Poioumenonic Entertainers

Poioumenonic Athletes

Stumbling Johnny
A drunken master of sports rather than martial arts.

Poioumenonic Bards

Arokin
A jali focused entirely on fortune.

Azmari
See poioumenonic musicians.

Bard - definitive bards
A wielder of some but not all poioumenonic energies, usually poioumenon, kor, ethereal essence, and unfugl, who serves as a poet, storyteller, musician, genealogist, jester, and oral historian to a community.

Chantez
A cupbearer variant of a jali.

Fili - definitive filis
Bards who use symbolism and engage in philosophical works.

Gesere
A jali whose powers focus entirely on unfugl.

Jali - primary poioumenon user / definitive jalis
Called a griot by colonial forces, the jali are the master storytellers of western Taggarus who use all poioumenon to tell stories, sing songs, and recite oral history.

Maanafɔla
An aqyn of the western deserts of Taggarus (where leys flow) who praises the magical powers of their leaders.

Rann Iontach
A bard who uses dream energy only. Usually fey.

Seanchai
Pronounced "shanachie", these are fey bards.

Shijin
A court bhat in Tenzanai who uses kor to prove ancestry and validity of their leaders.

Stichourgos
An aqyn who says more with what they leave out than what they put in.

Storyteller
A person who wanders sharing stories.

Widluios
A fili who uses fate to scry and make predictions.

Willakuq
An eastern Palhuric storyteller and oral historian who uses ethereal essence to bond with their audience or stories. They wander the eastern mountains.

Poioumenonic Carnival Workers

Augur
A carnival fortune teller who uses fortune to see their clients' potential.

Charlie Questions
A carnival performer who uses symbolism to engage a crowd into a series of questions as part of a game.

Gazer
A carnival fortune teller who uses fate to see their clients' destinies.

Mirrormaster
An imager who has an entire funhouse mirror hall to wield.

Raconteur
A carnival sideshow performer who uses poioumenon in their storytelling.

Secret Sam or Sarah
A carnival worker who uses arcane shadow to create mystery attractions.

Sparky
A carnival worker who uses unfugl for a variety of attractions that are full of surprises.

Sponge
A cupbearer who keeps crowds happy and drunk at a carnival.

Poioumenonic Celebrities

Cáil
A fey celebrity.

Glamorous
A celebrity who uses glamours to be attractive.

Poioumenonic Circus Performers

Bozo - definitive circus performers
A clown who uses stagma to make a very drunken performance of pratfalls and tumbles. Very colorful but with stains.

Gruff
A clown who uses fortune as part of their performance. Usually with make up that makes them look like a hobo or other vagrant.

Profundo
A ringmaster who uses the lore to engage the audience.

Rollo
A clown who uses multiple poioumenonic powers.

Trouble's Brother
A clown who uses unfugl to create the chaos of a clown's performance. Very colorful with lots of tricks, like hand buzzers, spitting flowers, and so on.

Woozy
A clown who uses dream energy as part of their performance. Usually very colorful.

Poioumenonic Dancers

Biyçi
A western Dabusenese secret dancer.

Kaihaka
A dream dancer.

Micinci
A dancer known for using unfugl to cause havoc as they dance to a wild rhythm in southern Taggarus.

Plesač
A dancer in Ranu who can tweak fortune through their movements. Usually accompanied by clapping or shaken percussion.

Rinceoir
A fey dancer who uses fey energy to create multiple images of themselves as they dance.

Tanečník
A dancer in Ranu known for their drunken but elaborate dances.

Tus Ua Las Voos
(hmong) A northeastern Dabusenese dancer who uses a feathered ribbon to create bonds with those they touch during the dance.

Tusuq
A dancer the mountains of eastern Palhur who uses poioumenon to entrance those who watch their interpretive dances.

ɣeɖula
A dancer in western Taggarus who spins and flows with fate. They have no control of their movements, but those who watch can, if they know how to interpret, get a sense of the destiny of those in the community represented by the dancer.

Poioumenonic Fools

Amadán
A fey jester in the Queen's Court who uses the lore to perform for her.

Aṣiwere
A fool who uses the lore to perform for villages in western Taggarus.

Ghabiun
A fool of Mahad who speaks prophecy that no one believes. A village idiot, usually.

Idiot
A member of the Court of Idiots, ruled by the Idiot King, in the realm of the fey, who uses various poioumenonic powers to speak truths no one understands.

Joker
A stagma-drunken comedian.

Lækari
A buffoon or fool who uses unfugl to create jokes and pranks.

Leathcheann
A buffoon whose performance causes fortune to swirl around some members of the audience.

Monyi
An eastern Taggaran fool who uses the First Language.

Orokamono
A jester amongst the yokai who draws from history to create the right performances.

Pohehe
A fool in the southern Island Bridge who uses symbolism to perform.

