#kaires

The Chinese Prodigious is an ancient medallion hidden away in Shanghai, China. Hosted within it are eight renlings embodying different human values, allowing those that posses them to transform into their respective animals.

Guarding this Prodigious is a kaire named Mei Shi, who is tied to a magical yellow orb called a Zealous. Mei Shi will test those seeking the Prodigious, and grant those they choose the title of Renren. Renrens are given both the Prodigious and the Zealous, and are free to use the magic within.

Vitaa's children refers to any non-kwami spiritual being. They are directly created by Vitaa, and while not as strong as kwamis nor embodying a whole concept they are still powerful in their own right. Many wander the universe as the kwamis did, but a few have also taken an interest in earth itself, or were created near it and haven't left.

Beings like renlings and Mei Shi (whose species I call kaire in my AU) are all considered to be Vitaa's children. In addition to canon I will be adding sixteen OC renlings and four OC kaires to this AU. Two of these kaires will act as guardians for the Soul Gems, much like Mei Shi does for the Prodigious in canon.

Me: Ask me more about the Prodigious! Also Me: Lets this ask sit in my inbox for ages. sorry

So anyways: in older posts I cite renlings and kaires as children of Vitaa, born from Life and are much more tied to earth than kwamis naturally were. However as canon has given us more magical beings (Maino'li the Hummingbird, the Sprites from Stellar Force, etc) I thought it would be fun to expand each species (beings?) origins to a different Alpha/Alphas. I want to know more about the new beings before setting everything in stone. Renlings will still be tied to Life though, and kaires will probably be tied to Creation, and the sprites from Stellar Force will definitely have some connection to Stellar, of course.

So in my AU there will never be any mention of the Prodigious being more powerful than the Miraculouses (I don't really get why this was thing. Nooroo's Miraculous can already grant shapeshifting powers and a million other things on its own). I am still debating if it will have been made before the Miraculouses or not, but either way the renlings and kaire are much much younger beings than the kwamis. As such they are easier to tie to a magical object, which is probably why they will have come first.

So while kwamis come into existence alongside their concept, renlings weren't born from their values; but rather claimed ones they liked long after they were born. There might be some kwamis whose concepts overlap with their claimed values; but this isn't a true overlap as they are not the embodiment of said concept, but more a seeker of it. Renlings only grant shapeshifting into their chosen animal, and can only give this ability to someone who represents the values they have claimed. They are much weaker than kwamis overall, but have a much more natural connection with humanity and earth. Kwamis function on a universal scale, but renlings were born alongside earth. While kwamis are overwhelming abstract concepts who have been bound just to connect with the life on earth, renlings don't have to be restrained in such a way to be with humans, it's much easier and less dangerous.

There are always eight renlings per Prodigious, with one being based on a magical animal, who acts as the leader of their group of renlings. All Prodigious are guarded by a kaire, but a kaire can guard other things besides a Prodigious. kaires' are highly tied to the physical realm, while renlings are more tied to the spiritual. kaires are not just spirits like most other beings, but have a natural physical form. They also have a magical object called a Zealous. But this is less like a Miraculous that binds them but more like their reserve of power, and whoever they give the Zealous too will have access to that power. (But again this power is much lesser than the kwams; for example a single Soul Gem would infinitely dwarf what a Zealous could do, but a Zealous is still dangerous in the hands on a wrong human.)

Kaire thrive based off of connection, and always have something they bond too. Whatever they are bonded to they will protect with pure devotion using their Zealous, but it has to be worthy of such loyalty. Their bond can be with anything: a person, an item, a location, a family line. Think of them as guardians and protectors. There are six major kaires, and these are the ones that guard the Prodigious and the Soul Gems; but there are many other minor kaires out there as well. If a mountain is said to be guarded by a god of somekind? Probably a kaire. A magical weapon who people have to earn the right to wield? A kaire is watching it. (Lady of the Lake and Excalibur? More like a kaire has a favorite sword and wants it back right now, Kicc.) Earn the trust of a kaire and they will entrust you with their Zealous, bond, and do all they can to protect you.

Kaire get two forms: a companion form (basically the small kwami-like one) and a champion form (think that statue that Mei Shi was at first, though what the champion form will exactly look like varies depending on the individual kaire). They need to have their Zealous in order to access the champion form.

So yeah, in my AU I don't really expand on the Prodigious powers, but rather more clearly define what they are. What I really end up expanding on is beings like Mei Shi and the other kaires, who are probably a bit stronger than renlings on the power scale.

I do have quite a few headcaons and OCs based around the Prodigious, though it has been a while since I've talked about them or fully drawn them all out. Some of them will have an important role in this AU though, actually! :)

So for beings like Mei Shi I have given them the name of "kaire" (combination of yōkai and fairy), and I have 5 OC kaires, each embodying an element (water, air, earth, fire, wood) with Mei Shi embodying metal (these elements are a combination of the western four elements and the five elements of Wu Xing).

I actually have most of my art done for my kaires for quite a while now, I just haven't posted because I haven't finished their champion forms (the equivalent of the statue form Mei Shi takes on in the special) or my OC renlings for them. Maybe I'll finish them up soon if people are interested.

The remains of a tomb complex belonging to the "sole friend" of an Egyptian pharaoh have been discovered near a pyramid at Abusir in Egypt.

The burial site contains the remains of a small chapel and tomb. Inside the tomb, which was robbed in ancient times, archaeologists found the remains of a statue with inscriptions referring to a priest named Kaires who was "sole friend of the king" and "keeper of the secret of the Morning House" — the place where the pharaoh got dressed and ate breakfast, a team of archaeologists with the Czech Institute of Egyptology said in a statement Oct. 2.