The Swarm

The swarm is as mysterious as the eye but very different. While they eye could extend some control over creatures, it had trouble doing so. However, it appears that the Swarm revolves near entirely around this function.

## History

The swarm appears to have begun as a biological weapon created long ago, by Moonfall, the original him, and others. They released only one of these bombs, but the swarm took over quickly. Him, who had gone mad with power, began to help the swarm. They waged war against life itself for many years before being sealed away by Moonfall and the other creators. While sealed away, the swarm sensed weakness within the original him, and they shredded his body to pieces and ate the remains.

Not long after being locked up, the Swarm made an escape from its imprisonment unbeknownst to its original jailers. It began tearing through nation after nation, consuming all life, all the while growing stronger and stronger. However, it came to a halt when it came across the Ego Nation. This nation had been ready for the Swarm, and had prepared for battle by erecting two walls, as well as teaching its soldiers how to fight the Swarm. the swarm arrived shortly after the disappearance of the lost brother.

The fighting went on unchanged for many years, no side gaining the upper hand. Then, one day, it all changed. Casimir Aloe Mora, a member of the ego nation's royal family, went to join the troops in battle. Their group fought valiantly, and began to push the swarm back. Then one day, it all changed. Casimir, who had became drunken and reckless, called for a charge on what was known as the hive, and a focal point of the Swarm's power. They charged in on this suicide mission, being cut down one by one, until the only one that remained was Casimir. It is unknown what happened next, but when Casimir next emerged, he was a changed man. The man that had charged into that cave was nearly gone, and its place stood one who became known as Him.

The Swarm eventually managed to push its forces to just outside the nation's inner wall, however, were unable to take it down, and longed for the day when someone made a careless mistake and allowed them in.

That day came shortly afterward, when a four-year-old Kane carelessly wandered outside the wall to pick a flower, leaving a door open when he did. The Swarm got in, and began laying waste to everything in the outer walls, quickly advancing towards the inner walls. Of the village nearby, only Kane and his sister died. Kane's sister later when missing while fleeing the Swarm, and her whereabouts are unknown.

The Swarm waged against the inner walls for a long time. Over this time, the walls slowly weakened, and Titus, the leader of the nation ordered the construction of a new wall, closer to the center of the city. However, both him and the Swarm knew that construction would not be done in time. Titus told his people to order the evacuation of the nation.

At this point, the Swarm began to send strange transmissions to Titus, who relayed them to the peacekeepers. It was only found out after Titus' death that these transmissions were coming from the Swarm. Shortly after the fourth transmission, the inner wall fell, and the Swarm flooded into the nation.

The Swarm quickly took over the entire nation, killing or consuming every living thing in its way. There were only 24 survivors, three of which, including Titus, died in an ambush while making camp.

It was at this point when the Swarm was discovered by the rest of the nation's at large, and the Swarm finally formed a cohesive plan.

Recent events have led to the curing of Him, the interference of both the god Orion Tract and the dragon council.

## Strengths

The Swarm can consume any living thing simply by touching it. A creature that has been consumed by the Swarm are typically smarter and stronger. The Swarm responds to a hive mind, and does not have individual thoughts. When nearby to a structure referred to as a hive, Swarm are stronger than usual, and will appear in more numbers than usual. The Swarm appears to be cunning and quite smart as well, as they have shown ability to coordinate attacks and ambushes to deadly effect.

## Weaknesses

The Swarm seems to have an aversion towards water. However, naturally amphibious creatures, such as Hydropteras, seem to be immune to this weakness. One of their greatest strengths is also a weakness, as its hive mind, while good for coordination, may make it easier to deceive the Swarm. HOWEVER, this has not been proven to work, and should only be attempted if you are absolutely desperate. If am member of a Swarm gets to far from a hive, it will become slow, and react slower. If take to far, the creature it is possessing may break free, however the Swarm rarely allows this, as it knows of this weakness.

## Mutations

The swarm over time has developed a number of mutations, all of which are listed below.

* **Defense Against Cryo freezing:** The Swarm found a way to evaporate after being Cryo frozen.
* **Ability to Consume Humans:** The most recent mutation, the swarm gained the ability to take over humans, who up until that moment were immune to the Swarm.
* **Defense against hydroptera curing:** Recently, a cure had been found that worked on Him and Hydroptera. However, when the cure was used on him in close quarters with other members of the Swarm, the Swarm recorded how its pattern worked, and has since developed a cure.

## Him

Him was the first, and for a long time, only human to have been consumed by the Swarm. His real name is Casimir Aloe Mora, and he was a member of the ego nation royalty. Him is the only member of the Swarm, that, to some degree, can think for himself. While it can not break the Swarm's influence on most occasions, he has been known to slip messages past the Swarm from time to time. He can be recognized by wearing either a red or a black tailcoat suit. He has blonde hair. The black goop signifying the Swarm shifts across his body, but mostly stays on the side of his face. Half of his face is marred with a webbing of Scars from an unknown incident. Him is highly capable, and one of the Smartest beings on the planet. Moonfall and Titus are his brothers, though his Swarm controlled self will not hesitate to kill them. He is also a deadly fighter, and on many occasions will seek out the large dragons such as bewilderbeast and crimson goregutter on the battlefield, and them swiftly take them down with his bare hands.

In recent events, while raiding the ego nation after they sucesfully found a cure for the Swarm, The scientist, while dying to Him's hand, managed to smash some of the cure over the Swarm. He succesfully cured him, turning him back to Casimir. However, the Swarm had been attached to Casimir for too long, and curing him caused great scars, as the Swarm had fused to his skin. Also, it can be noted that Casimir seems to have a physical problem with him, as close contact with the Swarm appears to send him into agony, sometimes nearly killing him. It is unknown what the cause for this was.

## Appearance

The Swarm will look like any living being, however a black goo will be running over parts of its body, if not all. Its body parts will most likely have darkened to a blackened state as well. Rarely, members of the Swarm will exhibit glowing purple eyes.

## Hives

If you see a large black structure made of a similar goop as what covers the Swarm, DO NOT APPROACH. This is a hive, and they are center points of Swarm activity. the main function of a hive is to extend the Swarm's range it can send its members, however it has others. One of said abilities is to act as a recharging station for the Swarm, as it allows them to grow and strengthen their grip over the creature it is inhabiting. However, the closer to a hive Swarm are, the stronger they will be, and attacking even a small hive is suicidal.

## The Prime Hive

Located in the remains of the Ego Nation, the Prime Hive is the largest hive ever built. It also appears to be where the Swarm is receiving its commands from, however this may not be true, as it is nearly impossible to get within the borders of the old outer wall without getting trampled on by thousands of the Swarm. It appears to also be the location of one of the keys, the dark blue key.