Weeping Willow

An NPC encountered in KQ V.

The tall Weeping Willow encountered by King Graham and Cedric in Serenia. Willow is actually the Princess Alicia who was visiting Serenia with her fiance, Prince Herbert. By mistake the couple ventured near the Dark Forest, and were confronted by the evil witch. Herbert refused her advances, and the witch jealously turned Alicia's heart into gold and her into the Weeping Willow. The witch also banished Herbert to a distant land, but he eventually found his way back to Serenia, where Graham encountered him still searching for Alicia.

Willow's only solace was her mahogany harp, which played sweet music that moved her to weep tears into a pool around her base. Her song was:

How will I find this heart of mine, Taken from me for some time? Here I stand near my pool of tears. Here I'll stay throughout the years.

Moved by her loss and fate, Graham ventured into the Dark Forest to defeat the evil witch and recovered Willow's golden heart. Upon receiving it, she promptly transformed back into Princess Alicia and unceremoniously discarded her harp, which Graham took for himself.

At that moment, Herbert was reunited with Alicia and the two left Serenia to return home.