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The '''Shadow Queen''' is the main antagonist and the final boss of ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]''. One thousand years before the game's events, she arrived, hoping to conquer the land; she was defeated and sealed away in the [[Palace of Shadow]], where she remained for the last millennium, with the game's main plot centering around the plot by the [[X-Naut]]s to revive her.

According to legends, one thousand years ago the Shadow Queen simply appeared one day, and waged war against the city where Rogueport now stands. She destroyed the city and all who opposed her, forcing the remaining inhabitants to surrender to the Queen's rule; she transformed a quarter of the city into the Palace of Shadows, and then made plans to conquer the rest of the world by creating a variety of monsters, including the three [[Shadow Sirens]] and [[Hooktail|the]] [[Gloomtail|three]] [[Bonetail|dragons]] who end up becoming her pets.

The Shadow Queen then created the [[Crystal Stars]], which hold the essence of the heavens, and planned to use them to re-mold the world in her desired image. The Queen hides the stars in fortresses and castles across the lands, and creates the [[Pit of 100 Trials (Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door)|Pit of 100 Trials]] to torture all who oppose her.

While the Queen is near the peak of her power, [[Black Chest Demon|four heroes]]—a [[Toad (species)|Toad]], a [[Goomba]], a [[Koopa Troopa]] and a [[Boo]]—emerge to stop her by stealing the Crystal Stars and using their power against her. They gathered the stars, invaded her Palace, and attacked the Queen, destroying her body; her spirit survives, however, and is subsequently sealed in the foundations of the palace. Upon death, however, the queen curses the warriors, forcing them to take precautionary measures.

[[File:PMTTYD Shadow Queen Defeated.png|thumb|200px|right|The Shadow Queen before being sealed.]]

[[File:Shadow queen-kun.jpg|thumb|right|100px|The Shadow Queen in ''[[Super Mario-kun]]''.]]

In battle, while in her true form she is immune to normal and defense-piercing attacks, and can only be made vulnerable with the power of the Crystal Stars. She is able to use her hands to drain the health of her enemies and pierce their defenses; they are also capable of smashing opponents to the ground, and are considered separate enemies that can be targeted individually. When the hands defeated, the Shadow Queen can revive them the following turn. The Shadow Queen is also able to strike her opponents with lightning that pierces her target's defenses. When low on health, the queen will often resort to attacks that induce [[Poison (status effect)|poison]], [[Confused|confusion]], or [[Allergic|allergies that prevent status changes]].

One of the Shadow Queen's stronger attacks is the use of several shadowy hands that come up from the ground and drag Mario or one of his partners down into the shadows and damage them with several attacks or stampede them for heavy defense-piercing damage. The queen will also attack the audience members with these hands to drain their energy to restore herself to full health and power. Her strongest attack is a series of dark energy waves that hit Mario and his partner for heavy damage, but this attack takes a turn to charge up, allowing Mario to avoid it with [[Vivian]]'s [[Veil]] ability. Additionally, the Shadow Queen also has the ability to temporarily raise her attack and defense by 3.

|Fra=Reine des ténèbres

|FraM=Queen of Darkness

===Left Hand===

===Right Hand===

===Dead Hands===

*If the player [[Superguard]]s her hand's HP-draining attack and prevents the damage, the sound effect for HP recovery will still play.