Shakaxhi
A fool from southern Ranu who uses arcane shadow to perform unexplainable tricks and jokes.

Sipaki - primary ayase user
A wandering fool whose journey always begins an adventure much larger than themselves.

Tanga
A silly wandering clown who uses feathered props to form bonds during performances. From northeastern Dabusen.

Twpsyn
A jester who uses mana to create a multifaceted performances. Extremely rare.

Wairangi
A jester in dream motley.

Poioumenonic Gamblers

Rambler - primary fortune user / definitive gamblers
A gambler of the esoteric variety, one who senses the winds of fortune and can use them to increase their chances in games of risk and chance.

Tarot Reader
A card reader who uses fate to play a complex game.

Poioumenonic Games Makers

Deilealai
A dealer of cards or other games of risk who is attuned to the winds of fortune.

Elere
A game master and collective storyteller in western Taggarus.

Imreoir
An imager who makes games from their collected images, usually to tell a story collectively.

Joueurs
A game maker in the Reever Sea who uses stagma to create complicated and wondrous games for the drunk or excited.

Laaeib
A seer who uses the threads of fate to weave a game of destinies.

Máistir Cluiche
A fey game maker.

Marvelman
One who uses unfugl to make toys.

Omochaya
One who uses kor to arrange a toy shop.

Questioner
An arcanist who specializes in the game of Questions.

Tech’awachi
A meli'ikitenya who specializes in word games in the First Language.

Tile Maker
One who uses symbolism to create the Tile Game.

Veycosi
A drink mixer in the Reever Sea.

Poioumenonic Screen Entertainers

Projector
One who uses imaging to project film or television content.

Schwarzmannian
A mysterious television presenter that few have an explanation for.

Screenteller
A storyteller who uses poioumenon to tell stories on television or film.

Poioumenonic Sex Workers

Femminiello
The femminielli are cross-dressed assigned-male figures who may or may not be trans, but who are followed by good fortune.

Figi
A cupbearer sex worker in the Reever Sea.

Kairau
A sex worker who uses dream energy to soothe their clients.

Mahzia
A concubine who tells the future.

Raimwan Sai
A courtesan who uses ethereal essence to bond with clients.

Scheherezadi
A sex worker who tells clients stories.

Striapach
A fey sex worker who uses the lore to soothe and entertain and delight clients.

Poioumenonic Stage Entertainers

Grinning Mage
See poioumenonic esotericists. They often engage in comedy routines, theatrical performances, performance art, etc.

Joker
A stagma-drunken comedian.

Muharik al'Dimaa
A user of threads that make puppets perform preordained stories.

Noh Actor
Performers of noh theatre from Tenzanai who draw upon history to create their stories.

Oludari
A storyteller who creates plays.

Peinteir
An artist who paints sets with dream energy, drawing their colors from imager mirrors.

Prestidigitator
A mundane magician.

Quiet Hand
A shadow puppeteer who uses arcane shadow.

Sengoli Sa Lipapali
A symbologer from southern Taggarus who creates plays with heavy symbolism.

Tewanayi
One who performs on stage with the First Language. Usually an actor.

Poioumenonic Street Entertainers

Agbọrọsọ
A storyteller on the streets.

Card Reader
A tarot reader on the streets.

Carouser
A cupbearer who busks and gets people roused and riled up.

Daidōgei Hito
An onmyoji who arranges a space on the streets to confound and entertain.

Dap
A rambler who performs tarot readings or other busking on the streets.

Fets’amī
A busker who uses the First Language.

Prod
A busker who uses unfugl to surprise the audience.

Shad
An arcanist who performs sleight-of-hand on the streets.

The Stupendous
An imager who uses their powers on the streets to entertain, usually a magic show or performance art.

Poioumenonic Wordsmiths

Chosha
A writer who draws from history.

Mannurat
An author of symbolic fiction.

Mualif
A seer who writes their prophecies into fiction to hide them.

Onkowe
A storyteller who writes their stories down.

Rannaire
Lyrillan poet who uses ethereal essence to connect with their audiences.

Scríbhneoir
A fey writer.

Spisovatel'
A mystery writer from Ranu who uses arcanum to make their books more intriguing.

Ts’eḥāfī
A writer who uses the First Language.

Údar
An author who uses dream energy to write incredible prose that captures the illogic of the unreal.

Poioumenonic Athletes

Poioumenonic Bards

Poioumenonic Carnival Workers

Poioumenonic Celebrities

Poioumenonic Circus Performers

Poioumenonic Dancers

Poioumenonic Fools

Poioumenonic Gamblers

Poioumenonic Games Makers

Poioumenonic Screen Entertainers

Poioumenonic Sex Workers

Poioumenonic Stage Entertainers

Poioumenonic Street Entertainers

Poioumenonic Wordsmiths
Topic revision: r10 - 10 Aug 2022, SallyJaneBlack
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