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''Kalphite Workers'' are the lowest caste of [[Dragonwilds:Kalphite]], tasked with gathering food, harvesting materials, and constructing and expanding the hive for the queen. While each kalphite possesses its own complex nervous system, but also shares in a broader hive intelligence built from scent signals and sound.{{CiteJournal|journal=Kalphite Worker|quote=Whilst they are individual entities, with their own complex set of neurons, axons and other complicated sciency sounding words, their consciousness is also a collection of pheromone trails, high-frequency chittering, and the strange sort of nonsense only insects understand.}} Workers are weaker than [[Dragonwilds:Kalphite Soldier|soldiers]], but will still defend their hive fiercely if threatened, even at the cost of their own lives. | |||
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{{Journal entry|You could easily mistake the kalphite worker for a dumb bug, and for the most part you’d be right. But, that’s only because you are thinking with a human mind, one comprised of neurons and hard-wired for self-preservation. The kalphite mind is a different beast entirely. | |||
Whilst they are individual entities, with their own complex set of neurons, axons and other complicated sciency sounding words, their consciousness is also a collection of pheromone trails, high-frequency chittering, and the strange sort of nonsense only insects understand. | |||
The result is an individual that is connected to a great whole. Like an arm that can think by itself… which is a horrible thought - let’s not dwell on it. | |||
The worker is the lowest caste of the kalphites, though it’s not really a status thing. Their entire existence is to gather food, harvest materials, and construct bigger and better hives for the queen’s delectation. | |||
Unfortunately, that does not mean they won’t attack you if you threaten their hive. They will with as much vigour as they can manage. They care little for themselves: only the hive matters, and they will defend it with their lives. | |||
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[[Category:Monsters]][[Category:Kalphites]] | |||
Revision as of 11:03, 24 June 2026
Description
Kalphite Workers are the lowest caste of Dragonwilds:Kalphite, tasked with gathering food, harvesting materials, and constructing and expanding the hive for the queen. While each kalphite possesses its own complex nervous system, but also shares in a broader hive intelligence built from scent signals and sound.Template:CiteJournal Workers are weaker than soldiers, but will still defend their hive fiercely if threatened, even at the cost of their own lives.