The Corruption

Born from the destroyed planet, "Matiri", The Corruption was a disease created within the planet by inhabitants, the project was assumed to be meant for toppling governments, attacking other worlds or even slaying gods. The disease grew in numbers and was no longer containable, it made it's way out of it's system, then proceeded feeding on the livelyhood of other worlds, becoming their own hivemind species.

Disease Effect
The initial infection begins to strip away the ability for the host to control their actions, taking about 24 hours for the brain to completely submit. It then guides the host to the hive to be equipped with their tainted maetium armour and weapons. Once fully converted, the host will gain glossy lime green eyes and paler skin then they normally would.

The Hivemind
Corrupted Knights(Drones) are the lowest tier of the disease, the starting placement of the majority of the corrupted. All of which are mindless, controlled by a Queen, which is influenced by a hive. Queens play a giant role in each of the hives because they work as an expanded mind for the hive, allowing control over more drones.

Tainted Maetium
The armour worn by the drones is a tainted form of maetium, giving it a greyish black tinge, instead of the normal golden glow that maetium has. This also disables the powerful strengths maetium has, like shapeshifting at the will of it's user. This is deactivated due to the wielders being apart of the collective hivemind, though it is possible to fix the armour.

Lasting Effects
It is not an impossible to cure the disease but it requires therapy and a complete blood transfusion, death or abandonment by the hivemind. Though this does not completely make the disease go away. Any sentient host can sense the location of a close-by cured host, and normally will seek them out to re-infect them, or to kill them. They also may face nightmares or panic attacks.