Azethians

Azethians are an ancient, highly intelligent people. Once part of a divine they are now spiritual fragments inhabiting mortal bodies. A true Azethian is born in the Azeth Divinity under the rule and protection of Azethol and Azethuna, the Azethian Twins. Azethians have an incredible intellectual capacity and are masters of psychic abilities. They are slightly taller than Elves but have a similar posture and build. They share many physical characteristics with the Elves which is likely due to their similar origin. Unlike Elves they do require sleep, albeit for somewhat different reasons than other mortals. An Azethian sleeps to control its emotions. Without sleep they become cold and mean. If an Azethian goes without sleep for long enough they will go insane and likely turn to evil ways.   As an Azethian, no other kind of mortal compares to you. Your spirit is born from something greater than anything else born from the earth. At some point your spirit was part of Azeth, a major divine.
You and other Azethians believe Azeth was tricked by other divines to manifest itself in the mortal realm. They trapped Azeth there and subsequently tore Azeth apart into what became the first Azethian souls. The Elven overdeity, who was a long term friend of Azeth, gave your ancestors their bodies and gave life to the lands they would come to inhabit. An Azethian spirit is bound to the mortal realm by what you still see as a curse from the divines that tricked Azeth. Any Azethian that died had their spirit returned to an Azethian baby. Though they didn't remember much of their former life, they can retain fragments of memories and personality traits, helping them in their new life.   An Azethian can live to be well over a thousand years old. An Azethian that dies of old age dies very slowly. They essentially fade away until their essence is small enough to escape deaths grasp as they break their own tether with their mortal body and escape to their divine realm. In their divine realm they live forever with their ancestors and their ascended kin. If an Azethian is somehow killed their spirit is said to be bound to the material plane as it searches for a new body.   Just like a body has cells dying off and regenerating, so does the spiritual body of Azeth. Azethian spirits can reproduce like a spiritual mitosis. Likewise, Azehian spirits can truly die off if the collective deems it appropriate. The spirit, once departed from its body, can have peace in this. However, an Azethian that feels such a situation might be waiting after death will try to redeem (or "fix") their spirit or cling to life by any means necessary. In such a case the collective deems the Azethian as corrupted, like the body identifying a cancer.   Azethians have an unparalleled hatred for Dwarves. The Azethians believe the main deity of the Dwarves led the conspiracy against Azeth.  

Azethian Traits

Ability Score Increase. Your Dexterity and Intelligence scores increase by 1.   Age. Azethians can live to be over 1000 years old but start to suffer from the characteristics of old age at roughly 900 years old.   Size. Azethians grow to be between 5 and 7 feet tall. Your size is medium.   Speed. Your base walking speed is 30 feet.   Curious. You have proficiency in the Investigation skill.   Azethian telepathy. You can speak telepathically to any Azethian you are aware of within 30 feet of you. Once per day you can spend an hour to create a one way telepathic bond between you and any other creature. For the rest of the day you can speak telepathically to the creature if you share at least one language, but they cannot reply telepathically. The effect ends immediately if you become separated by more than a mile. Once you reach 5th level you can form an additional bond that may be consecutive with the first. Once you reach 9th level the creatures can reply.   Altered Sleep. You don't suffer as badly from a lack of sleep as other races. You have advantage on saving throws against exhaustion due to a lack of sleep. However, a lack of sleep makes your behavior more erratic and selfish.   Possession Immune Your body is made to host a fragment of the soul of a god. It is impossible for a normal soul to take possession of your body while your soul is still in it.   Languages. You can speak, read, and write Common, Elvish, and Azethian. Azethian is similar to Elvish but lacks the emotion and grace of Elvish. Azethian is a language of logical thoughts rather than emotion and therefore sounds colder and less sympathetic.   Subrace. Ages of mortal life divided the Azethian in three distinct subraces: True Azethians, Sol Azethians, Luna Azethians.  

True Azethian

Ability Score Increase. Your Intelligence score increases by 1.   Safe Thoughts. You have advantage on saving throws against having your mind read.  

Sol Azethian

Ability Score Increase. Your Charisma score increases by 1.   Light Bringer. You know the light cantrip.  

Luna Azethian

Ability Score Increase. Your Constitution score increases by 1.   Darkvision. You have superior vision in dark and dim conditions. You can see in dim light within 60 feet of you as if it were bright light, and in darkness as if it were dim light. You can’t discern color in darkness, only shades of gray.