Legends
This lively being wanders far and wide, and there are legends
of him in many lands. Not much about his origins is known.
It is reputed that he was banished from an elemental plane
for some unforgivable sin among his kind, and that only some
great deed will free him from exile. Details about his home
plane, the sin, and the deed vary greatly with the
telling.
What is known is that he is a capricious being of great
knowledge which he shares very rarely and selectively. He
seems to have a high regard for intelligence, and a passion
for riddles. He often demands a tribute of a creature to
eat. For though he can create a suculent feast seemingly out
of thin air, it is rumored that he cannot himself partake of
that which he creates. Some tales say that those who eat at
his table three times become gainfully enchanted. Other
tales say that the diner becomes accursed or enslaved. The
truth is difficult to discern.
Sometimes, for reasons unknown, the Mad Djin acquires an
affinity for a particular traveller, appearing to him
several times before moving on. It is said that he is
looking for something specific in these individuals, but
what it is, who can say?
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