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Pods fertilize the queen's eye of the hive, who lays eggs that will hatch into pods. Zeronysian eyes are hatched as pods, but mutate into Zeronysian eyes. These then grow into seneschals, then the most potent ones become queen's eyes.

Almost alll Zeronysian eyes of any stage can generally levitate themselves, though some mutations prevent it.

The first function of a pod is to fertilize the queen's eye. They do this through their needled tentacles, which pierce the eggsacs hanging from the queen's eye & inject the seed.

The second function of a pod is to protect the queen. They do this by emanating an aura of entropic energy that, when amplified by their sheer numbers (no less than 100 protect the queen's eye), make a field of unpredictable reality that ranges from 100' to 500' feet in diameter.

Further, they "evolve" constantly, changing day to day, based on a thousand different variables that make their appearance, capabilities, & status change dramatically. Any type of chaotic power is possible with their growing eyestalks & tentacles.

The first power most Zeronysian eyes develop is that attached to its main eye. This is almost always some sort of gaze-connected power. Commonly, anyone caught in the area of the Zeronysian eye's gaze will suffer drastic & quick entropic deterioration. Other common powers are random polymorph gaze, entropic aura, or unreality field.

The eyestalks each have their own chaotic power, generally much weaker than the main eye's power. Like an pod, the Zeronysian eye will evolve new eyestalks, each with a different power (usually).

The suckers at the end of a Zeronysian eye's tentacles, if it has one, are capable of piercing the skin & sucking out blood. This is usually done to weaken the prey & allow it to be brought back to the queen's eye.

A Zeronysian eye will almost always have developed an immunity to something, usually heat or cold, though other variations crop up.

Though they are the same as other Zeronysian eyes, underwater variants (those who evolved resistance to the pressures underwater) are often referred to as "aquatic eyes."

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The main eye will usually have the same power it did as a Zeronysian eye, though usually stronger. Sometimes, though, it will evolve, though rarely outside of the chaotic sphere.

The other main difference is that seneschals can control other Zeronysian eyes with influence via the hive mind. A single seneschals can command upwards of 10 Zeronysian eyes at a time. They would have several immunities.

A queen's eye can sometimes speak, though they rarely learn any language.

A queen's eye has the ability to evolve eyestalks with powers of any neutral or evil sphere. The largest queen's eye known had 300 eyestalks, all chaos-powered.

A queen's eye's main eye will almost always have a chaos power, but some rare ones have other powers. All queen's eyes can levitate themselves. All queen's eyes have at least six immunities.

A queen's eye's mouth leads into an entropic oven that will dissolve anything put into it within seconds. The bulk of this is used to nourish the egg sacs & feed the pods.

A queen's eye has an aura of unreality around her that amplifies that of her pods tremendously.

Pods exist to fertilize & defend the queen's eye. They dwell in the fertilizing pools & birthing pools that exist in the queen's eye's "throne" room within the hive. They hate everything that is not the queen's eye, including each other.

Zeronysian eyes are the soldiers & hunters of the hive. They find meat for the queen's eye & they act as the main force of guards & fighters for the hive. When two hives fight, it is the Zeronysian eyes who do most of the fighting.

Zeronysian eyes, like pods, hate everything, including each other. They only serve the hive because of their fear of the queen's eye & the presence of the hive mind, which, as they have intelligence, dominates them.

Seneschals are the generals of the hive. They have the most independence from the hive mind, & thus, are some of the most feared. They command squads of Zeronysian eyes & lead war expeditions & hunting parties. They create chaos wherever they go, leaving behind them vast swaths of unreality.

They hate all others, especially other seneschals, & often figth for position in the hive. If a Zeronysian eye starts closing in on seneschal status, the commanding seneschal will often kill it.