Reproductive Methods

Emanuel Fialik's reproductive methods are numerous, and not all are known.

Sexual Method
Emanuel Fialik is able to impregnate females of all tested species. Humans are its most favorite sexual partners. This sexual ability means that Emanuel Fialik could be classified as a male (although, due to its anomalous properties, it will be referred to simply as an 'it').

The only known Human-Fialik hybrid that exists as a result of this crossbreeding process is Alambrix Fialik.

Emanuel Fialik's sperm has been used to inseminate the eggs of multiple animals, including Geese, Ducks, Dogs, Cats, Newts, Frogs, Elephants and Blue Whales, among others. All have produced offspring which has shared the same vicious malice against Humanity as Fialik itself. All offspring were terminated shortly after birth.

Asexual Method
Emanuel Fialik, in its isolation in certain time periods has performed asexual reproduction via means of egg-laying in self-made 'nests'. In this reproductive mode, Emanuel Fialik generally behaves in a wasp-like manner, forming enormous nests out of scrap and debris, glued together with its saliva. Fialik will then proceed to lay anywhere between 100 and 3,000 eggs, which, when hatched, will produce a small, fetus-like creature. This creature is always genetically different from Fialik, despite the asexual method of reproduction. It is thought that there are alternative means of genetic recombination at play during the development of the fetus which causes this diversity.

These fetal creatures have a tendency to die within the first hours of hatching, but survivors will proceed to feed on Fialik's breast milk until fully matured, by which point, they will become amorphous blobs of biological matter, much like a slime mould. All captured examples of this slime mould state quickly perished in captivity. It is unknown if this is due to the captive setting, or to other means.

This information suggests that there are many Fialiks roaming the world in unknown forms. More research must be conducted to assess this threat.

Hinkelstein Method
Fialik is capable of an alternative method of asexual reproduction which produces a different kind of egg. With this method, the birthed child is genetically, physically, and mentally identical to Fialik. In this sense, this method is a form of self-cloning. After absorbing an unknown yield of life-force, Fialik is capable of creating a Hinkelstein, or Menhir - a type of solid egg which, on average, stands 140cm high, and 60cm wide at its widest part. It bares the appearance of a solid rock, but contains a placenta, a fetus, and a circulatory system which functions independently of the fetus by unknown means. In this sense, it is less of an egg, and more of a stationary womb.

After 40 years, a properly preserved Hinkelstein will hatch, revealing a fully developed clone of Emanuel Fialik who will then, presumably, begin to feed on any living creatures in its range. This 40-year waiting period between laying and hatching is alleged by Fialik itself in its personal notes, found following the Knaack 2010 incident. Many Hinkelsteins exist from 1995. No more than 50 have ever been discovered - although there are likely many more. The few that were found have been disguised by Fialik as CD stands, used to promote Rammstein's first album, Herzeleid. They're painted to resemble a more cartoonish rock, and have plastic text glued to the front beneath the paint, which reads "RAMMSTEIN HERZELEID". Undoubtedly, Fialik knew that the Hinkelsteins would become collectors' items with time, and would become circulated and well-protected - it is for this reason that many still exist unharmed. In 2017, the AFTF successfully destroyed a Hinkelstein and killed the fetus within before it could hatch. They cut the remaining Hinkelstein shell in half, painted it white, and the squad leader took it home as a souvenir. It is now wall-mountable.