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The Jumi are a humanoid race in Legend of Mana. They are central to one of the three major story arcs in the game, who once resided in the fabled Bejeweled City. The Jumi and their society are major plot point in the Legend of Mana: The Teardrop Crystal adaptation.

Jumi resemble humans in most respects, but they have mineral or gemstone cores embedded in their chests (and names that allude to their core's material). Their cores are intertwined with their physical and mental health: a Jumi with a damaged core may be severely weakened or even develop a split personality, and removing a Jumi's core from their body will immediately kill them, with even the strongest surviving only briefly. Because of their cores, they do not heal the same way humans do, and human medicines are useless to ill or injured Jumi.

Jumi society includes bonded pairs of combat-ready Knights and passive Guardians, and a Clarius, the greatest of all Guardians who is responsible for healing damaged Jumi cores. They are a rare and dying race due to being hunted for their cores as objects of beauty, and from the (incorrect) belief that their cores contain special magical properties making them a historical target of mages. There is a small effort to combat the latter idea by certain mages, including referring to Jumi as "dirt" to highlight that a removed core is no different from an ordinary stone. The already weakened race was driven to near-extinction due to the depredations of a mysterious "Jewel Hunter," who has been set on hunting down the remaining Jumi with the sole intention of extracting their cores.

Due to their rarity, the Jumi became subject of fairytale stories, and many believe they don't exist. There is also a legend that any who cry for the Jumi will turn to stone, which does little to elicit pity from other races. This is also one of the reasons why the few remaining Jumi decided to live recluse from the other races, fearing that those who grow attached to them might eventually shed tears for them, and prove the legend right. This is confirmed when the Hero/Heroine (Legend of Mana), overcome with sorrow over all the Jumi lives he/she was unable to save, starts to shed tears and is turned to stone as a result, but it’s later revived when the Jumi (who, in turn, were revived by his/her tears) do so for him/her.

List of known Jumi[]

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