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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
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}}▼
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}}
== Abilities ==
▲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}}
== Known Yoki-hijo ==
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* [[Yumi]]
* [[Samjae]]
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