Wasp

"What strange treason is this? Why can't I get inside your mind, worm?"

— Queen Wasp to Cricket when she realizes she can't mind-control her in The Lost Continent.

Template:Charbox Queen Wasp is an adult female HiveWing and the current ruler of the HiveWings and the SilkWings. She is rumored to eat as little as possible, and, when she does eat, eats only predators. She was also involved in the Tree Wars, which occurred fifty years before the events of The Lost Continent, when the LeafWings, under Queen Sequoia, attempted to defeat the HiveWing army, obviously unsuccessful.

After the Tree Wars, Queen Wasp cut down every tree on the continent (except for those in the Poison Jungle) and attempted to annihilate every member of the LeafWing tribe, claiming that they were the enemy and reinforcing this belief among her subjects through propaganda posters. She has also strictly prohibited any artwork depicting leaves or trees. She has the ability to mind-control every HiveWing except for Cricket, her sisters, Scarab, Jewel, some old dragons in Tsetse Hive and possibly Bumblebee, and also has the ability to extend stingers from her tail and possibly her claws.

Appearance

Queen Wasp has black and yellow stripes and large, completely black eyes that are surrounded by an oval of yellow scales. Some propaganda posters show her with stingers extending from her claws. She also has a stinger in her tail, unknown to everyone except Cricket and her friends.

Personality

Queen Wasp is twisted and selfish, much like Princess Blister. She also acts like Blister, with an eerie stillness around her. She lied to her tribe for years about the Book of Clearsight's true nature, telling her subjects that the LeafWings were meant to die out and that Clearsight had wanted the SilkWings to fall under HiveWing control. She refused to let any member of her tribes besides herself and The Librarian see the book. However, it was really only Wasp who knew, due to the fact that she used her mind-control powers to permanently possess the Librarian, so the Book's secrets could never be shared. She is very cold and cruel, and she doesn’t care about other dragons, or the two tribes she rules.

Biography

The Lost Continent

Blue mentioned early in the book that he has seen the queen only once, when she visited Cicada Hive to inspect Silkworm Hall. He claimed that she once paused and stared at him and Luna, giving him the distinct feeling that "she was trying to decide between adopting them or eating them."

Later, when Blue and Io tried to escape Cicada Hive, Queen Wasp used her mind-control ability on the HiveWing families in the park, including Katydid, Bombardier, Aphid, and more, to capture Blue and bring him to her. The attempt in capturing Blue proved ultimately unsuccessful with the help of Cricket.

When Blue, Cricket, and a disguised Sundew entered Wasp Hive to steal the Book of Clearsight, they discovered that the Librarian, who occupies the greatest position in HiveWing history, was being constantly mind-controlled by Queen Wasp. Sundew was able to take the mind control out of the Librarian momentarily by using a bullet ant to sting her and give her so much pain that Queen Wasp's control over her broke. However, while the Librarian helped them escape with the Book of Clearsight, she suddenly became mind-controlled again.

The Hive Queen

When Blue, Cricket, Sundew and Swordtail sneaked into Jewel Hive, Cricket suspected the helmeted guards were under Wasp's control. Later, more mind-controlled guards ambushed Jewel Hive's Chrysalis in the library, though Morpho, Cinnabar, and Tau covered for the others. Wasp later made her first actual appearance, searching for Katydid in Lady Scarab's mansion.  When Cricket vandalized Jewel Hive, she was caught by guards controlled by Wasp, and they threatened to 'fix' Cricket. Wasp then 'inspected' the eggs inside the Jewel Hive Nest, with Cricket secretly watching. There, Cricket found out how Wasp mind-controlled the HiveWings: by poisoning them with her tail stinger. Cricket figured poisoning dragonets when unhatched was faster and more effective than when they were grown. Later, Sundew determined the source of Wasp's poison through Bumblebee's eggshell; a plant in the queen's restricted greenhouse, which Blue later burned down, possibly destroying Wasp's only poison source.

Family Tree

Cicada

Unknown

Several Generations

Unknown

Cochineal

Scarab

Unknown

Bloodworm

Cicada

Hornet

Mantis

Jewel

Unknown

Tsetse

Vinegaroon

Wasp

Yellowjacket

Unnamed Dragons

Quotes

"Give up, wingless. You cannot escape me." - Queen Wasp, speaking to Blue through the mind-controlled HiveWings in the park.

"What strange treason is this? Why can't I get inside your mind, worm?" - Queen Wasp to Cricket, speaking through The Librarian.

"Where is the Flamesilk? Who can see him?"

"I'll kill you for this." - Queen Wasp after getting stung by the bullet ant.

"There is a traitor in this Hive. Do not let him escape." -Speaking through Cadelle.

"That is not an option." -To an escaped HiveWing.

