The Hive

The Hive is a vast Empire originally from the planet of Sillith. They are best known as the Empire that attempted to take over Sillith, that started the Sillithian War, and later attempted to take over multiple worlds. The bulk of their rank as an Empire was made up of Dharkanians, backed by other Sillithians with no powers of their own and non-Sillithians.

Following the attack of the Earth Faction they are known to be bulk headed by Dharkanians and Dharkanian-turned humanoids with serious powers, while being backed by the supernatural of Earth with Vampires as the primary followed by Drachen.

Founding
Little is known about the Hive beyond the fact that they were formed early in the history of the Dharkanians. Upon the establishment of the Dharkanian subspecies, the Hive was formed as a small kingdom by Tira Axis. Under the Axis household the Hive expanded its territory greatly and worked to absorb under Dharkanian Clans and Kingdoms. By the time of the Sillithian War the Hive was led by Horris Axis, son of Tira.

With the power of Darkness the Dharkanians primarily focused on industrializing their Southern Hemisphere, often mining the land for resources and establishing greater resources to prosper. As time went on they also discovered the ability to extend their lives to become immortal essentially. While many did this at first, the bulk went on to live normal life spans up until the war.

Meeting the Tribe
The Hive met The Tribe, their Northern neighbours, around 160,000 to 153,000 B.C. after the latter broke open the Ring of Fire. At once the Tribe had offered negotiations to help restore the depleted Hive territory via their Light Power, and in exchange the Dharkanians could offer some resources that would assist in Tribe agriculture. This went on well until 142,000 B.C. when Horris Axis was assassinated by an unknown assailant. It was speculated to be the work of non-affiliated Sillithians acting out to cause chaos.

After this event the grandson of the Empire's founder took power, William Axis. Hostilities began to rise from then on until the point where William ordered the assassination of the Tribe Leader, thus beginning the Sillithian War.

The Sillithian War
After the assassination of the Tribe Leader, the Hive entered Tribe space and began to occupy it. This began the war which would last from 13,700 B.C. into 21,000 B.C. undisturbed. In 20,768 B.C. the conflict between the two broke Space-Time via their abilities clashing so often. This opened portals to other realms and planets, including Earth. Immediately the Hive was at a disadvantage against the Vampiric of Earth until William Axis organized peace between the two, as at that time the Lightonian Powers had become a major threat to the Vampiric of Earth.

The war continued on for the Hive until 18,049 B.C. with the Hive taking nearly all of Sillith while also spreading their wings into other worlds successfully. All changed when William Axis was betrayed by his five Generals who opted to seal his powers. His body was never found and speculation remains as to what the five did to him. This led to the Hive's over aggressive streaks that resulted in the Tribe establishing the plan to lock Sillith away.

In 18,028 B.C. that is exactly what happened at the final battle of the war. Many of the Hive were forced by to Sillith by a massive counterstrike operation, at which point the portals were all shut. Despite the efforts of their enemies, thousands of Hive warriors remained across the worlds which were then hunted by the superior numbers of their many enemies.

This drove the survivors into hiding until they could begin again.

Shadow's Arrival
Upon the closure of the portals, many Dharkanians and non-Dharkanian loyalists of The Hive went into hiding. For thousands of years they were hunted with many, event the legendary warrior Cortez, being captured. Due to the lack of communication between one another in the various realms, and the inability to travel to one another, and the inability to contact their leaders, they opted to just wait.

All changed for them upon the arrival of Shadow, a mysterious Hive elite who had the means to fix everything. Under the directive of Shadow, the remaining elite formed the Earth Hive Ops with a mission to find the mirror shards and reopen the portals to Sillith. In that time they prepared for an attack on Nospheross and began looking into a Map to the Shards while collecting other data. They also had begun launching attacks and killing Tribe elite, while forming other connections to the various supernatural Clans of Earth to form an army.

Hive Reborn
In 20xx A.C. the Hive returned, leading the Lightonians still alive to wake up and act. They began with an assault on Nospheross prior to Cortez's execution, wiping out much of the facility in order to break their forces out. At the same time those on other worlds united together to reform their operations unit. They did so with the elite still free and the hundreds to thousands of supernatural forces at their disposal.

System of Government
The Hive was truly an Empire. They were founded as such, small in number only to expand through warfare to cover the bulk of the Southern Hemisphere of Sillith. They maintained leadership through the Axis family, a powerful lineage that saw few successors over anything less than death.

Emperor
The Emperor or Empress was the one in charge of running the Empire, making decrees and laws. While they did not directly oversee the affairs, they did hand out orders and receive information. They also elected who they believed to be strong to the rank of Elite, who were essentially the ruling council directly under the Hive Emperor.

Hive Elite
The Elite were warriors said to be able to take on an entire army with practically nothing. This is a true description of their power. Prior to the loss in the Sillithian War, only pure blooded Dharkanians could achieve this rank. Following under the Earth Ops leader Leon, any with sufficient Dharkanian ability could be considered an elite.

They were best identified by their wear, usually long coats that wore black with red stars patterned all across featuring a large neckband. The Elite of the Elite were often decorated in medals over their left chest and wore a noticeable necklace ending with a red star. Their coats also were often unique containing actual fur or differing patterns.

The job of the Elite was to lead the army and hand out orders to the governing leaders of territories, who were also usually elite.

Directors
Directors were a sub faction within the Hive Elite, often with no powers that were overly spectacular, in charge of organizing and maintaining alliances with other species such as the Vampiric Clans.