Difference between revisions of "Parshendi"

Claimed by the gods, given to kill.<br>

Unknown, unseen, but vital to gain.<br>

War form gives the Parshendi an armor-like carapace; it also seems to give them advanced physical capabilities although it severely hampers artistic ability and is not equipped to handle abstractions.

 

Whispering spren breathe at your ear.<br>

Seek first this form, its mysteries to bear.<br>

Work form also endows significant physical strength, although without the armor of the war form; those in work form also have thinner fingers. While in work form, the Parshendi find it difficult to commit violence and did not like confrontation.

 

Given to life, it brings us joy.<br>

To find this form, one must care.<br>

Mating form is used for reproductive purposes. A few Parshendi maintain mating form constantly, although most enter it only briefly in order to reproduce with a partner: if these partners later entered war form they became a warpair. It is a distracting form which makes productive work difficult.

 

The lowest, and one not bright.<br>

To find this form, one needs banish cost.<br>

Dull form is an older form which was rarely used after the discovery of the newer forms. Those in dull form are not very intelligent.

 

Gave the gods this form to many,<br>

Tho' once defied, by the gods they were crushed.<br>

Nimble form is a form used by the Parshendi scholars because they do not know the correct spren to bond with for a scholar form. It does not impede the mind and the fingers are delicate enough for recording their findings. It grows long hair without any carapace to block it and yeilds delicate swirling patterns in their skin, along with a thinner facial structure.

 

Beware its ambitions innate.<br>

Though study and diligence bring the reward,<br>

 

;Art Form:

One yearns for the songs it creates.<br>

Most misunderstood by the artist it's true,<br>

{{quote|Artform for colors beyond our ken;<br>

For its grand songs we yearn.<br>

We must attract creationspren;<br>

 

;Mediation Form:

Form of teaching and consolation.<br>

When used by the gods, it became instead<br>

 

;Night Form:

A new storm will come, someday to break.<br>

A new storm a new world to make.<br>

 

;Decay Form: