Aasimar and Tieflings of Terafa

Two sides of the same coin, the Aasimar and Tieflings of Terafa are the consequences when the divine (or the infernal) touches upon the mortal realm. The oldest legends of these folk say that the first Aasimar were born of the consorts of Choriam himself, as the Morningstar guided Man to Terafa for the first time. These heroes were as giants in the earth, and founded the oldest human cities. Sadly, even the names of these heroes, and the empires they ruled, have been lost in time.

Of course, to counter the children of Choriam, the Usurper took consorts of his own, and the Tieflings were born, twisted and monstrous creatures best left unnamed. The battles between these heroes and monsters were mighty, and left the world indelibly changed.

Over the millennia since, the bloodlines of these first beings have become diluted as they further took mates and sired children. Additionally, new bloodlines of Aasimar and Tielfings are spawned as shards of the Fastness of the Divine occasionally fall to Terafa - in the upheavals that follow new heroes and monsters are created in seemingly equal measure.

In the modern world of Terafa, both Aasimar and Tielfings are sufficiently rare that most people have never encountered one of these divine children. Consequently, both are treated with a measure of suspicion as they travel the world. Ultimately, though, they find themselves judged on their actions, as there is sufficient strangeness in the world that most people look beyond their first impressions.

Beyond that, there is not a great deal to tell. To be Aasimar or Tiefling is essentially to be marked for a life of adventure right from the very first, but where that takes the individual is largely up to them. There is perhaps just one last thing to consider: although they cannot articulate why or how, every Aasimar and every Tiefling knows, deep in the very marrow of their bones and the very depth of their souls, that the legends of the origin of their kind are wrong.