Air Djinni

Air djinn are intelligent, magically sensitive humanoids from the djinni family of races.

### Biology

Air djinn have pale skin that comes in faint shades of blue, grey, and teal. They are completely hairless, with the exception of eyelashes.

Their eyes have a total black of eyeball; their sclerae are black and their irises are black. Despite being black, their eyes do faintly glow, though quite subtly compared their fellow djinn. This is a bioluminescent process, and not a magical one, although its intensity increases during periods of heightened magical practise.

Air djinn do not have noses like humans do, instead, they have a flat area of their face in place of the bridge of the nose, and thin nostrils which are not obvious. Despite this, air djinn have a strong sense of smell, and excellent respiratory function.

Air djinn are unusually sensitive to magical energy. Their skin is extremely sensitive to changes in temperature, electromagnetism, and spirit pressure. This gives them an almost prescient ability to predict changes in their environment.

They are most typically taller than other humanoids, averaging between 190cm to 280cm.

There is almost no sexual dimorphism between air djinn. There are no external differences, with the exclusion of genitalia, and there are no internal differences, with the exclusion of reproductive organs.

Their horns, a trademark of the djinni species, are like those of a goat. Unlike other djinn, whose horns may come in a variety of colours, air djinni horns are nearly always jet black.

### Cultural Quirks

Air djinn are renowned for their strangeness in both appearance and tradition. Unlike their cousins who perfectly blend into the general population, air djinn rarely appear outside their native mountain ranges. As a result, there are many unique physical and cultural differences between air djinn, other humanoids, and indeed other types of djinni.

Air djinn are unique amongst djinn in that they have a defined home region which is both the birthplace of their race, and the primary source of their culture and teachings. Every air djinni is descended from the same tribes which lived in the mountain ranges of Tofeng Hao, within the modern day borders of the nation of Pang Shung. It should be noted that while all air djinn are descended from the people of Tofeng Hao, it does not mean they were all born there. Quite rarely indeed, an air djinni may be born, live, and die, all without ever having seen the Tofeng Hao mountains.

Air djinni culture is devoted to spirituality and enlightenment, as a result, they are technologically bankrupt. This does not mean they are academically backwards, just that they prefer to learn things without allowing what they've learned to complicate their lives. An air djinni will eagerly research, experiment, and invent, but then will simply leave what they've discovered in the laboratory and the library, rather than try to sell it for a profit, or bring it home and teach it to flip pancakes. They'd rather flip their own pancakes.

Air djinni society is structured around spiritual and philosophical teachings. It has a rough outline for leadership, but it is technically anarchic. When interacting with outsiders or The System, there is a small representative council with limited powers that answers any questions as helpfully as possible. Typically this vague approximation to leadership is made up of elders who have mastered higher levels of learning and philosophy, demonstrated by their own teachings and writings, or their magical and/or physical capabilities.

Air djinn are noted for their eerie, otherworldly appearance, and physicality. They possess machine-like dexterity, are often coldly emotionless, and are considerably less "human" than other types of djinni, even if they spend large amounts of time away from Tofeng Hao, or even Pang Shung.

Air djinn practise aeromancy as a central part of their culture, society, spirituality, and education. Like their fire djinni cousins, air djinn base a lot of their self-worth and accomplishments on their mastery of their classical element.