Xul Tur

Residing almost exclusively in the Xul Kurzen, the Xul Tur are a group of tieflings descended of the Bel Xul, the Demon Lords of Azagikul. Isolated in a community between the Free Cities and the Sand Wastes, they rarely interact with the outside world, largely raiding villages in the mountain range.

## Subgroups

In Valdesoth, the Xul Tur have separated themselves into four subgroups based on the origin of their descent as well as their mountain of residence.

###### Azuk Tur

These tieflings tend to be slightly metallic and favor gold and silver skin tones, with a smaller number of bronze or opalescent tieflings. Their horns tend to be large and gaudy, twisting into beautiful shapes. Like most of the mountain’s tieflings, their horns are cartilage and tissue encased in flesh. Unlike the other factions, they modify their horns and will often stripe the flesh to shape them. Jewelry and horn decorations are considered to be very important for showing one’s social standing. Hair is almost always kept long, and intricate and gaudy hairstyles are considered almost as important as the horns. These tieflings always have two horns, but sometimes part of the horns will be removed and worn in the hair, to give the impression of multiple horns. These tieflings descend from elves.

###### Ba’al Tur

With skin tones in various shades of red, these tieflings have cartilage horns encased in skin. They have spaded tails and tend to be on the taller side. The average height is 6’ for both men and women. Hair is considered sacred and is grown out to be long, rarely ever being cut. It is typically worn in ponytails or buns, and intricately braided for important events. These tieflings descend from humans.

###### Maul Tur

These tieflings tend to have more human flesh tones and like Maul, all of these tieflings are unnaturally tall, with the average height topping 7’. Their horns are made of keratin, allowing them to be broken off and regrow without any issues. Unlike other tieflings, their horn shape is not genetic, but instead is often a signifier of their base personality or soul. It is very common to see tieflings from this faction with asymmetrically sized horns, as many get them broken off during fights or grow at different rates. A tradition among this group is to keep the horns of their enemies as trophies, and shape them into weapons or drinking horns. In addition to their horns, they often have keratin spikes on their body, most often on their tail. Rarely hair will also grow on their tail, giving them a very similar look to their demon lord. Most tend to keep their hair short for convenience.

###### Mazerath Tur

While their skin comes in a broader variety of colors, cool colors such as blue, green, and purples tend to be the most common. They’re known for their razor sharp tusks, and multiple horns. Their horns are short and commonly v-shaped, and like the descendants of Ba’al, are cartilage encased in flesh. Most of the Mazerath Tur have 4-8 horns in a line going down their head, with very few having only two. These horns start the longest on their foreheads and get shorter and smaller as they go down the back of the head. Medium length hair is the most common. The hair around and in between the horns is kept shaved to the skin, while the remaining hair is intricately braided. Unlike the Ba’al Tur, these braids are kept daily, and signify one’s current social standing. There is a complicated language of hair braiding that these tieflings are taught since birth, and to deviate from it is to deviate from customs. These tieflings are descendants of orcs.