Aummeglekh

Insinsi who are two in one.

Basics

• Taxonomic Order: Insinsi

• Alignment: Paradoxical

• Energy: Tsu Teyln

• Lifespan: 1,000 years

• Diet: Half common mortal fare, half unexpected fare

• Habitat: Two places at once

Origins

The splitting and reunification of insinsi species by a mithran Divine named Zelbstmord.

Description

Aummeglekh appear to be anthropomorphic beings with high foreheads and a variety of color skin hues (blue, purple, gray, green, pale white, deep violet, light blue, merry green, rich tan, garish orange, copper, nutbrown, light green, light grey, azure blue, citrine orange, cerulean, nearly clear revealing starry energies within, nearly opaque only showing bright spots, golden, shimmering diamond amidst a sea of black, silver, iron, ruby, sapphire, dark blue, bright orange, soft yellow, heavy grey, bottle green, dark grey, dull blue, or light violet). One half of their body (left or right) will be one hue, the other will be another hue. They have fingers that are proportionately longer than one might expect from the size of their hands. They have hair on the fringes of their heads but not on top.

Procreation

Aummeglekh reproduce sexually with other insinsi or each other, producing always aummeglekh, who will be half one insinsi and half another based on their heredity - half will be the non-aummeglekh, the other half will be the strongest line of the aummeglekh half. They cannot reproduce outside insinsi without supernatural intervention. Note that two insinsi species reproducing does not produce an aummeglekh; the aummeglekh must be part of the process.

Powers

Aummeglekh have the powers of the two insinsi they are composed of. See each separate insinsi for what powers they have. If their powers contradict one another, they contradict and exist together none-the-less.

Weaknesses

If they reproduce such that their offspring come out with two of the same sides, that child will be stillborn.

Nations

There is one nation of the aummeglekh, and they are synonymous with the species.

Culture

The city of Tsvey sits across a crevasse on a massive glacier in the Cassaran tundra. The city is identical on both sides, carved from ice and supported with packed snow, stone, wood, metal, and glass structures, each and every one sliced in two. Everything is a split structure made of materials in multiples of two. In the center, spanning the crevasse, is a pair of bridges made of light and shadow.

The aummeglekh split into communities based on their united species. Cephalan-shemir stick together in one area while lemniscate-ziles live in another place and so on. A total of 36 communities exist. The smallest are those that include watchers. The largest are the shemir communities. Insinsi of each of these species also live in the city with their aummeglekh partners.

Their culture is a hodgepodge of every other insinsi culture and often contradicts itself. There are conflicts between every community, grudges, open warfare in the city. They vie for resources and argue often in the streets. The city has no leaders, as no one ever agrees on who should lead (the common joke is that you call two aummgelkh in one place an “argument”). There are bureaucratic institutions that handle governance and basic functions of the city, though there’s never any understanding or agreement about how one becomes part of them. It just seems to happen.

Esoterica

Aummeglekh were formed via tsu teyln. They can wield tsu teyln innately, which is terrifying. They can use any esoteric power, but they favor the ones other insinsi use: genesis, temporal aether, stagma, agpayso, complexity, possibility, nommos, mashoaab, and symbolism.

Religion

Aummeglekh worship a mithran they call Zelbstmord, a being who committed suicide by splitting into two beings at once, then reuniting in impossible, bloody, sexual congress. Zelbstmord is believed to be a cutting light, a beam of pure paradoxical division splitting all of reality. It is more of a philosophy and a creation myth than a deeply organized religion.

Gender

All aummeglekh have multiple genders at once, whether that is represented biologically, socially, or not. They may present as their genders or not. They often define their genders culturally from other insinsi nations.

Economy

The aummeglekh economy is a hodgepodge of all modes of production.

Military

The aummeglekh have no formal military, but as all aummeglekh can wield tsu teyln, if the city is threatened, they will draw upon it in the city’s defense. No power on Shem can face them under these circumstances.

Language

Their language is based on Yiddish.

Occupations

There are many roles within aummeglekh communities, each taken from their constituent species.

Outside View

Almost no one is aware of their city, as they protect it fiercely. Only other insinsi know of them, and they keep the secret out of respect (and sometimes fear). Aummeglekh who travel out into the world are often confused for strange froemmlers or other amalgamation species.

Notables

• Reyn Shnaydn aun Gants Shpaltn, Aummeglekh Manifest and Subsequent, Aeonians

Estimated Populations

• Main: 222,222

• Other: 2,222

Sample Stats

PRO 12
ATH 12
STR 12
AWA 12
WIL 12
PRS 12
STH 12