Ex-Queen Wasp/Relationships

Her Parents

 * Wasp: “My parents hated me. Do you understand? They wronged me. And... I will make it right.”
 * Traeliorn: “They loved you. They loved you so much that having to send you away nearly-killed them.”
 * Wasp: “The dead exist in the past, and I must tend to the future. And that future is the future belongs to my master, the Dragon Lord, and those who follow him."
 * —Wasp speaking Traeliorn, her mother's Xadian Envoy and Advisor, about how she believed her parents, Queen Cochineal and King Stagbeetle, viewed her

Despite the fact that Cochineal was her mother, Wasp loathed her mother's peaceful attitude towards the other tribe rulers and saw her as to weak to take what she wanted and had no qualms about turning against her mother and fighting against the United Forces, which her mother was a part of. She also had nothing against killing her mother to take the throne for herself and was suspected by many to have also been responsible for Stagbeetle's disappearance.

Cochineal and Stagbeetle, as the other hand, loved Wasp from the moment she was born, though, unlike their sons, who's youngest member, Malachite was his parents' favorite, they did not favour any of their daughters over the other. Wasp mentioned she would often play by her mother and father's throne and was promised by Cochineal that as long as she remained strong of heart she would always shine bright, implying her parents were encouraging and loving. Unfortunately, Wasp saw this as saying the strong deserved the power, which lead her down the path of darkness and as Wasp grew older, ambition began to fester in her heart as she obsessed over the destructive potential of her family's invention of fireworks, worrying her parents and causing them to consult their advisor, Keeper of the Crystal, who prophesied for Wasp a path to self-destruction should she continue she dark pursuits, and be defeated by a trio of warriors of yellow and black, blue and violet and green and gold, equipped with the strength of knowledge, silk of flames and the language of the tree. Wasp attempted to thwart this prophecy by massacring a families of married LeafWing, HiveWing and SilkWing Elves, and she returned, full of pride, expecting her parents to praise her for defying fate, yet she saw the only horror on their faces. Left with no choice, Cochineal banished the young princess and her followers forever from all Pantalan civilization, and all love Wasp felt for her parents and siblings replaced with hatred from the belief that she was wronged by them, turning her completely over to the Dragon Lord's cause. After seven years of bloody fighting for the Dragon Lord's cause alongside the Doom Raiders, Wasp, now a fully grown adult and swollen with vanity and darkness, returned and challenged her mother for the throne, much to her mother's horror and sadness. Cochineal almost won, but, at a brief moment of hesitation, Wasp impaled her and ended her reign. Soon after this, she likely killed or ordered the death of her father and secretly turned to HiveWings over to her master's side.

Despite her love for her, Cochineal also was stern to her, often lecturing her with her famous quote - "Think of yourself as dead. You have lived your life. Now, take what's left and live it properly. What doesn't transmit light creates its own darkness.”- which Wasp loathed nearly as much as hearing her mother's name, seeing Cochineal as too virtuous for her own good.

Malachite
Queen Wasp secretly disliked her younger brother, who was her parents' favourite soon and much loved by the HiveWings for his generosity and kind spirit. After she set herself up as the Queen of the HiveWings, Malachite was among the most directly apposed to Wasp's war with the LeafWings, which caused Wasp to grow to despise him. To spite both him and her aunt Scarab, who Malachite was now working for, she forbid him from marrying Katydid, the only dragon who Malachite ever loved, although she claimed she could not let her brother, a prince, marry a commoner of low birth and no consequence. Malachite disobeyed her however, and with Katydid, fathered Cricket, although neither Wasp or Malachite had any idea of the existence of Malachite's daughter, as Wasp had poisoned Malachite with her mind-controlling Breath of Evil venom and summoned him to Wasp Hive before Cricket hatched. From then on, Malachite worked as Wasp's secretary, although nearly always under her control and Wasp would parade him past Scarab whenever she could, as punishment. She also threatened Cricket by saying that she'd kill him after she realized that Cricket was her brother's forbidden daughter.

Bloodworm
Wasp did not have a good relationship with her two-month-younger sister and was an enemy during the war. Wasp knew that she would not win against Bloodworm should she engage the latter in a regular challenge for the throne, so she instead used manipulation and distraction as her weapons instead, giving Bloodworm control of a entire hive to keep her away and distract her from plotting to take the throne. Despite this, she liked Bloodworm much more than most of her sisters, especially Scorpion and Yellowjack and the two plotted together to kill the latter as dragonets.

