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The middles hives are trapped between aristro spires and rancid underhives and the middle hivers live the thankless life of unending toil,where ignorance is a virtue and death a reward for lifetime of loyal,drone servitude,fulfilling the exorbitant tithes levied on Scintilla by the [[Administratum]].It has been this way since the days of Anegvin and some of the Scintilla's corruption are so deeply ingrained that they are invisible even to those who perpetrate them.
Scintilla's two great hive have always comapred compared each other for prestige and influence,but no rational observer could fail to acknowledge Hive Sibellus's dominance.It is larger than Hive Tarsus,referred to as "the Capital" or the "ruling hive" and is the seat of both political and administrative power and the centre of the planet's manafacturing might.Hive Tarsus is a dark,shadowy twin of the Hives Sibellus,referred by Sibellians as the"other place" and is a mercantile hive which controls all off-world trade and commerce.Neither hive could function without each other,a fact celebrated in Scintillan proverbs and myths.However neither great hive could openly admit the importance of "offspring" communities,Ambulon and Gunmetal City,both of which wield considerable influence.
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