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| Species | Chinook |
| Order | Djinni |
| Classification | Living Soul |
| Family | Natural |
| Sphere | Air |
| Origin | Yandui made these from ifrits who got lost in the mountains |
| Lifespan | 1,000 years |
| Habitat | High mountains |
| Food | Clouds |
| Description | Chinooks are human-like figures made of wind and mist. |
| Procreation | With each other to create more chinooks. |
| Esoterica | As beings of fate and winds aether, chinooks have an affinity for the arts of fate and winds aether. They also wield yahas, solar aether, brumal aether, mana, mystery, the gates, symbolism, poioumenon, and karma. Flux, msawhat, and fortune are impossible for them to wield. |
| Special Powers | Chinooks have the power to command the winds. They can fly. If they stand still, they are invisible. And they can create contracts with mortals to give them winds aetherial powers in exchange for various things, usually information. |
| Weaknesses | Msawhat, flux, and fortune can harm them. |
| Nations | There is a nation of chinook on every continent, though the originals lived in Majon. They differ only in their preference for exchange in contract. |
| Culture | The lost ifrits who became the first chinooks were wandering dangerous mountains and needed an escape from terrible winds. Instead, they became one with them. Chinooks live in small, nomadic tribes led by the fastest chinook. They dance through the clouds and have few needs. |
| Notables | The Gale, Djinni Manifest |
| Sample statistics | PRO 15 Binding contract 25 |
| Race | Chinook |
| Over-race | Genie |
| Classification | Living Soul |
| Family | Elemental |
| Sphere | Air |
| Origin | Yandui made them from djinn |
| Lifespan | Immortal |
| Habitat | Anywhere |
| Food | None |
| Description | Chinooks appear to be columns of smoke with human-like forms within. They usually appear to be thin, frail, wispy beings, whirling about in their own clouds. They are generally beautiful. |
| Procreation | It has been theorized that they do not, in fact, breed. Because of this & their lack of a need to eat, some believe genies aren't even alive in any traditional sense. |
| Magic | All forms of magic are common, save body magic. Void is possible, but rare. Faith is not uncommon. |
| Special Powers | Chinooks have the ability & duty to grant wishes to their "master," whoever controls their "home," some small item where they are forced to reside until some power frees them. If they are free, they have ultimate control over their respective sphere. Chinooks are |
| Weaknesses | Earth magic or faith can hurt them. They must obey their master. |
| Culture | Chinooks live to serve, though they yearn to be free. A free chinook is like the wind, free & strong & bold. The original chinook married an ice elemental named Glacier, who kept her imprisoned. The Father of the Winds became angry at this and sent his other children to save her when he saw snowflakes in the northwestern winds. Eventually, his children freed her from the Glacier, and she returned home to create the race of chinooks. |
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| Sample statistics | PRO 25 ATH 25 STR 25 AWA 25 WIL 25 ROG 25 Air 25 |
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