Air Genasi

Air Genasi are Genasi descendant from air djinns. They tend to be a fickle and lighthearted people.

Culture

Major language groups and dialects

Common and Primordial.

Culture and cultural heritage

Air genasi pipe music is very famous, and it's always an event when a tavern can hire a bard to perform it (as the sounds they produce are difficult to be reproduced by humans).

Shared customary codes and values

Air Genasi love freedom above all else. They tend to respect, hear and pray for the wind.

Average technological level

Medieval, Tribal.

Common Etiquette rules

As with the other Genasi, air genasi tend to believe that actions speak louder than words. They also expect people to do what they will and find the notions of etiquette and respect that humans have funny.

Common Dress code

They tend to use lighter practical clothing.

Art & Architecture

Genasi architecture tends to be of tents and places where they can move fast. These are designed to be very well ventilated (such places can be considered cold to humans who find themselves sleeping in a genasi tent).
Their art tends to be more oriented to pipe music or painting of landscapes. The wind normally is very prominent in such paintings (for example, a common painting every potential genasi artist tends to practice is prairie with the wind rustling the grass.

Common Customs, traditions and rituals

Air genasi believe that the wind is more than an element, and they respect and follow the wind as a sign of things to come. A bad wind can mean disaster, and a tribe might choose to move if the wind "brings bad news", as they call it.

Birth & Baptismal Rites

At birth, the baby is exposed to the wind, and the tribe calls for a sign. People hear the wind to try to discern what the future of this child will be. Only after this rite is the child given a name.

Coming of Age Rites

When they reach the age of 16, an Air genasi is stripped of all of his and her possessions and ordered a task, which the person needs to fulfill or die trying. Such a task normally consists of climbing to the highest peak of the highest mountain, hearing the wind there, and coming back to tell the tribe about what was heard. After the task is completed, the person is dressed in ceremonial robes, and a great feast is held to commemorate a new person joining their community.

Funerary and Memorial customs

Air genasi burn their dead and spread their ashes through the air.

Common Taboos

Not heeding or disrespecting what they call the will of wind is a sign of bad things.

Common Myths and Legends

Air genasi believe that one day the wind will be theirs to control, and they are preparing themselves body and mind for such a responsibility.

Historical figures

Sky. Sky was a boy who when he was seven, he insisted on suddenly undergoing the coming of age trial. His tribe tried to impose resistance, but the boy is resolute and the laws are firm: so they had to allow it. To the surprise of all, the boy passed the trial and became the youngest person of all time to be considered a full person. However, during his welcome party, Sky vanished, still in his ceremony clothes.
What happened to the boy after that is unknown. But several air genasi stories tell of people who were facing a great challenge that they couldn't overcome. As this happened, they saw a boy dressed in ceremonial clothes who helped them overcome it in some way or another. The boy never revealed his identity, but people tend to attribute such acts to Sky, even though such histories have been happening for centuries.

Encompassed species

• Genasi