Hycneb was a male Kinshaya and second to Yeffir as leaders of the Devotionalists. He was noted to have bronze fur.
In 2382, the Devotionalists along with a group of Romulan members of the Unification movement held several public rallies to gather support against the regime of the Pontifex Maxima. After the capture of Yeffir at the first public rally, responsibility to address the crowd at the second rally fell to Hycneb, who called for his brethren in the Episcopate to stand with them. (ST - Typhon Pact eBook: The Struggle Within)