Encyclopedia Nexus: Rofjinn

Rofjinn - noun - "flying cover"

This seemingly simple angaran garment is similar to a poncho, cape, or cloak, draping over the shoulders and neck. It holds great personal significance in some angaran cultures, and is most commonly presented to them as a symbol of adulthood.

Evfra's rofjinn is two different colors.

Did I get your attention? Good. Now for the post.

So I'm going to be camping in the next week or so and I want to make sure I have something to do in my free time. It isn't just for fun camping, it's for work. I'm not paying for a hotel.

Anyways, I wanted to make sure I had something to do after work while I was at the campsite. For a while now I've had the an idea to crochet Evfra's rofjinn. So I went to a few craft stores looking at yarn, trying to find a color that was close to his actual rofjinn, which means I had a picture of him up and I was zoomed in on his rofjinn so I could hold the yarn up to the picture and compare colors.

First thing I noticed was the seams in his rofjinn. Just the one on either side of his shoulder. I thought that was an awesome detail and it made me reevaluate how I was going to crochet my own rofjinn.

Unfortunately the yarn I had selected didn't have enough skeins in the same dye lot for me to be able to make it, and I didn't want to go with my second choice yarn. For those of you that don't know what a dye lot is, a lot of yarn is dyed in numbered lots. Any yarn of that color and brand with that same lot number will be the same color and pattern. However, you could get a yarn that looks the exact same color, but if it's a different dye lot then you'll be able to see the very slight color difference once it's crocheted together with the other yarn. To be safe, I wanted to get 3 large skeins, all in the same dye lot, so I could be sure that I would have enough. But the color I wanted I could only find 2 skeins of the same lot.

So I went a couple other places hoping to find another yarn of a close color and didn't find anything. It was looking like I might have to give up on the idea when I looked close at his rofjinn again. It was then I saw another seem where two pieces of fabric would be sewn together to make the front side and the back side.

The back side, which would be the underside of the rofjinn or the side that faces inward toward Evfra's body, is an entirely different color than the regular blue we're used to seeing.

Don't believe me? Look at this picture. Follow the seem on the shoulder down to where the blue of his rofjinn meets the black of his shoulder. You can see another seem and the underside of the rofjinn is a much darker teal than the front. And it isn't just a shadow. From any angle you look at him, where those two seems meet one color is lighter and one color is darker. Plus it has it's own shading and lighting.

You may have to zoom in a little to see it clearly, but there it is. His rofjinn is two different colors. And this isn’t the only picture I looked at. I looked at around ten others to make sure I wasn’t just seeing things and in every one where you can see that seem, you can see that the under layer is a different color.

Good news is this means I only need half the light blue I thought I needed so I bought the yarn, both the lighter and darker, and intend on working on this rofjinn in a week or so when I’m camping.

Imagine if Jaal made Liam his own rofjinn like he said.

Imagine Jaal not stopping there.

Imagine Jaal making rofjinns for the whole crew.

Literally. The. Whole. Crew.

Even the smol mouse Ryder keeps.

All having different colors and patterns, because Jaal thinks about the color meanings and things his new family members like.

Because Jaal loves to sew.

Because Jaal loves his family.  

SPOILERS

Jaal Ama Darav

So when you get the armor trading scene between Liam and Jaal, Jaal says that his rofjinn is personal and that Liam is not allowed to wear it. He doesn’t elaborate as to why in that dialog (and I have no idea if there’s any party banter where he talks about it further) but I have a theory as to why no one else is allowed to wear it.