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AlteredTundra
Name: Toussaint River Hive
Capital:
Haven
History: Even though the Toussaint River Hive has its capital in Haven, it did not start there. The Hive started with survivors who fled south from the bigger cities in Louisiana, they went into the forest and swaps and began life there. It was in those early days that there was no clear leader and all the people that went into this southern swamp lived and worked together.
They lived off the land, hunted only what they needed, fought "like men" with their hands only to solve great issues, and cherished their women because there where not a lot of them. It was this shortage of women that led to them taking positions as leaders, they would direct the men and share what wisdom they had with others. They would only take the strongest men as mates, and make large families that where considered royalty. The oldest woman in their group had 5 boys and one daughter who would become the first queen, and create the Hive.
Bérénice Toussaint, was the first Queen of the Hive and gave her people some kind of social structure to live by and a name. She had a vision that pulled her people out of the swaps and back into the ancient cities full of relics and a better life. Her dream and the large vastness of the Hive attracted more and more people from all over LA, and with them they brought knowledge and information of the world outside the woods. It was with this information that Queen Toussaint I created the first "Great Expanse", this was a plan to move a large portion of their people from the "Sacred Swamp" to the north, past the large craters and ruins, to more fertile land that would open up even more possibilities for their civilization. Queen Toussaint I had her eyes set on a small settlement that was already developed by a small little group, it was right off the lake and the sea and would make a good point to build from. She was no fool though, she traded, saved, and prepared a small army to take the settlement from those who already lived in it, and the day she marched her forces to the city, and took it swiftly with minimal casualty. What she did not know was that she would enter into the Hives first great conflict with another peoples, the settlement she attacked was apart of a network of three or four other settlements that where nearby. Over the next few months, the Hive had to hold their new land while cultivating it, and they did. The "Raiders" stressed all their resources and after they had nothing left they were assimilated into the Hive. The defeat of the Raiders brought much to the Hive: new androids, information relics and a husband for the queen.
Soon after that the Hive got even bigger, attracting the attention of people all across the south. Soon after that Queen Toussaint I took steps to ensure the prosperity of her people by setting up rules to live by and making sure that the eldest of her line would continue to be in power. And for the next few years three more Queens would take power: Bérénice Toussaint II, Rosette Toussaint I, and Bérénice Toussaint III. Each one would further expand the Hive with a another "Great Expanse", and further the glory and strength of the Hive. Each Queen had to deal with much conflict from outside forces. War was a common thing for the Hive but no matter how bleak the situation they prospered.
Now life within the Toussaint River Hive is tense, other vast civilizations are rising, the eldest of Queen Toussaint III is a male, so now Dirk Boudreau sits on the throne as the first king of he hive, and this gave birth to doubt within kingdom, no man has ever been in a large position of leadership outside of combat and this worries everyone. The future, as always, is uncertain and one can only hope for the best for the new Hive King and his people.
Capital:
Haven
History: Even though the Toussaint River Hive has its capital in Haven, it did not start there. The Hive started with survivors who fled south from the bigger cities in Louisiana, they went into the forest and swaps and began life there. It was in those early days that there was no clear leader and all the people that went into this southern swamp lived and worked together.
They lived off the land, hunted only what they needed, fought "like men" with their hands only to solve great issues, and cherished their women because there where not a lot of them. It was this shortage of women that led to them taking positions as leaders, they would direct the men and share what wisdom they had with others. They would only take the strongest men as mates, and make large families that where considered royalty. The oldest woman in their group had 5 boys and one daughter who would become the first queen, and create the Hive.
Bérénice Toussaint, was the first Queen of the Hive and gave her people some kind of social structure to live by and a name. She had a vision that pulled her people out of the swaps and back into the ancient cities full of relics and a better life. Her dream and the large vastness of the Hive attracted more and more people from all over LA, and with them they brought knowledge and information of the world outside the woods. It was with this information that Queen Toussaint I created the first "Great Expanse", this was a plan to move a large portion of their people from the "Sacred Swamp" to the north, past the large craters and ruins, to more fertile land that would open up even more possibilities for their civilization. Queen Toussaint I had her eyes set on a small settlement that was already developed by a small little group, it was right off the lake and the sea and would make a good point to build from. She was no fool though, she traded, saved, and prepared a small army to take the settlement from those who already lived in it, and the day she marched her forces to the city, and took it swiftly with minimal casualty. What she did not know was that she would enter into the Hives first great conflict with another peoples, the settlement she attacked was apart of a network of three or four other settlements that where nearby. Over the next few months, the Hive had to hold their new land while cultivating it, and they did. The "Raiders" stressed all their resources and after they had nothing left they were assimilated into the Hive. The defeat of the Raiders brought much to the Hive: new androids, information relics and a husband for the queen.
Soon after that the Hive got even bigger, attracting the attention of people all across the south. Soon after that Queen Toussaint I took steps to ensure the prosperity of her people by setting up rules to live by and making sure that the eldest of her line would continue to be in power. And for the next few years three more Queens would take power: Bérénice Toussaint II, Rosette Toussaint I, and Bérénice Toussaint III. Each one would further expand the Hive with a another "Great Expanse", and further the glory and strength of the Hive. Each Queen had to deal with much conflict from outside forces. War was a common thing for the Hive but no matter how bleak the situation they prospered.
Now life within the Toussaint River Hive is tense, other vast civilizations are rising, the eldest of Queen Toussaint III is a male, so now Dirk Boudreau sits on the throne as the first king of he hive, and this gave birth to doubt within kingdom, no man has ever been in a large position of leadership outside of combat and this worries everyone. The future, as always, is uncertain and one can only hope for the best for the new Hive King and his people.
