Tieflings

Lore:

Tieflings are creatures born of mortals with fiendish ancestry. Tiefling's ancestry often lies far up the family tree, often the result of a ancestral pact with a Fiendish entity. A tiefling is not be confused with a half-Fiend, which is genetically half mortal and half fiend due to procreation, due to the Abyssal nature of a tiefling's conception they are considered their own separate race closer to devils or demons rather than their mortal surrogate parents. Tieflings contain none of the blood of the mortal lineage it is born from, their appearance is based on the fiend involved in it's creation. Parents of tieflings often abandon them at birth due to the shock of giving birth to a fiendish creature. Most tieflings never know their Fiendish sire until well into their adult lives. Since there are a limited number of Demons and Devils almost all tielfings have the possibilty of being related through their fiendish ancestry. With fiendish blood and traits to match, tieflings are often shunned and despised out of reactionary fear. Despite their Fiendish appearance and abyssal origins, tieflings have a Mortal's capacity of choosing their fate, and while many embrace their dark heritage and side with fiendish powers, others reject their darker predilections. Though the power of their blood calls nearly every tiefling to fury, destruction, and wrath, even the spawn of a succubus can become a saint and the grandchild of a pit fiend an unsuspecting hero. Tieflings cannot die by natural cause such as age, however this by no means makes them immortal creatures, they can still die from the same fatal wounds just like any mortal being.