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A unification of 4, 8, 12, or 16 Gw'oth into a single over-arching mind using personalities and insight of the member units. The different configurations of a Gw'otesht affect the level of the resulting intelligence, may also determine whether or not it is predisposed to a certain form of mathematical problem solving.[1]

With their memories and engrams imprinted into the group consciousness—a limited sort of upload—member units of a Gw’otesht experience a degree of life after death.[2]

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  1. Betrayer of Worlds (novel)
  2. Quoth the Gw'oth
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