Thread:ThisIsXenon/@comment-32273133-20190613183752

Name of race: Djinns

Source: No one is sure, they may have been created by a primordial god that’s now disappeared.

Physical characteristics: There are two types of Djinns: light and dark. Both types have rubbery, scaly skin, almost a mix between an amphibian and a reptile. They’re generally humanoid, except for the fact that they have four arms instead of the traditional two, the second set near the bottom of their ribs/beginning of waist. They have webs between their fingers and toes, and their fingernails are long and serrated, almost like talons. They have flat, snakelike noses, as well as fangs. Their eyes are solid yellow—all iris—and they have a single black slit that serves as a pupil. They’re between five and eight feet tall. They have superhuman strength and speed, in part because they have two hearts and two sets of lungs, allowing them to respirate and oxygenate faster. Most pierce their ears with spikes for decoration. They don’t usually wear shoes, as their skin is tough enough on their feet to act as a shoe. The biggest difference between Light and Dark Djinns is in colouration. Light Djinns are typically brighter, warmer colours: white, pink, red, orange, yellow, whereas Dark Djinns are on the cooler end of the spectrum: green, blue, purple, black. Djinn royalty have stripes that look almost like scratches on their faces and shoulders, in the opposite type’s colouring. [ex: Gijinna, a dark Djinn princess, has dark blue skin with yellow/orange/red stripe marks]. Dark Djinns have longer fangs and nails, as they use those more than their light counterparts.

Mental characteristics: Djinns are very hierarchal. Social class/caste and status are incredibly important. There are five social castes [I’ll figure out names later], the highest being royalty and the lowest consisting of hybrids, criminals, chronically ill or disabled individuals, children of unmarried parents, and those who married or reproduced outside of their caste. They have a specific code of manners and ways to address others based on social classes, and it’s not uncommon to be violently attacked if you don’t follow these rules to a T. They’re hostile to all outsiders, deserters, and those of the opposite Djinn type, and have their two isolated communities in a large cave network somewhere under Forengard. The Dark Djinns’ community has partially in the Pit/Underworld. They dont generally help anyone who isn’t a Djinn of their own type unless there’s a reward. They have a crow-like love for shiny things.

Magic: They have the ability to drain an entity’s magic like a vampire. They cannot use the type of magic they drain, just convert the magical energy into chemical energy. Some higher-class Djinns have illusory magic. They’re believed to be able to grant wishes, like Modern genies, but they just use illusions to fool whoever they granted a wish to. 