 Long ago , King Childeric I came to the forest to build a city while the Queen experimented with black magic to gain eternal life . A plague swept through the land , and she hid in her tower , while her husband and everyone below her perished . Her spell granted her immortal life , but not the youth and beauty to go along with it . Her youthful appearance now only exists in her mirror , the source of her life , as an illusion and nothing more . She needs to drink the blood of twelve young girls to regain her beauty ; ten have already been reported missing . The Queen is working an enchantment to regain her beauty with the aid of her werewolf huntsman and his magic axe , crow familiars , and various creatures in the forest . The Grimms , with the help of Cavaldi and Angelika ( Lena Headey ) , a knowing huntress from the village , intend to destroy the Mirror Queen . After another girl goes missing , Cavaldi takes the Grimms and Angelika back to Delatombe . Because they have failed , Cavaldi is ordered to kill both the Grimms ; but , after convincing Delatombe that the magic in the forest is actually caused by German rebels , he sends them back . While Cavaldi stays behind with Angelika in the village , the brothers attempt to get into the tower . Jake succeeds and discovers the Queen and the power of her mirror . Meanwhile , another girl , named Sasha , is captured despite Angelika and Cavaldi 's efforts to save her . 
