Quote Originally Posted by Millstone85 View Post
At the very least, The Shepherd's Crown describes the elf queen with wings that:
  • Do not disappear when her glamor is destroyed by a rival.
  • Leave her with bleeding shoulders after being ripped off.

Which, combined with all the comparisons to social insects, makes me think that the elf queen's true form was some sort of alien fairy.

I "could swear" there were more clues but I would have to reread it all. Or read it for the first time, in the case of TSoD II.
I think there's a scene in which Tiffany goes into a painting / dream / memory, and two of the inhabitants / Queen's minions are sort of like large bee-women. Could that be what you're recalling?