(Not to be confused with Jewel, one of Clearsight's dragonets in a possible timeline)

Jewel
JewelTemplateSSE.png
Adult

Female
HiveWings

Alive (as of The Flames of Hope)

Queen of the HiveWings
Ruler of Jewel Hive

Mother
Scarab
Offspring

Unnamed characters#HiveWings|Unnamed HiveWings
Aunt

Cochineal
Cousins
Bloodworm, Cicada, Hornet, Mantis, Tsetse, Vinegaroon, Wasp, Yellowjacket

Ancestor Cicada (possibly)

The Hive Queen,
The Flames of Hope

The Dangerous Gift (vision)
A Guide to the Dragon World
'Jewel' is an adult female HiveWing who
was introduced in The Hive Queen. She is the daughter of Scarab|Lady
Scarab and the former ruler of Jewel Hive. She was one of the least
tyrannical Hive rulers during Wasp's reign. She is the current queen of
the HiveWings.

## Description

Jewel has bright golden scales, with thin lines of black scales
outlining her iridescent green eyes and dotting her cheekbones, and more
black lines tracing the veins in her wings. She is tall and angular,
with gold earrings shaped like beetles and a necklace of onyx stingers.
Her claws are each painted with perfect lines of black and gold.

## Personality

Wasp considers Jewel as a "harmless idiot," and is often overlooked by
others. There is even a running joke about Jewel being illiterate among
the Hives, which is not true. A SilkWing prisoner once stated that Jewel
is fair, and described her as the only ruler of the Hives who can be
trusted.

According to Cricket, Jewel is fascinated with art. She also has an art
scene located at the Jewel Hive and is known to be the most relaxed with
Hive security, which usually results in a disorderly Hive. She seems to
be far kinder and more compassionate than most of her relatives, as
shown in her actions, and in that Scarab believed that she would protect
Cricket and Katydid from Wasp. Jewel heavily dislikes Wasp; once,
Cinnabar and Tau joked that Jewel would give them a medal any time Wasp
gave her orders to punish them. She helped Cricket escape from prison,
and most likely has helped others that Wasp had imprisoned in Jewel
Hive's prison. Jewel is not subjective to Wasp's Othermind|mind-control,
and she ordered the library in Jewel Hive to be built and filled it with
history Literature|books, hoping that some of the citizens of Jewel Hive
would see through Wasp's lies.

## Biography

### The Lost Continent Prophecy

left
The Hive Queen
Jewel was mentioned several
times as the ruler of Jewel Hive and cousin of Queen Wasp.

After Cricket was captured by Wasp, she awoke in the Jewel Hive prison
with Jewel and Scarab watching her. Jewel was understanding of Cricket's
actions and consequences, so she decided to help Cricket escape from her
own prison.

left
The Dangerous Gift
In a vision, Jewel came
into her kitchen and retold Cinnabar's message about the current events.
She, Tau, and Scarab discussed how to warn all the SilkWings and Jewel
wanted to take the HiveWing eggs. Scarab objected because the eggs were
already infected, causing Jewel to worry about her children. Sensing her
pain, Scarab calmed Jewel down. Afterward, Jewel hurried out murmuring
lists of tasks to herself.

In another vision, through Blue's eyes, Wasp found Jewel had disappeared
with Scarab and the rest of the SilkWings from Jewel Hive and commented
that she should have killed Jewel and Scarab a long time ago.

left
The Flames of Hope
Jewel was hiding in the
SilkWing refugee camp, along with Scarab and the SilkWings from
Bloodworm Hive, Jewel Hive, and Mantis Hive. She later listened to Luna
explain what happened in the Poison Jungle and Pyrrhia and the different
types of flamesilk that Luna can produce. Jewel humbly asked Luna if she
could see her glow silk. Although Luna did not entirely trust her, she
also thought that Jewel did not have to be her enemy either. Luna also
remembered Tau telling her that she helped all the SilkWings escape from
her Hive and that she was not as bad as the other Hive rulers. She also
remembered that Wasp took her children as well. Eventually Luna gave her
a small curl of glow silk and Jewel thanked her.

In the epilogue of The Flames of Hope, Jewel became the new ruler of the
HiveWings.

