Tieflings

Tieflings are a race native to Alandor, with Infernal Ancestry.

Origin
Long ago, after the Sundering of the New World, remnants of hellish Infernals were trapped in the newly formed world of Alandor, kept from the Elemental Plane of Fire they hailed from. The Infernals found and invisibly terrorised a clan of Humans, who were intimidated by the arrival of new races. They then came into the village disguised as helpful deities.

The humans agreed to a deal, where they would give all their crops to the "deities" in exchange for power to drive the other new nearby races from their fields. They believed these races were responsible for the attacks the Infernals had been carrying out.

The Infernals gave the humans their blood and infused them with it. This worked more in favour of the Infernals than the humans, as the Infernals then used the humans' life force and the life of the crops to open a hole back into the Elemental Plane of Fire.

They left behind razed fields and humans that were now more infernal than human, forever cursed with infernal blood.

Names
Tieflings have names derived from the Infernal Language, passed down through generations, that reflect their fiendish heritage.

Male names: Akmenos, Amnon, Damakos, Iados, Kairon, Mordai, Pelaios, Therai

Female names: Akta, Anakis, Damaia, Makaria, Phelaia, Ricta

Appearance
Tieflings are derived from human bloodlines, and in the broadest possible sense, they still look human. However, their infernal heritage has left a clear imprint on their appearance. Tieflings have large horns that take any shape, for example: curling horns like those of a ram, straight and tall horns like a gazelle, upwards spiralling like antelope's.

They have thick tails, as long as 1,2 m, which lash or coil around their legs when they upset or nervous. Their canine teeth are sharply pointed, and their eyes are solid colours - black, red, white, silver, or gold - with no pupils.

Their skin tones cover the full range of human coloration, but also include various shades of red. Their hair, cascading down from behind their horns, is usually dark, from black or brown to dark red, blue or purple.

Age
As tieflings are related to humans, they have approximately the same lifespan. Their infernal heritage gives them a few extra years and a slower decay towards the end.

Personality
Lacking a homeland or cities of their own, tieflings know that they have to make their own way in the world and that they have to be strong to survive. They are not quick to trust anyone who claims to be a friend, but when a tiefling's companions demonstrate that they trust him or her, the tiefling learns to extend their trust to them. And once a tiefling gives someone loyalty, the tiefling is a firm friend and ally for life.

Tieflings are intelligent and generally suspicious in their nature.

Trivia

 * Tieflings have more infernal blood than non-infernal, despite looking most human