Queen Chrysalis (IDW)

Queen Chrysalis is the former queen of the Changeling Empire and one of the most fearsome enemies to have threaten Equestria. Horrifically cruel, Queen Chrysalis is arguably the most diabolical and evil villain the Elements of Harmony have ever faced, as she has nothing but unfathomable malice, going as far as to harm animals in front of the Cutie Mark Crusaders and even destroy entire villages in her wake.

Origins
Over 1,000 years prior to the rule of Twilight Sparkle, the Changeling were merely a species of insect, resembling a fly of sorts. They were, however, intelligent enough to speak. The Ancestral Changeling home was a dark and dreary land, Starswirl the Bearded described the place as having "bad juju". At some point, a "kind wizard" somehow created the Changelings, Chrysalis included.

On his trip through the lands, the absent minded Starswirl the Bearded boarded up there home, laying around signs saying the place was "probably magic" and shouldn't be touched. In his attempts to board the area, he accidentally shattered a cocoon containing Queen Chrysalis. Early Changelings were shown to be disorganized and violent creatures, openly attacking one another. At some point during this time period, Chrysalis asserted herself as the ruler and would go on to rule her Changelings for the thousand years yet to come.

At some point in Chrysalis's early adventures and conquests, she visited the Crystal Empire long before the reign of Princess Amore. The land was chaotic and jagged, the crystals were not finely cut and designed but instead wild and damaged. The empire was inhabited by Umbrum, dark, horse-like demons from the Umbrum dimension, a world without light. Even Chrysalis was put aback by the sheer cruelty and wrathful nature of the Umbra. Chrysalis claimed that the Umbra burnt the homes and crushed the very dreams of the Crystal Ponies as they rampaged around the ruined cityscape.

One of Chrysalis' earliest conquests was of the city of Timbucktu, ruled over by King Orion. After disguising herself as one of the Timbucktu Royal Guards, Chrysalis led her forces to victory and successfully drained the city's inhabitants of love. Later, she posed as the fiance of Emperor Incitatus of Trot, though he later expelled her from the city after she was discovered. She and her forces managed to invade the city and conquer it anyway, but Princess Celestia and the Royal Guards of Equestria arrived to contend with them. Bearing the scars of this conflict, Chrysalis and her forces were imprisoned in a volcano after the defeat of Discord, but managed to escape by tricking and attacking the Sergio.

Invasion of Canterlot

 * For info on the invasion of Canterlot, see Queen Chrysalis (Friendship is Magic).

In search of revenge
After being expelled from Canterlot, Chrysalis and her forces ended up in "Wuvey-Dovey Smoochy Land", where they quickly conquered and drained most of the inhabitants of their love. However, Chrysalis refused to give up on her conquest of Equestria, and was now doubly determined to avenge herself on Twilight Sparkle. To that end, she had her forces invade Ponyville, though the attempted takeover was really a cover for the abduction of the Cutie Mark Crusaders. These three Chrysalis imprisoned in her new castle in order to lure the Mane Six to her lair, as she hoped to use the power boost from the passing of the Secretariat Comet to steal Twilight's magic.

While being tormented by the chatter of the Crusaders, Chrysalis enacted her plans, sending her Changelings to separate the Mane 6 into smaller groups and then sow discord among them by impersonating various members. Chrysalis was highly amused by the results, though the Crusaders attempted to demean her plan when the Mane Six started to realize the deception. In truth, Chrysalis was more concerned about crushing Twilight and her friends than their bond, and intended to conquer Equestria once the six of them had been dealt with. In an effort to silence the Crusaders, she then attacked one of the subjugated natives, though the three were quickly heartened by Twilight and the others' approach.

After making their way through a gauntlet of horrifically disguised Changelings or illusions, the Mane Six confronted Chrysalis' forces, only for all but Twilight to be quickly subdued. Seeing Twilight's power, Chrysalis offered her a place at her side, threatening to harm her friends if she refused. However, she then revealed her intent to drain Twilight of her love and then turn the corrupted Twilight on her own friends. This would prove to be Chrysalis' undoing, as Twilight-her power boosted by the comet-managed to overcome Chrysalis. She and her minions were then imprisoned in their castle by the Equestrian royal guards; they later managed to escape by tricking Twilight when she came to check on them some time later.

