Adrian Millicent Tchaikovsky, The Insect Dreamer (1451-1600 solo; 1600-??? hivemind)

Born to Agdetha Millicent Smolenska, Adrian Millicent Tchaikovsky was the secretive son of Vasily II the Blind, the Grand Prince of Moscow. Though little is known about the relationship between Agdetha and Vasily II, it is believed that they met during the Muscovite Civil War in a remote village during his final (and successful) attempt to regain the throne. Agdetha kept the child a secret for fear of retaliation from Vasily II's sons. Subsequently, she took on the last name of Tchaikovsky and fled west to hide in the Teutonic Church of the Eternal Sun, a fringe sect of the Teutonic Order residing in modern day Lithuania.

From an early age, Tchaikovsky displayed an unusual fascination with insects, keeping a colony of house crickets (Acheta domesticus) from the age of 3 before graduating to bee colonies. By his fifth birthday, the Teutonic Church made him Master of Bees, which Tchaikovsky took to with relish. Within a year, he successfully turned the Teutonic Church into the largest supplier of honey in Eastern Europe, serving notable figures such as Pope Pius II and the Eternal Bilge, the head of a now-forgotten order of mercenaries who terrorized the enemies of whichever state paid them the most. These initial endeavors earned Tchaikovsky the name of Insecta Rex; this name is referenced in a number of 15th century religious texts, including one version of the Teutonic Bible written by the heretic Solomon Tern.

By his teen years, Tchaikovsky's interest in insects expanded beyond colony maintenance and honey production to matters of the occult. Despite numerous attempts to steer him away by his mother, the Teutonic Church, and even Pope Pius II, he began a one-hundred-year journey to discover the secrets of insect communication by way of witchcraft and alchemy. In 1557, he met Arden Ferensis, an alchemical scientist who had been banished by three separate Kings for ungodly experimentations. One of these experiments was the repurposing of insect components for extending human life. Despite initial reservations, Tchaikovsky successfully underwent a procedure to replace his skin with a carapace, which both made him impervious to arrows and extended his life. He would later have additional procedures performed, but these would require him to go to greater lengths to hide his body to avoid fear from everyday folk.

For another decade, he traveled Europe in search of ancient scrolls and scientific advances, adding and changing his physical makeup to that of an advanced insect. In 1568, the Eighty Years' War began, and Tchaikovsky found himself caught in the middle of a revolt and a rapidly advancing extremist attack on the occult and inhuman. Fearing for his life, he fled to Svalbard, bringing with him the tools he would need to continue his transformation. There, he successfully avoided the violent grip of the Order of Divine Retribution, a radical religious group dedicated to the eradication of the occult. Locals eventually came to know him as Mange Våpen (Many Arms).

In the latter half of the 16th Century, Tchaikovsky unlocked the potential of the insect hivemind, converting himself into nearly two dozen interlinked semi-human identities. A year later, he began digging an elaborate network of tunnels beneath Svalbard, returning to the surface for food and sunlight. To date, it is unknown why he began building the tunnels. Experts have argued that he was fulfilling an insectile need to build a dwelling or had discovered something about the Earth's core which demanded an occult intervention. Whatever the reason, Tchaikovsky continued his digging for nearly two-centuries until disappearing in 1992. Despite numerous expeditions and television documentaries, his whereabouts remain unknown.