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Everything we know about the Swarm Disaster so far
"Hurry and shut your doors and windows if shadows appear at the noontide horizon, for that is no early dusk but the hungering Swarm."
— Adrian Spencer Smith, "Fable of the Stars"
Propagation — Tayzzyronth
TAYZZYRONTH THE PROPAGATION
Tayzzyronth, the Aeon of Propagation, also known as "Imperator Insectorum" and "Sand King," is the creator of the Swarm Disaster.
As the last member of the Coleoptera that rules the land, their Path was ignited out of a desire born from loneliness. Tayzzyronth metamorphosed into a self-duplicating horror, a torrent of infinite propagation. Tayzzyronth — Tayzzyronths rather — fluttered across the worlds until their advances were halted by fate in some way.
The Swarm
THE SWARM
Life is born of an instinctive desire to reproduce, and the senses and spirit are only unintended byproducts created when carrying out the basic instinct of reproduction. Those who don't submit to their primal desire claim to be wise, unaware that they are already considered food for the offspring of Tayzzyronth.
Spirit, soul, technology, philosophy... In the thousand compound eyes of Tayzzyronth, the universal laws pursued by all intelligent races are but a side effect of the ultimate goal of reproduction. The Swarm doesn't seek a following, for worship itself is an unnecessary desire. Only the flying creatures that succumb to the primal instinct will be attracted to its self-replicating nature, transforming to be part of the Swarm after becoming its food.
The Swarm Disaster
THE SWARM DISASTER
Refers to the time before the fall of the "Imperator Insectorum" Tayzzyronth.
In 13XX AE, the Swarm appeared for the first time in Lapole Major. A distress signal was sent out, and a planet-wide disaster was declared.
Not long after, planetary system after planetary system fell to the Swarm. Thus the Swarm Disaster had begun. The insects scourged through the universe, wreaking havoc on nearly two-thirds of all habitable systems.
Eventually, a number of Aeons joined forces to wage war on the Swarm. They vanquished Tayzzyronth the Propagation and brought an end to the Swarm Disaster.
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