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### Field Guides

left
A Guide to the Dragon World
Jewel
was mentioned to be the former ruler of Jewel Hive in literature#Named
books|The Official Guide to the Hives.

## Relationships

### Cricket

Cricket and Jewel met briefly when Cricket was captured by HiveWings
under Wasp's control. Jewel freed Cricket from her prison, in exchange
for spying on Wasp. Jewel most likely found out what Wasp was doing with
the eggs from Tau and tried to stop Wasp.

### Scarab

While Scarab is Jewel's mother, Jewel tends to find her annoying and
unpredictable. Scarab often makes remarks about Jewel's attitude and how
she runs her Hive and the care of her dragonets. In a mere conversation
between them and Cricket, Scarab's biting comments about her daughter
and Cricket irritated Jewel to the point of losing her composure several
times. However, Scarab seems to truly care about Jewel and gives her
advice no matter what.

### Wasp

Jewel and Wasp do not get along. Wasp thinks her cousin is weak and
stupid, and Jewel despises Wasp in return for being selfish and cruel.
Jewel does not trust Wasp, going so far as to send Cricket to spy on
her. It is implied that this suspicion is mutual, and Scarab mentions
that two of Jewel's guards are most likely spying on her for the queen.

## Quotes

Hmmm, […] so this is the dragon who's thrown my Hive into
such a tizzy. […] You're quite small to cause so much trouble.

upon meeting Cricket
The Hive Queen
218

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Do you know how hard it is to get paint out of treestuff? I'm
going to have pink smudges all over my Hive forever now.
to
Cricket, after her, Blue and Sundew's vandalism of Jewel Hive

The Hive Queen
219

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Oh my gosh, Mom, seriously! I am TRYING to be MENACING AND
MYSTERIOUS. Could you be quiet for ONE SECOND while I handle this?

to Scarab
The Hive Queen
220

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You may not have noticed, but somehow I manage to be a VERY
GOOD HIVE RULER even - I would say especially when you and your advice
are on the other side of the continent!
to Scarab

The Hive Queen
220

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I've always suspected that.[…] Some of our
great-great-great-great grandmothers were not as quick and clever with
their lies as Wasp has been. There were hints in the history books, if
anyone looked carefully.
to Cricket
The Hive Queen

221

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Well, I would like you to stay in charge of your own brain, as
annoying as that brain is Mother. So I would appreciate it if you could
not go thumping the queen of our tribe anytime soon.
to
Scarab
The Hive Queen
224

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I can't let you out, little dragonet, as much as I might be
tempted to. Queen Wasp would punish my guards most severely, and they
are loyal to me when their minds are their own. They don't deserve that.

to Cricket
The Hive Queen
225

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THEY ARE N — this is not productive.
to Scarab after
she tells her that her dragonets are a mess
The Hive Queen
226

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Not NOW, Mother. Cinnabar said to bring everyone to
Pantala#Lake Scorpion|Lake Scorpion. There's somewhere we can go from
there, she said, but we have to all go together. We need messengers to
check every level of the Hive. Someone to go to the webs. Dragons to
carry the cocoons of any SilkWings in Metamorphosis right now, others to
carry all the SilkWing and HiveWing eggs in the Hatcheries.

to Scarab about Tau's warning
The Dangerous Gift
121-122

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Thank you, [...] This is extraordinary. I thought there were
only two kinds-one that neither glows nor burns, and one that burns like
regular fire. But this kind would be so much safer for the lanterns. Can
all flamesilks make this?
The Flames of Hope
to Luna
about the different kinds of flamesilk
125

## Trivia

  - Jewel was immune to Wasp's mind-control.
  - Jewel orders sugary treats from the kitchen nonstop whenever Wasp is
    issuing a mass hive command.
  - Jewel supposedly has a reputation for being a "master torturer," but
    when she was five she was afraid of knives, and fainted at the sight
    of blood, something that Scarab pokes fun at. She could possibly
    have [hemophobia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood_phobia) (fear
    of blood).
  - When Wasp was still queen, Jewel was less strict about the rules on
    trees, allowing leaf shapes in jewelry.