Aspect 5: Anuk (Were)

Characteristics:

• Hair – black, blond, brown, red
• Eyes – blue, brown, gold, gray, green, hazel, purple
• Skin – light tan to dark brown
• Affinity – ability to communicate with their specific creature type and control them; non-elemental magic
• Alternate Forms – can take the form of whatever creature they have their bond with. Can’t take the alternate forms of any of the other aspects.
• Fenir – unknown

Anukna were the fifth aspect of shimana created by God. Their balance of light and dark energy is almost even, tilting a little more towards the light.

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Hello all, and welcome to my post on the traditions, rituals, and magic of Ejoma! 😀

As with several of the other bonus material posts, this one will be updated as needed as the story world grows across upcoming novels.

Until next time, Take Care and Happy Writing! 😀

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Aspect 4: Obine (Elemental)

Characteristics:

• Hair – black, blond, brown, red
• Eyes – blue, brown, gold, gray, green, hazel, purple
• Skin – light tan to dark brown
• Affinity – elemental magic; can communicate with and control elemental creatures; golem creation
• Alternate Forms – can take on the form of their particular element: air, earth, fire, or water
• Fenir – unknown

Obinena were the fourth aspect created by God. They have a slightly higher balance of light than dark. They are attuned to one particular element, and can’t use the other three.

• Nalu (Air)
• Parut (Earth)
• Univ (Water)
• Viteri (Fire)

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Hello all!

Here’s a list of different places in Ejoma. As with several of the other posts, more details will be added as more books are released. For now, this is current up to the beginning of Beyond the Gate, the first story in Tales of Ejoma, and lists the places shown on the map in the book.

Until next time, Take Care and Happy Writing! 😀

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Aspect 3: Yalir (Elf)

Characteristics:

• Hair – black, blond, brown, red
• Eyes – blue, brown, gold, gray, green, hazel, purple
• Skin – pale to dark brown
• Affinity – nature magic; can commune with nature and control it; can communicate with insects and control them
• Alternate Forms – dryad/nymph: they have a shima-like shape and face, with green skin covered in vines and leaves.
• Fenir – unknown

Yalirna were the third aspect created by God. Their balance of energy is more towards the light than the dark, and darker magic can sicken them in high concentrations.

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Hello all, and welcome to my shima history! As with the glossary, the present day tensions section of this post will be updated as I go along in the series.

For now, this is current up to the beginning of Beyond the Gate, the first story in Tales of Ejoma.

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~ Excerpts from shima historical tomes ~

In The Beginning –

God stood at the center of creation after completing His masterpieces, men and women in His image. Seeing that there was both light and dark in them and knowing the pain in store for them, He separated His beloved creations. These children, each an aspect of God, were scattered. Divided into two realms, human and shima were separated by a wall of energy that became known as the arute.

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