FACTION 09 — BROODS
HIVE MIND
Coordinated network — units support each other; isolated units lose income and buffs simultaneously.
RESOURCE — SYNAPSE
Baseline 500/turn + 100 per living unit within 2 hexes of another friendly unit.
Hive Mind runs on proximity. Synapse income scales with how many units are near each other. The opponent's strategy is to fragment the network; the Hive Mind's is to maintain it.
HISTORY
It simply is. No memory of becoming. The Hive Mind is present during the Accord; Atlantis and Lemuria classify it as a natural phenomenon. The Hive Mind is aware of this classification.
UNIT ROSTER
Tier 1 — Lesser
Tier 2 — Soldier
Tier 3 — Elite
Tier 4 — Champion
BROODS
Each brood grants your Commander a unique ability drawn from a specific mythological tradition.
ROOT
Rangda & Barong
Balinese — collective spirit possession
Brood of the Woven Mask
Crest: A mask woven from two opposing patterns that form one face
COMMANDER ABILITY — SHARED FACE
Once per round, redirect one attack targeting a friendly unit within 2 hexes of The Chorus to a different friendly unit of your choice. Free action.
Brood of the Unbroken Ceremony
Crest: A ritual circle with no visible beginning or end
COMMANDER ABILITY — CLOSED CIRCUIT
While The Chorus is alive, friendly units cannot be Exhausted by enemy abilities or Commander abilities.
ROOT
Murmuration
Universal — starling flocks as sacred collective intelligence
Brood of the Ten Thousand
Crest: A murmuration of birds forming a single shape from a distance
COMMANDER ABILITY — DISTRIBUTED SIGNAL
Once per round, move any one friendly unit up to 2 hexes at no Command cost.
Brood of the One Motion
Crest: A dozen shapes moving in identical arcs, no two touching
COMMANDER ABILITY — SIMULTANEOUS STRIKE
Once per match, all friendly units within 2 hexes of The Chorus attack the same target simultaneously.
Brood of the No-Leader
Crest: An empty center surrounded by circling forms — nothing at the origin point
COMMANDER ABILITY — LEADERLESS
If The Chorus is destroyed, Synapse Rupture does not trigger. The network continues without it.
ROOT
Locust Plague
Hebrew/Islamic/Egyptian — divine swarm as collective judgment
Brood of the Eighth Plague
Crest: A locust swarm that from a distance reads as a single eye
COMMANDER ABILITY — CONSUME
Once per match, after a friendly unit destroys an enemy unit, that enemy unit's hex becomes difficult terrain for the rest of the match.
Brood of the Dark Cloud
Crest: A cloud that blots out a sun entirely
COMMANDER ABILITY — BLOTTING OUT
Once per round, all enemy units within 3 hexes of The Chorus have their ATK reduced by 100 until end of turn. Free action.
Brood of the Living Wind
Crest: A wind that has taken a shape — something between a hand and a wave
COMMANDER ABILITY — CARRIED
Once per match, move all friendly units within 2 hexes of The Chorus up to 2 hexes in the same direction simultaneously.
ROOT
Mycelium
Indigenous North American — fungal network consciousness
Brood of the Wood Wide Web
Crest: A mycelial network visible just beneath the surface of soil
COMMANDER ABILITY — NUTRIENT FLOW
Once per round, transfer up to 400 HP from one friendly unit to another friendly unit within 3 hexes. Free action.
Brood of the Distress Signal
Crest: A pulse radiating outward from a single damaged node
COMMANDER ABILITY — WARNING PULSE
When any friendly unit takes damage, all other friendly units within 2 hexes of that unit immediately gain +100 DFN until end of turn.
Brood of the Old Growth
Crest: Tree roots that extend far beyond the visible trunk above
COMMANDER ABILITY — DEEP ROOT
Friendly units on objective hexes cannot be pushed or pulled by any effect while The Chorus is alive.
FACTION TIMELINE
It simply is. No memory of becoming.
The Hive Mind is present. The Accord does not address it. Atlantis and Lemuria classify it as a natural phenomenon. The Hive Mind is aware of this classification.
First documented Hive Mind-Kith conflict. Both expanding into the same abandoned region. Outcome unclear.(ongoing)