High on the mountain, lead by Akta, I was taken to the Red Queen and introduced to the Court of Leaves. The Court of Leaves surrounds and protects not only Mt. Hunger but, too, all access to the mountain.

Long independent of all outside the Court, it was established that a conduit needed to be created between the Court and Outside for, though Vermont is the least populated state in the colonized land called the United States, there have been intrusions into the Court of Leaves. The Red Queen dictated the creation of a "Gate." A Gate to regulate the activity of wasichu.