Queen's Gardens



"Have you heard of Hallownest's Queen? Apparently these gardens were once her retreat... Now some vicious types are crawling all over the place and the plants have grown wild... As inhospitable as it is, I've enjoyed my travels here."

- Cornifer

A lush, greenhouse-type area filled with ornate gates, thorns, and perilous platforms located in the west part of Hallownest. Once simply the gardens of the White Lady, it became overrun with Mantis Traitors who were banished from their tribe and sought their own glory.

Description
Unlike the rest of Hallownest's verdant wilds, the Queen's Gardens are a mix of both natural flora and bug-made architecture. Much like its neighboring area Greenpath, the Gardens are covered in green foliage of all shapes and sizes. Dotting the Gardens are numerous murky-green plants with translucent anthers. Also unique to this area are thick green stalks that split apart into three distinct tendrils all branching out in different directions or simply curl up in a sort of spiral pattern. Some of the thorny vines present in Greenpath are also present in the Queen's Gardens as well, smothering the gardens more than any other area in Hallownest.

All throughout the gardens are large, pale-green pathways with symbols resembling Geo affixed onto them. These pathways are often held up by thin poles, which also support unstable metal grates scattered throughout the Garden. Numerous pots can be found in the Garden too housing various plant species. Also present are greenhouses sharing the Kingdom's architectural design with occasionally the Hallownest Seal implemented into it. Also, like the Kingdom's buildings, the greenhouses feature spiked ceilings and glass windows, most of which have become fragile and cracked with age. The western borders of the gardens are, however, untamed wilds not unlike in Greenpath.

Having been exiled by the Mantis Tribe and retreated to the Queen's Gardens, numerous dark green tents housing the Mantis Traitors have cropped up in the Gardens, along with large thorns similar in appearance to the ones found in The Hunter's lair. Though uncommon, numerous pillars and statues of Unn can also be found throughout the Garden, likely being remnants from when the Mosskin laid claim to the territory.

Access
There are initially only two accessible entry points into the Queen's Gardens, both located in the Fog Canyon. The player can either access the upper entrance from the Overgrown Mound by utilizing the Shade Cloak in order to bypass a Shade Gate, or take lower entrance by using Isma's Tear in order to cross below the wall of vines via an acid lake. Once the player has entered the Gardens, 3 additional shortcuts can be opened up leading to Greenpath, the Fungal Wastes, and the Mask Maker's workshop in Deepnest.

Trivia

 * A lore tablet in Greenpath implies that Queen's Gardens (or a certain portion of it) once belonged to the Mosskin.
 * "Though once our lands, a pale being lays claim to the caverns ahead.
 * It may appear benevolent but it does not share our dream.
 * Be wary to wander that place."

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