Mellifera

Mellifera (Mel) is the Empress Bee that befriended Apis after they rescued her from goblins that were dragging her away from her home. She is roughly the size of a pot-bellied pig and is able to fly.

She is able to sting multiple times and they are able to communicate together in Sylvan.

Background
Mel was brought to Shadridge (where Apis found her) by Jack Creed, who owned an Apiary just outside the town. Before settling there, Jack was a very successful travelling salesman in the kingdom of Zerantiel. Jack kept Mel's origins secret from her, apart from saying that she was imbued with magic while she was a pupa (inactive immature form between larva and adult). This magic caused Mel to grow much larger then a normal bee and to be able to communicate in Sylvan. Mel suspects Jack to have had something to do with how she came about, but does not know for sure.

After Jack's death, Mel feels lost and tells Apis that she won’t continue on in the apiary and that her queens can take over the hives. She wishes to see what life has to offer beyond the farm and decides to accompany Apis on their future adventures. She does not feel emotions like a human but in her own way she was grateful to have known Jack, and is thankful to him for the chance he gave her, to have the life she has.

Dreams
After meeting Apis, Mel starts to have dreams for the first time. She had never had dreams like this before.

The first is when they are resting overnight in the PEA shack after the Goblin Camp Fight. In this dream, Mel dreams about creatures admiring her Mel had vision of other bees, larger swarms and she seemed to be being admired by people she came across (meaning all insects in this context). Coming across insects she had never met, they all paid deference to her for reasons she couldn't understand. She had always had sway with other bees, she had never had sway over other insects. She found it interesting that this was happening to her in this vision and then she woke up

Mel's Melitia
Mel is able to ask for help from nearby insects, which form a cloud to attack enemies. This has been termed Mel's Melitia.

Soporific Spores
By shaking loose pollen that has been trapped in her fuzzy coat Mel is able to induce sleep on those who get touched by the drifting pollen.

Trivia

 * When Apis and Mel met Verryn, he remarks that he had previously seen others similar to her, not specifically bees but other animals of unusually giant size and they were usually imbued with the ability to speak Sylvan.
 * Saiden, the leader of Helwyrryn also remarks that they have seen such as mel before, but not for a long time.