The Smog Barons

Location: The mid-hive smelting sectors
Symbol: A skull crowned by exhaust pipes

Warlords and gang-kings controlling black-market trade, weapons, and industrial waste. They profit from scarcity — selling air, water, and filters.

Notable Baron: Grisk Vorn, rumored to have survived three assassinations and to breathe through a recycled reactor core.

They often ally with scavenger guilds, and sometimes act as intermediaries between the two hives’ secret dealings.