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[This lore is currently under a rewrite and may not be accurate]

Long ago, the Vespids suppressed the power of the Tree, laying upon it a curse of dormancy, shrouding its existence from the rest of the dungeon. Before she transformed and became a Vespid, Melora was once a dryad herself. She turned her back on the Circle, destroyed the Dryads' trees, which sent the Dryads into a state of slumber that lasted to this day. It was due to their connection with the Tree that they were able to survive the slaughter of their trees.

With the Vespids gone, their tight grip on the sun crystals are no more. Indeed, now that that grip has slackened, it becomes clear that Melora's control had more of an impact that just on the economy. Liberation of the sun crystals brings on a new wave of liveliness from the plants as the light shines brighter than ever before. It seems Melora was suppressing the full power of the sun crystals, making the plants more somnolent and lethargic.

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-Vespids are one of the oldest races of [[Paradisium]], they exist as an artificially created race, when the first Druids following the Circle of the Swarm, and their Swarmkeeper companions started to grow the [[Verdant Caverns]] as they changed the land, they changed themselves as well. Becoming closer to the swarm, then, eventually, they changed from humans and elves to the first vespids, and from there they grew larger between conversion and birth, until they become the race they are today.
+Long ago, the Vespids suppressed the power of the Tree, laying upon it a curse of dormancy, shrouding its existence from the rest of the dungeon. Before she transformed and became a Vespid, Melora was once a dryad herself. She turned her back on the Circle, destroyed the Dryads' trees, which sent the Dryads into a state of slumber that lasted to this day. It was due to their connection with the Tree that they were able to survive the slaughter of their trees.
-Vespids of Paradisium can be born from vespid parents, if a child is born as a vespid or half-vespid, they are born into the control of the Verdant Hive, and, once they are of age will be drawn to returning to the Hive and finding a role within in. Meanwhile, many vespids are created by conversion of others, those who violate the laws of the [[Verdant Hive]], those who come seeking a place to belong, or as a last attempt to rescue those who would be lost to the Verdant Caverns, though there are certainly other reasons some might join the hive.
+With the Vespids gone, their tight grip on the sun crystals are no more.  Indeed, now that that grip has slackened, it becomes clear that Melora's control had more of an impact that just on the economy.  Liberation of the sun crystals brings on a new wave of liveliness from the plants as the light shines brighter than ever before.  It seems Melora was suppressing the full power of the sun crystals, making the plants more somnolent and lethargic.
-Vespids come in a wide variety of body shapes and limb arrangements due to the conversions and interbreeding between other races, the common features are yellow and black exoskeleton with fuzzy hair like setae over the body.