Imogen
Names: ImogenPrincess ImogenQueen ImogenHer Majesty on High Queen Imogen of the High Elvesthe queenQueen of All That IsChosen Daughter of Apito
First appears in Book 5: The Butcher’s Masquerade, chapter 14 (14)
Appearances
What you know
Book 5: The Butcher’s Masquerade
- Ch 14Imogen, Signet's half-sister and Finian's former Sorcerer General, now rules the high elves and cast the spell that transformed the Chee.
- Ch 16Imogen attacked the were-castors' village and killed almost everyone, using a transfiguration spell.
- Ch 20Lexis says Queen Imogen of the High Elves is an unseen country boss, likely a repurposed human; Beatrice was the obvious original choice.
- Ch 24Imogen, the high elf queen, is Signet's stepsister and the ultimate target of Signet's revenge.
- Ch 25Princess Imogen, King Finian's heir, set out to eradicate all his half-elf children, forcing Signet to flee to the Over City.
- Ch 51Queen Imogen of the High Elves has put Carl on her dance card for the Masquerade and wants him to dance with her.
- Ch 62A locked stairwell in the castle basement confirms Queen Imogen is a boss.
- Ch 63Queen Imogen appears in Carl's wagon and calls Signet her half-sister.
- Ch 63Carl recognises Queen Imogen as Ifechi, Florin's dead girlfriend.
- Ch 64Queen Imogen is a level 145 High Elf Cleric Sorceress country boss, driven by fear of weakness and a hunger for power.
- Ch 64Katia says Imogen is not Ifechi but Ifechi's twin sister; Ifechi was killed by Lucia Mar at the end of the fourth floor.
- Ch 64Imogen says she did not order Ferdinand's attack on Mongo and wants the boon; she vows to crush Carl first if the peace breaks.
- Ch 70Queen Imogen appears suddenly in the ballroom, sealing the room until the party concludes.
- Ch 71Queen Imogen is Signet's half-sister; she arrives bloodied from fighting and stays because the party's seal prevents her leaving.
- Ch 71Imogen kills Gideon and his crawlers hiding outside the castle, nearly thirty in all, before arriving at the party.
- Ch 74Queen Imogen is a level 145 country boss, a High Elf Fallen Cleric Sorcerer, shunned by her goddess after the failed party.
Connections
- family ofTsarina Signethalf-sisters
- leadsHigh Elves
- enemy ofClint Smashgrab
- enemy ofWere-castor
- leadsHigh Elf
- enemy ofTsarina Signet
- family ofKing Finianhis heir
- inHigh Elf Castle
- related toFerdinandQueen Imogen's familiar and spokesman
- related toTsarina SignetQueen Imogen sends a hostile message to Signet via an attack on Mongo
- related toIfechiQueen Imogen is Ifechi
- family ofIfechitwin sister, per Katia
- enemy ofGideonkilled him
- enemy ofCarl
Key moments
- Book 5 · Ch 20Lexis's warning
While surveillance is down during the hand-off to Valtay control, Lexis warns Carl and Donut that the Butcher's Masquerade is being set up to wipe out the top crawlers and that Queen Imogen is a hidden country boss.
- Book 5 · Ch 28Part Two: kill Queen Imogen
Carl and Donut receive Part Two of The Vengeance of the Daughter: help Signet kill Queen Imogen at the high elves' party.
- Book 5 · Ch 51High elf procession confronts Carl and Donut
High elf guards and Queen Imogen's familiar steal a creeper kill, invite Carl and Donut to the Masquerade, then fire lightning at Mongo; Donut blocks it and nearly dies.
- Book 5 · Ch 56Masquerade announcement
The system announces the Great Race floor and details the Butcher's Masquerade: plus-one tokens, contests, hunters in a parallel ballroom, and no violence inside.
- Book 5 · Ch 63Queen Imogen revealed
Drawn out by Pearson's disguise, Queen Imogen materialises in Carl's wagon; Carl recognises her as Ifechi, Florin's dead girlfriend.
- Book 5 · Ch 64Imogen confronts Carl
Queen Imogen visits Carl's wagon, explains the Butcher's Masquerade ritual and its peace seal, and warns him that breaking the peace means the Nothing.
- Book 5 · Ch 70Queen Imogen arrives and seals the room
Queen Imogen suddenly appears at the party, calling for Ferdinand, and the ballroom is sealed until the party's end.
- Book 5 · Ch 71Queen Imogen confronts Carl and Signet
Imogen enters the sealed ballroom, taunts Signet, lifts Carl magically and accuses him of besieging her castle; Gideon's team dies outside.
- Book 5 · Ch 72Signet's sacrifice
Using the distraction, Signet casts her spell by killing herself beside Imogen, falling into the Nothing; the seal breaks and the masquerade fails.
- Book 5 · Ch 74Cage fight boss battle
The AI pits crawlers, the last hunters, Queen Imogen and Diwata against each other as everyone falls into the castle's empty basement pit, surrounded by brambles.
- Book 5 · Ch 74Imogen defeated at heavy cost
The crawlers wear down Imogen with coordinated blunt attacks; the Popovs, Gwen and Cleiton die, Zabit falls to his own trap, and Prepotente lands the final strike.