Haijo

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Haijo
Tipo	Astillas de Virtuosismo
Se usa para	espíritus vinculados, hion
Racional	Sí
Mundo de origen	Komashi
Universo	Cosmere

Los haijo primordiales, también conocidos como espíritus primordiales, o simplemente hajio, son Astillas de Virtuosismo que se encuentran en Komashi. Su habitat natural es bajo tierra, y son atraídos por pensamientos, emociones, y expresiones artísticas. Pueden ser vinculados por una yoki-haijo y convertidos en herramientas y aparatos útiles, o ser utilizados para producir y proveer hion.

Apariencia

Los haijo suelen adoptar forma de lágrima del tamaño aproximado de la cabeza de una persona. Brillan intensamente como metal líquido de color arremolinado rojo y azul. No tienen ojos o otros rasgos distinguibles, aunque parecen poder percibir sus alrededores y son capaces de hablar en voz alta y telepáticamente. Haijo vinculados no hablan. Los espíritus vinculados con la máquina padre tienen una aparencia de orbes de agua congelados, y se ondulan a un ritmo inaudible.

Comportamiento

Los haijo están relacionados con la estraña actividad geotérmica de Komashi, y aparentemente son los principales responsables del intenso calor proveniente del suelo en la region de Torio. Su nivel de actividad suele variar un poco. Son especialmente activos cada trece años durante el Festival de las Revelaciones.

Los espíritus primogenios son atraídos por pensamientos humanos y emociones expresadas a través del arte, de acuerdo con la intención de Virtuosismo. Hay muchas formas distintas de arte que pueden atraer su atención, aunque no parece que todas valgan. Aunque pintar parece ser una de las que no funcionan, en realidad sí que puede atraer haijos, es simplemente la acomodación del arte de los pintores, lo que minimiza el puro aspecto artítico de la pintura, lo que causa que falle para atraer haijos. Una actuación musical como un concierto de rock, por ejemplo, sería capaz de atraerlos. En Torio, se sabía que la mejor manera de atraer espíritus era una yoki-haijo apilando piedras. Después de ser liberados de la máquina padre, los haijo también mostraron interés en dramas históricos y a lo mejor otros programas del visor de hion. Parece también que algunos lugares son mejores que otros para atraerlos, como el lugar del ritual, pero pueden venir en cualquier parte.

Según Yumi, las yoki-haijo normalmente deben crear veinte pilas de aproximadamente treinta piedras cada una para convocar a los espíritus, aunque pilas más pequeñas serían suficiente si son más complejas.

Bendiciones

Stories speak of the spirits granting boons, which are always associated with adventure. In practice there is little direct contact between spirits and humans aside from the yoki-hijo and so the truth of these stories is difficult to discern. One spirit is able to create a unique Connection between Yumi and Nikaro, however, suggesting the spirits are perhaps capable of these mythological abilities.

Body Swapping

Hijo are able to form a Spiritual Connection between two individuals and have them swap bodies with each other. Those linked will swap bodies every day, where one is in control of the other's body while the other is a Cognitive Shadow. Despite seeing themselves as normal, those around them will see and feel the other person's body. If a person is highly Invested, they can instead rewrite the other's body to match their form instead. While linked, they will understand each others languages. They may also share certain abilities, such as the abilities of a yoki-hijo.

The process takes a strong physical toll, and requires them to sleep much more than a normal human would. While the two are with one body, the other will sleep. The amount of sleep needed lessens with time before averaging to roughly twelve hours asleep per day. When the two make physical contact, they will feel a rush of emotions and heat from each other, further Connecting their souls.

When a Cognitive Shadow, they cannot normally be seen or heard, and will pass through most objects and people. This is affected by their perception, and they may be able to interact with certain objects or the souls of objects with practice. They are also protected from having their memories manipulated. The Cognitive Shadow cannot move more than a few yards away from the other person, but this can be extended.

This Connection can be forcibly severed, causing the two to no longer swap bodies. Despite this, their Connection will still be linked, and they will be able to speak telepathically and feel each others emotions.

Usos

The people of Komashi rely on the hijo for their ways of life, and are able to use these spirits in several ways.

Espíritus vinculados

When a yoki-hijo summons a spirit, they may request that the spirit be bound into some device or tool. They do this by offering, along with their artwork, a measure of their own Investiture, and mentally projecting an idea of what they wish the spirit to become. If this is not done properly, the spirit may become confused or be frightened off. If successful, the stack of stones becomes strengthened, and the spirit transforms. The scholars of the Institute of Mechanical Solutions are able to bind spirits by showing them pictures of the things they wish them to become.

Bound spirits typically take on either a stone or metal form, and always seem to be divided into two parts. Spirits typically remain bound for five to ten years. In general, the more spirits that are bound in a session, the longer all of them will last. Spirits bound by the prototype machine are generally smaller, seem to have operational issues much sooner, and may not remain bound as long. This is likely due to the machine consuming a portion of the spirit's own Investiture in order to operate.

Common types of bound spirits include:

Repelling statues

Involves two statues, one female and one male, with grotesque features. These statues behave similarly to reverser fabrials, with movement and forces of one affecting the other in an opposite manner. These are most often used to levitate vehicles or structures above the hot ground in Torio. In some cases, however, they may even simply be used for religious purposes--to be put on display to give people comfort by reminding them that the spirits are watching over them.

Spirit lights

The spirit divides into two balls that fit into the palm of a hand: one a bright orange and the other a dull blue. When the balls are separate, they glow, and are commonly used as a light source in Torio. Touching the balls together turns the lights off.

Flyers

These devices include the flyer itself--a hovering device approximately two feet across with insectile wings--and a handheld controller portion. These are commonly used in Torio to corral plants and to drive threats away.

Spirit saw

Presumably a simple device for sawing. It is unclear what the two halves of the device are.

Hion

With some measure of human intervention, the spirits are able to produce and power the hion lines which sustain modern life on Komashi. The original hion lines are produced by the machine, which harvests the Investiture of the hijo to create hion lines emerging from the ground. After the father machine is destroyed, some hijo voluntarily continue to power these hion lines.

Historia

In Yumi's time, the hijo were considered essential for human civilization in Torio because the bound spirits were vital tools necessary for survival. Accordingly, the spirits, as well as the yoki-hijo who summoned them and bound them, were greatly revered.

When the father machine was activated, all of the known spirits on Komashi were bound to that device. They congregated around the machine and were unable to leave it for approximately 1700 years. During this time, the surface of the planet cooled and the machine used their energy to produce hion. At one point, some spirits managed to escape and contact residents of Futinoro, in an event which would come to be known among the scholars as "the Incident". A few decades later, Yumi was able to free another spirit, which granted her Connection to Nikaro and ultimately enabled the yoki-hijo to destroy the machine and free the hijo.

Freedom of the hijo caused the surface of Komashi to heat up once more, but only to a lesser extent as the spirits voluntarily supplied some of their power to continue supplying hion in response to hion viewer dramas.

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