Settlements:

The cities are whimsical constructs of black glazed stone. It is clad in glazed, hexagonal stones set to form facets in the surface of the city-–sparking light across its surface. Airy structures rise hundreds of feet into the sky creating surprising windows onto to the mountains beyond, and, at night, illuminated by glowing blue balls of constrained vapor, they appear to be candles limning the darkness. Some claim that the star-topped towers are overawed by a cyclopean abyss of tunnels and caverns below their foundations.

While humans have had great traffic through HiveCity, they know surprising little about how the BoneTalkers live. Areas of the environment are mysterious to humans. While allowed into some buildings, humans (except the microcephalic Mics) are forbidden from over 2/3rds the structures in HiveCity. It is also rumored that behind black tessellated walls are areas of the city that have been constructed to replicate varied eco-systems (swamps, jungle, mountains, etc).