Discovery

“Spicey” Mobley, a resident of rural Illinois in the early 1900s, was an uneducated, poverty-stricken fellow. However, he lived in a rich fantasy world and tried on many different personas to escape his humdrum existence. The most successful of these personas was as a self-styled paleontological entomologist.

“Professor” Mobley (he was the only person to use this title) showed up at the University of Chicago with a series of unusual fossil specimens. Although Professor Mobley had no personal credibility or professional training whatsoever, this series of incomplete fossils piqued the curiosity of other scientists. The remains embedded in the rock seemed to point to a completely unique form of organized insect life, predating any other advanced social insects, such as ants.

Upon further investigation and excavation, the scientists uncovered a large fragment of the only known Pill Colony (the creatures were named ‘pills’ due to their superficial resemblance to certain pills used to relieve digestive disorders). In addition to the Pills, there were also larger grub-like creatures named ‘Erms,’ due to their resemblance to ...?

From the age of the surrounding rock, the scientists were able to ascertain that the Pill Colony evidently was active at the end of the Paleozoic Era, some 252 million years ago, and must have been obliterated during the catastrophic extinction event which took place at that time.