Harness

A Harness is an emblem that each animal uses to plug Chi. They keep it on their chest or their stomach and place an orb inside, which causes them to connect with the Chi and experience their pure, primal animal instinct.

History
A harness has been used for a thousand years by the Lions, given to Tribes when near their Age of Becoming. On the day of his Age of Becoming ceremony, Laval couldn't find his harness and eventually found it right where he left it: under his bed. When plugging Chi with a harness, the animal using it either glows with blue energy if they have good intentions, or glows with red energy if they have bad intentions.

Shortly after their creation, the Crawlers made their own harnesses, including unique armour for Scorm. When they use Chi, they glow with green energy.

Somehow, the Ice Hunters had harnesses which they use to keep Chi in their chest. Unlike the tribes of Chima and the Crawlers, the Chi never leaves the harness, as they need it to keep their bones solid so they can walk, and removing the orbs causes them to fall back into a dreamless sleep. Due to his large size, Mungus has a harness that needs three orbs to work. They use the Chi's power by eating it because their harnesses are full. After the Great Illumination, their need for the Chi was removed, but their harnesses remained.

The Phoenix also have harnesses for using Fire Chi, which the Tiger Tribe also uses these harnesses for Fire Chi, after Tormak braved the Trial by Fire. The Tribes of Chima use Fire Chi the same way they do with regular Chi, but the Fire Chi changes their harnesses into Fire Armour, though this only applied for Laval, Eris, Cragger, Lagravis, Worriz, Rogon, Gorzan, Razar and Bladvic. After the Great Illumination, the Fire Armour was taken away by the Phoenix, though the Tiger Tribe kept their Phoenix harnesses.

Trivia

 * Lavertus has created a harness for the Outlands which is strong and keeps the Predator Plants away called the Outlands Armour.
 * Dom de la Woosh, Furty and the Beaver Tribe don't wear harnesses, though the Beavers somehow are able to use Chi anyway, since it was shown they had used Fake Chi and thought they were birds.