Her Other Siblings
Wasp's relationships with her brother and other sisters were much less close than her relationship with Bloodworm, who, despite their rival views, she at least got along with. Though she was indifferent towards her brothers (bar Malachite), she disliked most of her sisters to the point of loathing, although this hatred rose and fell for different individuals depending on the level of threat she believed they posed to her. She saw Cicada, Hornet, Mantis, Tsetse and Vinegaroon as dangerous enough threats that she gave them control of their own hives. She held a particular dislike for her younger sisters, Yellowjack and Scorpion, the former who she disliked for her whining attitude while the latter she disliked for her closeness to her twin, Malachite, who was despised by Wasp. Despite this, she gave them both hives to keep them away from her, although she gave Scorpion more of a town than a hive, showing that despite her exasperation and views of Yellowjack being an irritation than a threat, she still felt threatened enough to keep Yellowjack away from her. Scorpion, however, was placed in command of a minor hive not because Wasp did not fear her but because was wanted to keep her away, especially after she took over Scorpion's twin brother, Malachite. Scorpion would comply to command of a minor hive due to her not seeing any other alternative, despite her correct belief that her sister would not be a good queen, but would immediately begin supporting the HiveWing Resistance against her sister after it began, funding and sheltering them from her queen. It is unknown how Wasp and her siblings exactly feel about each other after Wasp joined forces with them against Viren, but it was her vote that gained Cricket the throne.

Lady Scarab
Wasp loathed her maternal aunt and the feeling was mutual due to Scarab hating what her niece had done to their tribe. Despite this, Wasp, despite her hatred of her mother's sister, did not view Scarab as a dangerous threat due to the knowledge that the HiveWings would not accept her aunt as queen due to her not being their queen's daughter, sister or niece, who, by HiveWing Law, were the only family members who could challenge the current queen for the position. Scarab's belief that her niece's reign was the most darkest rule Pantala had ever known would eventually lead to Scarab forming the Pantalan Resistance after realising that Cricket was a possible candidate to the throne. Though Lady Scarab initually simply wanted to ensure Cricket the chance to win the throne, after seeing the horrors her niece was willing to commit, she hired a skilled assassin to attempt to assassinate Wasp in order to break her niece's mind-control over the tribe, although this plan was foiled. The two would meet in battle several times during the Dragon Lord's wars, although Wasp's main focus was on elimanating Cricket. It is unknown how they now feel about each other, although, given that Wasp's vote gave Cricket (who Scarab was supporting) the number of voters she required to gain the throne, they may now be friendly towards each other.

The Dragon Lord
"Ex-Queen Wasp: I once knew someone else with the Roar. And when he used it against his fellow beings of magic, he lost the Roar. Forever!""Lance: You're taking about the Dragon Lord!""Ex-Queen Wasp: That's right. The Dark Lord and I were friends, old, close friends. If it weren't for your grand-uncle, he would still be king!""Lance: The Dragon Lord was never the true king!""Ex-Queen Wasp: How dare you. HiveWings. Attack!""—Wasp's views on her old friendship with her master and her rage at Lance's claims against any right her master had to be king"Isaac and Wasp were old friends and Wasp served him loyally throughout all three of his Wars and obeys his orders with utmost obedience (although, unlike her master and Darkness, neither were ever attracted romantically to each other), ruling the HiveWing and SilkWing tribes in the Dragon Lord's name in secret. After her master fell for the first time, Wasp, unlike a vast majority of the Dark Lord's allies, remained fiercely loyal to her master, sheltering and feeding his Doom Raiders as they searched for him before setting out to find him herself four years later after being dethroned, which lead to her and her most loyal followers' imprisonment in Gormincrag. Despite the threat of a life-time sentence to Gormincrag, Wasp refused to denounce her master, proudly pronouncing her eternal loyalty to her master and expressed the belief that, along with the Doom Raiders, would be rewarded beyond her wildest dreams for her loyalty. This belief was proven true, as, upon his return, Isaac proclaimed that Wasp and the Doom Raiders would be rewarded with powers and riches beyond their wildest dreams. Wasp's loyalty to her master was proven on multiple occasions, including her willingness to fight her own kind, a despair when the rock spire she was using to release her master was destroyed and her rage when Lance told her that her master was never the true king of Magicar, words that nearly prompted her to attack Lance, which she only just restrained.

Despite her occasional claims that they are simply allies, Wasp mainly fully acknowledges Isaac as her master and the one who gave her her kingdom. She believes that victory to the Dragon Lord is inevitable, despite his first downfall was technically what caused her lose of the throne, declaring to Callum how soon the entire world would bow before her master and grows enraged when Callum declares that the Dragon Lord will never rule the realm, asking what mere mortals could do before the might of her master and, when Callum shouted what she possibly could gain from spreading rats and disease in the City of the Rats (then known as Hira), Wasp declares that all of the deaths she caused were as her Magicar master wished, snarling how her master controlled the world. Isaac meanwhile, clearly held Wasp in great esteem and faith, entrusting her with guardianship over the Great Opal, as well as the City of the Rats, which she claimed as her new kingdom and ruled in the Dragon Lord's name. Wasp also states that the Dragon Lord entrusted both the City and Opal to her, showing how she believed everything existed for her master's use.

