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The Ey'nyel are a race of insect from the world of Palamok, the same as the Yanme'e.

Biology
Ey'nyel, also known as Keelbugs, are a race of insects that stand about five feet tall and weigh a little more than 90 pounds. They can stand on their two hind legs but they are usually seen on all fours. They have extremely large eyes, which are composed of thousands of smaller eyes and kave two antennae on their heads, giving them highly focused senses. Like the Yanme'e, Ey'nyel are able to fly. They use four large, durable wings to propel them through the air.

Unlike the Yanme'e, Ey'nyel have the ability to produce their own food. They locate corpses and vegetation and suck out nutrients from them with their multiple tongue-like appendages. The nutrient is stored in large glandular sacs in their abdomins which begin to create sugary enzymes in the sacs. After a day, the high protein, sugar, and vitamin rich syrup can be regurgitated for other Ey'nyel to consume. The Ey'nyel have a lifespan of about three years. Their intelligence is very limited and are nowhere hear the intellect, cunning, or skill of the Yanme'e however they can communicate with the Yanme'e and have a basic understanding of creating plasma weaponry.

History
Before the Yanme'e joined the Covenant, they were somewhat reliant on the Keelbugs. The Keelbugs produced massive amounts of food and labor for the Yanme'e which made life easy for them. When the Yanme'e joined the Covenant, they wanted the Keelbugs to aswell but the Covenant wanted to interfere too much in their affairs. Like striking a hornet's nest, the Keelbugs reacted quickly to the Yanme'e's attempted enslavement.

They fought the Yanme'e and the Covenant's first waves off then suddenly, disappeared. As the Human-Covenant War was waged, the Keelbugs were deep underground on Palamok, expanding to many parts of the world now that they didnt have the Yanme'e to tend to. With the end of the Human-Covenant War, the Keelbugs controlled nearly all of Palamok until were able to fight the Keelbugs and retake control of the planet. Soon, the Yanme'e had enslaved the Keelbugs and used them to tend their hives. Later on, with the establishment of the Jiralhanae Empire, the Yanme'e force the Ey'nyel to join with them.