Chrysalis

"Hah. What a lovely but absolutely ridiculous sentiment."
Chrysalis is the sinister and manipulative queen of the biggest (by a wide margin) changeling hive in the badlands. She possesses the unique ability to duplicate the memories of whomever she assumes the identity of. She is smart, powerful, knowledgable, and persistent, making her a worthy enemy. Her major shortcomings are, basically, arrogance and overconfidence.

Chrysalis is very different from the various other king and queen breeds. She possesses the ability to copy, duplicate, and share all the memories of those she can come into contact with. Chrysalis, when she has "fed" off of enough love from someone, can assume complete control over that person.

Furthermore, is believed to be immune to aging, unlike other changelings.

Historical grievances with Equestria


In the most recent incident, Chrysalis attempted to dominate Equestria with a clever scheme.



She posed as Mi Amore Cadance, princess and ambassator of Prance, when the real Cadance was due to be married to Shining Armor. After Chrysalis was exposed, she defeated Celestia in a magic duel and her conquest was nearly complete. Were it not for Twilight Sparkle and her friends, Chrysalis would have succeeded.

In the past, even after the Initial Contact War, many changeling hives (including Chrysalis's), have attempted to conquer Equestria and other countries by sheer force. Each time, they were only stopped because the different hives began to fight amongst themselves.

Twice during Celestia's reign in L.B, Celestia committed forces to a quadrilateral attempt by Equestria, Germaneigh, Prance, and The Griffin Kingdoms to travel into the badlands and destroy the changeling hives. Both times, the attempts failed. The armies took so many losses at each hive despite their best attempts that they had no choice but to limp back to safety.

They were unaware that, each time, most of the hives they encountered were only outer hive cities of Chrysalis' Queendom.

The Oath
Shortly after Death made his first move, and after learning of Discord's alliance with Equestria, Chrysalis approached Celestia and Luna with a similar offer. She offered her own alliance, and after Chrysalis took an Unbreakable Oath like Discord did, which forbade her to lie, attack, or otherwise break any rule of an alliance, Queens Celestia and Luna accepted.

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