Nephilim/Aasimar

Nephilim (or Aasimar as they are more commonly known) are human beings marked in some way by the Archons, extraterrestrial and god-like beings. Unlike tieflings, they often look no different from your average human, although a few small marks of their celestial lineage peaks through. This allows many aasimar to go undetected for many years, avoiding the dangers associated with being a member of the Grasped. Some aasimar can go their whole lives without revealing their divine lineage, as the physical marks of their divinity only emerge under duress. Whenever stressed, aasimar instinctively radiate out their arcane forms from the activated ichor in their veins. This form can vary as it depends on the unique Archon that the aasimar derives it's powers from. In general, these forms are either celestial, infernal, draconic, or fey with slight variations between each.

## Categories

There are three primary ways to categorize aasimar, the Origin System, which distinguishes based on how the aasimar derived it's powers, the Locality System, which distinguishes based on which pantheon the aasimar derives from, and the Phylogeny System, which distinguishes based on which subgroup of Archon the aasimar derives it's powers from. Most scholars use a combination of all three in modern classifications of aasimar for scientific and historical research.

### Origin System

In the Origin System their are two primary groups of aasimar; **True Nephilim** and **Aasimar** ( or Non-Ancestral Nephilim). True Nephilim inherit their powers through one or both of their parents and likely can not recall directly who they derive their powers from. What primarily differentiates them from Aasimar is that True Nephilim are often created through sexual reproduction between an Archon and a human; although direct infusions can result in True Nephilim as well. Aasimar, on the other hand, are created artificially, either by human or Archon hands. These nephilim are created with particular goals in mind, either as agents of a particular Archon, or as tools for humanity. Aasimar can still be produced by sexual reproduction, but they notably will still be adherent to the goals/directives of their descendants

### Locality System

Henry Toussand's Locality System postulates that there are a variety of pantheons, or groups of Archons, that are particularly tied to certain areas on the Tevran surface. He classifies them widely into **Maevish, Pentic, Greater Kaguyan, Kyphonic, Bharatian, Anovan,** and **Austral.** According to Toussand, Maevish aasimar exhibit high levels of woodland and regal aesthetics with a focus on leadership and knowledge. Pentic aasimar appear to have more radiance and spiritual aesthetics, with powers centering on control and light. Greater Kaguyan aasimar have less physicality in their powers and appear extremely human, although appear to have a great sense of balance and restraint. Kyphonic and Bharatian aasimar both focus on more bestial and war-like aesthetics but with Kyphonic aasimar being described as "unruly" and "wild like the beasts they hunt" while Bharatian aasimar were seen as the perfect soldier, powerful, disciplined, and expendable. Anovan and Austral aasimar were considered the most barbaric, being focused on aesthetics of the material world and often having powers that rely on either the spilling of blood.

Toussand's system is widely criticized today as being over-generalized and colonial propaganda; however, many scholars still refer to it whenever classifying aasimar in official documents.

### Phylogeny System

The oldest known classification system for aasimar, coined by Enrico Porticcino in 434 PR, the Phylogeny (or Ancestry) System, classifies aasimar into **Divinus**, **Ophites**, **Aequum**, and **Belua**. Porticcino was the first to write down the consistencies between certain aasimar, claiming that the common denominator was which group of Archon the aasimar descended from. Divinus is, as Porticcino noted, the most common group, they derive from the celestial archons and often have angelic or divine aesthetics and powers. Belua is the second most common, they derive from infernal archons and are often dark reflections of their celestial counterparts. Aequum aasimar are those derived from the fey, they seem to employ far more illusory powers along with natural elements. Finally, the rarest are the Ophites aasimar, those of draconic descent who appear to have strong elemental ties along with serpent and bird like aesthetics.

## History

There are numerous famous aasimar in history, with many kings and queens being descended from arcane sources. However, aasimar have also been tools used by colonial elite to enforce their own views of self-superiority.

After colonization, native aasimar started showing signs of the trio. The colonists said these aasimar were using illusion magic before, and the Pentarchy has cast away the spell, and that is why the dark aasimar started showing up. Some aasimar started changing over time, but most of the time they were becoming more pentarchic with reflections of their previous form

In recent times: the King's Army was a group that brought a lot of clerics/paladins together for the Coronistas during the war. They proceeded from the Crown League which was devoted to finding and enhancing Aasimar. Ancient organization, kind of paramilitary and scientific. The King's Army decided to start MAKIN' aasimar by turning children into 'em. They conduct this in the "Chain Palace" but no one knows tf that is

Animalistic aasimar tend to not be pentarchic, trimalum are more draconic/owly/chains and shit/unnatural, natural aspects are FANTASY NOT EUROPE/EAST ASIA and obsidian/jaguar stuff is kind of primero but others have those aspects as colonization occurred

Aasimar are not treated well by the colonists