Lotus



Ladybug

companion piece tosince I showed you Artemis' royal guards, i thought i'd also show you iridescence'sI believe that Queen Chrysalis largely created her existing changeling hive through asexual reproduction. She just lays clutches of eggs that hatch into swarms of cute little grubs. She can magically 'customize' her brood based on how much love she is able to consume beforehand....when she's hungry for love, she can't create more than the basic small black buggy ghangelings we see on the show. But if Chrysalis absorbs a lot of love, she can spawn bigger, stronger, faster changelings....and that is exactly what she does, once she's settled comfortably into Canterlot as Celestia's wedded consort.These two are a special type of changeling that Chrysalis refers to as the Imperial Guard class. The changeling queen spawned them for the sole purpose of protecting and attending to her daughter,, heir to the Sun.Imperial Guards are much bigger and stronger than the average changeling, and more "regal" in appearance, resembling beautiful jeweled beetles more than the typical black buggy changeling drone. But don't let the pretty exterior fool you, these gals have hidden jaw mandibles that can crush bone, as well has the ability to spit gobs of acid from a remarkable distance. Here we have:A high-ranking changeling, and leader of Iridescence's ladies-in-waiting. Lotus has a kind, motherly personality and has doted over Irie since she was a grub. She claims to have also lost a number of years off her life chasing after the wild, spitfire of a princess, making sure kid Irie didn't do things like try to fly off Canterlot Castle before her wings had finished growing, or making sure Irie didn't eat fifteen pounds of jellybeans while Lotus' back was turned. Lotus is quite a loving, maternal changeling to those she cares about, and flawlessly performs orders given by her princess and Queen, but to the creatures she views as her lessers, she can seem quite snobby and monstrous, barking orders and hurling about her fellow changelings with reckless abandon. She is aperfectionist, and you'd better not goof up and accidentally put out the wrong salad fork for the royal dinner table, unless you want Lotus to bodily throw you through a stone wallNamed by Princess Celestia herself, and quite proud of it. Ladybug is a guard and servant to Iridescence, albeit a lower ranking one than Lotus. Ladybug is sweet, positive, and perky, in a way that Irie finds refreshing, and in a way that really grates on Lotus' nerves. Ladybug has a beautiful voice and loves to sing, and can sometimes be convinced into allowing Irie to raid the pastries in the castle kitchens. But for as sweet as she is, Ladybug too is a bit snobby (she's proud of her rank and status), and tends to boss around ordinary changelings and castle workers if she feels it's in the best interest of the castle Royals. Ladybug, like Lotus, enjoys adorning herself in fancy jewels and fabrics, indulging in the finer things in life, and absolutelythe other royal guards in sparring practice.to be clear, in the pandoraverse, the events of the season six finale (the changelings are transformed by love) are not canon and don't happen in this timeline. Instead, Queen Chrysalis proposes political marriage to Celestia:She, along with the existing changelings (including Thorax), remain unchanged in physical appearance. From Celestia's love, Chrysalis has spawned her daughter Iridescence, as well as the unique imperial guards.