Editing Kindred of the East (section)

===We All Start Somewhere===
All Kuei-jin start out as a ''chih-mei'', a feral thing in thrall of its ''P'o'' and with a bad case of munchies for human flesh (as this is the most readily-available source of Chi). Many Kuei-jin never get past this state, and their eventual fate is to either be used as undead guard dogs by the local Court, or destroyed by [[Hunter: The Reckoning|by Witch Hunters after they've eaten one villager too many]], shapeshifting [[Werewolf: The Apocalypse|Hengeyokai]], or other ''shen''.

In rare instances, a Kuei-jin breaks free of their animalistic state of their own accord, but most of the time a Court will seek out and collect chih-mei, to test and see if any would return to sapience (meaning their rational Hun manages to subdue the bestial P'o). Those that do proceed to the next step in their unlife's journey.