Folklore Head Canon Challenge Day 6 - Genie

 I spelled this 'genie' for the sake of the head canon meme, but I am now going to resume using the spelling djinni.  Once again, this info relates specifically to the djinni in the Miss Prince/VDBiF universe.

Djinni are a (usually) nomadic, magical race very much like fairies.  It is likely that fairies, djinni and elves all evolved from a single people. I wouldn't say that to their faces though... 

Some settled down centuries ago, and, noticing that the humans did not suffer from some things that their own people did, they deliberately set out to marry humans. This led to them getting a reputation for seducing humans and they were called succubi and incubi. It is a reputation that persists to this day.

They have a lifespan of about 150-160 years

They have a very high magical aptitude, comparable to fairies.

Unlike fairies, they use magic for specific things and there are rules about what magic should and shouldn't be used for.  This is due to their noticing that excess magic use sometimes leads to vampirism, or much more commonly, death.

Their magical specialities are self-transformation and wind magic.  They can transform themselves into smoke (this may be where vampires learned to turn into mist from originally) which they sometimes do for travelling purposes or to hide.  They can also turn themselves into animals.  

Some djinni have vampiric tendencies and others have fangs even though they don't seem to need blood to live.  This is usually the case in the settled peoples, suggesting that they had some vampires many, many generations back.

Like fairies, they can be very spiteful... they're good at curses.  Some witches study with djinni and not fairies.

As I mentioned, they are nomadic.  They originate from Gaia.  They can be found on most of Gaia and have been found roaming Anima as well.  They used to frequent Earth but not any more.  They tend not to have ships and so also avoid Calypso.

They don't eat other humanoids, but used to kidnap them.

Because the use of actual magic is limited by their laws, they are quite good at alchemy. Although this still comes with rules and regulations as to what it is and isn't to be used for.

Having children with other species is possible but rare.  They tend to keep to themselves.