Huz

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> ### Location
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> The Elder Continent
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> The Presbyterate
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> *"You cross the clearing slowly, resisting the urge to swat away bees. "Excuse me," you say. "Pardon me." "May I—"*
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> *The bees swirl curiously around you. They crawl through your hair. They infiltrate your outer garments. "Huz," they say. "Huz." But they do not harm you."*
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**Huz** is an infamously noisy queendom located deep in the Elder Continent.

## The Hive

Huz's soldiers - sapient bees - swarm in the Bleeding Forest. Upon drinking a traveler's tears, they gain the ability to speak, and offer their services against the Forest's many dangers. In order to do so, however, they must first build their hives on the traveller's body. Being covered in beeswax and honeycombs after a Huz infestation is not uncommon. And never anger the bees: their stings can cause intense melancholy and even death.

Huz bees can also be found in Arbor, where they assist in extracting that city's currency, attar, from people's eyes.

## The Huzzite Guard

*"Guests to the city are invited to get to know the Huzzite Guard. It is generally considered advisable to remain on their good side."*

The dream-city of Arbor is regularly patrolled by a company of human Huzzite soldiers called the **Huzzite Guard**. They monitor Arbor's borders, eject visitors when their stays have expired, enforce the city's laws, and conduct internal affairs. They convene in the **Copper Fortress** in Far Arbor, and they are led by the **Huzzite Commander**, who occasionally presides over criminal trials.

A notable commander of the Huzzite Guard is the **Commander of the Walls**, "a man of majestic bearing and temperament." Another official of note is the **Commander of Glass**, who limits the city's serpent population and hires serpent-tenders for this task.

## References

1. ↑ Flint, *Fallen London*
2. ↑ Listen to stories of Vesture, *Fallen London* *"My father was from Huz. [...] It was awfully noisy."*
3. ↑ Flint, *Fallen London* *"As soon as they have tasted your tears, they begin to speak. [...] We can even be of service to you. Do not crush us. You will regret it.""*
4. ↑ Flint, *Fallen London* *"They do attempt, very desultorily, to build their hive in your hair. [...] Whenever you wake after resting, you find your eyes sealed with wax; you have to pick hive-fragments from your scalp."*
5. ↑ Flint, *Fallen London* *"...the Huz whose stings bring weeping death..."*
6. ↑ Flint, *Fallen London* *"Large, Huz bees emerge. The Priest-in-Scarlet sets them to work, nuzzling into your tear ducts. As they guzzle away, they dislodge the Attar in your eyes,"*
7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Attend a reception at the Copper Fortress, *Fallen London*
8. ↑ Flint, *Fallen London* *"Guests to the city are invited to get to know the Huzzite Guard. It is generally considered advisable to remain on their good side."*
9. ↑ Walk the walls, *Fallen London*
10. ↑ Near Arbor (Centre), *Fallen London*
11. ↑ Light your candles (Near Arbor), *Fallen London*
12. ↑ Ambition: Petition the Roseate Queen to host the Marvellous, *Fallen London* *"[...] he nods, and gestures to a nearby Huzzite Guard, who picks up your gifts with golden implements."*
13. ↑ Witness a trial, *Fallen London* *"[...] the Huzzite Commander and the Queen's Peace adjudicate [...]"*
14. ↑ Attend a reception at the Copper Fortress, *Fallen London* *"Inside, overawed guests are ushered into the ochre opulence of the Commander of the Walls' private chambers."*
15. ↑ Become a serpent-tender in exchange for Attar, *Fallen London* *"The gardens are thick with serpents.*"