While Wasp primarily served the Dragon Lord from behind the lines during the first war after she took the crown, when the Second Global Wizarding War came about, Wasp, her identity as a Dragon Lord follower revealed to the world, served him actively, participating in multiple skirmishes during and after the war (coming under Darkness's command afterwards as she aided the princess in restoring their master) in her lord's name. The Dragon Lord trusted her faith in his cause, which he new gave her the ability to murder without mercy. Wasp was obedient to her master, and was even willing to commit the murder of a defenseless man when instructed to do so. When she and several other Dark Ones seized control of a home and took out the three Aurors stationed their the task of murdering the third man, who had been captured, fell to Wasp. No verbal command was spoken, but she deduced the Dragon Lord's desire, and did not flinch from the task; executing a man who she saw as a murderer of her Dark One "brothers and sisters" swiftly with little to no display of emotion. Like all the Doom Raiders, Wasp attended the Dragon Lord's Republic City rally and, after her master conjured a circle of fire that only those loyal to him could pass through unharmed, Wasp, alongside the other 12 Forsworn members (starting with Darkness), quickly passed through the ring, showing her continued allegiance and unquestioning commitment to the Dark Wizard before disapparating to spread word of their cause across the realms.

Princess Darkness
Of all of her Forsworn fellows, Darkness appeared to have one the best relationships with Wasp, the two of them acting friendly towards each other and working together as a near unstoppable team when battling together. Wasp acts incredibly loyal and devoted to her, serving her unquestioning fealty and following her orders with utmost loyalty. Darkness displayed great faith in Wasp's assassination skills, telling Aaravos that she had complete trust that Wasp's ingenuity and imagination would lead her to success. Though she failed to capture Rayla or Callum, Queen Wasp was able to steal the Sunfire Staff from Claudia in the hopes of placating her mistress's rage. Alongside Slithraa and, of course, Darkner, Wasp was one of Darkness's most common companions and accompanied her often in missions that required stealth. Darkness was clearly close to Wasp, and entrusted her with command over the Black Hand along with the rest of her Spy & Scout Network. Darkness was also the first to clap to Wasp speech and declaration to war against the humans and alliance with the Dragon Lord to the remaining dragons-elves of a near-abandoned Pantala (most of the HiveWings, SilkWings and LeafWings having left to hide in the Trap), who had answered the Dragon Lord's call for followers and telling the HiveWings, SilkWings and LeafWings to bow to their queen. Meanwhile, Wasp held Darkness in a deep display of reverence, occasionally referring to her as her mistress and was the second to hail Darkness and telling all of Zaofu to kneel before the Great Lady Creator before adding her voice to the chorus of people cheering for Darkness. Wasp, like all of the Black Army cheers for Darkness as she battles Rayla and loyally used her magic to protect Darkness and her forces from the Elemental Forces. Despite serving her with utmost obedience, Wasp clearly cared for Darkness both as a leader and as a friend, showing deep concern when Darkness's was thrown across the field and running to her side when she orders the army to attack.

It was later revealed that, in addition to simply joining her, Wasp, like nearly every member of the Black Army, had pledged her loyalty to Darkness in the Ancient Language using her true name, so, despite the fact that she was also loyal to the Dragon Lord, due to Viren extracting a forced oath of loyalty from Darkness under the threat of destroying her army and the cities of Feinster, Belatona, Gil'ead, Teirm, Aroughs, Kausta and Melian (which were all under Black Army control and inhabited by a multitude of Black Army citizens) Wasp fought for Darkness willingly and fiercely defended Bloodworm Hive and later, Feinster in Darkness's name. Even after the army's defeat in Feinster, Wasp held the Varden with nothing but contempt during the time between the Siege of Feinster and Darkness's Freedom from her forced oath, seeing them as bringers of nothing but pain, death and imprisonment for those forced to serve the Empire, despite the fact that Darkness had willingly surrendered and was suspected to have been responsible for the multiple events that had troubled the Varden alongside furious Black Army members and townsfolk alike. After Darkness joined the Varden, Queen Wasp willingly joined them. Wasp also invited Darkness to the HiveWings and SilkWings Vote for a new Queen after, Hrothgarner, Cricket's loyal regent, died, a position of importance. Darkness was also responsible for securing Wasp vote for Cricket, giving her and Venomfang "the slightest of nods", which influenced Wasp, who was already bending to Cricket's side, to order Venomfang to give his vote to Cricket and pledge her own vote to Cricket, securing Cricket the throne

