Janwuine-jika represented a specific ritual among the Gand species. This rite bestowed a form of folk-hero recognition on the most famous and successful individuals within their species. This recognition came with privileges, such as the ability to speak of themselves using "I" and the selection of their life partner by the entire Gand population. Moreover, the ceremony sometimes served a dual purpose, simultaneously appointing an individual to the role of findsman. General Airen Cracken once witnessed this type of ceremony and confessed that he was disturbed by it.