Post by ChasingShadows on May 14, 2011 15:29:13 GMT -4
Creature Concept and creature profile by Teris
Genaei (Jen-aye/ Juh-een-ee)
The genaei, most commonly known as “genie”, have been around for quite some time, an almost forgotten creature born of human, magic, sand, and smoke. They originated in the Judean desert, but have been reported to have been seen more frequently in the Arabian Desert, and have since been seen in many deserts of the world.
To dispel any myths, they do not live in magical lamps. They are depicted most frequently to be slithering their way from a lamp due to their “hording” tendencies, similar to dragons. Genaei often can be seen carrying an expensive object(s) -most commonly gold, though silver has been seen too-, as they do not like to travel far from their treasures –and they have been travelling more frequently. Despite their hording tendencies, though, they do not usually carry more than a few valuables with them; at the most three or four objects that they’ll become irrevocably attached to.
While they have distinct human features, genaei are able to become as a smoke or off-coloured sand (purple, pink, blue, and red sands are most common, though there is occasionally a glittery gold, silver, or black). The sand grains and smoke molecules are bound together magnetically and by magic, preventing parts of the genaei from spreading and destroying it.
While a genaei’s powers can be virtually endless, there are strict limits. All genaei are masters of time, sand, and smoke, able to both control and create either substance to do their bidding. They are the guardians of time and the Elder Genaei keep watch over the balance between life and death, at the Hayat Zaman (meaning ‘Life Time’ in Arabic; it is a great hourglass at the center of the earth, controlling time- similar to the idea from ‘The Prince of Persia’). Every genaei has a black marking on them, and though the location and design may vary, the markings are all the same; an hourglass. It is speculated that the design of the hourglass controls certain aspects of the genaei society rankings, though this is uncertain. What is certain is that the positioning and amount of the sand in the hourglass marking determines age, power, and length of life left for the genaei. Some genaei are able to replenish their hourglass marking, enabling them to virtually live forever.
Similar to the laws of gravity, the laws restraining a genaei’s powers are binding and impossible to break. They are able to grant wishes to others under conditions; 1)not able to grant eternal knowledge or power to an individual 2)cannot destroy anything, even those things that are created by a wish 3)unable to bring back spirits from the dead 4)cannot tamper with the natural order of things. Genaei are unable to grant wishes to other genaei, or abuse their powers for themselves; to do so could crack their hourglass marking and they would wither and die painfully. There are also no limits on the number of wishes, but this isn’t much of a problem, considering most genaei have a limit on their tolerability to other creatures.
Most genaei avoid mankind, though there are a select few –usually the younger ones- who become curious about the creatures they spend their lives balancing, travel around the world to learn. A few are also caught by higher magic users. Angels, demons, witches, and warlocks are able to catch and bind a genaei to themselves, though the process is long, gruelling, and ends up killing the magic user one out of four times. Once a servant, a genaei is bound to the magic user until death; a few cases have been known where the “Mater’s” death caused the death of the genaei, though this is unknown.
Genaei (Jen-aye/ Juh-een-ee)
The genaei, most commonly known as “genie”, have been around for quite some time, an almost forgotten creature born of human, magic, sand, and smoke. They originated in the Judean desert, but have been reported to have been seen more frequently in the Arabian Desert, and have since been seen in many deserts of the world.
To dispel any myths, they do not live in magical lamps. They are depicted most frequently to be slithering their way from a lamp due to their “hording” tendencies, similar to dragons. Genaei often can be seen carrying an expensive object(s) -most commonly gold, though silver has been seen too-, as they do not like to travel far from their treasures –and they have been travelling more frequently. Despite their hording tendencies, though, they do not usually carry more than a few valuables with them; at the most three or four objects that they’ll become irrevocably attached to.
While they have distinct human features, genaei are able to become as a smoke or off-coloured sand (purple, pink, blue, and red sands are most common, though there is occasionally a glittery gold, silver, or black). The sand grains and smoke molecules are bound together magnetically and by magic, preventing parts of the genaei from spreading and destroying it.
While a genaei’s powers can be virtually endless, there are strict limits. All genaei are masters of time, sand, and smoke, able to both control and create either substance to do their bidding. They are the guardians of time and the Elder Genaei keep watch over the balance between life and death, at the Hayat Zaman (meaning ‘Life Time’ in Arabic; it is a great hourglass at the center of the earth, controlling time- similar to the idea from ‘The Prince of Persia’). Every genaei has a black marking on them, and though the location and design may vary, the markings are all the same; an hourglass. It is speculated that the design of the hourglass controls certain aspects of the genaei society rankings, though this is uncertain. What is certain is that the positioning and amount of the sand in the hourglass marking determines age, power, and length of life left for the genaei. Some genaei are able to replenish their hourglass marking, enabling them to virtually live forever.
Similar to the laws of gravity, the laws restraining a genaei’s powers are binding and impossible to break. They are able to grant wishes to others under conditions; 1)not able to grant eternal knowledge or power to an individual 2)cannot destroy anything, even those things that are created by a wish 3)unable to bring back spirits from the dead 4)cannot tamper with the natural order of things. Genaei are unable to grant wishes to other genaei, or abuse their powers for themselves; to do so could crack their hourglass marking and they would wither and die painfully. There are also no limits on the number of wishes, but this isn’t much of a problem, considering most genaei have a limit on their tolerability to other creatures.
Most genaei avoid mankind, though there are a select few –usually the younger ones- who become curious about the creatures they spend their lives balancing, travel around the world to learn. A few are also caught by higher magic users. Angels, demons, witches, and warlocks are able to catch and bind a genaei to themselves, though the process is long, gruelling, and ends up killing the magic user one out of four times. Once a servant, a genaei is bound to the magic user until death; a few cases have been known where the “Mater’s” death caused the death of the genaei, though this is unknown.
- Genaei can be bound to powerful magic-users
- They are able to grant wishes, though there are strict limits
- Control smoke, sand, and time –create sand and smoke
- Able to turn into smoke or sand
- Unable to grant wishes to other genaei or themselves
