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HiveWings, as their name may imply, appear bee or wasp-like. They have slim figures and four wings that resemble dragonfly wings, contrary to their Pyrrhian counterparts.{{Citation needed|date=December 2024}} | HiveWings, as their name may imply, appear bee or wasp-like. They have slim figures and four wings that resemble dragonfly wings, contrary to their Pyrrhian counterparts.{{Citation needed|date=December 2024}} | ||
HiveWings can have the following scale colors: red, yellow, orange,<ref name=dragonguide>''A Guide to the Dragons of Pantala'', books 10-15</ref> black<ref name="TLSCH2PA29">{{Cite book|book=The Lost Continent|chapter=2|paragraph=29|quote=Every HiveWing had at least a few black scales, inherited from their common ancestor, Clearsight, but this dragon [ [[Hawker]] ] was almost entirely black, [...]}}</ref> and green.<ref>{{Cite book|book=The Hive Queen|chapter=19|paragraph=47|quote=His [ [[Treehopper]] ] scales were a dark greenish black with pale orange stripes along his wings, tail, and face.}}</ref> Every HiveWing will have at least a few black scales mixed in (inherited from their NightWing common ancestor, Clearsight).<ref name=dragonguide/><ref name=TLSCH2PA29/> Their eyes can also have these colors, with HiveWings being known that have eyes with black,<ref>{{Cite book|book=The Lost Continent|chapter=1|paragraph=26|quote=Her [ [[Wasp]] ] [...] eyes were large and completely black, surrounded by an oval of yellow scales.}}</ref> dark red,<ref>{{Cite book|book=The Hive Queen|chapter=14|paragraph=32|quote=[[Scarab|Lady Scarab's]] eyes were like small dark coals, with flickers of dark red in their depths.}}</ref> yellow-gold,<ref>{{Cite book|book=The Poison Jungle|chapter=13|paragraph=62|quote=Patches of black scales circled her [ [[Bumblebee]] ] yellow-gold eyes, [...]}}</ref> green<ref>{{Cite book|book=The Hive Queen|chapter=18|paragraph=2|quote=Thin lines of black scales outlined her [ [[Jewel]] ] iridescent green eyes and dotted her cheekbones; [...]}}</ref> and dark orange colorings.<ref>{{Cite book|book=The Lost Continent|chapter=21|paragraph=65|quote=[A]bruptly, the eye rolled back and became a normal eye. Dark orange irises and dilated pupils stared up at Sundew.}}</ref> Some other colors include brown<ref>{{Cite book|book=The Lost Continent|chapter=6|paragraph=63|quote=She [ [[Cricket]] ] had [...] warm, dark brown eyes that made him think of owls and tree hollows.}}</ref> and amber.{{Citation needed|date=December 2024}} However, when they are being mind controlled, their eyes will turn white,<ref>{{Cite book|book=The Lost Continent|chapter=5|paragraph=88|quote=They hadn't just stopped talking; every HiveWing in sight was frozen, right in the middle of whatever they'd been doing. [...] And then the HiveWings lifted their heads, all of them at once, and tilted their chins toward the east. [...] All of their eyes had gone pure white.}}</ref> and they will become unresponsive.{{Citation needed|date=December 2024}} | HiveWings can have the following scale colors: red, yellow, orange,<ref name=dragonguide>''A Guide to the Dragons of Pantala'', books 10-15</ref> black<ref name="TLSCH2PA29">{{Cite book|book=The Lost Continent|chapter=2|paragraph=29|quote=Every HiveWing had at least a few black scales, inherited from their common ancestor, Clearsight, but this dragon [ [[Hawker]] ] was almost entirely black, [...]}}</ref> and green.<ref>{{Cite book|book=The Hive Queen|chapter=19|paragraph=47|quote=His [ [[Treehopper]] ] scales were a dark greenish black with pale orange stripes along his wings, tail, and face.}}</ref> Every HiveWing will have at least a few black scales mixed in (inherited from their NightWing common ancestor, Clearsight).<ref name=dragonguide/><ref name=TLSCH2PA29/> Their eyes can also have these colors, with HiveWings being known that have eyes with black,<ref>{{Cite book|book=The Lost Continent|chapter=1|paragraph=26|quote=Her [ [[Wasp]] ] [...] eyes were large and completely black, surrounded by an oval of yellow scales.}}</ref> dark red,<ref>{{Cite book|book=The Hive Queen|chapter=14|paragraph=32|quote=[[Scarab|Lady Scarab's]] eyes were like small dark coals, with flickers of dark red in their depths.}}</ref> yellow-gold,<ref>{{Cite book|book=The Poison Jungle|chapter=13|paragraph=62|quote=Patches of black scales circled her [ [[Bumblebee]] ] yellow-gold eyes, [...]}}</ref> green<ref>{{Cite book|book=The Hive Queen|chapter=18|paragraph=2|quote=Thin lines of black scales outlined her [ [[Jewel]] ] iridescent green eyes and dotted her cheekbones; [...]}}</ref> and dark orange colorings.<ref>{{Cite book|book=The Lost Continent|chapter=21|paragraph=65|quote=[A]bruptly, the eye rolled back and became a normal eye. Dark orange irises and dilated pupils stared up at Sundew.}}</ref> Some other colors include brown<ref>{{Cite book|book=The Lost Continent|chapter=6|paragraph=63|quote=She [ [[Cricket]] ] had [...] warm, dark brown eyes that made him think of owls and tree hollows.}}</ref> and amber.{{Citation needed|date=December 2024}} However, when they are being mind controlled, their eyes will turn white,<ref name=mindcontrol>{{Cite book|book=The Lost Continent|chapter=5|paragraph=88|quote=They hadn't just stopped talking; every HiveWing in sight was frozen, right in the middle of whatever they'd been doing. [...] And then the HiveWings lifted their heads, all of them at once, and tilted their chins toward the east. [...] All of their eyes had gone pure white.}}</ref> and they will become unresponsive.{{Citation needed|date=December 2024}} | ||
