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\|books=[[Yumi and the Nightmare Painter]] }} ~~{{spoilers\|yumi}}~~ '''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,.{{book ~~though~~ref\|yumi\|2}} ~~the~~The ~~occurrence~~selection ~~may~~is benot random, and is not influenced by genetics.{{~~book~~wob ref\|~~yumi\|2~~16399}} Their nature is indicated by an omen, such as a shooting star, observed at the time of their birth.{{book ref\|yumi\|12}} Very few women are selected to become yoki-hijo--there are never more than sixteen at a given time,{{book ref\|yumi\|24}} with no more than one chosen per year.{{book ref\|yumi\|2}} At the time the [[father machine]] was activated, only fourteen yoki-hijo existed.{{book ref\|yumi\|2}} No new yoki-hijo were born after the activation of the father machine.{{book ref\|yumi\|32}} Following the machine's destruction, [[Yumi]] is the only one still living.{{book ref\|yumi\|epilogue}} 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}} ~~They~~Hijo are also able to ~~do magical things other than binding hijos.{{wob ref\|16175}} Yumi is observed by [[Design]] to be Invested on~~hear the ~~same~~thoughts ~~level as an [[Elantrian]], though the~~of yoki-hijo ~~who were killed by the father machine gained more Investiture than normal over the millenniums~~.{{book ref\|yumi\|~~32}}{{wob ref\|16173~~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 == <references /> {{complete}} {{~~Cosmere~~yumi}} [[es:Yoki-haijo]]