Neolith

Professor Neolith (casually Neo) is a Moth who works for the Queen, who analyzed the Ancient Artifacts.

The queen is Elizant II. She rules the Ant Kingdom and lives in the Anthill Palace. Neolith is commonly found within the Queen's throne room.

Kingdoms reside within Bugaria, that being, the Ant Kingdom, Wasp Kingdom, Bee Kingdom, and Termite Kingdom. All bugs in Bug Fables are small like their real-life counterparts, making the whole world big to their point of view, but are anthropomorphic. Humans don't exist in the world anymore. They have all mysteriously disappeared one day, only leaving traces of their homes and items. Most bugs don't wear clothing and it's pretty normal. "Berries" are the Bug Fables universes currency. It's a hard, round, almost inedible fruit. One berry equals to a dollar. Bugs are anthropomorphic but they do not have human anatomy. They do not have noses, ears, hair, nipples, and fleshy skin. The only exception to this rule is their use of eyelids. Only bees, wasps, and dragonflies are able to fly. All other bugs have lost the ability to fly.

Neolith, like most other moths, wears his wings similar to a cape. He has beige skin along with brown fur and wings. His eyes are a light grey color, his abdomen adorns a black stripey pattern, and has a leather belt with small bags attached to his waist. He has black feathery antennae.

He has considerable knowledge of how the artifacts lead to the Everlasting Sapling, which is likely why the Queen employed him. He was capable of translating the Roach scripts on the Ancient Tablet by putting on the Ancient Mask that Team Snakemouth has once retrieved. That however and the other artifacts were stolen by the Wasp King and later destroyed after his defeat. And it was all thanks to Team Snakemouth.

Kabbu knew Neolith during the time he spent in the Lost Sands, and the two are good friends. He had found Kabbu overheating in the sand and rescued him. Kabbu has been eternally grateful since.

Kabbu is a green and gray scarab beetle with a long horn atop his head. His carapace is round but incredibly muscular. He has green wings that act similarly to a cape. He is kind and compassionate. He has a lot of patience and holds onto his gratitude and loyalty like a vice grip. He is part of a group called Team Snakemouth. They are a trio consisting of him, Leif, and Vi.

Leif is a moth like Neolith but blue and yellow. He has ice powers which Neolith lacks. However he's much more impassive and competitive than Neolith.

Vi is a bee who owns a boomerang which she calls "beemerang". She is a young but troublesome girl, quite selfish and greedy. Deep inside she still has a lot of care for the people she involves in her life.

Neolith was once attacked by a group of mind controlled militant wasps from the Wasp Kingdom. Team Snakemouth and another explorer team saved him from inevitable death.

Neolith is seemingly obsessed with learning about roaches and their ancient past. He ventures to ruins on his free time to learn about their past lives. That includes an abandoned laboratory made by roaches in a cave called Snakemouth Den. He gets overjoyed when he discovers that the roaches weren't actually extinct, rather they went into hiding within the Giant's Lair. It's a human house that is considered dangerous for its Dead Landers that are mutants, and Dead Lander Omega, a giant black entity with one orange eye that glows.

The Everlasting Sapling was a living artifact made my roaches in an attempt to achieve immortality. This plant has led to more consequences than benefits by dragging bugs of all ages to life and death situations just in an attempt to achieve a superficial power. They hid it away and their kind vanished along with it. The only remnants of such thing existing was from the artifacts that were protected by temples, gods, and even kingdoms. They gave hints on how to find the Sapling. The Ancient Mask gave bugs who couldn't understand roach language a translator to read the Ancient Tablet that directed towards the Sapling which was only accessible by achieving two halves of an ancient key placed in different places. Team Snakemouth found all four artifacts which were promptly stolen by the Wasp King. They have since been destroyed too. There hasn't been much of a way to read tablets and books left by roaches in their ancient settlements.

The most significant ancient settlement was a sand castle hiding within Lost Sands. It has since been uncovered by Team Snakemouth. Now it sits grand and tall above the sand with blue crystals atop pillars and towers. This castle used to be inhabited by roaches as evidence from the remaining decorations and statues that hasn't rotted into the sand. Neolith has yet to fully understand how their society worked but it's clear that he knows that roaches were capable of great feats in magic and technology. The castle stood as a proud reminder of that.

Roaches were the first bugs to become sentient after the humans have suddenly disappeared from the world. They call this day The Day of Awakening and it granted bugs to form tools, society, and relations with other bugs that would soon become sentient as time goes on. It is not explained how humans have disappeared. The roaches became adept in magic and technology soon creating an object called the Everlasting Sapling. Many roaches who were specialized in magic were called sorcerer's. They were likely exposed to high amount of crystals that had magic qualities.

After the Wasp King's defeat and the destroyed Everlasting Sapling, the roaches came out of hiding to reintegrate back into the kingdoms. Neo has been active like never before. He has so many questions. So many ideas. So many experiments.