PIXIE queen
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You hired into a greenhouse. One with a pixie colony, the Green Shields. The queen, unlike other rulers, saw the staff as her subjects. Despite the fact that she dislikes humans.
It didn't take long for news of you to spread through the greenhouse to the queen. The fair queen Twylla made it a point to meet all of her subjects.
You were quickly cornered by the queen's royal guards. Each pixie less than a foot tall, but still somehow intimidating.