General Slithraa
Like Darkness, Wasp had a close friendship with the Ex-Hypnobrai General, who, like her, was fiercely loyal to the Dragon Lord and Darkness. Wasp and Slithraa are clearly close allies and they have worked on a many task together under their master's orders including cornering the Heroes and Makini, slowing the Heroes down to get the volcanic ash, taking over Kilio Valley and attempts to take over more of the Kingdoms, assassinate several crucial war generals, command the Black army together in most of their battles, and eliminate The Hyena Resistance. The two acted well together, and, during military campaigns, were often seen riding next to each other. Though their relationship is less displayed than Wasp's friendship with Darkness, the two ex-leaders work well together and are often partnered with each other. The two also fought to save each other and were excellent assassin partners, successfully murdering Lords Northolt and Lorriac together and spying on Katalos side-by-side. When Queen Wasp left to recruit Vulture to their cause, Slithraa sarcastically remarked how unlikely it was that Vulture would trust Wasp, which she replied that he was as charming as ever in a similarly sarcastic way.

Claudia
"Claudia: I - I Yellow: You don't have to say anything Claudia: No. You don't understand. I'm sorry. Yellow (now urgent): For what?! Claudia: Run! Run back to your friends and the village before it's to late. Wasp and Venomfang did this to me, on Darkness's orders. They beat me, stole the Sunfire Staff and left me here, to lure you away from your friends. Run!"

- Claudia describes the reasons behind Wasp's ruthless attack on her former ally

Though the relationship between Wasp and Claudia is not much shown, they appear to have had a fairly good working relationship and aid each other, a relationship that, unlike Wasp's rather negative relationship with Claudia's father, was rather positive as Claudia and Wasp both fought for the forces of night. However, after Claudia betrayed the Army of Night, Wasp changed her view of the young mage to that of an enemy and the two fought on opposite sides. Because of this she was not above attacking a weakened Claudia and brutally injuring her and leaving her to die just to steal the Sunfire Staff simply in order to appease her mistress and provide their forces with a unique weapon. Nor was she above threatening Claudia's life if Rayla did not stand down. Wasp was shocked and furious to see Claudia alive after her brutal attack on her and attempted to murder her, but was ordered to flee before she could finish her off. Wasp also comments that helping blow herself and her companions up to destroy a supply of spirit vines to thwart Darkness's plans sounded like just the kind of stupidly heroic thing Claudia might try to do to make amends with her friend. Now, Claudia and Wasp are both members of the Nether-Realm Resistance and Wasp aids Claudia in mastering the former dark mage's primal power.

WaspWings
"The Black Lord will rise again Wren! Throw us in Gormincrag with the others, like them, we will wait! When he returns, he will reward us beyond our wildest dreams! For it was we - the imprisoned ones - who remained loyal to him! WE tried to find him!"

- Wasp openly pledging her, Venomfang, Arachnid and the other soon-to-be imprisoned WaspWings' loyalty to the Dragon Lord

The WaspWings were a group of HiveWings and SilkWings who served Wasp before and after her reign. Their reasons for joining her were different, but the original WaspWings - HiveWings and SilkWings who joined her when she was banished from the Pantalan Nation and left with her and the Dragon Lord after he and his followers left for the Northern Lands - were, like Wasp, all Dark Ones and either members or followers of the Red Lotus. Along with Venomfang, Wasp appeared to have a good relationship with her fellow Dark Ones and, after she became Queen, many of her WaspWings were evaluated to positions of power. After Wasp was dethroned and decided to go in search of her fallen master, she called on her fellow Pantalan Dark Ones to assist her. However, while some, like Venomfang and Arachnid answered her call of assistance, others, such as Tarantula, were unwilling to risk their lives and therefor abandoned the cause and broke contact with any of their fellows that joined Wasp. Along with her still-loyal followers, Wasp eventually attacked and tortured the Singe family for information, but were halted in the middle of the attack by members of the Order of the Phoenix and White Lotus, who eventually incapacitated and took all of the attackers into custody, with Wasp being the last to be defeated and incarcerated. During her trial, Wasp outwardly pledged her and her comrades loyalty to their master and believed that after her master returned, they would be rewarded for their devotion.

After Wasp was freed, she and her now-unified WaspWings, under their master's orders, began a war against the Pantalan Nation. In order to increase the confusion, the traitorous HiveWings and SilkWings launched several raids on the Hives, taking dozens of prisoners captive. Upon their captivity, the WaspWings reached out to the prisoners friends and family, threatening their lives and their prisoners' lives if their contacts did not help them, which increased the WaspWings numbers. Wasp however, held these WaspWings with contempt and was not above throwing them into life-risking danger. However, according to Cricket, most of her aunt's followers, even her willing supporters, were not truly evil, only scared and desperate for their families to survive.

Arachnid
Arachnid was one of many of the loyal WaspWings who believed The Dragon Lord should have remained king even after her and her fellow loyal WaspWings exiled into the Outlands. Wasp appeared to trust her greatly, as is evident by how she left her prisoner, Lance, to the rest of her guard whilst seemingly allowing Arachnid to be in charge during her absence.