HiveWings have three horns on their head. Two that all tribes have at the back of their head, one on their forehead, and one on the tip of their snout.{{Citation needed|date=December 2024}} Their tongues are blackish-purple.{{Citation needed|date=December 2024}} | HiveWings have three horns on their head. Two that all tribes have at the back of their head, one on their forehead, and one on the tip of their snout.{{Citation needed|date=December 2024}} Their tongues are blackish-purple.{{Citation needed|date=December 2024}} | ||
== Abilities == | == Abilities == | ||
Many HiveWings do not have abilities,<ref>{{Cite book|book=The Hive Queen|chapter=11|paragraph=40|quote=''I don't have a natural weapon, but neither do a lot of HiveWings.''}}</ref> but the few who do can vary. The abilities are genetic, and thus, can be passed down.<ref>{{Cite book|book=The Hive Queen|chapter=16|paragraph=71|quote=[B]ut Cadelle blocked her path, baring the venomous teeth that neither her child, nor grandchild, had inherited.}}</ref> The abilities include deadly stingers extending from the wrists, venomous teeth/fangs, | Many HiveWings do not have abilities,<ref>{{Cite book|book=The Hive Queen|chapter=11|paragraph=40|quote=''I don't have a natural weapon, but neither do a lot of HiveWings.''}}</ref> but the few who do can vary. The abilities are genetic, and thus, can be passed down.<ref>{{Cite book|book=The Hive Queen|chapter=16|paragraph=71|quote=[B]ut Cadelle blocked her path, baring the venomous teeth that neither her child, nor grandchild, had inherited.}}</ref> The abilities include deadly stingers extending from the wrists, venomous teeth/fangs, spraying boiling acid from the tail stinger,<ref name=dragonguide/> and emitting a terrible stench that is described to smell like "dead rotting things picked in sulfur".<ref>{{Cite book|book=The Hive Queen|chapter=13|paragraph=61|quote=A moment later, the smell rolled over the party. Cricket had heard of dragons with Scarab's power, [...] But this had to be the full-force weaponized version of it, like dead rotting things picked in sulfur.}}</ref> | ||
Some HiveWings have a paralyzing toxin (known as nerve poison) in the claws or the tail stinger which immobilizes and paralyzes those stabbed with it.<ref name=dragonguide/> For those stabbed, it is a very painful experience, described as feeling like "fire burning every nerve in your body". The pain will eventually fade, but the victim will still be paralyzed.<ref>{{Cite book|book=The Lost Continent|chapter=11|paragraph=30|quote='Swordtail says getting stabbed feels like fire burning every nerve in your body. Eventually the pain fades, but you're still paralyzed, so all you want to do is run or fly or even blink, but you can't move a single muscle until the toxin wears off'}}</ref> Wasp had an elite unit of HiveWing soldiers, recruited because of this ability, who apprehended criminals with this nerve poison.<ref>{{Cite book|book=The Lost Continent|chapter=11|paragraph=25|quote=Queen Wasp used an elite unit of HiveWing soldiers, all recruited to the job because they had a nerve poison in their claws or tail stinger. Once the criminal — or 'misbehaver' — was stabbed, that dragon wouldn't be able to move for an entire day}}</ref> | |||
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The [[Breath of Evil]] was a plant that was utilized by Ex-Queen Wasp to "mind control" HiveWings she had injected the Breath of Evil into.{{Citation needed|date=December 2024|reason=Citation needed that positively correlates the Breath of Evil to the mind control.}} Wasp would routinely visit the hives across Pantala twice a year to do a "Nest visit" in the Hive Nests,<ref>{{Cite book|book=The Hive Queen|chapter=18|paragraph=73|quote='She [ [[Wasp]] ] visits the Hive Nests twice a year — once in the dry season, one in the rainy season.'}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|book=The Hive Queen|chapter=18|paragraph=54|quote='[...] I [ [[Jewel]] ] was supposed to have another three days to prepare before her usual Nest visit'}}</ref><ref group=Note name=Note01>A Hive Nest is a central location within every hive where all HiveWing eggs are located until they hatch.</ref> which is when she would inject the plant into HiveWing eggs with her tail stinger.<ref>{{Cite book|book=The Hive Queen|chapter=20|paragraph=10|quote=[T]he queen struck, plunging her tail stinger into the eggshell. A pulse of something bright green seemed to move through the stinger into the egg — ''into the dragonet inside'', [...] and then the queen drew her stinger out and dropped the egg back into place.}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|book=The Hive Queen|chapter=20|paragraph=12|quote=''This is how she'' [ [[Wasp]] ] ''does it. She poisons her dragons before they've even hatched. They come into the world already linked to her by whatever that is she's injecting into the eggs.''}}</ref> | |||
