Phykommatons are a species similar and related to Endbeings, but with a different set of forms. They are genetically predisposed to be more outgoing and kind than Endbeings, but this isn't a constant (there are very mean-spirited Phykommatons and very friendly Endbeings). They inhabit geometries in The Stack that are the self-products of hyperbolic spaces, such as H2xH2, H3xH3, H4xH4, etc. There is also a more primitive and less intelligent variety existing in the 3D geometry of H2xE1.

Common features

Phykommatons, like Endbeings, look completely different to one another. This is due to them possessing immense sensitivity to radiation, and the ability to spontaneously produce radiation. Upon being even slightly irradiated, their body will be completely and irreversibly reconfigured. A specific, temporary configuration is called a "form". Forms can in theory be anything, but like Endbeings, they almost always fall into a few archetypes, but they aren't named in human languages, so this article will give their names in an evolved form of the Quatrammotile language.

Due to mouthparts potentially being completely different, sounds in languages are usually based on the closest sound to the one pronounced, as speakers may not be physically able to produce certain sounds. There's also often genetic phonemes, which involve rerolling the forms mid-sentence. This has become cumbersome, so alternatives are often used such as a french R or rotating rapidly. Due to the constant reforms, Phykommatons don't typically die of old age or physical injury, but they aren't invulnerable and can die in various ways, most of them equivalent to causes of death on Earth.

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