Djinn
Genies or Djinn/Jinn are a species of Others that are believed to be naturally created from the elements and "divine remnants",<ref name=":0">“Talk to me,” he said. “What do you smell?”
“Genies,” spoke the elder Ibix brother, without hesitation.
“Genies are a problem,” Jeremy said. “Plural? More than one?”
“At least four.” Genies. All of the problems a sphinx
posed, with a great many of the same capabilities, but sphinxes were
created, and genies were natural, born of elements and divine remnants.
A keen eye for the balance and the cosmic makeup of reality, an ability to alter that balance and makeup, and, generally speaking, genies operated on the macro scale. Moving mountains, so to speak, or building castles in the span
of a day. Hard to use without causing a great deal of alarm among non-practitioners. [...]
“I can hardly believe you need me,” he commented, “All these people. Even if he has genies and angels.”
- excerpt from Interlude 9 </ref> likely fallen or retired Angels that have switched over to being powered by other forces.<ref name=":1">Majnūn Jinn were one of a variety of Jinn, which were some really powerful Others that were once ‘architects of creation’ or angels, but were theorized to have been brought ‘down to Earth’, or they finished their work, started to fade, and ended up bolstered with elementals or other forces. Then they continued indefinitely, so long as they could keep sustaining themselves on spirits, elementals, incarnate stuff, or whatever. The Majnūn type were an angry variety that stirred up nightmares and psychosis. When they worked, they affected whole regions. - excerpt from Cutting Class 6.2</ref>
Known for being something you really don't want to mess with.<ref name=":2">Anyway, I imagine that a lot of the sort of things you don’t want to mess with, like genies, that goblin I just dealt with, they’re human shaped. So if you stand far enough away, or if you’re dealing with a crowd, you have to wonder. You hold back. - excerpt from Execution 13.9</ref><ref name=":3">I could see a figure on the far side of the doors. Deep brown skin, eyes like liquid gold, hips wrapped in wispy white cloth that was gossamer-fine. Genderless.
“Djinn,” Alexis said, breathless. “Lift.”
The Djinn turned his back, walking away. It was going to come back, most likely, and it was going to act.
Fuck.
Big and bad enough that the brainless little homunculi were afraid to
approach while it was taking point. The scariest Others that rational
individuals steered clear of were steering clear of this thing. - excerpt from Duress 12.5 </ref><ref>I glanced at Johannes. He was rigid, jaw set.
He, I remembered, had a dragon and a giant at his beck and call. He had genies. - excerpt from Sine Die 14.10 </ref> They have similar abilities to Sphinxes; a keen eye for the balance and the cosmic makeup of reality, an ability to alter that balance and makeup. However generally speaking they are limited to the macro scale - moving mountains, or building castles in the span of a day etc - hard to use without causing alarm among the Innocent.<ref name=":0" /> A genie killed by Barbatorem blew up a parking lot in the process, including a giant;<ref>“Is that a genie?” Paige asked.
“Yeah,” Peter answered for her, his voice hushed.
[...]
They approached the genie.
Eviscerated, the genie was stuck in a standing position. Hollowed out, chest and stomach torn open, its jaw had split at the chin, as if it had opened its mouth too wide, venting from within. Its remains were
scattered around the open parking lot. The source of whatever impulse
or push had moved the assorted cars. Scorch marks etched the pavement, leaving sections of it glassy. There was no blood, no gore, only the shell of a form and signs of an outpouring of energy.
Not a one minute walk away was a giant. Sitting cross-legged, hands folded in its lap, its shoulders slumped forward, head tilted so it faced the ground. Even sitting, its head reached as high as the roofs of the two stores on either side of it, each one three floors tall. The
face had burned away, the skull shattered, revealing just how thick the bone was. Far thicker than a human skull. The interior of his head
was only dark. The fragments of the skull and wisps of scorched flesh littered the hands, lap, and surrounding pavement. - excerpt from Judgement 16.6 </ref> Jinn that focus on nightmares and psychosis will inflict them on entire regions.<ref name=":1" />
They're basically human-shaped, but may have features like glowing eyes and sexless bodies.<ref>“Tall, brown-skinned man with glowing eyes, called Eblis?”
“Djinn. That’s telling,” Rose mused. - excerpt from Malfeasance 11.5 </ref><ref name=":2" /><ref name=":3" />
Variants include Majnūn Jinn, a hostile type that focus on nightmares and madness.<ref name=":1" /> Relatives probably include Djinn-born<ref>“The market district has no oversight. The Djinn-born are restless.” - excerpt from Signature 8.7</ref> and Jannah.<ref>Verona passed over her phone. Jannah. Spirits of the garden, eden, heaven, related to genies. - excerpt from Cutting Class 6.1</ref>
Notable Genies
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