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'''Age ranges:''' 17-100 | '''Age ranges:''' 17-100 | ||
'''Reproduction:''' Live birth, with about a 10 month gestation. | |||
'''Diet:''' They're omnivores, eating a wide variety of foods. | |||
==History== | ==History== | ||
[[File:Jin_male_-_final_-_reduced.jpg|thumb|left|A male Jin.]] | [[File:Jin_male_-_final_-_reduced.jpg|thumb|left|A male Jin.]] | ||
The Jin are one of the few races in the Starmourn sector that we are sure originated outside of it, for they arrived here only a few hundred years ago, though they are, it is believed, about 20,000 years older than even the Shen. | The Jin are one of the few races in the Starmourn sector that we are sure originated outside of it, for they arrived here only a few hundred years ago from their home system of [[Ijzala]], though they are, it is believed, about 20,000 years older than even the Shen. | ||
They are a warrior race with a strong cultural and genetic connection to death, and as a people, they revere it. They spend their lives looking forward to death, many devoting their lives to their traditional martial art, [[Ir-Vothiam]], and they believe that taking the lives of their enemies in honorable combat consecrates their victims, which is effectively doing them a favor. | |||
The Jin that we know in Starmourn are a large alliance that fled a mad [[Godking]] ruling a far-off home system called [[Ijzala]]. He had allied with the Ishvana to seize ultimate power, then created a death religion around himself, perverting the traditional Jin relationship with death. The Godking, directed by the [[Ishvana]], began to slaughter hundreds of millions of Jin. The Jin adhere to the belief that death is merely the self piercing the veil between this plane of existence and another. Though other races scoff at this idea (arguing that it is a cultural remnant of old superstitions and religions), the Ishvana considered that perhaps the Jin were correct, and that their genocide might inform its search into transcendence. | The Jin that we know in Starmourn are a large alliance that fled a mad [[Godking]] ruling a far-off home system called [[Ijzala]]. He had allied with the Ishvana to seize ultimate power, then created a death religion around himself, perverting the traditional Jin relationship with death. The Godking, directed by the [[Ishvana]], began to slaughter hundreds of millions of Jin. The Jin adhere to the belief that death is merely the self piercing the veil between this plane of existence and another. Though other races scoff at this idea (arguing that it is a cultural remnant of old superstitions and religions), the Ishvana considered that perhaps the Jin were correct, and that their genocide might inform its search into transcendence. | ||
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==Culture== | ==Culture== | ||
'''Priorities''' Life, to a Jin, is about preparing for the end of life. One must have an honorable death to consecrate one's essence, and transcend into the next life. They aren't suicidal, but they welcome the glorious and unique experience of dying when fate forces a choice, or when there is no other honorable choice. | |||
Relationships When they pair up, which many never do, it's usually for life. They have fairly loose families, with nothing like a tribal structure, and have no regard for gender in terms of role in life. | |||
'''How do they treat 'other's?''' From their perspective, well. From the perspective of many others, brutally. Infirmity in old age is extremely rare, for one of the Jin close to you will almost certainly decide to send you to the afterlife with honor before then, for which the Jin whose life has ended would be very grateful. Children born with deformities are killed out of hand, while older Jin who fall ill or are badly wounded in battle are ended with honor, that they not burden those around them. | |||
Notable rituals All of their most important rituals revolve around death. In the Mask of T'rath ceremony, a recently dead relative's deatheye is covered in a blanket woven for that purpose. The body is then placed in a capsule and ejected into space on a trajectory that would send it into a star. In certain cases, the deceased is esteemed so highly that a volunteer from their immediate family is selected to ride with them into the next life. | |||
'''Entertainment''' They love to participate in re-enactments of historical battles, scenes, and stories. Their culture is a strict one, with lots of pressure to conform to one's expected role in society. Using elaborate costumes and hologram-projection technology, they re-enact these bits of history or fantasy in groups as small as two or as many as thousands. This allows them, while in costume, to step outside their culture's strict boundaries for decorum and honorable behavior. | |||
'''Government''' Historically they were ruled by a a Kwajah, a hereditary position that translates to Lord or Master. The Godking they fled was a Kwajah who created a death religion around him. The Departed Jin - the only ones we know - are part of Scatterhome and so are semi-autonomous, with not much government beyond a loose collection of responsible individuals who ensure the remaining part of the Blood Ark remains livable and safe. | |||
'''Religion''' They worship a death god called T'rath, but they also believe this god perished long before their race was birthed. They believe their deatheye and the connection to death it grants them is evidence of T'rath reaching forward from the distant past to grant them this power. In return, they honor his memory and live their lives with death ever in their minds. The Jin believe that death represents the single most important part of life. Death is universal, and utterly transformative; a good life is one that ends with a good death. They believe that the failure to honor death does a grave disservice to all life, and that those who do not share in their religion can nevertheless be consecrated through death. | |||
'''For more, please browse: [[:Category:Jin]]''' | |||