Jegha

Subject: Jegha 12/24/2007, 2:37 am

Jegha

This information can be found in numerous Occult creatures books or similar literature and mythology-- however it is impossible to find all of this information in the same place.

Each Jegha has two forms: large sized Snake (5-12 feet long at adulthood), and Human with snake patterns in their skin.
Jeghi are rare, and because of this they are believed across the board to be myths. It is sometimes said that they are the result of evil spirits/demons breeding with or possessing snakes. It is difficult to discern fact from fiction
involving them and so they have been added to the list of occult
creatures. They are closely tied to sorcery and tend to be very skilled
with it. They prefer to hide and shy away from being the center of
attention. They are self indulgent creatures and typically very lazy.
However, they are territorial and frequently grow jealous about their
possessions (which sometimes includes people). They have the capacity
to be extremely intelligent, and tend to be manipulative. They view
other races and creatures as gullible but useful and often attempt to trick people into servitude.

Life Tie: The Jegha selects a suitable person (such as one they view as part of their territory) and gets them to
agree to the Life Tie. The two then enter a master-familiar
relationship where the terms to their agreement are upheld according to
their verbal contract. The deal can be written or spoken, but no rule
can be imposed unless both parties agree. The Life Tie always involves
the master-familiar relationship, but the terms are otherwise dependent
upon the desires of the individual participants. When the two enter
this kind of deal, if the Jegha dies, the familiar also dies. If the
familiar dies, the Jegha feels immense pain, but does not die.

Once the deal is in place, the only one who can cancel it out is the Jegha.

It is said to be possible to force a Jegha into servitude. If
captured, they can be magically bound to an object like a jar, stone,
or piece of jewelry. The possessor of this object can then command the
Jegha to do anything (except alter its personality, feelings, or
opinions) within its ability. However, Jeghi will usually resent being
enslaved and will try to find a loophole in the command and spitefully
exploit it so that it is as much a disservice as possible to its
master. Some individuals will take every possible opportunity to kill
(or have killed) their master out of spite so that they may have the
freedom to choose their next master.

The enslaved Jegha is unable to move more than a mile from its
bound object without feeling immense pain. If the bound object is a
religious one, the name of the deity it represents becomes torture for
the Jegha when it is heard spoken aloud. The possessor of the bound
object can free the Jegha from the binding at any time by
breaking/destroying the object. The subservient Jegha cannot break or
damage its bound object. If the possessor dies, gives up ownership of,
or loses the object, the Jegha must find a new owner (not including
itself) for it within 30 days or die. Note: any being with which the
Jegha has formed a Life Tie will also die. Only one person can possess
the object at a time.

Social structure/Lifestyle:

They rarely interact with each other, do not form families, and
have few loyalties to each other. In fact, they tend avoid each other
except for the occasional one-night-stand. If more than one of these
creatures is living together, it is usually a master-servant
relationship. Offspring are frequently abandoned, given to other
parents, or devoured for various reasons including boredom, jealousy,
disappointment, and imperfections in the offspring. It is not uncommon
for a baby to change hands ten or twelve times before it is kept,
killed, or abandoned. Young ones are sometimes even used as bartering
objects. Young Jeghi who manage to survive to adulthood are usually the
result of unwed relations with people of other races because of the
higher level of care taken in raising them. When a child is born of
such a relationship, they are always the same race and have the same
abilities as either one or the other parent: never a mix between the
two.

In other words: If a Jeghan male impregnates a human female, the
child will look like either its mother or its father and will have the
abilities of the parent it resembles. There are never hybrids. However,
if the child takes after its father, it may be able to adopt (at will)
the colorations of the human mother as a survival mechanism.
A Jegha can procreate with members of its own race, and other humanoids or creatures with a humanoid form.

They reach sexual maturity at 15 years, but are usually abandoned
as soon as they can feed themselves (usually 7-10 years). Their
lifespan (assuming they reach adulthood) is 150-200 years. They age at
a similar rate to humans in relation with their lifespan. (Adding
lifespan by entering Life Ties with people can make the Jegha grow
younger in appearance depending on how much time is added.)

Gender: In snake form, to tell a male and a female apart, look at
the colorations. Females will be duller than the male who will have
more intensified colors. This holds true for the human form as well,
except now there is evident two different kinds of male. Alpha males
are bigger and more decorated with one or more of the following: horns,
antlers, frills, barbs, and wings. These are rather aggressive and
territorial and seem to possess a certain depravity that sets them
apart from Betas. It is this kind of image that imprints itself into
people's minds when they think about Jegha stories and such. Beta males
are smaller and without decoration besides their skin colorations. They are also considerably more
manipulative than Alphas.

On another note, it is the female that is the most venomous of these three types.

Habitats:

Jeghi are said to be drawn to places like graveyards, cursed
grounds, abandoned/ruined architecture, marketplaces, and places with
high concentration of magical energy (especially dark magic). It is
said also that they can be attracted to the presence of people
possessing strong magical powers and/or a strong spiritual connection.
Because of their reptilian nature, they avoid cold, and gravitate
towards warm areas. Once they find a place (or a person) they like,
they usually will linger for a long time and become possessive of the
area and the things (or person) within. This can become a problem if
the area already has a village or settlement there, as the residents
will probably find themselves being driven away from the area. Or if it
is a person the Jegha has latched onto, the person may feel stalked,
strange things may happen to anyone who tries to get too close, and/or
their possessions may begin to disappear. If harm or danger comes to
that which the Jegha has claimed for its own, it will quietly seek out
and attempt to kill the offender/remove the threat.

Battle:

Jeghi avoid face to face battle if at all possible. They prefer to
kill their enemies secretly, under the cover of darkness, or in
secluded areas where no one will witness the event. If possible, they
will make it look like an accident so no one suspects foul play. They
are patient and commonly sadistic. They sometimes will delight in
setting elaborate traps for their victims. If a face to face
confrontation arises, they will generally flee. If escape is not
possible, they will waste no attacks—going straight for the vital areas
with their venomous bites and typically poisoned blades. Jeghi have a natural knack for sorcery.

Other:

Jeghi are said to appear entranced by the sound of music,
especially singing, and some tales include wind instruments. It is
unclear if this is because they enjoy it or if it simply disorients
them. It has also been said that music will draw a Jegha out of its
hiding place. In actuality, it is just singing that does this to them,
and it does not draw the Jegha out of its hiding place. That myth was
invented when a crazy, superstitious explorer got lucky and when
thinking he might be stalked by a Jegha sang a song, causing the Jegha
to fall out of the tree he was in because of the entrancement. The fall
awakened the creature and it ran away. Without proof, the explorer
could not get anyone to believe he actually saw a Jegha.

Because of their reptilian nature, they grow lethargic and weak in
very cold temperatures. If exposed to cold climates, they will slip
into hibernation until temperatures rise again.

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Only powerful summoners may summon a Jegha--but usually, it is pointless to "summon" a Jegha because the only way to do that is to have first bound it to an object and keep the object in your possession. Since the Jegha can't move far from its bound object anyway, meaning it is already nearby.

But if you were to summon one, they would prove to be uncooperative and difficult--as they always are when forced into servitude.