Zyveer/History

It's not known when or how Zyveer came to power, or if there were any hive leaders before him. It's implied that he did not always look so mangled, perhaps once sporting a look nearly identical to that of Dr. Zomboss.

Shortly after founding Poptopia with the other two kings, King Japalka discovered the Mechanical Empire, and Zyveer managed to convince him that the zombies did more good than harm (despite their frequent feeding on surface dwellers.) King Japalka agreed to keep the zombies a secret, something that always weighed on his conscience.

King Japalka also showed great interest in the zombies' vast technology, so Zyveer agreed to arrange a trade; fifty-two Geodites for the finest the empire could offer. The deal was struck, and the two never spoke again.

From the batch of Geodites, fifty-one were chained up and experimented on, while Zyveer took special interest in one called Padlock; sensing Padlock's evil inhibitions and desire to be respected, Zyveer manipulated him into returning to the surface disguised as a member of the kings' court, so that eventually Zyveer could overthrow them.

The plan worked smoothly for many years to come. Padlock was occasionally experimented on under the guise of it being to make him stronger; these events deeply traumatized the Geodite. Meanwhile, Zyveer began crafting a way to infect non-zombies with the hivemind, so that he could control them.

Zyveer finally managed to push Padlock too far when he replaced the doomlock's hands with claws in one final experiment. The geodite redubbed himself 'Doom,' and attacked the Mechanical Empire first with a deafening noise to interrupt the hive connection, and secondly with a barrage of explosives. Zyveer managed to escape to his secret lab, where falling rubble trapped him in.

Many years later, Zyveer had become more machine than zombie, and began attempting to clone himself a new body. The only one who managed to unlive was, unfortunately, unfit to host him, for it carried a rare gene found in Ancient Zombies that make them uninfectable, easily spottable by the yellow color of their eyes. Outraged, Zyveer used his vast magic to fling the clone into another world. This clone would grow to become Dr. Zomboss, and Zyveer would continue to see his actions through a connection to his dreams.

Zyveer was defeated at the end of '''Neighborville Has Moved. '''After transporting the town of Neighborville to Poptopia, and infecting it's inhabitants, Zyveer made plans to first kill of his clone (now an adult) and place his consciousness into a human vessel, David Blazing. However, Zomboss managed to figure out Zyveer’s weakness, disrupting the hive connection by having Patrice Blazing scream. From there, the clone syphened Zyveer’s magic in a burst of magical energy, and exposed him to sunlight, his one weakness. With a pained cry, Zyveer’s eye shrank and turned grey, and his mechanical form exploded. Zyveer has remained dead since.