Aasimar

Aasimar are a race of part-human, and part-celestial origin. 
Each Aasimar has a special ability known as a virtue, however they work under the rule of "lose something to give to others", however also have some personal benefits. An example would be honesty: The Aasimar can never lie, however, they will always know if someone is lying to them.https://imgur.com/a/TsIDgoH Many Aasimar can have similar or the same virtues.
== History ==
Long ago, humanity summoned a group of Angels from high above in order to fend off the evil, order and mundanity brought on by summoned devils and to bring justice, retribution, chaos and magic. These Angels would lend down the first angelic soul to their descendants, creating the Aasimar. 
During the fall of The Clock Tower, the Aasmiar had an oath overridden the original ones they took, one to protect the tower at all costs. Outside of Mercedes, who had her tie to the Heavens cut, the rest of the Aasimar were forced to make a decision as to how to defend the tower. A majority failed to figure out a proper line of action to defend the tower and ended up just wandering around the battlefield aimlessly, while some however took more active action to defend it. After the destruction of the tower and defeat of the First King, their original oaths seem to remain intact, however many were left in a state of confusion and abject terror. 
== Physical Factors ==
Aasimar tend to have a very human-like physique, however with much variability from member to member. Many have solid, dark purple-ish eyes, as well as fairy-like wings on their backs. They are often described as towering and gorgeous. However, other traits, such as unique skin patterns and body features, such as the glowing golden marks across the body of Mercedes, or the twig-like appendages of the Aasimar lieutenant seen.
Forge Aasimars specifically have some unique properties. While they do possess a skeleton and organic structure, the vast majority of their body is made of a durable metal and have an incredibly high natural body temperature. Their blood is also super heated and metallic, though when cooled behaves more like dried blood and feels more powdery than regular blood. They also possess a core in their bodies that causes their high natural body heat, which can be increased due to physical or emotional stress. Due to the properties of their bodies, over time parts of them may melt into more liquidy masses, as seen with Mercedes' hands. In the event that a forge Aasimar were to completely melt thanks to their core, they would remain in the form they cooled down in until melted again. It is also possible for them to alloy themselves with other metals to potentially change their melting points though this would take a lot of metal. Notably this inclusdes the potential of fusing with Celestial Silver, though the effects of that and potentially connecting to The Heavens are unknown.
== Nature ==
Once an Aasimar reaches a certain age, they make an oath; a vow for the greater good that they are to follow for the rest of their life. The oath is the small essence of law that minds the Aasimar to the mortal plane from the chaotic world above. This oath does not actually control the Aasimar in any way, emotionally or otherwise, and instead simply serves as an order the Aasimar must fulfill or risk punishment. The judgement and administration of an Aasimar's oath is complex, as the question of whether an Aasimar can be a true arbirater of their own oath is one of question. For a long time, it was believed that an Aasimar would fail their oath even if believing they were succeeding them, attributed to a deeper conscious. 
However, after some research on the concept that an Aasimar's soul was connected to the 'other side', a theory emerged suggesting that Aasiamr were being watched by viewers from a higher realm, peering through the Aasimar and judging them, using them as a means with which to interfere with the mortal realm. The true nature is some mixture of both, with some level of self determination in how an oath takes effect and when one is punished for breaking it, with the law of the oath being described as determined by "how the law feels in your heart", however the angels being able to intervene if they proclaim judgement. This would later be confirmed by Granola in a discussion with Mercedes. Failure to maintain one's oath leads to death, with a feeling of eating hot coals and being burned up as the Aasimar soul is returned to The Heavens. An Aasimar can technically not take an oath, though they end up being 'empty', and most Aasimar end up taking one. 
An Aasmiar's oath may be connected to different regions of the Heavens depending on the specific nature of their oath. This point became especially relevant in the aftermath of the defeat of The First King, as those Aasimar whose oaths were tied directly to him were in potential danger. Due to an Aasimar's soul being angelic in nature, it is theoretically possible to connect an Aasimar's oath to another Aasimar, however that would be a highly complicated and potentially dangerous process. 
== Lands ==
The nation of Tannhauser was once ruled by the Aasimar. More recently, lead by Mercedes, they have formed a faction known as the Reforged Legion.
== References ==
Category:Races