Population Locations: Gao-Jia City
The Jieshi are stonefolk depicted as Chinese dancing lions who shun all flesh on any creature, essentially hating all races and creatures in Dragoso except for those that are not made of flesh. They are extremely aggressive with those of the flesh that they call flesh-walkers and will always attack to kill. There is no gray area for these beings. Any amount of flesh warrants hostility towards that creature. They will not stop attacking until the flesh-walker is pulverized. While they hate and shun flesh, they rely on something that only comes from flesh-walkers to keep their spirits alive. Blood. Should they not consume blood for an extended period of time, their spirits fade and leave behind nothing but stone statues. However, feeding an empty statue blood is enough to bring the spirit back, thus making the Jieshi almost immortal should their stone bodies remain undamaged and whole. They only ever consume pure blood, never any flesh. At times their shamans will be the only ones to handle bloodied flesh in order to extract the blood inside of it and make sure it is cleansed of any flesh before being presented for feeding. Since they dwell within the mountains of Ixen, blood will sometimes be hard to come by, so they can go quite a number of days without blood before they well and truly need to feed.
Population Locations: Duan-Zhao Village
Native to the depths of Ixen, the Magma Jieshi are composed of volcanic rock infused with magma. Their name comes from the fact that they only need to consume magma to remain animated, unlike the standard Jieshi. While they also shun flesh, they are not as hostile towards fleshwalkers, though they frequently fight with the Goramoles to protect the natural crystals that form in the Ixen Core. Magma Jieshi all have varying spiritual beliefs linked to the crystals and will not tolerate anyone disturbing the crystals. The Goramoles’ lust for treasure causes many spats between them and the Jieshi. Many Magma Jieshi have lavamancy and use it to defend their crystals and themselves.
Jieshi are their own ancestors, having been around since pre-dragon history. Quite a number of Jieshi still around today have been around since those ancient times. They have seen a number of events within Dragoso, but due to their hatred of the flesh, they refuse to communicate or tell the tales of events they witnessed, opting to attack instead.