Anhenmus

The Anhenmri (singular Anhenmus) are a fat sentient species native to the wildest parts of the Koto Steppes.

They are predominantly known as traders to the Ximi people and are an enigma.

What little is known about Anhenmri comes from records of Ximi travelers who accompanied them across the Steppes.

Anhenmri are a nocturnal people who play strange chaotic sounding music loudly until dawn on instruments made from wood, silk, resin, and hides.

They are divided into several cultures, though they all are quite similiar.

Their buildings are very slender and organic looking, almost like plant stems. No more than two inhabitants can possibly live therein. Just as the Ximi in the Steppes live around gigantic trees, so do the Anhenmri.

They are capable of producing silk from their own bodies, which is used for all of their clothing.

Males handle everything. Females exist solely to create offsprings and outsiders aren't allowed to see them.

However, the thing most people know about Anhenmri are their so called landships. These are wagons built out of wood with four wheels that carry objects and people across the open plains of the Koto. Landships of the Anhenmri have one or multiple sails, which capture the extreme winds of the steppes to propel the vehicle forward. The entire rigging, including the sails and ropes, is made from scratch from the Anhenmri's own silk and can thus be fixed anytime it is damaged. Images of a fat Anhenmri riding his landship are a popular caricature.

Though the edicts of Ximizhle dictate that any sentient people be integrated into Ximi society or be destroyed, the remoteness of Anhenmri settlements, as well as the extreme weather conditions of the Koto Steppes, make any warfare impossible. Thus the Ximi are forced to rely solely on trade, much to the natives' delight.

According to legends, the Anhenmri were one of the first sentient beings that young Ximizhle met when She was exploring the world. She called them "anthenmi", meaning "strange, abnormal" in the Ximi tongue. As they had no name for their species, the name stuck, and so they came to be known as Anhenmri. It is said Ximizhle spent several years traveling on landships across the Steppes.