The Queen (in Japanese: クイーン Kuīn) is a malicious monarch who is the ruler of the Castle, and the main antagonist of the 2001 PlayStation 2 videogame Ico. Because of her old age and failing body, she intends to cheat death by using her daughter, the mysterious but kind-hearted princess Yorda as a spiritual vessel. Her plan goes awry when Ico (the game's titular protagonist, and last component of the sacrifice required for the ritual) escapes, frees Yorda, and sets off to find a way out of the castle.