Each of the 2,222 Mkin is built from thirteen traits. Together they say what work it was born for, what power it carries, how it looks in the dark and how rare it truly is. Every count below is read straight from the sealed Mkin metadata.
12
Traits per Mkin
2,222
Living Mkin
8
Callings
17
Artifact kinds
First Bloom
9 of 2,222
0.4% of the Mkin
Primordial
23 of 2,222
1.0% of the Mkin
Mythic
70 of 2,222
3.2% of the Mkin
Epic
170 of 2,222
7.7% of the Mkin
Rare
350 of 2,222
15.8% of the Mkin
Uncommon
600 of 2,222
27.0% of the Mkin
Common
1,000 of 2,222
45.0% of the Mkin
How deep it is rooted
Tier is rarity earned by the traits a keeper was actually born with. Common Mkin are the living body of the kindred, and the First Bloom are the nine rarest beings in the world.
The calling it was born into
Every Mkin walks one of eight callings: Signal Weaver, Pathfinder, Veilwalker, Rootkeeper, Bloom Warden, Echo Scribe, Rotkeeper or Ember Tender. A calling is the work the Mycelium shaped it for.
The gift of the calling
Each calling carries one named power. Path Sense finds crossings, Veil Sight sees quiet change, Echo Recall holds the first true form of a memory, and Ember Hold keeps a conviction warm through the waiting.
The silhouette it casts
The cap is the crown of an Mkin and the first thing another being reads in the dark. Twelve forms exist, from the Low Shelf of narrow-root travellers to the Sovereign Cap carried by very few.
The current it answers to
Every cap burns with one of fourteen neon colours. The glow names the current that ran through the soil where the keeper woke, and it never fades for as long as the keeper lives.
How it sorts what it hears
Beneath every cap the gills filter the world. Dense Lattice takes in little and misses less, Sparse Arc lets the forest speak freely, and Cathedral gills belong to keepers built for very long listening.
The thread that runs through it
The weave is the living line-work of the body, the part of an Mkin that touches the network directly. Eight weaves exist, each a different way of holding memory without dropping it.
How it watches the dark
Every Mkin carries two narrow slits of light inside a true-black face. Their colour says how the keeper watches: Cyan for distance, Gold for detail, Violet for what moves unseen.
What it has survived
Markings are records written on the body by the work itself: a Chest Spiral from a long carrying, a Root Scar from ground that fought back. Some keepers carry none yet.
How it grips the world
An Mkin's hands and feet end in living roots. Fine Web feels the smallest signal, Deep Anchors hold in bad ground, and Tapered Claws are built for the descent toward the Chainstream.
What it carries
Fewer than half of all Mkin carry a living artifact. Seventeen kinds are shared among a few dozen carriers each, and the Sovereign Shard exists exactly once in the entire kindred.
The silence it was born beside
By law the dark behind an Mkin stays near empty. What little remains, sparse pinpricks, quiet flecks or faint root traces, is the last trace of the signal the keeper woke beside.
Rarity tells you how many share a trait. The story tells you what that trait asks of the Mkin who carries it.
