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<blockquote>{{Neath Location|image1=Beeface.png|caption1=You recognize a diplomatic overture when you see one.|location=[[The Elder Continent]]|allegiance=[[The Presbyterate]]}}
''"You cross the clearing slowly, resisting the urge to swat away bees. "Excuse me," you say. "Pardon me." "May I—"''</blockquote><blockquote>''The bees swirl curiously around you. They crawl through your hair. They infiltrate your outer garments. "Huz," they say. "Huz." But they do not harm you."''<ref name="flint">{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Flint|Flint|Fallen London|}}</ref></blockquote>'''Huz''' is an infamously noisy queendom located deep in the Elder Continent.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Listen_to_stories_of_Vesture|Listen to stories of Vesture|Fallen London|}} ''"My father was from Huz. [...] It was awfully noisy."''</ref>
 
== The Hive ==
Huz's soldiers - sapient bees - swarm in [[the Bleeding Forest]]. Upon drinking a traveler's tears, they gain the ability to speak, and offer their services against the Forest's many dangers.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Flint|Flint|Fallen London|}}''"As soon as they have tasted your tears, they begin to speak. [...] We can even be of service to you. Do not crush us. You will regret it.""''</ref> In order to do so, however, they must first build their hives on the traveller's body. Being covered in beeswax and honeycombs after a Huz infestation is not uncommon.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Flint|Flint|Fallen London|}}''"They do attempt, very desultorily, to build their hive in your hair. [...] Whenever you wake after resting, you find your eyes sealed with wax; you have to pick hive-fragments from your scalp."''</ref> And never anger the bees: their stings can cause intense melancholy and even death.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Flint|Flint|Fallen London|}}''"...the Huz whose stings bring weeping death..."''</ref>
 
Huz bees can also be found in [[Arbor]], where they assist in extracting that city's currency, attar, from people's eyes.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Flint|Flint|Fallen London|}}''"Large, Huz bees emerge. The Priest-in-Scarlet sets them to work, nuzzling into your tear ducts. As they guzzle away, they dislodge the Attar in your eyes,"''</ref> Human soldiers of Huz known as the '''Huzzite Guard''' reside in Arbor as well.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Flint|Flint|Fallen London|}}''"Guests to the city are invited to get to know the Huzzite Guard. It is generally considered advisable to remain on their good side."''</ref>
 
== References ==

Revision as of 04:17, 26 July 2022

"You cross the clearing slowly, resisting the urge to swat away bees. "Excuse me," you say. "Pardon me." "May I—"

The bees swirl curiously around you. They crawl through your hair. They infiltrate your outer garments. "Huz," they say. "Huz." But they do not harm you."[1]

Huz is an infamously noisy queendom located deep in the Elder Continent.[2]

The Hive

Huz's soldiers - sapient bees - swarm in the Bleeding Forest. Upon drinking a traveler's tears, they gain the ability to speak, and offer their services against the Forest's many dangers.[3] In order to do so, however, they must first build their hives on the traveller's body. Being covered in beeswax and honeycombs after a Huz infestation is not uncommon.[4] And never anger the bees: their stings can cause intense melancholy and even death.[5]

Huz bees can also be found in Arbor, where they assist in extracting that city's currency, attar, from people's eyes.[6] Human soldiers of Huz known as the Huzzite Guard reside in Arbor as well.[7]

References

  1. Flint, Fallen London
  2. Listen to stories of Vesture, Fallen London "My father was from Huz. [...] It was awfully noisy."
  3. Flint, Fallen London "As soon as they have tasted your tears, they begin to speak. [...] We can even be of service to you. Do not crush us. You will regret it.""
  4. Flint, Fallen London "They do attempt, very desultorily, to build their hive in your hair. [...] Whenever you wake after resting, you find your eyes sealed with wax; you have to pick hive-fragments from your scalp."
  5. Flint, Fallen London "...the Huz whose stings bring weeping death..."
  6. Flint, Fallen London "Large, Huz bees emerge. The Priest-in-Scarlet sets them to work, nuzzling into your tear ducts. As they guzzle away, they dislodge the Attar in your eyes,"
  7. Flint, Fallen London "Guests to the city are invited to get to know the Huzzite Guard. It is generally considered advisable to remain on their good side."