Aasimar

An **aasimar** is a medium-sized humanoid whose heritage shares a bond with celestial powers or whose soul has been touched by the divine. They are a rare species, barely seen at all since The Severance, but increased sightings have occurred since the resplendency. Little, if anything, is known about the Origin of Aasimar.

They are prized as slaves in the Nine Hells and City of Brass due to their rarity. **Aasimar** are coveted by Devils and Demons and other fiends alike, as they wish to use them as part of sadistic rituals, keep them as pets, drink their blood or other ghastly things. As such, many aasimar go to great lengths to hide their true nature from even their closest allies. From a distance, they look much like a Human, but the **aasimar** in Vari tend to have distinct visual traits like exotic eye colours, flawless skin, golden freckles, exotic skin colours, or even a halo and are therefore unlikely to be mistaken as human upon close inspection. Most are though to have human parents. Aasimar are longer-lived than regular humans—they can live up to 160 years—but they tend to mature at the same rate.

**Aasimar** who have not turned to evil have a link to a celestial being, usually a deva, who provides guidance in the aasimar's dreams, through visions, prophecies, or feelings. The being is not at all omniscient, but may provide insight into fighting some potent evils it does know about, and it tends to guide the aasimar toward the principles of law and goodness.

Little, if anything, is known about the Origin of Aasimar. They are prized as slaves in the Nine Hells and City of Brass due to their rarity. Aasimar are coveted by Devils and Demons and other fiends alike, as they wish to use them as part of sadistic rituals, keep them as pets, drink their blood or other ghastly things. As such, many aasimar go to great lengths to hide their true nature from even their closest allies. From a distance, they look much like a Human, but the **aasimar** in Vari tend to have distinct visual traits like exotic eye colours, flawless skin, golden freckles, exotic skin colours, or even a halo and are therefore unlikely to be mistaken as human upon close inspection. Most are though to have human parents. Aasimar are longer-lived than regular humans—they can live up to 160 years—but they tend to mature at the same rate.

### Subraces

There are three "subraces" of aasimar, but it is possible for an aasimar to transform from one to another, as they generally reflect the aasimar's disposition.

#### **Protector aasimar**

Protector aasimar, as the name suggests, are driven to protect others and to face down threats in the service of good. Protector aasimar are often wise, and are capable of sprouting glowing, magical wings, capable of flight, from their backs for a brief period of time per day.

#### **Fury aasimar**

Fury aasimar are often hardy, and feel an intense need to destroy all that is evil. They are filled with a radiant fire that they can unleash upon others, but this fire burns enemies, allies, and the fury aasimar themselves alike.

#### **Fallen aasimar**

Fallen aasimar have often come into contact with evil influences that have turned their nature towards darkness. They are often strong, and while they, like the protector aasimar, can manifest wings, those wings are flightless, featherless, and serve only to scare others and drain their life force.

> "I saw her, wreathed in wings of pure light, her eyes blazing with the fury of the gods. The bone devils stopped in their tracks, shielding their faces as she lifted her hood, a blinding halo now shone about her head casting off a beautiful, radiant glow. Her blade, now a brand of light, swept once, twice, three times. The devils’ heads hit the ground, one after another. And thus we learned that an aasimar traveled in our ragtag band." — Domigo Thundergong.
>
>

[For the sake of game statistics a Fury Aasimar would use the Scourge Aasimar sub-race, though the Radiant Consumption feature can deal either radiant **or fire** damage.]