Nut and Geb

Nut and Geb are a pair of Cloaked Dewunters. Always traveling together in the undergrowth of the British broadleaved woodlands, the couples were thought to be close relatives or partners. Now, genetical research has showed that the pairs are actually twins. At birth, they are separated, and live their first lives underneath the fallen leaves and roots of old oaks. Upon adolescence, they get attracted by each other’s pheromone pallets. While traveling closer to each other, their bodies change and adapt to the upcoming encounter. As they meet and bond for the first time, one will lose his sight, the other his hearing. Together, the blind will hear for the deaf and the deaf will see for the blind. In their mutual trust and dependance they thrive in this interaction. Further changes happen in their morphology, leading to the size difference seen in Nut and Geb. As a pair, they are stronger and more resilient. They live a simple life of gathering and hunting, carrying their worldly possessions on their backs. Sometimes they trade with other pairs, exchanging news, valuables and food. This species is often spotted in the morning fog, collecting dew drops from the grass in their flasks. They are well camouflaged for their roaming lifestyle, and differ in regions by the cloaks and helmets they wear. It is an evolutionary riddle how the pairing and loss of hearing and sight has outcompeted the “healthy” solitary lifestyle.