Category:Sylvan

The Sylvan as a Qarin
Due to their deep affinity to the planet itself, Sylvae are the second rarest type of Ikiri to offer themselves as a personal guardian to a host. When they do, it is either because they have detected a strong biological link between themselves and a candidate, or because they have sensed a deeply rooted good will within the host towards their home, compelling them to leave their environment for a pair of trustworthy hands. As Qarins, Sylvae are extremely biologically compatible with their hosts, but are very slow to synergize with a candidate due to their ancient ideals and inexperience with collaborating with a foreign host that is not Ventigaia herself. A symbiotic relationship takes much time and a great deal of mental training to harness with regard to a Sylvan Qarin.

Because they are highly biologically compatible, however, a great deal of strength and physical control is granted to the host upon initial bonding. A host with a Sylvan Qarin can often be seen adapting their own daily movements to that of their Qarin as they train, until the Qarin becomes nothing short of an extension of the hosts own body. Unfortunately, due to a low synergistic compatibility, new hosts of Sylvae Qarins have immense difficulty maintaining control of these movements, resulting in sporradic, dangerous and ill-concieved actions. These hosts must spend much of their initial training sequestered from others until they have formed a more trustworthy synergetic bond. Once the host has raised his or her mental compatibility with the Sylvan, this bond is solid and will never fluctuate, only increase or eventually plateau.