Chthonic Tiefling - Species

Chthonic Tieflings are the children of darkness, their infernal bloodline twisted not by the flames of the Nine Hells but by the primordial depths of the underworld. Unlike their Hellspawn kin, who bear the mark of devils, Chthonic Tieflings are shaped by ancient, forgotten entities—eldritch horrors, dead gods, or the creeping whispers of the abyss beneath the world. Their features often carry a grave, spectral quality: skin the color of deep stone or pallid as a corpse, eyes like smoldering embers or bottomless voids, and horns that curl like labyrinthine tunnels or jagged spires.

These Tieflings are born to shadows, not fire. The weight of the subterranean world clings to them, manifesting in strange abilities—the power to vanish into darkness, siphon the warmth from the air, or hear the whispers of the long-dead. Some are marked by their lineage with spectral tails, clawed fingers, or an unnatural stillness that unsettles even the most hardened souls. Unlike their diabolic counterparts, they do not carry the scent of brimstone but something far more unsettling—the damp, earthen musk of ancient tombs and the faint metallic tang of forgotten blood.

Most Chthonic Tieflings find themselves outcasts, feared even among their own kind. Some serve as oracles, their dreams filled with cryptic visions of the underworld’s secrets. Others become wanderers, searching for meaning in a world that recoils from their presence. Whether lurking in the depths of forgotten catacombs, weaving through the shadows of subterranean cities, or walking unnoticed among the superstitious masses, the Chthonic Tiefling is a reminder that the dark does not always burn—it suffocates, it whispers, and it remembers.