"Born from the smokeless flame, they received the gift of free will. Like you, sweetling, they tread the snake-tongued path to goodness or wickedness. Way back, in the Long Ago, before apes were given tongues to speak as humankind, other, glorious beings wandered the lands and soared the skies. They made the sphere of our Mother a rich world of uncountable delights. The Host brought new sentience to life, beings you call demons and spirits. The jinn were among the first.
Made to serve, they took joy in their service. Forged from dancing fire, and aware of their own splendour, the jinn wandered the lands strong and proud. In that idyllic age, they felt no jealousy. They swore oaths to protect Gaia and all who inhabited Her. All was tranquil.
Until you were born from the primordial swaddling."
Made to serve, they took joy in their service. Forged from dancing fire, and aware of their own splendour, the jinn wandered the lands strong and proud. In that idyllic age, they felt no jealousy. They swore oaths to protect Gaia and all who inhabited Her. All was tranquil.
Until you were born from the primordial swaddling."
— The Buzzing, The Secret World
"I think you've found yourself a djinn, Maggs, and a nasty one, too. The djinn is the book and the book is the djinn. The problem for you is that all djinns have a purpose, and you'll have to let this one run its course. You'll know when it's done with you. Then you find that cloth, you wrap up the book, and you bring it to me."
— Eliza Dunwidge, The Fractured Atlas: Five Fragments, by John Connolly
