most trusted general, with the elemental mastery of the fallen Nodon architect.}} In a battle that fractured the continent itself{{CiteText|text=Leathery Parchment|quote=The battle was swift and bloody; their clashing energies created cracks in the very earth. The entire continent buckled beneath their fury, but only one of them could prevail.}}, Kuldra then attacked Lougrim, who was protecting the garou village. Weak and wounded, Kuldra descended on her without mercy and devouring her body and taking her title of High Queen of the Garou. Some accepted out of fear, but others rejected her rule and left to another region. Having freed her fellow dragons, she sent them out across the continent to wipe out other settlements, other than the garou and [[Dragonwilds:Goblin (race)|goblins]].

Sometime during these events, Kuldra caught wind of [[Dragonwilds:Imaru]]'s and [[Dragonwilds:Xikotal]]'s mercy towards the human settlements in [[Dragonwilds:Fellhollow]], and as a result, she decided to confront the duo herself. As Kuldra descended on the region, nobles within the region would, would arm themselves in [[Dragonwilds:steel equipment]]{{CiteJournal|journal=Steel Platelegs|quote=When Kuldra arrived it was as if the air had grown heavy, pressing down on everyone. A whole village fell silent as the Godeater turned her gaze upon them. As Imaru and Xikotal rose to face her, villagers instinctively ran to don their heirloom steel armour, hoping that they wouldn‘t have to use it, but knowing in their hearts that they would.}} to assist Xikotal and Imaru, in the hope of defending their new home and bring an end to the Dragon Queen. Despite the help and numbers, they failed to bring Kuldra down. With Kuldra's strength and power seemingly unmatched, she would pull Xikotal's heart from his chest and devour it.{{CiteJournal|journal=Ravanna's Third Journal|quote=I have a new customer, and she won’t fit through the door.
Odd to empathise with a dragon, but I do. We all saw what happened. I watched as the great multi-headed dragon queen pulled Xikotal’s heart from his chest and ate it in front of his mate.}} She would then leave Imaru to grieve, as punishment for disobeying her.{{CiteJournal|journal=Steel Platelegs|quote=After Xikotal’s death, Kuldra left the region, leaving Imaru to her grief.}}{{CiteJournal|journal=Battered Diary|quote=She does not end Imaru's pain, not yet. She leaves her with the agony of loss and the dissolution of her dreams for the future. A cruel punishment, for the simple crime of peace. She dared to shelter the lost and wandering humans, rather than to put us to the flames.}} However, Imaru would challenge Kuldra a second time, after being infused by a curse{{CiteJournal|journal=Ravanna's Third Journal|quote=the rage of a dragon, combined with the power of a grief-curse, such a thing could be the blade needed to slit Kuldra’s throat.}} placed by [[Dragonwilds:Ravanna]].{{CiteJournal|journal=Ravanna's Third Journal|quote=Curses, though, that I’m good with those.

Imaru’s rage makes her the perfect focus. The beating heart around the darkest magics. She can be a weapon against the Godeater,}}{{CiteJournal|journal=Ravanna's Fourth Journal|quote=thought I could offer her something almost as good. I offered her revenge. I created a curse within her, using her grief and rage as a focus, so that it might strengthen her against Kuldra.}} However, this was not enough to even stand a chance against Kuldra, who killed her quite easily.{{CiteJournal|journal=Ravanna's Fourth Journal|quote=So Imaru died. Fell to the ground in a crumbled heap}} Despite Imaru's action, Kuldra had left the humans of Fellhollow alone, their fate met by the resurrected corpse of Imaru some time later.

With Ashenfall settlement destroyed, minus some of the garou and [[Dragonwilds:goblins]], Kuldra now rules the continent with her dragons.

===Sixth Age===
During the 14th Year of the [[Dragonwilds:Sixth Age]], while ruling unchallenged, an expedition had made its way to Ashenfall; her generals had attacked the expedition in her name.

==Gallery==
<gallery mode="packed" heights="200" style="text-align:left">
File:Dragon concept art.png|Concept art depicting Kuldra
File:This Month In Ashenfall - October 2025 (1).jpg|Kuldra can be seen in the background at the top of the image.
File:Kuldra (Cinematic trailer appearance 1).png|One of Kuldra's appearances in the cinematic trailer for Fellhollow.
File:Kuldra and Imaru (Cinematic trailer appearance 1).png|Kuldra in the background.
File:Kuldra (Cinematic trailer appearance 2).png|Kuldra fighting against Imaru
File:Kuldra Concept Art (brighter).png|A brighter concept art depicting Kuldra
File:Kuldra (Narrative Trailer 2).png|Kuldra's appearance in Umbral Sands' Narrative Trailer.
File:0.12.1 and the Road to Release (2).png|Kuldra's Art in the '''0.12.1 and the Road to Release'''
</gallery>

== Trivia ==
* Her appearance from the concept art, banner image and the animated trailers shows some resemblance to {{wp|Tiamat (Dungeons & Dragons)|Tiamat}}, the goddess of greed and queen of evil dragons.
** Just like Tiamat, Kuldra is the Dragon Queen, has 5 heads of different types of dragons, and is worshipped.
** Her appearance in the Fellhollow cutscene intro showed her only having two legs. In ''{{RSL|RuneScape}} (RS3)'', {{RSL|Gorvek}} is another dragon known to also have only two legs.
*** However, her more recent appearance in the Umbral Sands cutscene shows she has all four legs.
* Within the lore of ''RuneScape,'' another dragon is known to exists with the title of Queen; the {{RSL|Queen Black Dragon}}, being the first dragon ever created, and is the ancestor to all dragons.
** Like the Queen Black Dragon, Kuldra also had children, who were experimented on or enslaved by the dragonkin.
* Kuldra is amongst the few known dragons with multiple heads in the ''RuneScape'' franchise, with the others being the {{RSL|King Black Dragon}} and {{RSL|Verak Lith}}.
** There previously was another {{RSL|Dragon (Learning the Ropes)|three-headed dragon}} in ''RuneScape'', but it was removed along with the tutorial it appeared in.
** {{RSL|Royal dragon|Royal dragons}} are three headed dragons from the {{RSL|Player-owned farm}}, which are a shiny breed of dragons.
* Just like the King Black Dragon and Verak Lith, Kuldra's central head is that of a black dragon.

==References==
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