Western Hive
The Western Hive is the friendliest of the Hive factions pursuing peace and trade over war in almost all interactions. Their territory includes the Hut Islands and the swamps of Vain. They are ruled by The Queen from her throne on Hut Hill although visitors are not permitted and she is never seen.
Culture
The Western Hive is an economic powerhouse, trading all along the Western coast and as far inland as Black Desert City, they are an extremely generous and well traveled people. The majority of their people work as farmers or traders with everyone receiving combat training to be conscripted into military service when a Prince deems necessary. Western Hive society falls into a Hierarchy type caste system with the Queen and her Praetorian Guards at the top. While not in the Queen's presence, Princes speak with the same level of authority and lead all military and diplomatic ventures outside of Hut Hill.
Great Awakening
The Western Hive emerged in the chaotic wake of the Second Empire’s fall, a species without a recorded past, but with an innate sense of order and survival. Unlike the Eastern Hive, which remained rigidly bound to its instinctive hierarchy, the Western Hive displayed a strange resilience and independence, as though shaped by something beyond mere evolution. Their Queens spoke of a "Great Awakening," a time when the first Western Hivers awoke to a barren land, guided only by fragmented dreams of something ancient, something lost.
Whatever their origins, the Western Hive proved adaptable, expanding across the southern lands with a relentless drive for survival. Unlike their Eastern kin, they embraced trade, formed uneasy alliances, and even allowed Hivers to live apart from the Queen's will, an unthinkable heresy in traditional Hiver society.
Some say this deviation from the rigid hive-mind is their strength, while others believe it is a slow unraveling of their identity.
Military
With arguably the largest military on all of Kenshi few wish to stand against the Western Hive in open conflict. While they do not keep the largest standing army, every hiver is trained in swordsmanship and can be called upon for service at any moment. This is likely born from their reluctance to build walls and close proximity to the Fog Islands. The entire military is led by Warmaster Pae, a proven commander, who within the hive is said to be the greatest swordsman to ever walk the land.
Queen's Cutters:
The primary role of the Queen’s Cutters is to protect the Queen and her interests. They are stationed at key locations throughout the Western Hive's territory providing security and authority. In times of war or conflict, the Queen’s Cutters are the spearhead of the Western Hive’s military efforts. They lead the charge in battle, often acting as shock troops that break enemy lines with their ferocity and skill.
Tech Level
Many Western Hivers have a fascination with body modification even going so far as having a limb intentionally removed and replaced with a higher tech Skeleton limb. While fairly crude, the Western hive has become experienced at Skeleton tech and repairs, even producing their own modifications. Most villages are at least partially powered through wind generators with Hut Hill being entirely powered on old world tidal generators.
Type
Geopolitical, Queendom
Government System
Hive-mind
Official State Religion
Controlled Territories
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