The Queen Mother

The Queen Mother AU comic series [Page 1 Link] [Tags] [Ao3] The White Lady averts a tragedy by taking up the mantle of “mother.” Not an RP blog. Feel free to send asks though!

[sothequeensays]

Tag & Link Masterpost

Ao3 Link

Prologue page 1 Journey page 1 Peril page 1 Intrigue page 1

Global Tag (so everyone can find AU content, even if I don’t reblog it) - QMAU

Work Tags - QMAU comic pages - QMAU worldbuilding - QMAU fic - QMAU non canon fic - QMAU extras - QMAU sketches - not an update - QMAU bad end - the Queen Mother AU

Ask Tags: all asks are tagged “ask” along with any combination of the below - worldbuilding asks - plot asks - sweet asks - character asks - participation asks - written reply - drawn reply - undecided plot points - spoilers?

Participation Tags - participation asks - participation guidelines - resources - calico ocs - shade ocs - other peoples art - other peoples ocs - other peoples fic - QMAU canon adjacent fic - QMAU fanart - Discord Shenanigans - (username)

Character Tags - hk oc: (name) (username if the Oc is not mine and shares the same name with a previously posted Oc) - Queen’s Handmaidens - Queensguard - pk you big dumb idiot - Hollow Knight (full canon character name) - Hollow Knight Little Ghost - Hollow Knight the Hollow Knight

[sothequeensays]

<< Previous // Intrigue 7 // Next >>

Peony reports that some of the children are ill, and far too many have been lost to an unknown ailment already.

[sothequeensays]

I originally sent something in the asks as I couldn’t figure out how to get this to work, but now I got it to work, hurrah, so, anyways, this is a fixed version of my original. below is a better readable thing for what it says 

Name: Crystal     Species: Vessel

Pronouns: She/her/they/them     Purpose:map as much as she can

Story: one of the older vessels, wanted to map out the abyss while down there, looks up to the broken vessel as they saved her once. was skeptical of the white lady at first (as she is with most) but now loves having her as a mother

Personality: Enjoys being alone and reading, making her decently intelligent. Enjoys looks at and reading map, wants to make some herself one day

Extra: Terrified of large groups and the kings guard, even being suspicious of Ogrim when he helped the White lady gather up the vessels. Her shell is cracked as one day, she was attacked by other vessels, finding her weak, and was saved by the broken vessel. is smaller than most, being a little shorter than Larula. managed to make her scythe out of rocks in the abyss

[sothequeensays]

Who are the most obedient out of all the children?

The ones with low will. Unless their closest siblings are highly mischievous lol

[sothequeensays]

So once the issue with the radiance gets resolved how will the citizens of Hallownest react to the vessels considering not all of them can be heirs to the throne and some of them are going to forge their own paths whether it be royal guards or just normal citizens how will that work? Will they become a sort of species to hallownest? Or will they be like a Pantheon.

Probably a new but generally powerful species, tbh. Maybe collectively the "Heirs" but with full understanding that they're not all true heirs (inasmuch as immortal Pale Beings need heirs anyway)

[sothequeensays]

what was your thought process on some of the names? Specifically Ghost’s as Laurula (im aware spelling that wrong currently)

Hollow’s name in your au literally means cavernous which makes perfect sense but the best explanation for Ghost’s i could find had to do with laurels. As in a laurel wreath—-like what victors, kings and gods wear. So does that name have to do with beating the game/ascending as Shade Lord/gaining the King’s Brand in the original game?

Actually, they’re both Latin, because I studied Latin in college. Cavatus means “Hollow” and Larula is the diminutive form of Larua, Ghost—so, “Little Ghost.”

[sothequeensays]

So what type of abilities does blossom have? Can she do anything similar to what ghost does?

She has her mother's abilities, so they're mostly plant-based. She likes to focus on growth/creation/healing. I can't really think of anything she'd do similarly to Ghost.

[sothequeensays]

So whats the queen's relationship with hornet like?

I cant imagine shes inheritantly hostile towards her and probably doesnt blame her but having whats the equivalent of a royal affair running around the palace must pain her slight

Especially since she represents what the pale king tried to deny her and wanted to use for his own personal uses

She likes Hornet and is more than willing to teach her. The babies had no hand in any of this and are all blameless. It is probably a little painful knowing the bargain was pointless because the plan is destined to fail, but even in canon she doesn't resent PK or Hornet for it.

[sothequeensays]

So what is the lord of shades like in this AU? If they're not Ghost in this universe, wouldn't it be funny if they try to have a custody battle with PK and WL?

Shade Lord probably won't exist in the AU, tbh, I have a different resolution in mind already

[sothequeensays]

oh! yeah! I recently figured out how Slice is

how it usually goes:

Slice: "Adopt?"

Beetlejaws: "Sure, go for it."

Slice: ":) !" (grabs the mosscreep)

but sometimes:

Slice: "Adopt?"

Beetlejaws: "Slice no."

Slice: "Adopt! >:( !"

Beetlejaws: "Slice NO!" (watches helplessly as slice successfully wrangles the primal aspid into their arms)

Slice: "The baby."

primal aspid: ">:( >:( >:("

who needs a weapon when you can hug the angry bug?

Adorable!

[sothequeensays]

Hi, sorry, i was looking everywhere for this blog after i lost it. Accidentally wrote to your main blog. Please ignore that.

anywhoosle

Baby Toss spotted in the first few chapters! They made me so happy.

Okay so funny story Tumblr sends me emails and notifications for asks on my main blog but not this one. I did not see this in time. So… Toss gets double exposure lol

[aimeelouart]

I realize this is not the queen mother au blog, and i apologize for that but i cannot find it. I did however want to say i think i’ve spotted baby Toss.

love your art by the way, amazing work! I hooe youre having a hood spooky month!

No worries, considering I am the author regardless! The blog is @sothequeensays Toss is really earning the name there huh.

Thanks!

[sothequeensays]

Will hornet show up?

Probably. I reserve the right to change my mind, but I think she's been born already.

[sothequeensays]

Did you know that you made the best series... I hope you complete it

Glad you like it! I'm still working on it after 6 years, so I'd say you have a pretty good chance of seeing me finish it.

[sothequeensays]

What if Lace incounters them ? Is she going to be adopted or jumped?

Adopted after being smacked, assuming she attacks first. Which I think is a fair assumption.

[sothequeensays]

I think it's so funny that PK is spiraling because he thinks that the vessels are somehow reproducing, but what did the others think about this, those in his court?

PK didn't know the void could reproduce by budding, now he's questioning all his calculations. And eyeing the Kingsmoulds suspiciously.

The court doesn't see the vessels for a long while, but I assume they would just be like "ah yes, our wise King has created many... many... many backups."

[sothequeensays]

I know probably wouldn't get a concept of it, but do Hollow and Ghosts do anything fun as siblings like any games that they can play?

Also, how would the cannon versions of both the White Lady and the Pale King react to this a future that could have been?

Oh yes they absolutely (and canonically) do. They're going to play a bunch of pranks on their dad, in addition to good old roughhousing.

Not sure, tbh. I'd have to think about it for a while. And probably write an essay.