The Bog Queen
The Bog Queen
- Race
- Undead
- Profession
- Necromancer
- Level
- 80
- Rank
- Champion
- Location
- Haar Mire
(Lowland Shore)
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“Squirm, my children. It's time to play... Squirm and infest; rot and decay. Find a new home, all soft and warm. It's time to join my jubilant swarm!
The Bog Queen is a powerful undead necromancer from a Lowland Kodan fable who has taken up residence in Haar Mire in Lowland Shore. She is the source of the bog bodies infesting the area and controls a large swarm of maggots to spread the rot.
Biography[edit]
Early years[edit]
The Bog Queen was once a human necromancer known as Alessia.[1] She joined Saul D'Alessio's White Mantle cult and eventually traveled to Gavril, a village in Janthir Syntri for convicts and other dubious characters whom the cult would begin converting to their cause. According to a preserved town record, Alessia seemed to not have been among Saul's first batch of cultists visiting Gavril in 1069 AE and only arrived later.
At the mursaat's behest, the White Mantle eventually sacrificed the villagers atop a Bloodstone one by one, their souls fed to it to fuel its magic over several years.[2] Alessia was tasked with getting rid of the growing pile of the victims' bodies that the White Mantle could no longer hide without raising suspicion among the locals, and she traveled all the way to Haar Mire across Janthir Bay to bury the corpses there.[3] She sent a letter complaining about a shipment discrepancy to her superior Rhea Ingham who was in charge of Gavril after Saul's departure from the isle. However, she received a terse reply back to make do with her current resources or risk reporting the matter to the high inquisitor down south to prove to everyone that she was not skilled enough for her appointed task.[4] Alessia eventually perished herself, her body swallowed by the bog.
During their expeditions across Lowland Shore in the following centuries, the Lowland Kodan discovered many of these corpses emerging from the bog and left them dormant out of respect. However, these bearkin would end up telling fables about what they called the Bog Queen for generations although many believed these stories to be nothing but legends to frighten cubs with in order to make them mindful of the natural dangers of the bog.[5][6][7]
Janthir Wilds[edit]
In 1336 AE, maggots and shambling corpses known as bog bodies began emerging from the bog and attacking anything in their path, alarming the Lowland Kodan who had been using the area to harvest peat. With help from the Pact Commander and other adventurers, the kodan Autumn's Breath decided to investigate the source of the rot and discovered that the Bog Queen did in fact exist much to her surprise.
Angered by the adventurers disturbing the bog and slaying her minions, the Bog Queen emerged and engaged the trespassers in battle. Using her considerable magic, she tried to swarm the adventurers with her bog bodies and maggots and also tried to poison and mentally charm her victims to defeat them more easily. However, Autumn's Breath and her helpers prevailed in the end, slaying the Bog Queen. Despite the victory, Autumn's Breath wondered if their foe would revive one day to continue her dark mission. She could only speculate if the titans' magic had somehow corrupted the necromancer's body to rise as the Bog Queen or if there was some other explanation for the troubling phenomenon.
Location[edit]
- Lowland Shore
- Haar Mire (During related events only)
Event involvement[edit]
[Group Event] Defeat the Bog Queen before she floods the area with maggots (80)
Combat abilities[edit]
- Abilities
- Takes Less Damage for Each Live Bog Body
- Effects
Dragging Down - The queen will be pulled back down if enough people are pulling. (Applied by Chain Pull)
Rot Shield - Surrounded by rot—pull her down to shatter the shield! (When shielded)- Rot Shield - The queen is protected by rot. Focus on the maggots! (When shielded)
Shielded by the Swarm - Reduces incoming damage and increases outgoing damage by 5%. A stack is added for each bog body alive. Defeat a bog body to remove a stack.
- Skills
- Foul Geyser - Summons several geysers that damage and inflict
Spreading Rot (1m) on anything standing in them. - Foul Tide - The Queen summons a wave that moves forward in a straight line.
- Wave of Corruption
- Stolen skills
Drops[edit]
| Name | Type | Rarity | Quantity |
|---|---|---|---|
 Gilded Coffer
|
Container | Exotic | 1 |
Quotes[edit]
“Rise from the mire. It's time to play.
Rise from the soil—the muck and clay.
Find a new home, all soft and warm.
It's time to join my jubilant swarm!Squirm, my children. It's time to play...
Squirm and infest; rot and decay.
Find a new home, all soft and warm.
It's time to join my jubilant swarm!These nasty bears come and spoil our home...
These nasty bears will reap what they've sown!
Come, come. It's time to wake.
Rise, rise from the poison lake!
Gallery[edit]
The Bog Queen levitating.
The Bog Queen casting a spell.
Related achievements[edit]
Lowland Shore: All the Queen's Men — Squish the Bog Queen's maggots. (5
)- Lowland Shore: Social Distancing — Do not spread the rot to other players when you contract it. (3)
- Lowland Shore: The Queen's Gambit — Defeat the Bog Queen. (5
) 
Cryptid Chase: 
Known Track 05 — Defeat the Bog Queen.- Janthir Side Stories: A History Most Violent: Part 1 — Help the Astral Ward research the White Mantle occupation of Gavril. (5)
Trivia[edit]
- The Bog Queen is voiced by Patty Mattson.[8]
- The Bog Queen uses the Risen Priestess of Lyssa's model but has a new head and a unique hairstyle.
- The Bog Queen wields a White Mantle Spire. This fact, along with the contents of the Curious Artifact and dialogue during A History Most Violent: Part 1 implies that the Bog Queen and the Fanatical Ghost are the same person.
- During Guild Wars 2: Janthir Wilds development there were discussions to make the Bog Queen sing her summoning poem. Ultimately the developers opted for making her speak the lines instead.[9]
- The meta event was designed with maggot squashing at first, after which the developers designed the source of the maggots which evolved into the Bog Queen.[9]
- Indigo Linde wrote the Bog Queen's backstory.[9]
- The "Queen of Murk" track serves as her boss theme on the Guild Wars 2: Janthir Wilds soundtrack.[9]
See also[edit]
- Associated items
References[edit]
- ^ All the Queen's Men achievement description
- ^ Inquisitor Machalina's Journal
- ^ Fanatical Ghost
- ^ Curious Artifact
- ^ The Queen of the Bog
- ^ While on your warclaw, dash through the maggots before they infest more bodies
- ^ Defeat the Bog Queen before she floods the area with maggots
- ^ Twitter comment by Indigo Linde, Twitter.com
- ^ a b c d Designing World Bosses in Guild Wars 2: Janthir Wilds, GuildWars2.com
- ^ Added in the 19 November 2024 update.
