Genies
Today, I've got a selection of genie NPCs for you to insert in your game, so the next time you find yourself in need of a little personality for a genie character, you don't find yourself in a jann. What's the matter? You're not efreeti of putting some genies in your games, are you? It's okay, we're not marid to the idea, but just in case you change your mind, here's our top ten genies.
1. Hasib Azad, Efreeti Ambassador. This efreeti is haughty and arrogant even by comparison to others of his race, and is sure to let everyone know at every opportunity that he directly serves the Grand Sultan of the Efreeti Empire. Though he relishes the importance of his position as ambassador, he bitterly complains about having to endure the "frigid climes" outside of the Plane of Fire, and bemoans the lack of intelligent conversation. He takes grave offense to any slights against himself or his people, and threatens to bring down retribution with "the full force of the Everlasting Efreeti Empire."
2. Najwa Peynirci, Marid Dancer. This marid entertainer is said to be the most graceful dancer in the inner planes, and enjoys a certain celebrity as a result. She regularly engages in tours across the inner planes, and recently began a tour of the Material Plane, performing dazzling shows of grace and delicate beauty, dancing both in the water, and atop its surface. She travels with a large retinue of musicians, back-up dancers, stagehands, and bodyguards, as well as her special "stage," a large glass tank that she fills with water, allowing viewers to get a good view of the underwater portions of her performance.
3. Emirhan El-Amin, Shaitan Mercenary. This practical-minded shaitan warrior is a travelling sell-sword, making his way through the inner planes and the Material Plane in search of steady work. He has a very high opinion of his own abilities, but there is something about the passionless, matter-of-fact way that he talks about what he can do that makes his claims seem less boastful than they really are. He is sometimes referred to as the Iron Knight, because his body is made primarily of iron.
4. Tahira Rasaid, Djinni Stormchaser. This bright and inquisitive djinni has a passion for weather, particularly storms, and is currently travelling the planes in search of strange and exotic storms to investigate. She is particularly interested in weather patterns on the Material Plane, and will talk at length about the ways that trace amounts of all four elements mix within Material Plane storms, making them far more interesting, to her perspective, than those on her own plane. She is prone to rapid, stream-of-consciousness speech.
5. Ardeshir Demirci, Janni Assassin. This smiling and affable janni doesn't go out of his way to advertise his profession as a hired killer, but he does not go to great lengths to hide it, either, and will not deny it if asked. His natural abilities as a janni allow him to easily slip past most defenses, and he often disposes of his victims by planeshifting them to the Plane of Fire, where he waits long enough to ensure that they burn to death, leaving no trace of them on the Material Plane, which is where he primarily operates.
6. Isra Zaman, Marid Prisoner. This unfortunate marid has been imprisoned at the bottom of a well in a small village situated in a vast desert. The oasis that served as the town's source of water dried up long ago, and although the townspeople maintain to visitors that their well is blessed by the gods to produce limitless water, in truth they all know that the water in the well comes from Isra's create water spell-like ability, which she is forced to use constantly to provide the town with a steady water supply. If freed from captivity, Isra gladly bestows a wish upon the one who freed her, before departing.
7. Yavuz Nagi, Shaitan Sculptor. Unusually passionate and creative for his kind, this shaitan is an artist, whose sculptures, whether in stone, metal, or sometimes even precious gems, are highly acclaimed throughout the inner planes. Somewhat self-absorbed, Yavuz has a habit of talking to himself, and even when speaking to others he sometimes ventures off on minor musings only he understands, and doesn't bother to explain them. He is currently travelling the planes in search of suitable models and muses to spark his creative process.
8. Ulvi Bardacki, Djinni Messenger. A professional courier of the highest order, this djinni carries messages across the planes, and can be seen flying high above, racing to deliver a message to its recipient. Though exceptionally skilled at her job, even a master courier can get a bit lost when responsible for travelling across numerous planes and innumerable Material Plane worlds, and Ulvi may stop down to ask the PCs for directions, or may have a message for one of them. She is very impatient, however, and will brook no delays while she is on duty, although in her free time, she is more likely to want to relax and engage in some drunken debauchery.
9. Mehrdad Bulut, Efreeti Circus Master. Owner and ringmaster of Bulut's Fantastical Circus, this efreeti is always putting on a show. Garrulous and personable, Mehrdad does his best to ensure that everybody likes him, although in private, when he has no one to impress, he does not bother pretending to be friendly, and takes out his short temper and cruel tendencies on the members of his circus, the vast majority of which are mistreated slaves. In fact, many of the "death-defying" stunts in the circus are not safe at all, and he is often in need of replacements for one or more of his acts.
10. Fadia Husnu, Janni Merchant. This janni businesswoman manages a planar caravan that travels throughout the inner planes and to the Material Plane, carrying a wide variety of exotic goods. As she explains to those who inquire, while the risks and difficulties involved in a trans-planar caravan are great, the profits are even greater, and as a janni, she is well-suited for travelling the inner planes. Although most of her caravan are janni (for that reason), she is always happy to hire on new bodyguards, provided that they have ways of protecting themselves from the hazards of the planes she's visiting (she has no need for bodyguards she has to babysit, after all).