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'''Yoki-hijo''', a term meaning "'Girl of Commanding Primal Spirits'", are highly [[Investiture|Invested]] individuals on [[Komashi]] who are able to summon [[hijo|spirits]], through artistic rock stacking, and bind them into useful tools.{{book ref|yumi|4}} They are also sometimes called '''Chosen'''.{{book ref|yumi|2}}
== Becoming a Yoki-hijo ==
Given the meaning of the name itself, only women are known to become yoki-hijo. These women become yoki-hijo at birth--supposedly they are chosen by the hijo
Though the yoki-hijo who are part of the [[reform movement]] insist on retiring at the age of seventy,{{book ref|yumi|22}} and in some cases they allegedly may have been forced to serve in captivity,{{book ref|yumi|2}}
At some point, whether before birth or after, the yoki-hijo becomes uniquely Invested. This Investiture enables them to summon the hijo and bind them into useful tools.{{book ref|yumi|2}} That process expends some of their own Investiture, though with time and rest the Investiture is recovered.{{book ref|yumi|4}}{{book ref|yumi|6}} Yumi is observed by [[Design]] to be Invested on the same level as an [[Elantrian]], though it is unclear if this is typical among yoki-hijo or if it only applies to those who were killed by the father machine.{{book ref|yumi|32}}▼
== Abilities ==
▲Though the yoki-hijo who are part of the [[reform movement]] insist on retiring at the age of seventy,{{book ref|yumi|22}} and in some cases they allegedly may have been forced to serve in captivity,{{book ref|yumi|2}}, yoki-hijo retain their nature through the end of their lives.{{book ref|yumi|34}}
▲At some point, whether before birth or after, the yoki-hijo becomes uniquely Invested. This Investiture enables them to summon the hijo and bind them into useful tools.{{book ref|yumi|2}} That process expends some of their own Investiture, though with time and rest the Investiture is recovered.{{book ref|yumi|4}}{{book ref|yumi|6}}
Yoki-hijo are able to do magical things other than binding hijos.{{wob ref|16175}}{{wob ref|16417}} They can also consume or affect raw Investiture.{{book ref|yumi|32}}{{book ref|yumi|41}} Yumi is observed by [[Design]] to be Invested on the same level as an [[Elantrian]], though the yoki-hijo who were killed by the father machine gained more Investiture than normal over the millenniums.{{book ref|yumi|32}}{{wob ref|16173}}
== Wardens ==
A yoki-hijo's day begins with ritual eating, bathing, and dressing.{{book ref|yumi|2}} The attendants enter the woman's room when she awakens and set up a table for breakfast, then proceed to feed the woman themselves.{{book ref|yumi|8}}
After breakfast, the yoki-hijo proceeds to the town's cold spring, which is reserved for the Chosen while she is in town,{{book ref|yumi|10}} or to the town's bath house if they do not have a spring.{{book ref|yumi|13}} On the way, the attendants use enormous
With the washing complete, the attendants leave to dress themselves and prepare the yoki-hijo's clothing, giving the woman some time alone. When she exits the spring, the attendants clothe her in the designated ritual [[tobok]].{{book ref|yumi|2}}
== Culture ==
In Torish culture, yoki-hijo are very highly respected, with few having greater authority.{{book ref|yumi|2}} Their position is seen as one of service to the people--they are served so that they may serve others.{{book ref|yumi|9}} It is considered rude to contradict a yoki-hijo, even to give a compliment.{{book ref|yumi|2}} While the various rituals and expectations placed upon them (thought to be decreed by the spirits{{book ref|yumi|9}}) have traditionally limited their personal freedoms, those who are part of the reform movement exercise greater autonomy.{{book ref|yumi|22}} This movement began several hundred years prior to the activation of the machine, and nearly all of the yoki-hijo--twelve--subscribed to it at that time, with only Yumi and one other remaining orthodox.{{book ref|yumi|22}}
== Known Yoki-hijo ==
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* [[Yumi]]
* [[Samjae]]
* [[Dwookim]]
* Unnamed Yoki-hijo in the shroud{{book ref|yumi|32}}
== Notes ==
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