When being controlled by Wasp, the eyes of affected HiveWings would go white, and they would move and act in unison,<ref name=mindcontrol/><ref>{{Cite book|book=The Lost Continent|chapter=6|paragraph=7|quote=' '''Where is the flamesilk?''' ' Aphid said in spine-chilling unison with the other HiveWings.}}</ref> taking on an eerie tone to their voice.{{Citation needed|date=December 2024}} HiveWings under mind control do remember their actions afterwards, and they are described to feel a very strong urge to do "exactly what everyone else is doing" during mind control. It isn't a struggle, and the experience has been described as "peaceful".<ref>{{Cite book|book=The Lost Continent|chapter=7|paragraph=18|quote='They ''do'' remember it,' She [ [[Cricket]] ] said. 'They remember pretty much everything. My sister, Katydid, says it's not a trapped feeling, though ... it's more like suddenly you ''really'' want to do exactly what everyone else is doing. There's no struggle. She says it's kind of peaceful, having someone else make all the decisions for you for a bit.'}}</ref> | |||
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HiveWings are a Pantalan tribe, one of the three that live on the continent. The HiveWings used to rule over the SilkWings, enslaving them as servants,[citation needed] and almost killing off the LeafWings to extinction.[citation needed] Their queen used to be Wasp,[citation needed] before the events of The Flames of Hope occurred. The HiveWings are now ruled by Queen Jewel.[citation needed] HiveWings are descended from BeetleWings and Clearsight, the ancestor of all HiveWings.[citation needed]
Appearance
HiveWings, as their name may imply, appear bee or wasp-like. They have slim figures and four wings that resemble dragonfly wings, contrary to their Pyrrhian counterparts.[citation needed]
HiveWings can have the following scale colors: red, yellow, orange,[1] black[2] and green.[3] Every HiveWing will have at least a few black scales mixed in (inherited from their NightWing common ancestor, Clearsight).[1][2] Their eyes can also have these colors, with HiveWings being known that have eyes with black,[4] dark red,[5] yellow-gold,[6] green[7] and dark orange colorings.[8] Some other colors include brown[9] and amber.[citation needed] However, when they are being mind controlled, their eyes will turn white,[10] and they will become unresponsive.[citation needed]
HiveWings have three horns on their head. Two that all tribes have at the back of their head, one on their forehead, and one on the tip of their snout.[citation needed] Their tongues are blackish-purple.[citation needed]
Abilities
Many HiveWings do not have abilities,[11] but the few who do can vary. The abilities are genetic, and thus, can be passed down.[12] The abilities include deadly stingers extending from the wrists, venomous teeth/fangs, spraying boiling acid from the tail stinger,[1] and emitting a terrible stench that is described to smell like "dead rotting things picked in sulfur".[13]
Some HiveWings have a paralyzing toxin (known as nerve poison) in the claws or the tail stinger which immobilizes and paralyzes those stabbed with it.[1] For those stabbed, it is a very painful experience, described as feeling like "fire burning every nerve in your body". The pain will eventually fade, but the victim will still be paralyzed.[14] Wasp had an elite unit of HiveWing soldiers, recruited because of this ability, who apprehended criminals with this nerve poison.[15]
Breath of Evil
The Breath of Evil was a plant that was utilized by Ex-Queen Wasp to "mind control" HiveWings she had injected the Breath of Evil into.[citation needed] Wasp would routinely visit the hives across Pantala twice a year to do a "Nest visit" in the Hive Nests,[16][17][Note 1] which is when she would inject the plant into HiveWing eggs with her tail stinger.[18][19]
When being controlled by Wasp, the eyes of affected HiveWings would go white, and they would move and act in unison,[10][20] taking on an eerie tone to their voice.[citation needed] HiveWings under mind control do remember their actions afterwards, and they are described to feel a very strong urge to do "exactly what everyone else is doing" during mind control. It isn't a struggle, and the experience has been described as "peaceful".[21]
Names
HiveWings are named after insects, which include ants, bees, beetles, crickets, mantids, wasps, weevils, and possibly even spiders.
History
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Notes
- ↑ A Hive Nest is a central location within every hive where all HiveWing eggs are located until they hatch.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 A Guide to the Dragons of Pantala, books 10-15
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 The Lost Continent, chapter 2, paragraph 29. "Every HiveWing had at least a few black scales, inherited from their common ancestor, Clearsight, but this dragon [ Hawker ] was almost entirely black, [...]"
- ↑ The Hive Queen, chapter 19, paragraph 47. "His [ Treehopper ] scales were a dark greenish black with pale orange stripes along his wings, tail, and face."
- ↑ The Lost Continent, chapter 1, paragraph 26. "Her [ Wasp ] [...] eyes were large and completely black, surrounded by an oval of yellow scales."
- ↑ The Hive Queen, chapter 14, paragraph 32. "Lady Scarab's eyes were like small dark coals, with flickers of dark red in their depths."
- ↑ The Poison Jungle, chapter 13, paragraph 62. "Patches of black scales circled her [ Bumblebee ] yellow-gold eyes, [...]"
- ↑ The Hive Queen, chapter 18, paragraph 2. "Thin lines of black scales outlined her [ Jewel ] iridescent green eyes and dotted her cheekbones; [...]"
- ↑ The Lost Continent, chapter 21, paragraph 65. "[A]bruptly, the eye rolled back and became a normal eye. Dark orange irises and dilated pupils stared up at Sundew."
- ↑ The Lost Continent, chapter 6, paragraph 63. "She [ Cricket ] had [...] warm, dark brown eyes that made him think of owls and tree hollows."
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 The Lost Continent, chapter 5, paragraph 88. "They hadn't just stopped talking; every HiveWing in sight was frozen, right in the middle of whatever they'd been doing. [...] And then the HiveWings lifted their heads, all of them at once, and tilted their chins toward the east. [...] All of their eyes had gone pure white."
- ↑ The Hive Queen, chapter 11, paragraph 40. "I don't have a natural weapon, but neither do a lot of HiveWings."
- ↑ The Hive Queen, chapter 16, paragraph 71. "[B]ut Cadelle blocked her path, baring the venomous teeth that neither her child, nor grandchild, had inherited."
- ↑ The Hive Queen, chapter 13, paragraph 61. "A moment later, the smell rolled over the party. Cricket had heard of dragons with Scarab's power, [...] But this had to be the full-force weaponized version of it, like dead rotting things picked in sulfur."
- ↑ The Lost Continent, chapter 11, paragraph 30. "'Swordtail says getting stabbed feels like fire burning every nerve in your body. Eventually the pain fades, but you're still paralyzed, so all you want to do is run or fly or even blink, but you can't move a single muscle until the toxin wears off'"
- ↑ The Lost Continent, chapter 11, paragraph 25. "Queen Wasp used an elite unit of HiveWing soldiers, all recruited to the job because they had a nerve poison in their claws or tail stinger. Once the criminal — or 'misbehaver' — was stabbed, that dragon wouldn't be able to move for an entire day"
- ↑ The Hive Queen, chapter 18, paragraph 73. "'She [ Wasp ] visits the Hive Nests twice a year — once in the dry season, one in the rainy season.'"
- ↑ The Hive Queen, chapter 18, paragraph 54. "'[...] I [ Jewel ] was supposed to have another three days to prepare before her usual Nest visit'"
- ↑ The Hive Queen, chapter 20, paragraph 10. "[T]he queen struck, plunging her tail stinger into the eggshell. A pulse of something bright green seemed to move through the stinger into the egg — into the dragonet inside, [...] and then the queen drew her stinger out and dropped the egg back into place."
- ↑ The Hive Queen, chapter 20, paragraph 12. "This is how she [ Wasp ] does it. She poisons her dragons before they've even hatched. They come into the world already linked to her by whatever that is she's injecting into the eggs."
- ↑ The Lost Continent, chapter 6, paragraph 7. "' Where is the flamesilk? ' Aphid said in spine-chilling unison with the other HiveWings."
- ↑ The Lost Continent, chapter 7, paragraph 18. "'They do remember it,' She [ Cricket ] said. 'They remember pretty much everything. My sister, Katydid, says it's not a trapped feeling, though ... it's more like suddenly you really want to do exactly what everyone else is doing. There's no struggle. She says it's kind of peaceful, having someone else make all the decisions for you for a bit.'"