Tieflings

Tieflings are a monster race in Mewni that originated in the Underworld but have been scattered throughout all of Mewni, both on the surface and within the Underworld. Not much is known about the species due to their near-extinct status and tendency to hide away from most of Mewman society.

## Culture

Not much of the Overworld Tieflings' history is known even within their own species due to them being specifically targeted and wiped out in the Solarian Wars, especially due to having their former tribe dismantled and their archives and libraries burnt. The division between Overworld and Underworld Tieflings came after the war when groups of survivors were kidnapped and brought in for studying and interrogation. The few that escaped attempted to reform their tribe but when it failed they went into hiding amongst various other monster tribes on the surface and meshed with their cultures. Due to this, having half-breed children was common for Overworld Tieflings and the amount of pure-bred Overworld Tieflings' are even smaller than the amount of Underworld Tieflings.

### **In the Underworld**

The Tiefling tribe was re-established only a few millennia ago by the few members that were left of the Ea family. The tribe made an agreement with the last of the two Phoinix to keep them safe as long as they kept their village safe and used their magic to provide them with infrastructure, materials, agriculture, etc. This lead the small village to quickly re-develop and it eventually became a small city and rebuilt their libraries, schools, and castle. The current leader of the city is Morthos Ea who came to his role after his father, Therai Ea, was murdered.

People in the Tiefling city dress in a Romani-esque fashion and all the architecture there is a slightly modern take on ancient Roman architecture. The city has little to no contact with the outside world, only taking in a few "strays" that they deem acceptable and sending out a few scouts to see how far Mewni's progressed and to gain information about the outside worlds. Those within the city are expected to be scholars as well as at least knowing how to fight and being decent at it. Those who are good warriors or have offensive magical abilities are often trained and put in the city's militia. Though those who are knowledgeable about how battle goes but lack the fighting ability can join the militia as strategists and planners. Being unintelligent and unable to fight is considered shameful.

The Tieflings withing the city are aware that their species is on the brink of extinction and is trying to prevent this from happening. Because of this having half-bred children is frowned upon, though the children themselves aren't outcasted, only their Tiefling parent.

## Biology

Due to coming from the Underworld, all Tieflings have natural fire resistance. However, Overworld Tieflings' more Underwordly genes have begun to fade more and more over the years. Tieflings physically look somewhat like demons and can come in a variety of colors, though blue-skinned Tieflings are the rarest due to it being a heavily recessive gene. Their eyes are typically all one color with no visible pupil. While the Overworld Tieflings don't have any magical abilities naturally they tend to have natural traits that aid/better them in battle one way or another.

Underworld Tieflings, however, do have magic and magical abilities or traits that aid them in one way or another. It's very rare for them to have both, but it has happened a few times.

Despite many Mewman and even a few monsters' assumptions, Tieflings' life-span is only slightly longer than the average Mewmans', though the ones that still reside within the Underworld tend to live longer than their Overworld counterparts.