Celestial Insinsi

Mystic beings connected to a specific celestial or popular discipline.

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Ch’eench’enkil

Mystics who study peaceful silence.

• Lifespan: 1,200 years
• Diet: Light mortal fare
• Habitat: Grasslands
• Socioeconomic Status: Oppressed

Ch’eench’enkils appear to be anthropomorphic beings with high foreheads and a variety of color skin hues (grey, green, white, blue, black). They have fingers that are proportionately longer than one might expect from the size of their hands. They have hair on the fringes of their heads but not on top. They have no tongues.

Ch’eench’enkils cannot speak. They communicate with a language of hand gestures instead. They have magically strong vision and the ability to read people more keenly (and magically) when it is quieter. And they can move without making sound so long as they have performed no act of violence in the last 24 hours.

Ch’eench’enkils live in quiet, small communities, often in remote parts of large grasslands. They are riders and herders, but they spend their free time in contemplation and study. They study the world around them, the arts of peace, farming and herding, and various ancient writings. They are usually attacked on sight by imperials, who find them to be easy prey due to their pacificistic culture.

PRO 5 ATH 7 STR 7 AWA 11 WIL 10 PRS 9 STH 8 ESS 9

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Dinganag

Mystics who are very pious or principled.

• Lifespan: 1,000 years
• Diet: Common mortal fare
• Habitat: Pastoral lands
• Socioeconomic Status: Oppressed

Dinganags appear to be anthropomorphic beings with high foreheads and a variety of color skin hues (all the colors of the rainbow and more). They have fingers that are proportionately longer than one might expect from the size of their hands. They have hair on the fringes of their heads but not on top.

Dinganags can sense the values and principles, religious faith, spiritual beliefs, or other convictions of others. They can sense this more keenly when they are true to their own chosen set of beliefs. If they are religious, so long as it is not infernal, they gain one power from their chosen deity.

Most dinganags live in religious communities centered on a celestial deity, philosophy, spiritual practice, or figure of worship. They have rigorous practices and customs, with regular community celebrations and feasts, days of worship, and holy ceremonies. It is important in their communities that no one is required to be part of the faith.

Imperials see them as heretics to be purged.

PRO 7 ATH 7 STR 7 AWA 9 WIL 11 PRS 8 STH 7 ESS 9

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Jhukane

Mystics who are empowered by the fires of judgment.

• Lifespan : 1,000 years

• Diet: Normal mortal fare

• Habitat: Arctic tundra

• Socioeconomic Status: Oppressed

Jhukanes appear to be anthropomorphic beings with high foreheads and a variety of color skin hues (deep reddish gold, golden brown, or yellow gold). They have fingers that are proportionately longer than one might expect from the size of their hands. They have hair on the fringes of their heads but not on top.

Jhukanes have the power to see souls. They can see the experiences, supernatural powers and abilities, skills, and faith of anyone. They do not use this power all the time, as they respect the privacy of others, and when they use it, it tires them quickly. If they see something in a soul that is one of what they consider the “great crimes” - murder, rape or sexual assault, abuse, exploitation, imprisonment or enslavement, and spreading of hatred - they can draw upon the fires of judgment (kartadsin) and burn the target. However, this also costs them physically.

Jhukanes live in a series of small communities in the vast tundras of the far north. They dwell in camps, in harmony, with an egalitarian community structure, and an ancient tradition of listening, sharing, and giving. They turn no one away from their camps, no matter what they have done, and they never require anyone to submit to judgment. But those who do so willingly and accept the price will be honored.

Some jhukanes are sent out into the wider world to carry the fires of judgment as part of a judgment for some crime they committed. They must make up for their own crimes by meting out justice for the oppressed, exploited, and abused of the world. They are deeply criminalized in the city-states.

PRO 8 ATH 8 STR 7 AWA 9 WIL 10 PRS 7 STH 7

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Utsahah

Mystics whose enthusiasm makes them focus on different studies.

• Lifespan: 1,000 years
• Diet: Common mortal fare
• Habitat: Anywhere
• Socioeconomic Status: Oppressed

Utsahahs appear to be anthropomorphic beings with high foreheads and a variety of color skin hues (cream, yellow, beige, tan). They have fingers that are proportionately longer than one might expect from the size of their hands. They have hair on the fringes of their heads but not on top.

Utsahahs are sustained by their own enthusiasm. If they become enthusiastic enough about something and pursue it, they do not need food and are resistant to whatever the weather is doing. They will still need water.

If they maintain their enthusiasm for something, they learn it faster than mundane study would allow. They can build up their enthusiasm to a point where it gives them bonuses to any non-oppressive, abusive, exploitative, or infernal action in pursuit of that interest.

Utasahahs live in small communities where they have domes filled with laboratories, machine shops, and libraries for their interests. They are led by a council whose passions are governing, and they have a complex culture of study, research, experimentation, and learning that is punctuated with big celebrations as someone makes a breakthrough.

PRO 8 ATH 7 STR 7 AWA 10 WIL 8 PRS 7 STH 8 ESS 9