Hive, also known as Alveus, appears as the main antagonist of season 3 of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.. He is primarily portrayed by Brett Dalton, with Jason Glover portraying his original embodiment.
Hive was created by Brian Michael Bendis, Jonathan Hickman and Stefano Caselli.
Background
Powers and Abilities
Powers
Hive was a mysterious, malevolent and extremely powerful parasitic inhuman; that retains the memories of the bodies he took over. As the first Inhuman, Hive possessed tremendous amounts of superhuman powers.
- Parasite Control: Hive had control over tiny symbiotic parasites lifeforms inside his body that could detach from it and attack an opponent independently, being capable of consume human skin in seconds.
- Mind Control: Hive's parasites could enter the brains of other inhumans and control them.
- Possession: Hive could possess human bodies and use them as hosts while also manifest his Inhuman powers through them.
- Accelerated Healing: Using his Parasites, Hive was capable of rapid cellular regeneration of his host bodies.
- Immortality: Hive potentially could live forever while inhabiting the body of others.
- Superhuman Strength: Hive possesses a superior physical strength and is able to overpower humans, inhumans like Daisy Johnson and even Kree Reapers. He was strong enough to heft a grown man off the ground without apparent effort
- Transformation: While inhabiting Grant Ward's body, Hive transformed his human physiology into his true Inhuman form, a tentacled parasitic superorganism composed of innumerable other individual parasites.
Appearances
Marvel Cinematic Universe
Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Originally a Maya warrior in ancient times, he was captured by the alien Kree, and became one of their first subjects to undergo Terrigenesis, a process used to create super soldiers known as Inhumans. Terrigenesis transforms him into a mass of cellular parasites which survives by inhabiting a dead human host, gaining their memories in the process, and he can manifest an alien-like head with protruding tentacles. Hive can expel the parasites to devour humans for nourishment, or infect Inhumans to "sway" them under his control in a hive mind. The ancient Inhumans feared him and used Kree technology to banish him to a faraway planet called Maveth. His remaining worshippers established a secret society to prepare the world for his return (ultimately evolving into the terrorist organization HYDRA) and provide new victims/hosts, including Lord Manzini (portrayed by Daniel J. Wolfe), Nathaniel Malick (portrayed by Joel Courtney), and NASA astronaut Will Daniels (portrayed by Dillon Casey). Through Hydra's efforts, Hive returns to Earth in the corpse of HYDRA leader Grant Ward (portrayed by Brett Dalton). Hive seizes control of HYDRA and recreates the Terrigenesis experiment, seizing a warhead to spread worldwide a virus that transforms humans into Hive-infected primitive Inhuman warriors. His efforts are thwarted by S.H.I.E.L.D. when Lincoln Campbell entraps them both in a space bound Quinjet containing the exploding warhead, killing them both.
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Trivia
- In his last moments Hive admits that he only wanted to bring everyone together and make the world better. Though he grew disillusioned after learning of all the horrible atrocities humanity had caused since his banishment.
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