Ganzi

Children of chaos, ganzis are born of the roiling effervescence of the untamable Maelstrom, the primal sea of all creation. Their blood crackles with the promise of change and the raw power of creation unshackled.

While some ganzis are born of mortals who mingled with the inchoate beings of the Maelstrom, and some are descended from those who sailed that cerulean void, many others are born in places where the Material Plane frays toward chaos. Whatever their roots, all ganzis share the same potent essence.
More than any other planar scions, ganzis are prone to appearing in otherwise stolid and unremarkable bloodlines. While this is sometimes cause for scandal in less open-minded communities, most ganzi children grow up as happy and loved as any other child. Ganzi children often exhibit irrepressible energy and good-natured mischief. A few even grow out of these tendencies eventually.

Physical Description

While ganzis resemble other members of their ancestry, it's rare for chaos to manifest with any degree of subtlety. No two ganzis are wholly alike and there are no universal traits, yet there is more commonality among ganzis than a layperson might expect. While some ganzis have links to other creatures of chaos, like valkyries or einherji, and some to no known beings, a narrow majority manifest as “proteankin” ganzis. Whether actually related to proteans or not, these ganzis possess serpentine tails with colorful scales and feathers, as well as patches of feather and scale in other places. Bilateral symmetry of such features is ubiquitous, despite their chaotic origins.
Given their dramatic physical features, most ganzis are accustomed to drawing attention. Some lean into this, dressing in daring outfits and developing exuberant personalities, while the more introverted use concealing clothing to hide their heritage. Regardless of social preferences, many ganzis share a passion for works of craft or artistry; ganzis often seek out craftworks as fashion statements, from bracelets to necklaces to brooches.

Versatile Heritage

Ganzi

Uncommon, Ganzi
Your blood is touched by primal chaos. You gain the ganzi trait in addition to the traits from your ancestry. You gain resistance to a single damage type equal to half your level; at the beginning of each day, determine randomly whether this resistance applies to acid, electricity, or sonic damage. You also gain a +1 circumstance bonus to saving throws against effects that would cause you to gain the controlled condition. You can choose from ganzi feats and feats from your ancestry whenever you gain an ancestry feat.

Ganzi Feats

Other Information

Ganzi Features

The features that distinguish ganzis from their mundane kin are extremely varied, as befits their chaotic nature. Proteankin ganzis are the most iconic, with feathery hair, iridescent scales, and long serpentine tails. On the other hand, the Children of Sin or Demonkin ganzis are the most notorious, with vestigial wings, horns, sharp teeth, and other qualities reminiscent of tieflings. Ganzi tails are notoriously full of mischief, with even their attached ganzi sometimes baffled by their antics.

Ganzi on Mythgrios

Since ganzi births tend to be unexpected and ganzis themselves prone to wanderlust, very few ganzi settlements appear on Mythgrios. Until recently, the best-known locus of ganzi activity was the arcane city of Telican in the sorcerous nation of Veldon; ganzi creativity has contributed a great deal of art (and the occasional crater) to the dragon-blessed city.
It is believed that Lauton's connection to the church of Byrmod has resulted in more ganzi births than normal within the city. It may also have something to do with the cities extensive network of Jump gates crated by the Hero of Renewal, Krysta Veldicar a well known ganzi sorceress with a somewhat confusing history. These jump gates can be found throughout the city, and they allow near instantaneous travel from one area of the city to another, even in some cases other cities and locations throughout Nethran—and the island nation of Free Haven. Problem is, they're unpredictable at times as they use the Maelstrom as a transport conduit, these chaotic energies are believed to be in no small part responsible for the shear number of ganzi in Lauton, which is greater then any other nation in all of Mythgrios.