this role can be taken by several people

the insect people are a bunch of sentient insectlike humanoids that are being controlled against their will by the mushroom god. while some free thought is allowed by the divine fungi it does not take well to disobidience. while they act like a hivemind they are not, well not originally at least, as since the mushroom god started to use his influence to control the insect folk they can now hear the orders their godly shoom.