Wasp
- "What strange treason is this? Why can't I get inside your mind, worm?"
- — Queen Wasp to Cricket when she realizes can't mind control her in The Lost Continent.
Template:Charbox Queen Wasp is 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 (a lioness's head for lunch, and mamba slices in squid ink soup twelve days later). 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 unsuccessfully. 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, (either one specific dragon, a whole Hive, or every member of the tribe who isn't Cricket), and also has the ability to extend stingers from her claws.
Appearance
Queen Wasp has black and yellow stripes and large and completely black eyes that are surrounded by an oval of yellow scales[1]. Some propaganda posters show her with stingers extending from her claws.
Biography
Blue mentions 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 try to escape the Cicada Hive, Queen Wasp uses 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.
After that, when Blue, Cricket, and Sundew enter Wasp Hive to steal the Book of Clearsight, they discover that the place of honor that the Librarian, greatest position in HiveWing history, is being constantly mind-controlled by Queen Wasp. Sundew is able to take the mind control out of the Librarian momentarily, by bringing her to the ground and then using a bullet ant to bite her and give her so much pain that Queen Wasp's control goes away. However, while the Librarian helps them escape with the Book of Clearsight, she suddenly becomes mind-controlled again. Sundew fights the Librarian once more, although it doesn't do any good, since she severs the rope keeping Blue aloft and he tumbles down to his capture.
Personality
Queen Wasp is twisted and selfish, much like Princess Blister. 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.
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? Can anyone see him?"
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."
Gallery
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A typical HiveWing, by Joy Ang -
Reference by Platypus the SeaWing
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Colored by Star-Dragon
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Queen Wasp, with Queen Monarch and Queen Sequoia -
HiveWing Sigil by Platypus the SeaWing -
good queen by Spookapi
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Wasp1 by ChrispyCookie
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FR Version of a typical HiveWing arranged by Sab
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A real wasp
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Queen Wasp by Drizzlefur
References
- ↑ The Lost Continent, page 6
| HiveWings | |
|---|---|
| Queens | |
| Royalty |
Bloodworm • Cicada • Hornet • Mantis • Scarab • Tsetse • Vinegaroon • Yellowjacket |
| Other Dragons |
Aphid • Bombardier • Bumblebee • Cadelle • Carabid • Chafer • Cricket • Dragonfly • Earthworm • Earwig • Inchworm • Grasshopper • Hawker • Glowworm • Katydid • Librarian • Lubber • Malachite • Midge • Pinacate • Rootworm • Sandfly • Treehopper • Weevil |
| Kingdom |
Bloodworm Hive • Cicada Hive • Hornet Hive • Jewel Hive • Mantis Hive • Tsetse Hive • Vinegaroon Hive • Wasp Hive • Yellowjacket Hive |
| Society | |
