Tieflings
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Tieflings are born into human families. Their births are rare, yet tieflings can be found everywhere.1
Fear and prejudice
Tieflings are known to have a connection to hell, which casts a long shadow of fear over them, and the strange powers that come from their blood add to the prejudice they face all their lives. Even in the cities their presence stirs fear and unease, and in the countryside most people mistake them for devils.1
When a tiefling is born, it is common for the family to abandon the child out of fear, and most tieflings grow up as orphans. A tiefling born to a noble house is very likely to be disowned; the family may even try to bribe the priests attending the birth to strip the child of the family name.1
Beliefs about their origin
Common belief holds that tieflings are not natural, and some think that deranged sorcerers created them; the educated know this to be false. Many believe instead that tieflings are born because of the sins of the past, and that invisible chains bind them. Absurd as this may sound, it is said to hold a grain of truth, connected with what is known as the Tale of Mephaltes.1
Tieflings and venereth
Among scholars there is a saying that a tiefling born with a great deal of luck is called a venereth. The scholars know the two are not the same, but both are born with marks, some more visible than others.2
Known tieflings
- Blaze, born in the slums of Neptune.3
- Jax, who hails from Farran and grew up an orphan on the streets of Neptun.4
- Saphir, found as a baby in a hag's hut by Turnip Bellwater, who took her to Bellwater and then to Vansreik.5
- Zamira, raised in the slums of Vansreik, whose tiefling heritage made her an outcast.6
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