Her backstory, meanwhile, loosely evokes that of Princess Serenity: a princess of the Moon who met a tragic fate due to the machinations of an envious evil sorceress, and who is now being sought by the sorceress's enemies. Expy: She has the tough attitude of Sailor Moon's Rei Hino / Sailor Mars, and the mechanical know-how of Ami Mizuno / Sailor Mercury.Determinator: Definitely in the first book, and even more so in the second.Defrosting Ice Queen: Towards a few characters, most clearly Thorne.Though this is arguably played straight with her stepfather, Garan. Her mother, Queen Channary, was just as much an evil witch as Levana, if not more. Deceased Parents Are the Best: Averted.Erland while she's been held for execution. It's heavily implied to be a defense mechanism developed due to the crap she's been put through her entire life, something that is made most apparent when she snarks the hell out of Dr. At least, that's what she grew up believing. She was turned into one after being in a horrific hover accident she would have died without the implants, and would have been crippled without the artificial limbs. Cyborg: It's right there on the cover.Curtains Match the Window: She inverts this via having brown hair and eyes, which are both natural in Real Life.Composite Character: Takes the role of the Sea Witch in 'The Little Android', as she provides a new body to the main character.

Complete with a Wicked Stepmother and an Evil Stepsister. But Not Too Foreign: Cinder is part white.Broke Your Arm Punching Out Cthulhu: She gets injured rather badly while fighting Levana, but she makes a recovery from it.Brainy Brunette: Her brain interface gives her an uncanny ability to fix mechanical things.Big, Screwed-Up Family: A Wicked Stepmother, a Bitch Stepsister, Aunt Levana, not to mention her mother.Big 'NO!'!: Her reaction when Kai announces his engagement to Levana.Awesome Moment of Crowning: Her coronation that both Luna and Earth watched.Asian and Nerdy: Comes with the territory of being a Chinese mechanic.(For the record, her appearance was based on that of Japanese actress Mew Azama.) She's described as having 'tanned skin' and fits in fine in New Beijing (relatively speaking), but according to Word of God her appearance is vague enough that she could fit in just about anywhere. Action Girl: She's able to fight if necessary, be it with her finger that can shoot darts, her lunar gift, or by simply using her wits to get out of a tight situation.

Winter from lunar chronicles