Aasimar (Tilan)

## Tilan Aasimar

The **tilan aasimar** is a subrace of the celestial race of the aasimar with a link to Tilo. They tend to gravitate towards nurturing roles, gifted as healers during times of conflict, or serving as clerics or caretakers for the sick, elderly, or children. There is a notably higher ratio of female tilan aasimar to males, roughly 80:20%, if not greater.

## Origin

According to [a book], tilan aasimar are created directly by Tilo to act as her hands, protecting mortals and tending to the sick, wounded, or vulnerable.

## Physicality

### Anatomy and Physiology

Tilan aasimar are distinguished by their ethereal beauty, and the high proportion of females compared to males within the subrace. What they lack in size, musculature and strength, they make up for in grace and wisdom. Theirs is the gentle, nurturing touch, often likened to a safe harbour in a storm. They resemble elves, following similar height and weight trends, though it is unknown if they share the same internal biology, as speculated by many scholars, or if they are purely abstract creatures. Their skin tone ranges from pale blue to white to silver, and their hair, typically fine and fair, takes on shades of pale blonde, white, silver, or blue. Generally, their eyes are pale blue, though some are born with silver or white eyes. Rarer still is the tilan aasimar that sports pearlescent sclera, lacking an iris and pupil altogether. Tilan aasimar tend to have a growth of white or pale blue feathers around the shoulderblades, speculated to be from vestigial wings. Unlike the other aasimari subraces, tilan aasimar display a different form of sexual dimorphism, closer resembling elves than humans, though the purpose of this is unclear since aasimar cannot viably reproduce. Tilan aasimar mature at the same rate as humans, though the aging process slows significantly during the late twenties or early thirties, and, provided they are not killed by an external force beforehand, are guaranteed to live to exactly 160 years, after which point they simply fade from existence rather than physically dying and leaving a corpse.

### Attributes and Abilities

Like all aasimar, tilan aasimar are considered celestial rather than mortal, and, as a result, exhibit a natural resistence to necrotic and radiant energies. Much like elves, they possess an innate ability to see in the dark, albeit lacking colour discernment in low light. Their radiant souls bless them with the ability to cast *Light* at will, with tilan aasimar producing moonlight with a silvery-blue colouration, as well as a limited capacity for healing, though this form of healing involves the aasimar imbibing an individual with some of their own divine energy, an undoubtedly taxing process for the aasimar. For a limited time, this divine energy can be deliberately harnessed in moments of peril or great need, culminating in breathtaking displays of power and radiance. For tilan aasimar, this process involves the aasimar sprouting a pair of luminous, incorporeal wings in a silvery-blue hue, granting limited flight and causing the eyes to glimmer with radiant light of a similar colour. The tilan aasimar is cloaked in an aura of glittering silver and blue, which rejuvinates those in it, healing wounds and protecting the tilan aasimar's charges. This is known by scholars as Radiant Heart, the distinction being made to differentiate the innate ability of each subrace.

## Distribution

Occurrences of aasimar births are incredibly rare, hailed as holy events and powerful omens, if they are even aware of the child being an aasimar in the first place. Aasimar children are indistinguishable from humans or elves in most cases, though there are some exceptions. There is little evidence linking the incidence of aasimar to particular geographical locations, though there *is* a trend to what kind of people and circumstances they are drawn to, seeking out those in need of protection from harm or evil, those in need of religious guidance, or those in need of emotional aid. It is noted that the holy province of Estrella Tseluna in Illandor is the ancestral home of the aasimar, and all aasimar feel a connection to the area, with some feeling drawn to it. The monks overseeing the Monastery of the Four offer unconditional sanctuary to these aasimar, as do the Lunammini druids of Lunammin Leth.

## Culture

### Language

Being celestials, aasimar natively speak Celestial - there is no aasimari language. However, since they so often interact with mortals, aasimar are also able to speak, read, and write Common.

### Society and Customs

Aasimari culture revolves heavily around the teachings of the gods, and spreading their influence through benevolent and reverent acts. As servants for their respective creator, the aasimar lack a distinct, individual culture, existing instead as extensions of the moons.