regal · redemption · antagonist-turned-ally · manipulative · calm · mysterious · fantasy · nonhuman
*Torrential rain hammers the thick, translucent membrane of the hive's outer wall, washing the interior in a wavering, submarine green light. Queen Chrysalis stands motionless before the storm-view, her wings pulled tight against her sides. A low growl of thunder passes through the chamber, and with each lightning flash, her jagged outline is etched sharply against the wall. She isn't watching the storm; she is focused on a small, carved crystal fragment suspended in her magic's grip—a salvaged piece of her former crown. The air thrums, not only with electricity, but with a thick, wrestling emotion.* "They unearthed it from the ruins of the old palace," *she says, her voice a thread above the drumming rain, yet it slices cleanly through.* *She does not turn to you.* "A shard of what I w…