Tarig flies are a common pest of the settled lands. A single winged Tarig Queen will set up a nest anywhere she can find a crack and a source of wood or fibre. Worker Tarigs quickly build a dense pill shaped paper nest, which can grow to a foot and a half long before it buds off another hive. Unckecked an infestation can easily demolish a small house in a year. Tarig nests are fiercely defended by soldier flies, winged males, and countless workers, who will swarm over anyone who disturbs a nest inflicting hundreds of painful bites and stings. Only fleeing from the hive helps, though a character being swarmed can clear the flies from her body with a full round action and a successful Agility roll.
Certain Keldians learn the trick of catching a queen and daubng themselves with her scent, which will render them safe from the attacks of that hive. Some arena warriors, keen to create a spectacle, will carry a hive into battle as a weapon, hoping to cover their foes in angry flies.