Engios

The **Engios** (*En-gee-ohs*) are the main dominating species of *Fellgaijah*. They are strange, insect-like cyclopic creatures that seem to take after hoofed creatures. They have jet-black heads with blank white bodies (although they can have patterns), may have one or more thumbs on their front feet, which most have two-jointed "fingers" (and 2-to-3 jointed thumbs), and most have three hooves on their back feet. They have blue segmented "*horns*," which are actually antenna that can extend, bend, make clicking sounds, rotate, etc.

Their eye is a blank yellow color, with eyelashes that are their blood color and tear ducts that are bright red. Their mouths tend not to be visible, but when opened show sharp, canine-like teeth that are the same color as their eye and a bright red mouth inside. Their gums are (most of the time) the same as their blood color, and their tongue tends to be a variant of their blood color as well. Their eye has the ability to become a second mouth, with the same colors as their normal mouth. Their eye has no pupil or iris; it's a pure, blank yellow.

When their bodies have patterns, they tend to be some variant (lighter, darker, more muted, etc.) of their blood color. Each variant (in which there are eight) has a different blood color, which changes when a new ruler is born. Their kingdoms are separated into "courts," each aligned under their blood color. The variants, and their current overseers, are:

**Gaggigengios** (*"frayed horns" Engios*) - The deer Engios, and are currently aligned under the *Red* court. Their current overseer/prince is *Dmitri Tabber*.

**Docaboengios** ( *"horn-capped" Engios*) - The horse/X-corn Engios, and are currently aligned under the *Yellow* court. They have mono-hoofed front and back legs; their front legs have two thumbs on both sides of their hoof for grasping, while their back legs have two spurs on each foot. Their current overseer/princess is *Joogalijah Zessg*.

**Hemgiengios** ( *"Outward horns" Engios*) - The goat Engios, and are currently aligned under the *Turquoise* court (despite protests from Pageleos). Their current overseer is *???*. (*The current leader of the goats is considered "missing", and **Pageleos** still has his rule as the goat's previously green blood.*)

**Wammangiengios** (*"Webbed horns" Engios*) - The moose Engios, and are currently aligned under the *Blue* court. Their horns are very large, and have a thick webbing in between each "branch." Their current overseer/prince is *Hollister Mallelel*.

**Orfologiengios** (*"Curled horns" Engios*) - the ram Engios, and are currently aligned under the *Purple* court. Their current overseer/prince is *Pater Lefferdaw*.

**Amyergiengios** (*"Jutting horns" Engios*) - the bull Engios, and are currently aligned under the *Orange* court. Their horns point straight out from the sides of their heads, and then curl up; they also share the same spurs as the horse Engios. Their current overseer/princess is *Velligri Demger*.

**Leherdonengios** (*"two legged" Engios*) - the "satyr" Engios, and are currently aligned under the *Pink* court. They have a humanoid shape, walking on two goat-like legs and have two arms with four-fingered hands. Their face looks strangely "cat-like," with a jutting, yet flat nose. Their current overseer is *Laeiagus Semyegger*.

Engios tend to refer to themselves by their last (family) name instead of their first, aside from "*name-shamers*." Their language is known as *Hommalaienrans*, with *Homyakketya* as their writing system. With each new ruler born in each subtype, their new ruler has a new blood color, which changes the new generation's blood to the same color; this was evolved as a trait to keep genetic diversity in the species'. Engios lifespans tend to last a couple hundred years (not taking the Fellgaijan calendar into account), with the oldest (known) living to 1,300 (human) years, or 45,500 Fellgaijan years. They are egg-laying creatures, laying eggs that are round and match their blood color; when they are close to hatching, they are about twice as large as a human fist, and the baby is clearly visible curled up inside the leathery shell.