Queen Jenna's Shoes

Inquiring minds want to know why Queen Jenna is barefoot. Is there something we should read into this?

She is one of the rare few who got the Invisible Boots from the Treasure Mushroom.

So that Logan gets angry at the ground for touching the Queen more than he does.

In many religions, going barefooted is a sign of humility and subjection. Contemporarily, it's seen as a sign of innocence and childhood. It could be that the Queen wishes to be seen as humble by her subjects by going barefooted, or as a sign of some recognition that she, despite being a monarch, also serves her people. I'd be interested in any official lore on it. Interesting question, OP, thanks for asking it.

I've been researching this, there is NO designer shoe store in divinity's reach. A Queen should not wear common shoes. And she doesn't have access to gemstore.

I always took the charming and barefooted nature of Her Royal Highness as being a symbol of a free spirit... our mundane world has embraced this representation of going shoeless over the years in various ways.

“I see you go bare-shod. This is most likely extremely sensible. Shoes are no end of trouble for girls. . . . How many have danced to death in slippers of silk and glass and fur and wood? Too many to count—the graveyards, they are so full these days. You are very wise to let your soles become grubby with mud, to let them grow their own slippers of moss and clay and calluses. This is far preferable to shoes which may become wicked at any moment.”― Catherynne M. Valente, In the Cities of Coin and Spice

She's actually wearing a pair of highly protective combat boots, they're just invisible because of mesmer magic.

she equipped an outfit that doesn't include shoes. underneath the outfit ..... that's up to your imagination =X

I always assumed it'd because she's the queen and can do what she likes.

I assume Queen Elizabeth II wears those horrible fluorescent felt suits for the same reason.

@RoseofGilead.8907 said:She is one of the rare few who got the Invisible Boots from the Treasure Mushroom.I have never seen her on Mushroom hunting. :o

@Nilson.9865 said:

@RoseofGilead.8907 said:She is one of the rare few who got the Invisible Boots from the Treasure Mushroom.I have never seen her on Mushroom hunting. :o

Well, she IS a pretty good mesmer. She must have disguised herself and magic and things.

It's just one of her distinctive traits.

I did not realize she didn't have shoes until Taimi said something

@RoseofGilead.8907 said:She is one of the rare few who got the Invisible Boots from the Treasure Mushroom.

The invisible shoes are so incomprehensibly rare, it is a sign of extreme status and power to use them. And she got them way BEFORE they were available to some lucky plebs.

Alternatively, maybe she is a Mistborn fan.

Because the lore bit hasn't been brought up, Jenna's world view is a little unconventional...... not naive, but rather idealistic. What sets her apart from the stereotype of a delusional moon child is how that trope is a conscious ruse on her part. This masks her borderline devious aptitude of navigating the hypocrisy inherent in Kryta's aristocracy; often turning noble decorum into a trap to gain "cooperation" from "neglectful" members of Kryta's Noble Houses. That wit is what earned her some enemies in the ministry, fearing it threatens their individual seats of power.

Moving back to the whole barefoot thing...... She has a desire for Divinity's Reach to become a place of safety and comfort for the citizens of Kyrta, and this has lead to a number of somewhat quirky, but oddly practical laws in DR. The one in relation to this is a rigorous upkeep ordnance to keep the Streets of DR clean and free of debris, citing a desire for her, or the citizens, to be able to walk the streets of the city without injuring their feet. Its unclear if Jenna created the ordnance out of a desire to walk around barefoot, or if she walks around barefoot as a way to enforce it (so the ministry doesn't slack on city maintenance)..... but thats exactly the kind of ambiguous motive shes known to use, to keep her detractors on the defensive.

she's ahead of her time...these shoes are the in thing in 2018

@starlinvf.1358 said:[...] a number of somewhat quirky, but oddly practical laws in DR. The one in relation to this is a rigorous upkeep ordnance to keep the Streets of DR clean and free of debris, citing a desire for her, or the citizens, to be able to walk the streets of the city without injuring their feet.

Well, in that case: Why are mounts allowed in the city? ;)

@Random Object.1298 said:In many religions, going barefooted is a sign of humility and subjection. Contemporarily, it's seen as a sign of innocence and childhood. It could be that the Queen wishes to be seen as humble by her subjects by going barefooted, or as a sign of some recognition that she, despite being a monarch, also serves her people. I'd be interested in any official lore on it. Interesting question, OP, thanks for asking it....or it could be that the artist screwed up and forgot to put shoes on this NPC.

@Ashantara.8731 said:

@starlinvf.1358 said:[...] a number of somewhat quirky, but oddly practical laws in DR. The one in relation to this is a rigorous upkeep ordnance to keep the Streets of DR clean and free of debris, citing a desire for her, or the citizens, to be able to walk the streets of the city without injuring their feet.

And who cleans up after them? Where are the guys with the shovels and poop-bins?

She has terrible bunions.

LoL, she is a fake princess, real princes is Logan!

When some one command's with no shoes, you know who is the men in the house! ._. but yeah that chracter need some more princess/queen look n'feel....

@"Samnang.1879" said:she's ahead of her time...these shoes are the in thing in 2018

Clear, plastic, platform "Jelly" shoes were all the rage when I was in middle school, too. Jennah knows what's up in the world of fashion.

@Ashantara.8731 said:

@starlinvf.1358 said:[...] a number of somewhat quirky, but oddly practical laws in DR. The one in relation to this is a rigorous upkeep ordnance to keep the Streets of DR clean and free of debris, citing a desire for her, or the citizens, to be able to walk the streets of the city without injuring their feet.

Because mounts come from Elona, and basically all of core Tyria is now stuck in time. If you want to get into the mind crushing meta-context of it all, there is a theory that the world of Tyria is fragmented and caught in a time loop. By coincidence (or possibly intention), this occurred during the same window as the Consortium started exploring Fractals. And now we've recently learned about the Human gods withdrawing from Tyria's dimensional planes... which is kind of troubling since we're already eyebrow deep in multiverse theory with the Mists and WvW. That makes us unwitting time travelers when we hit way points...... or going back and reliving LS story chapters as if we didn't already know the outcome....

@starlinvf.1358 said:

@Ashantara.8731 said:

@starlinvf.1358 said:[...] a number of somewhat quirky, but oddly practical laws in DR. The one in relation to this is a rigorous upkeep ordnance to keep the Streets of DR clean and free of debris, citing a desire for her, or the citizens, to be able to walk the streets of the city without injuring their feet.

Oh gee, how can you take a silly joke literal?

@Ashantara.8731 said:

@starlinvf.1358 said:

@Ashantara.8731 said:

@starlinvf.1358 said:[...] a number of somewhat quirky, but oddly practical laws in DR. The one in relation to this is a rigorous upkeep ordnance to keep the Streets of DR clean and free of debris, citing a desire for her, or the citizens, to be able to walk the streets of the city without injuring their feet.

I knew it was a joke..... but durty streets are no laughing matter. Also like bringing up the fact we have a multiverse, but don't automatically default to evil twin plot lines. Well except that one time...... but the infinity ball is hands down the best multigag reference in the game, so I'll give it a pass.