Their Front Name is properly simple and direct in its description and delineation of these people from their counterparts. The-great-metal-ones are sentient biomechanical beings with highly modular mechanisms which make up their bodies. Their modular systems allow for two primary functions: Growth and reproduction as well as the tertiary function of informed change. This factor for change is simultaneously their greatest strength and greatest weakness. It is thanks to this that The-great-metal-ones are the most dogmatic keepers of their Strong Name. The-great-metal-ones are also the most stringent in regard to Sojourners who must be heavily vetted before entry is allowed into any of their cities.
Biology and Appearance
The-great-metal-ones are the most variable in appearance of the three ancestries on Shelush. The tiny components that make up their bodies known as The-pieces-of-great-metal-life reconfigure often throughout life based upon the actualization of their body’s Soul and the Tethers they accumulate as they live and form relationships and thus Contracts. Their bodies shimmer very slightly at all times as The-pieces-of-great-metal-life migrate and stick out at odd angles causing light to reflect ununiformly. As for actual form itself generally The-great-metal-ones are either bipedal or quadrupedal always standing upright with a set of arms distinct from their legs. The actual appendages themselves vary based on the more specific ancestry of a given individual. One, two and three joints per limb are not uncommon however some develop wheel like structures, muscular hydrostats, and sometimes outlier limb or joint counts that set them apart. This often makes Front Naming one of The-great-metal-ones relatively easy as no two of the species ever exhibit identical features and The-great-metal-ones are experts at observing the smallest differences in one another’s designs.
Parents of one of The-great-metal-ones do have to be careful about pointing out features that are too defining or unique when choosing a Front Name for fear of causing that feature to unnecessarily increase in prominence thanks to the focus on it.
Notable Lines
Each prominent ancestry line within The-great-metal-ones also has its own Front Name, and to belong to one is a prestigious existence that brings with it often frighteningly high expectations.