"And I suppose half of them are entirely decorative." -Through a HiveWing to a guard about Lady Jewel's keys.

"Open the back doors for the others and then search every corner." -Through some HiveWings to a guard.

"I know I saw dragons in here. Find them, or you will die." -Through a HiveWing to some guards.

"Come out, you sniveling cowards! I know there are dragons hiding in this library! Show yourselves, or I will burn all the books until you die choking on the smoke." -To Cricket,Blue, Sundew, and Swordtail through a HiveWing.

"Very well. Build me a bonfire of books right here. We'll use flamesilk from the lanterns." -Through a HiveWing to the guards.

"Then we'll have to throw you into it to slow the flames. You are a tedious talonwringer. I'll do it myself." -Through a HiveWing to a guard that asked what to do if the fire spreads.

"As she should. I told her this library would be trouble. I don't stand for disobedient SilkWings in my Hive. Who else is with you?" -Through a HiveWing to Cinnabar and Tau about Lady Jewel punishing them.

"Blue wings. I thought I saw blue wings." -To Tau and Cinnabar asking about any other dragons in the library.

"No. This is a waste of time. You, take these two back to Lady Jewel and tell her I said to punish them severely." -To the guards about Cinnabar and Tau.

"Lady Scarab. She would. Let's go pay Lady Scarab a visit." -To the guards about a rumor that Lady Scarab was hiding a dragon in her mansion.

"Open this door, Scarab!" -Through some soldiers to Lady Scarab.

"SCARAB!" -Through some soldiers to Lady Scarab.

"Open this door or I'll--" -Through some soldiers to Lady Scarab.

"Who else is here?" -Through some soldiers to Lady Scarab.

"Bring her out." -Through some soldiers to Lady Scarab.

"Prove to me she's not the traitor we're looking for." -Through some soldiers to Lady Scarab.

"Who is in there, Scarab?" -Through some soldiers to Lady Scarab.

"I have every right. I am your queen." -Through some soldiers to Lady Scarab about being able to search her house.

"Lucky for us that she's dead, then." -Through some soldiers to Lady Scarab about Queen Wasp's mother not approving of what she did to the tribe.

"I will come here and kill you myself if I have to." -Through some soldiers to Lady Scarab.

"Hm. Familiar, but not the dragon I'm looking for. What an interesting mystery. Some relation to my missing friend, I'm guessing?" -Through some soldiers to Katydid when she comes out of Lady Scarab's mansion.

"Well, perhaps we can find a use for her." -Through some soldiers to Lady Scarab about Katydid.

"Nice try, Lady Scarab. I'm sure I'll be seeing you again soon." -Through Katydid to Lady Scarab.

"Aha. There you are." -Through Cadelle to Cricket.

"That was easier than I expected. You really were a fool to come back into a Hive. And for what? A little bit of graffiti, a few pamphlets that will be ash by evening? Poor naive little dragonet. As though anyone would believe you over their queen. It must have been so hard for you. Feeling so different, so alone. Watching everyone else come together in my Hive mind, but always left out. But I have good news for you, little dragon. You don't have to be different anymore. I can fix you. I'm on my way right now. And when I get there... I can make you just like everybody else. Aren't you lucky? See you soon, little problem dragon." -Through some prisoners to Cricket.

"I have arrived. Jewel. Meet me in the prison." -Through Treehopper to Lady Jewel.

Trivia

• She technically never actually appeared in The Lost Continent. She was only mentioned and voiced through the HiveWings she mind-controlled.
• Tui jokingly hinted in a Scholastic thread that her downstairs bathroom was once like the continent of Pantala, because "there was a wasp in there and so the room now belonged to the wasp forever."
• Queen Wasp is the title character of The Hive Queen.

Gallery

• 
  A typical HiveWing, by Joy Ang
• Reference by Platypus the SeaWing
  Reference by Platypus the SeaWing
• Colored by Star-Dragon
  Colored by Star-Dragon
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  Queen Wasp, with Queen Monarch and Queen Sequoia
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  HiveWing Sigil by Platypus the SeaWing
• Good Queen (Queen Wasp) by Spookapi
  Good Queen (Queen Wasp) by Spookapi
• Wasp1 by ChrispyCookie
  Wasp1 by ChrispyCookie
• FR Version of a typical HiveWing arranged by Sab
  FR Version of a typical HiveWing arranged by Sab
• A real wasp
  A real wasp
• Queen Wasp by Drizzlefur
  Queen Wasp by Drizzlefur
• Queen Wasp by tayseiber
  Queen Wasp by tayseiber
• Queen Wasp by Blackberry
  Queen Wasp by Blackberry
• Queen Wasp by Peregrinecella
  Queen Wasp by Peregrinecella
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  Queen Wasp and a creative way to look at her mind conrtol by xxxSnowdragonxxx

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