Queen Ransomed
Formerly know as the Slave Queen. The granddaughter of the Chatcaavan Emperor prior to Kauvauc.
Physical
Dark-haired, pewter gray shading to pearl. Orange eyes, "all fire-reds and outrageous yellows." [1] 37 revolutions (years of the throneworld) old at the time of Even the Wingless.
Known Shapes
All of them, I think.
- Karaka'An (gray striped with long claws) - prior to Wingless
- Human (orange-eyed with dark hair) - prior to Wingless
- Eldritch (orange-eyed) - during Wingless
Biography
After the Surgeon amputated her wing vanes, she bled so much that they were forced to put her in a gel tank, and then allow her to convalesce on a bed in the clinic. [2]
Quotes
"As long as you are willing to bow your head to spare the pain of the worthless, you are no Chatcaavan. No matter what you feel when you are defending your life and honor. It is what moves you that makes you who you are." [3]
"Perhaps what you have done here so far, the Alliance could do for the Empire. Perhaps if the Empire finds itself fighting a war it cannot easily win, it will remember its heart and become something greater than it is." -- to the Ambassador [3]
"I, too, am Outside, in a way. Females cannot partake of the world of power and agency of males, Surgeon. Some would say the Chatcaava have been lessened by that division. You, the other males who are Outside... how much more could you do if you did not have to live outside the world of males on the Inside? What could you accomplish freed from the necessity to maintain your neutrality? If you could choose sides, Surgeon... what an ally you would be! What amazing things you might do for the world you would choose to bring forth!" [4]
"I'm afraid the revolution has already begun. I am just trying to keep it from killing everyone I care about." [5]
"You are the Gentle Guide, and I was the Slave Queen, and people think we are patient and passive and kind, and perhaps we are. If we were not, our angers and our griefs would turn us into far more terrible people than those who were born to power, and who are comfortable wielding it. To have a master is safer. For everyone else." [6]
“Not every question needs an immediate answer. Not if you want the right one.” [7]
Trivia
- kept a piece of jewelry from every female who died in the harem [8]