Air Genasi By Xyronian Watch

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And to the children of Ziz, the tribe of the winds, I grant dominion over the sky and the great mountains of the north.

-Book of the Sovereign, Chapter 4, Verse 57



Likely the most mysterious of the four genasi tribes are the Tribe of Ziz or Zizkasim, though they are known by other races as the Air Genasi. The Zizkasim are perhaps the most mobile race in Liorium, shunning all permanent settlements in favor of mobile tent cities. The Air Genasi tend to look down upon those who live within walls, believing that remaining in one place begets weakness and severs ones connection to heaven. The only immobile buildings that one might find in the Zizkasim respecting are their temples- permanent places of worship visited by the nomadic clans.For much of the year these temples are left to the elements, to be cleaned and sanctified whenever they are needed for holy days, then abandoned once more when the ceremonies are over. The Air Genasi attitude towards settled people inevitably draws them into conflict with their settled neighbors. Every so often one of the sedentary races will try to tame the Zizkasim, building towers, forts and cities in their lands, only to inevitably abandon the project and leave their settlements to be used as temporary shelters by passing clans. That is not to say that the Air Genasi don't appreciate the goods and resources that sedentary life can bring, and are more than happy to trade- or to raid- for such luxuries.



The Air Genasi wanderlust extends into their cultural traditions as well. It is common for young Zizkasim, upon reaching adulthood, to leave their clan and be adopted by another. This ritual helps to keep the peace and to ensure that no clan becomes too populous, and thus susceptible to decadence. Their propensity towards wide-ranging travels also makes Air Genasi excellent traders, leaving Al-Ganam with caravans of spices, roc feathers and eggs, and incense, and returning with goods and weapons from throughout the known world.



Religiously the Zizkasim worship Alrasant the Promised Sovereign, as well as their elemental patron, Ziz. In death the Air Genasi are wrapped in white cloth and hung upon poles for birds and winds to pick apart their corpse and return it to the sky. There is little that a devout Air Genasi fears more than dying without a sky burial, even an improper one.

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Published : May 29, 2018