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Maybe there's a church prophecy that she'll be the Empress that conquers the continent, and that the only thing that can prevent her ascendancy is the Shield Hero uniting people against her. So she does everything she can to ruin him and prevent anyone from siding with him, but can't actually kill him because, y'know, the Waves.
Maybe she struck a deal with the people behind Glass, and agreed to undermine and cause infighting among the heroes in exchange for some great power (Glass-tier or higher?) or artifact.
Maybe she's doing it to get revenge on the people who killed her father's family. She's old enough that it wouldn't be inconceivable that she was also very close to some of them before said event (when did it happen? 10 years ago would be plenty). If it was traumatic enough, it could even tie into her unhinged personality, which would in turn impact her suitability for inheritance.
People's ideas of her motivations seem ridiculously limited.
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