Hasis, Taasme, and The Xikru were the Firstborn of dread Engidir, and although Taasme was the secondborn, she was forever described as the “last, and the least” by her brother Hasis. This is because, alone out of the Triplets, she was neither cruel nor chaotic, and could be said to have much in common with her “cousin” Qudma, though the two Firstborn never met.
Born to a mother so deeply catatonic that she had been considered dead and buried, Taasme apparently did not cause the widespread death that her siblings did with their arrival, perhaps with the intervening earth providing a modicum of protection. Her inhuman, infant cries were perceived by a gravedigger, however, and she was brought up in the society and company of charnel-houses, graves, and catacombs. Despite this, from all surviving accounts, Taasme was said to be of a sunny if not pleasant disposition, quick to make friends in spite of her appearance, which like her siblings and “cousin” became increasingly inhuman, alien, and damaging as her seemingly eternal life unspooled.
Hasis was aware of his sister from her birth, and both he and their sibling The Xikru apparently tried to reach out to her, only to be spurned outright. Taasme, though apparently well aware of the whispers of her “father” Engidir, was apparently able to disregard them and was never able (or willing) to elaborate upon them. Unlike her siblings, Taasmeis known to have sired only a single offspring, with an unknown father: Amasumah, also called the Spurned of Engidir or the Scab Omen. Amasumah played a similar role for its mother as its “second cousin” Zigaa had with Qudma, serving to communicate with and serve as an intermediary for its mother as her advancing age and ever-emerging alien nature made it increasingly difficult and eventually impossible to interact with beings of matter.
Taasme, and eventually Amasumah, served as healers, acting on supplicants with alien energies and remedies that seemed to work as often as they did not. It has been speculated that this was the third leg of dread Engidir’s scheme, with Taasme representing a counterbalance to her siblings and providing some sort of strange satisfaction to her “father’s” curiosity. Her ultimate fate is unknown, as the healing sanctuary was eventually abandoned and Amasumah was occasionally seen moving about without its mother, though it too has not been seen in many years. Unsubstantiated rumors of offspring of Amasumah persist, as do occasional sightings of Taasme herself.
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