#PactDays : Chi-Lin #ValespianPact

Welcome to Thursday's Pact Days! Today, we have the Chi-Lin.

From Alpha Trine and Striker, the psi-healer Madux Manx is Chi-Lin. He'll have his own book, Boundless, a little down the road. Star Eater is smitten with him. There is a lot of mystery around his people so I had to be careful with this file so that I didn't give away spoilers for Madux and Star Eater's story.


A couple of side notes: I'm placing these in alphabetical order so I won't unintentionally place importance on any specie. I will leave off information on the species that will spoil future books. My standard sheet has the same categories for all species. So there will be blank categories just because that species didn't need them.


Enjoy!

Species: Chi-Lin

Planet: Amicron II

Other races on the planet:

Planetary Terrain: Forest, Jungle, Mountains, Seas

Capitol: Caith

Country:

Patron Ryo Pardeep: 

Description: Iron based blood. Height is 6 feet to 9 feet tall. Feline race with remarkably human features. Only fur on their body is their hair/mane. Hands and feet are humanoid. Strong retractable claws. Good night vision, superior hearing, keen sense of smell, stealthy.

80% of the population have psionic abilities which keeps them from becoming ritual magicians.

Chi-Lin are territorial with high inner-species aggression.

A large percentage of psi abilities centers on healing, tracking, hyper, and telepathy. Less than 2% are empathic. While only a very few don't have psi ability, they are not ostracized because of the lack. Instead they are protected and are often mediators. A low percentage of Chi-Lin have a wider psi ability outside the norm.

They have ritualized combat to deal with honor issues. Strict codes of personal honor.

There are 11 (eleven) males to every female. Their technology is highly psi based.

Questions from the Facebook Group:

Question: Is it supposed to be "Keeps FROM" ? Wouldn't psionic abilities HELP them become ritual shamans?

"80% of the population have psionic abilities which keeps them from becoming ritual magicians."

Answer: There are three Mentalist categories: Psionics, Ritual Magician (Weaver), and Elementalist. 

A Psionic's body produces a great amount of energy which their mind can manipulate. This is why if a psi goes to the Battion homeworld they have to have protection, otherwise they get terribly sick/dead. They are cut off from a vital part of themselves, the energy. 

Ritual Magicians (aka Ritual Weavers) do not produce energy but can utilize energy in certain crystals like the above mentioned M'Cathaian Crystals. Items like these crystals put out an energy Weavers can see, and through ritual weave to perform "magic". They often use their weaving for defense and protection. Abechan, the Shia'Marr on the Oethra 7 is a Ritual Magician. These weavers can also be found on Catalan, and the GyrFalconi homeworld. Those are also the homeworlds that have something similar to the M'Cathaian Crystals. 

The third Mentalist ability is Elementalist. They can see and manipulate the energy caused by elements like fire and water. 

So to answer your question, someone who is psi can only manipulate their own body's energy. Their abilities are different from a Ritual Magician in not only how/what energy they handle but in what they are able to do. They can be one or the other, they cannot be both. :)

Additional Info revealed for the question: There is a story behind the term "ritual magician". It came from the 20 Year War. When the humans fought against the dreaded Shia'Marr, the zealots looked at the Shia'Marr's dino-like bodies and their ability to create shimmering shields and other things, they dubbed the Shia'Marr demons and their ability as 'magic'. There is a faction of certain psi who sneer at the 'weaker' abilities of Weavers, thinking Weavers are inferior, and use Ritual Magician as a slur against Weavers. A portion of the Chi-Lin population carries this bigotry.

Common Occupation: psi-healer, hunter, imperial guard, pilot, engineer, trooper, ecologist

Government Systems: Queendom

Current Leader: Evreax Quix 

Council of Neighn of Member: Rheax Omphalox

Allies: Gaziniti, Ryo'Pardeep, Battion, Asani, Conti'Quan, Erdaian, Giante, Wolfine, L'Eema, Chtichlian, Orion, Ryden, Shia'Marr, Syrryn

Star System: Pergoni Solar System

Other planets occupied by species:

Military Leader:

Cultural names and terms specific to species:

Aye – Yes

Bumbee – Bad Fairies

Comeover – non-native

Middlin – tolerable

Skeet – gossip

Broogh – steep bank

Lhergy – high waistland

Cronk – hill

Bollan bane – mugwort

Bonnag – flat cakebread made with dried friut

Brabbag - warm the backs of your legs by the fire

Claddagh – land by the river

Crosh bollan – mouthbone of the ballan wrasse worn as a charm

Cruinnaght – cultural gathering

Dub – small hollow, pool, damp area

Ellan vannin – Isle of Mann

Farrain – hogwee

Keck – animal dung

Tramman – elder tree

Moaney – peatland

Mhelliah – harvest festival

Moal – literally slow, but used in the sense of ill

Jough – a drink

Litcheragh – lazy

Keeill – small ancient monk cell or chapel

M'Cathaian Crystals: hematite gray gem carefully cut into exotic shapes, the planes and angels meant to highlight/showcase the jagged electric blue lines. The gems look as if they have caught blue lightning in its prismed depth.

A Short History: Chi-Lin is rife with violence and territorialism. They developed psionic talent to adapt to the natural wildlife. As a consequence of the low level of empathy they gained, they stopped warring against each other because they felt each other's pain. Instead they developed a highly ritualized form of combat to deal with honor disputes and family squabbles. Male aggression was funneled into physical arts. Cities were built to be in harmony with the landscape. Their tech is psi-based and baffling to other species.

The Chi-Lin appeared on their planet, fully formed and obviously engineered. For what purpose? No non-Chi-Lin knows, and if they do, they aren't willing to say. Many speculate about where they came from. The Chi-Lin claim no knowledge of their creature—or so they say. The conversation came up again when Madux came away from the Waters of Truth on Qestaire unharmed.

Chi-Lin Names: (For future use) They always end in X

Ajax

Alex

Bronx

Croix

Dax

Fairfax

Felix

Fox

Fenix

Handrix

Jax

Kendrix

Knox

Lennox

Lynx

Maddox

Marx

Max

Onyx

Pax

Phoenix

Pollux

Rex

Tex

Alix

Alyx

Beatrix

Bellatrix

Bijoux

Claudex

Jinx

Lex

Lux

Margaux

Nix

Roux

Sioux

Trix

Arnoux

Bax

Bix

Calix

Dix

Eryx

Evreux

Felyx

Jex

Mannix

Phelix

Phynix

Quix

Sax

Theroux

Aleix

Ax

Bendix

Bronx

Elex

Essex

Halifax

Lenux

Maxx

Ox

Paxx

Salix

Troix

Margaux (Pearl)

Nilax

Nox (god of night)

Obax (flower)

Obelix (pillar of strength)

Syrinx (water reed)

Amoux (eagle wolf)

Antrix (space, sky)

Arax (dau of king)

Bax (cheer, joy)

Calbex (shephard)

Calix (very handsome)

Cantrix (singer)

Ceyx (husband of Alcyone)

Chuslum-Moxmox (yellow bull, Nez Perce)

Derex

Dux (leader)

Eryx (son of Poseidon)

Fomax (goddess of bread)

Forfax (angel of astronomy)

Gurbax

Harbax (god given)

Inyx (spell)

Johanax (bestower of the world)

Kayarax (ancestor of King Kay-Khosraw)

Kendrix

Knox

La Roux (red head)

Leatrix

Chi-Lin Temple of… (??)

High Priestess: Calix Lynx

Thank you for stopping by and reading!!