Scarlet Hive¶
A middling power under the Crimson Court, several times larger than Noren Workshop and home to a dozen or more eighth-level wizards.2 Its junction point is a living city of flesh rebuilt as a war machine.4 Its line pursues Death Husks as a generational wish, and its eighth-levels leave the array for their descendants rather than abandon it.8
Overview¶
Kastilla represents the Hive abroad.1 It hosts the betrothal bouts at a garden banquet of a few dozen high-level wizards.5 After the "accident", its eighth-level wizards apologize and offer compensation without admitting fault: a spatial ring of Crimson Court materials, which Kastilla calls compensation from the Decay King's line.79
Structure¶
- A dozen or more eighth-level wizards.2
- Azrael's backers: A necromancy-discipline and a decay-discipline eighth-level wizard.8
- Junction point: A living flesh city rebuilt as a war machine.4
- Death Husk array, kept for the next generation.8
Notable members¶
| Member | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Kastilla | Representative | Speaks for the Hive; frames the compensation.19 |
| Azrael | Member | Backed by two eighth-levels; a dozen-plus rescued sixth-levels free Clark before him, fearing he would silence them.68 |
| Morin, Aislinn, Jessie, Rashid | Members | Present at the betrothal events.3 |
Relations¶
- Crimson Court: Overlord; the compensation is paid in Crimson Court materials.29
- Noren Workshop: Smaller counterpart; Wizard Noren plans to enter the chaotic interlayer himself within a few hundred years using Jie Ming's coordinates.28
- Decay King's line: Source of the compensation, per Kastilla.9
- Jie Ming and Viola: Recipients of the apology ring.9