Maudlings

The Maudlings are a species of humanoid beings who live in a compound near Devils Lake. The support themselves by manufacturing and selling ecstasy pills to teenagers in nearby towns. Maudlings resemble humans but are uniformly hairless, pale and rotund. The primary goal of the Maudlings seems to be the completion of the Apex Device.

History
The US government became aware of the Maudlings existence when DEA agent Rashad Jones tracked down the source of a dangerous new variety of ecstasy pills. The Maudlings are humans who have been mutated by the Matriarch, a being who has traveled to Earth from somewhere else, though it is unclear if this means they are from a different planet or a different dimension. There is speculation that it is in some way related to the origin of the Omphalos. Deemlind at one point refers to the Matriarch's journey to Earth as "A long, slow squirm through a dark tunnel."

Biology and Culture
All Maudlings are humanoid in appearance and practically identical except for the Matriarch who is much larger and less human in appearance. New Maudlings are created by capturing humans and mutating them through a process of feeding them an addictive milk-like substance from the Matriarch's breasts. While all drone Maudlings are sexless, they still act out gender roles through the use of clothing; males wear identical grey sweaters and females wear pastel-colored dresses and pink wigs. Day-to-day Maudling operations are run by a Program Director. This position is filled first by Deemlind and then by Ericule after Deemlind's death in Season 4.

Technology
Maudling technology is significantly more advanced than human technology. They are able to manufacture chemical compounds unknown to humanity which have unpredictable effects on human biology when ingested. Other Maudling technologies include the Seeing Box which gives a dedicated Seeing Person the ability to glean information of spatially and temporally distant events, and weapons such as the paralysis wave. Much of Maudling activity is directed towards the construction of the Apex Device, though the purpose of the device is unknown. All Maudling technology is powered by small perpetual motion machines that the Matriarch is able to construct from a broad variety of materials through unknown means.