The Hive

A Chthonic Sphere owned by Parvus.
==Description ==
The Hive is an interconnected web of earthen tunnels and cavernous rooms. It houses a great number of insects of untold variety. The tunnels are even known to shift based on the activity of the insects living within the soil. 
The Hive is primarily constructed out of soil. Roots, stagnant water, and decaying plant matter are not uncommon within the Hive. Other materials accommodating to insects appear within the hive such as rocks, sand, and tufts of grass, but are less common. 
The cavernous rooms primarily consist of the small materials as the rest of the Hive, however, tend to house large insect nests. 
A species of blue, bioluminescent moss grows within The Hive, providing it with some sparse light.  
==History==
TBA
==Places of Interest==
*The Garden: One of the many cavernous rooms within the Hive, it is distinctive as the lushest part of the hive. While the rest of the Hive may have roots or tufts of grass, the Garden is a lush meadow covered in grass and sparsely populated by trees. The Garden also has several ponds and rocks scattered across it. No insects nest within The Garden, however, it is still covered within roaming insects. Within The Garden, there is a single apple tree which no insects dare approach, let alone touch or even plunder its fallen fruits. The bioluminescent moss completely covers the ceiling of The Garden, mimicking the sky at day.  
*The Laboratory: (1MP Monument) A cavernous room within the Hive. It is filled with wooden shelves, cabinets, and tables. It has a self-heating ceramic cauldron and a ceramic basin which refills itself with water. It also has many, mundane ceramic jars.  
==Connections with Other Spheres==
The Hive very rarely has a large natural connection with other spheres, instead, it has many smaller, insect-sized holes which will occasionally temporarily link it and another sphere. During this time, insects will slip through the small cracks and appear on the other side, however the exact nature of how this occurs depends on the other sphere, and the insects will typically die shortly after the natural connection collapses. 
In addition, the insects within the Hives will be altered by proximity to these natural connections depending on the nature of the other sphere. 
*The Grand Bazaar : Insects will become more cooperative, and less aggressive. Symbolic relationships become more common, and beneficial.
* The Pit of Trials : Insects will become more aggressive and dangerous. Insects will fight each for no apparent reason, and will seemingly cooperate towards this end with other insects at seemingly random, though these makeshift alliances are often short-lived.
* The Purlieu : Insects will become faster and more nomadic.
*Ehomakwoi : Insects will become slower and more resilient. They become harder to distinguish from stone in darkness. 
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