Tiefling

Tieflings are the descendants of the union between a human and a dark god. Although tieflings are not inherently evil, their origin has left a stigma on their race that makes them one of the most persecuted peoples in the world.
==Physical Description==
The first tieflings, it is written, were born from the union of a human woman and the dark god Mephistopheles in human form. However, tieflings are fertile and can reproduce with each other. All tieflings bear marks of their infernal origin: both males and females have horns protruding from their heads and thin, pointed tails. Their skin tones run the gamut from normal human shades to a light shade of red or grey. A tiefling's hair is almost always stark white, but some color their hair to appear more human.
A tiefling's fiendish blood grants them a number of traits: tieflings are naturally resistant to the elements, and have a natural talent for magic. Infernal sorcerors are often tieflings.
==Culture & Customs==
The largest Tiefling city is Tief, located on the island of Sthara. Prior to the War of the Horn, the Tiefling advocate Trist Veracutio was granted the land to build the city in 1426 OCA. Ostensibly granted as a gesture of goodwill to ease race relations, the land is considered inhospitable and infertile and the previous owner was not unhappy to see it go. The city was built in a few years and attracts numerous Tielfing immigrants seeking shelter from racism.
While Tieflings are not evil by default, many do embrace their infernal heritage. A large number of these tieflings formed The Sons of Mephistopheles, a cult made up of tieflings and monstrous humanoids dedicated to worshopping the dark god, whom they see as their collective father. Good tieflings do their absolute best to distance their race from The Sons as much as possible. These good individuals often hide their tails and file down their horns to increase their ability to integrate with other races.
==Relations==
For obvious reasons, tieflings experience difficulty in interacting with many races but experience the most problems by far with West Corganans. In this area the persecution of Tieflings is usually overlooked by law officials. For this reason most Tieflings emigrate to more progressive nations such as Fortuna, Kai Duren or Hollowdark. 
==See Also==
*War of the Horn
*Sons of Mephistopheles
Category:Races