Further assaults
In a later bid to seek revenge on Twilight, Chrysalis would join her forces to an alliance led by Radiant Hope, with the Changelings joining in an invasion of the Crystal Empire. Chrysalis and the others were soon subdued, but then revealed that they had only been a distraction. With the Crystal Heart stolen, Hope was able to revive King Sombra, who freed Chrysalis and the others for a renewed assault. Chrysalis and Sombra soon joined forces against the arriving Celestia and Princess Luna, and their cooperation allowed Sombra to turn both princesses to stone. However, the two monarchs soon clashed, and when Chrysalis learned of Sombra's intent to release the Umbrum, she and her forces departed.

According to one account, Chrysalis later launched her own separate assault on the Crystal Empire, while also sending forces to Canterlot and Ponyville to prevent them from sending aid. Her assault on the Empire was repulsed with help from the Wonderbolts, and Chrysalis then led her forces to Ponyville. The Mane Six and Shining Armor were able to contend with her forces using the Armor of Friendship and a potion created by Princess Amore. However, it was only after using the potion to temporarily grow to his adult size that Chrysalis and her minions were routed. She or one of her interdimensional counterparts was later seen in Princess Eris' castle in Princess Eris' dimension.


 * For info on Chrysalis' overthrow as leader of the Changeling Hive, see Queen Chrysalis (Friendship is Magic).

Personality
Arguably the darkest, most wicked and most vile villain to blight Equestria, Queen Chrysalis has no qualms with killing those who oppose her to get her way. Seeming lacking any sense of a moral code, Chrysalis enjoys toying with others by subjecting them to traumatizing experiences, such as killing a kitten-bunny in front of the Cutie Mark Crusaders to send a message. She has little to no regard for life outside of her own and joyfully slaughtered entire villages by draining each villager of their "love", leaving them nothing more then dying husks. Queen Chrysalis was nearly as intelligent as she was brutal. A skilled manipulator, Chrysalis could masterfully turn the Bearers of Harmony against each other though never could ruin their friendship. In spite of her lack of morality, Chrysalis did have strong maternal instincts and was shown to be rather nurturing towards newly born Changelings.

Chrysalis does seem to have a more noble side to her which has come out on a few occasions. She seemed to be disgusted by the wanton, purposeless destruction the Umbra caused to the Crystal Empire, indicating she may hate beings who are cruel without a greater purpose.

Chrysalis did have a dark, dry sense of humor and would make quips about the situation. She did however, find the sunny demeanor of the Cutie Mark Crusaders nauseating. Queen Chrysalis would sometimes slip between a calm and level headed demeanor to one of furious anger on the dime, and held an incredibly strong, petty and self-destructive grudge against Twilight Sparkle for besting her; a grudge that only grew more vitriolic as time went on. Her hatred for Twilight was so extreme that she willingly teamed up with Radiant Hope just to have a chance at beating Twilight. Chrysalis hated anything to do with bright colors and happiness and preferred to keep herself drenched in the darkness. Chrysalis was shown to not get along with other rulers and violently clashed against Princess Luna and nearly fought with Lord Sombra, though realized that she had bigger goals instead.

The Storm King
The nature of the relationship is mostly unknown, but the Storm King appears to have a crush on Chrysalis. In his diary, he wrote "loves Chrysalis" next to drawings of hearts, and the cover of his diary features both "SK" next to "QC" next to a series of hearts.

King Sombra

 * Queen Chrysalis: Don't you dare ignore me. Sombra!
 * King Sombra: I already grow tired of you. Remove yourself from my path.
 * Queen Chrysalis: I aided in your rescue! It is my army that defeated your foes! I am a Queen and you will show me the respect befitting a queen.
 * King Sombra: This seems like the perfect amount of respect for a queen of insects. A queen of vermin.
 * Queen Chrysalis: How dare you!

Eris' dimension
An alternate version of Chrysalis appeared at the Chaos Casino in the Chaos Roadhouse near Garble.