Doppledasein (3.5e Race)

Doppledasein
Magical methods of duplicating oneself are well known; clone, body outside of bodyCA, simulacrum, and so forth, but all these methods are either temporary, do not produce another creature, or the creature is just but a shadow of oneself. Research into true cloning was made long ago by a sinister spellcaster who proceeded to try and dominate the world, only for his growing army of himself to be defeated in its entirely. The magic which bore his cloning abilities went wild and spread across the land, and soon many twins were born to its inhabitents, twins possessed of two bodies but a single soul. These beings were known as the doppledasein.

Summary::The doppledasein are two creatures who share the same life force. They are double the threat, and double the danger to themselves.  If one of them falls, both will.

Personality
Doppledasein have a very unusual outlook on life, effectively being one person but two outlooks at life. They can be compared to left and right brains, and each of the pair often has its own quirks and outlooks which synergize or compliment each other. Even if they have radically different views, consensus comes about as quickly as it takes a single person to make up their mind. Rare is it that the twins will have experiences which break radically from each other, and when they do it often leads to mental issues in both.

Most have difficulty relating to a doppledasein as one being, instead seeing them as two similar siblings. On the other side, doppledasein see others as living a tragic lonely existance, devoid of a companion. They don't know how they do it.

Physical Description
Doppledasein appear to be human, and for the most part they are, with the occational humanoid variant aspects showing up such as elf, dwarf, or orc features. The notable traits though is that they are always twins who often appear similar to each other, and they are always possessed of herteochroma of some degree, with the eye colors mirroring each other with each twin. They share a sympathic connection to each other, and so both twins can usually be found mimicking each others actions or displaying muscle twitches and quirks when one twin is busy doing something while the other twin is away.

Relations
Due to the unusual nature of their birth, the doppledasein have been met with some disdain within the human communities of their origin. They are mutants, magical aberrations that are unnatural and suspicious due to their mental link. And yet they are undeniably still humanoid and not disposed to any good or evil beyond what their civilization imparts upon them. Many unaware of their magic tainted births would assume them humanoid twins and nothing more.

Alignment
Doppledasein can be any alignment under the sun, and each twin can actually have a different alignment. If this is the case, they count as both alignments at once.

Lands
The doppledasein hail from a particular land whose name is now lost to history, but who once was under the tyrannical rule of a self-duplicating wizard. Upon the wizard's defeat, his magic tainted the land and those born upon it.

Religion
Doppledasein are as pious as the average human, though many do end up looking into self-reflection; a task made easy when self-reflecting is as simple as speaking with your twin.

Language
Common and Doppletalk. Doppletalk is less of a language of its own (as it is effectively common) and more of a dialect where both twins speak at once conveying different ideas each at the same time. It is a chaotic confused jumble of words to most with no sense of grammar, rhyme, or reason but it can be translated and understood. Speaking it, however, requires at least two mouths speaking simultaneously. If used in a game with the similar DvatiDragon Comp race, Doppletalk is considered to be the same as Dvati.

Names
Doppledasein have a single name, but due to the confusion this brings they often adopt different middle names and use that to determine which twin is which, such as Phil-Adder and Phil-Odder. They retain last names as normal.