The Dokkel:

The Dokkel are a mysterious folk to many, for most of them live underground, they have been compared to dwarves, and some say the Dokkel are primordial ancestors of the dwarves but nobody knows for sure. The form of the Dokkel frightens some, they have been compared to maggots or grubs in appearance.

Socially the oldest breeds of Dokkel are eusocial like bees or ants, with a queen, drones, warriors and workers. These changes seem to be brought about by chemical means and, with the intelligence of the Dokkel many dokkel hives have learned to control the developement and developed it further beyond what nature intended with "Chitinsculpting" they have domesticated other creatures of the deep and even creatures above to serve the hives as tools. some of the breeds of Dokkel have cast off the eusocial roots.

Due to shared mythological themes among most dokkel among other evidence, it is believed that all Dokkel once belonged to a single hive, archeological evidence shows that the Dokkel were once far more powerful than they are now with ancient ruins deep beneath the earth that New Dokkel hives plunder for ancient knowledge. 

Common themes from Dokkel mythology are
-The existence of a primordial being a progenitor of all life (or in some cases, only Dokkel life)
-The Primordial was ill, or in some cases, injured after a battle with something or another
-Reincarnation being a thing, or having been a thing in the past, sometimes the death of a god leading to the ending of the cycle of rebirth
-a descent from heaven
-God is buried beneath the earth, or parts of god, god is not dead, not fully, god can be reconstructed. We can become one with god.
-Those who share dreams are special and can lead us to unification with god.


The Inspiration from the Dokkal comes from the Edda, based on the creation myth of Dwarfs, They were said to have grown from maggots within the flesh of Ymir (Norse Mythology being metal af like always). Other sources of inspiration include Eusocial Insects, The Falmer from Elder Scrolls, a hint of Grey Aliens from UFO folklore and a bit of hollow knight.