Cosmic Tinches are strange, space dwelling creatures of two heads, one which hangs down beneath the other, swinging in a pendulous motion. They are born not from eggs, but from the centre of stars, and they float through the galaxy, seemingly aimlessly, but with a clear direction and intention. Little is known about the Cosmic Tinch. Few have seen them. Fewer even believe in them. They are considered to be gods, bred in the furnace-like hearts of stars to travel the galaxy ensuring that the spiritual balance of all the elements is maintained and that, should anything upset that balance, corrections are made, sometimes with dramatic consequences. Cosmic Tinches are quiet and wise, and their pendulous motion is a clock by which the galaxy sets itself. Sunrise and sunset, high and low tides, the turning of the planets and the cycles of life, all moving in harmony with the hypnotic rhythm of the Cosmic Tinches. Nobody knows how many there are, or what exactly they do, but all that is know is that they are the wise overseers of everyone and everything, and that the threads of existence are held in their care. Life and death reside with the Cosmic Tinches, and though gentle, silent, and wise, it is their judgement which decides the fate of all across the galaxy.