Jiāngshī (known among Cannorians as "Halessi Vampires" or "Energy Vampires") are in records dating back to shortly after Jaher's invasion for his Eastern Campaign. Upon Jaher's initial invasion, many eunuchs and scholars fled into the hills and temples in hopes to avoid the bloodshed. Some of such, fled into the ancient, abandoned Oni Temple Heiyukcheng. Here these men were able to study the secrets of the oni through a variety of scrolls and knowledge that was left when the oni were banished from Haless. Using Oni knowledge to manipulate Chi, these scholars who would later be dubbed the "Jiangshi", assisted in the expulsion of the sun elves. Unable to internally produce Chi like many Xiaken monks, the Jiangshi rely on draining Chi from humans and rituals such as moxibustion for eternal Chi sources. The practice of draining Chi was seen as "evil" and "savage", openly hated by neighboring countries in Yanshen. A theory, supported by recorded diplomatic missives, states that the reason they were not hunted and killed outright is due to their invaluable service against the invading Sun Elves, forcing these other states to at best tolerate them. The Jiangshi were previously organized into the state of Jinqiu, their whereabouts since it's collapse and partition are unknown.
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Jiangshi excel in the manipulation of Chi in the form of widely considered "forbidden" rituals and techniques. Such uses extend from slowly draining the chi from victims until they're no more than husks for eternal life to strengthening materials.
Teimotiji: The Teimotiji ritual can be split into two parts for understanding. First, the "Soul-Stripping". For this, a group of Jiangshi will quickly strip the chi out of a subject, trapping it for use later in the ritual. As a result of this, the subject will die. The Jiangshi will then ensure that no trace of chi is left in the subject's body before beginning the "Soul-Stitching" process. Here the trapped chi is put back into the now-corpse along with infusing the corpse with some of the Jiangshis' own chi. When this is completed, the subject will reawaken as a Jiangshi.