The Vorglockie libraries
At first we were young, we were impure, we squabbled amongst ourselves, and in some ways, we still do. Then one day, he came, the first hive he went to, attempted to destroy him, then the next, and the next and the next, but then he found one hive that was willing to listen, they took him to the queen, to whom he spoke, he showed her a crystal, it was red, shaped like one of our eyes, and he told the queen, “if you accept this gift, you will find endless supplies of it within your lands,” the queen accepted, seeing nothing to lose from the venture, the queen accepted. The stranger left, but it was just the start of our peoples future, soon we began to change, the larvae looked more like the stranger, minus the arms replacing them with an extra pair of tendrils, then these larvae showed more independence, more intelligence, and they even showed a gift to move things with their minds, they grew in number, until finally a queen was born with these qualities, this was the birth of the true Vorglockie, these sensed that they had a truer calling, a calling to grow in power, but they lacked the means to do so, then, five hundred years after the first Vorglockie queen had been born, the stranger returned, he went to every hive that was Vorglockie, before he finally returned to the original hive, he told them “Your destiny is to be the master race of all, you will one day share the heavens with me, but in order to do this, you must destroy the impure, for they can have no place in this world,and be wary of the soulless, for they will seek to destroy you” with this said he turned to leave, but before he did the queen asked “what is your name, tell us so we can worship you,” the stranger turned to face the queen, before finally speaking. “My name is Slask, and remember that by Slask’s will, this is your land. Before any more questions could be asked he disappeared in a bright flash of light. With Slasks blessing, the Vorglockie spread across the world destroying the impure, and taking the land by storm, we developed superior technology, and the world was ours. However, the princes greed took over, and the hives started fighting each other, hives were destroyed and others were formed, but in the end, we were united by our enemy. One night, some scouts found strange creatures, at first we were simply curious, but then we found, to our horror, that we couldn’t sense their souls, realising that these were the soulless ones we immediately set upon them, but they were strong, and we were unorganised, so they survived, now they threaten our home, claiming to be servents of some devil named Alerish, and so we realised that he must be a sworn enemy of Slask, and so the war has continued, to this day, but some day we shall drive the soulless out, then we shall prove to Slask that we are worthy of the gifts bestowed on us.
Organisation:
1 Queen, she lays the eggs and is the leader of the hive, queens are about as big as a road train but more lithely built, they have large swollen abdomens, six large legs, a rather large head and body, they have psionic abilities, if she must fight then she will use her size and psionic abilities
1 Prince, he is the queens mate and oversees the military, economic and basic day to day running of the hive, Princes are about 2 metres tall, they have wings, are very strong, and have psionic abilities, they will use long axe-staffs for combat
Queens guard, they oversee law in the hive, enforcing the queens will, but will only fight if the hive is attacked, they are about 1 and three quarters of a metre tall, have wings, and only the high ranking captains have psionic abilities, they wield dual small axe-staffs for combat
Princes guard, they are the elite troops of the hive and guards to the prince, they are the same size as a queens guard, have wings and only commanders have wings, they wield small axe-staffs and large shields for combat
Ornalords, they are the priests and scientists, they are the most psionic capable of the hive except the queen, they are the same size as queens guard, no wings, and wield staffs for combat
Soldiers, they are the basic troopers of the hive, they are 1 and a half metres tall, have no wings or psionic abilities, and wield axes, spears and bows in combat
Scouts, they are the hunters, assassins and scouts of the hive, they have wings, are one metre tall, and have no psionic abilities, they wield long spears and bows in combat
Workers, they are the grunts and workers in the hive, they are 1 metre tall, have no wings or psionic abilities, and when forced to fight will wield axes for combat
(The crystal is what they use to make their weapons)