Induction of air is controlled by a cartilaginous operculum, or flap-valve. The air inlets, or spiracles, face forward at the front of the chest cavity much like the air intakes of a modern fighter jet. The respiratory system is vital to this cooling. The banshee has a complex cooling system to keep it from overheating during strenuous flying. Though reptilian in appearance, the banshee has a bird-like metabolism which generates tremendous heat. Also, the first banshee rider comes from this clan. Kekunan is known for his signature banshee toys, which are brightly colored and whose main purpose is to familiarize Na'vi children with the prospect of taming the banshee and then fraternizing with it. The Kekunan Clan is the second of two known clans that specialize in banshee riding their riding skills are said to be the most advanced of all the clans. Riding banshees is their specialty, that is, fishing, for which they dive on the back of their ikran into the depths of the sea. They are their totem animal, and each member of the clan has fraternized with their own ikran. The Tayrangi Clan, also known as the Ikran People of the East Sea, placed the nightmare of the mountain at the center of their culture. Their Iknimaya ritual, however, takes place in the region of the same name, and the banshees they tame nest in a place called Ayawa Ikran. The Tipani practice customs similar to that of the Omatikaya, and it is the duty of each member of the clan to fraternize with the ikrans. Once the bond is formed, the rider and their banshee take their first flight together, sealing and solidifying their bond.
Since this is rarely done peacefully, it is sometimes necessary to immobilize the banshee, for example by wrapping a plant cord around its mouth. If both coincide, the hunter must connect their neural queue (Na'vi name: tswin/kuru) with that of the animal and thus perform the Tsaheylu. While most banshees simply run away, the one who has made its choice manifests it by first showing aggression and then trying to throw the warrior off or just kill them at all costs. The Na'vi believe that the banshee itself also chooses a warrior. Once they reach the colony, they must choose their own banshee. The journey itself is an ordeal, during which you have to climb, balance and jump, always careful not to fall from a great height. In the case of the Omatikaya clan, when a Na'vi is ready to tame their own banshee, most of the time accompanied by other hunters, they go on a hike to the Hallelujah Mountains, which takes them directly to the banshee's colony. The bonded mountain banshees nest in the highest branches of Hometree, where they can be close at hand for their Na'vi rider. It is here that the Na'vi come to select (and be selected by) a banshee for domestication. The largest rookery, which features the largest specimens (and therefore the best to tame for riding), is in grottoes and outcrops on the sheer cliff faces of Mons Veritatis, one of the largest of the floating mountains. The mountain banshee rookery is high in the Hallelujah Mountains. In Na'vi culture, taming a banshee is a test every young hunter has to pass. A rider can bond with a new banshee should the previous one die, as was the case after Neytiri's first mount Seze was killed during the Assault on the Tree of Souls it remains unknown whether the same applies to a banshee that has lost its rider. Unlike the direhorse, however, the banshee will only bond with one Na'vi in its lifetime. After eight days studying an individual banshee, he was able to bond it and name it Rotalyu. The first ikran makto was Taronyu, a Na'vi of the Kekunan Clan. Like the direhorse, a Na'vi can connect to a banshee through a neural interface that allows animal and rider to move with apparent effortlessness through the skies. Na'vi have been taming banshees for thousands of years.īonding with a banshee and becoming an Ikran Makto is a dangerous and required rite of passage for Na'vi warriors in some clans, including the Omatikaya. They use them for traversing large distances, for hunting in the air, or even during times of war (as seen during the Pandoran War). Many Na'vi clans utilize the mountain banshee in numerous ways.
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