Custom Blood Magic: Path

This particular Koldunic Way of Sorcery was created by Violet Tremain after becoming a devout follower of the Path of the Hive.  It’s devotion to Insects is obvious, as Violet achieved her enlightened state through the wisdom of the Cathedral of Flesh and her study of Insects.  This Way of magic reflects her mastery of the Hive Mind mentality, and is her crown as the Queen of the Swarm.  While using this power, the Koldun’s eyes take on an almost insect like quality to them.

•Command the Swarm
The first step in mastering the swarm is to learn how to speak to it.  From their one can learn to understand the mentality and speech of the Hive Mind.

System:  As per Feral Whispers but works on Insects.

••Lord of the Flies
After mastering the ability to speak to and command Insects, one masters the ability to summon hordes of them very quickly if need be.  If one is to be the master of the Hive, she needs to be able to call forth the rest of the host to her at any time.

System:  As per the Beckoning but for insects.

•••Devoured by the Swarm
At this level of mastery, the Hive Queen can cause her insect hordes to adapt to her hive mind.  She can cause them enter into a rage like state of hunger, commanding them devour all that lies in their path.

System:  The caster creates an area effect swarm of insects.  This area is roughly ten feet.  Any who enter the ten foot radius do not suffer damage themselves, but rather their items suffer.  Each turn they remain in the area of effect causes one level of damage to all items on the person as the insects begin to devour them.  Items with Bonus traits or Health Levels can suffer a number of damage equal to those traits before being destroyed.  Items without any bonus traits or stats usually last only one round. 

••••Consumption
Now that the Hive Queen has mastered her arts to this level of expertise and continued on her evolution to becoming one with the Hive; she may command her insect horde to attack those who cause her wrath.
System:  The caster engages the target in a Social versus Physical Challenge.  If she succeeds, the Koldun may than spend any number of Social Traits up to a maximum of 5.  For each trait spent, the target loses 1 blood trait and the koldun gains that blood trait.

•••••The Eighth Plague
The final mastery and mark of the true queen.  The Koldun may now command her insect swarm to her, and in turn becomes one with it.  Her body dissolves into the swarm becoming one with the Hive.

System:  The caster spends two blood in addition to the normal cost.  After one full turn, the insect horde is summoned to the queen.  On the beginning of the next turn, the Queen dissolves her body into the horde of insects becoming one with it.  She is now part of the swarm and act as such.  Understandably this makes the Koldun incredibly hard to destroy.  Through the Hive Mind the Koldun can command the swarm as she desires.  Including its movements.  To destroy the Swarm, you must destroy every last insect.  As one can imagine, this is a hard