Fire Genasi

• Humanoid, but heartbeats cause tiny pulses of warmth to radiate from their bodies.
• Tears evaporate instantly; sweat emerges as steam.
• Tiny, dancing embers often drift from hair and nails when emotional.

Gender differences minimal beyond typical mortal variance. Both may develop tiny, harmless fire wisps that circle them during strong emotions — these are seen as echoes of their Emberkin ancestry.

• Reproduce like humans, with ~8-month gestation.
• Children show faint warmth at birth, with hair and ember markings developing over early childhood.

• Prefer warm regions, volcanic settlements, or places rich in ley energy.
• Found across Embergarde, often taking roles as fire wardens, smiths, or scholars of the Emberkin ruins.

• Omnivorous, but crave spicy, charred, or smoked foods.
• Drinking from naturally heated mineral springs is considered both healthful and spiritually purifying.

• During high summer or intense magical surges, they become restless, their inner flames growing harder to contain — some even sleep-walk into fire.

• Passionate and expressive, prone to intense emotions that fade as quickly as they flare.
• Strong sense of personal honor, often seeing promises as sacred brands.

• Few true “nations,” they gather in small kin-clans or guilds, often centered on ancient Emberkin hearth-ruins.
• Revered elders called Ash-Touched act as living repositories of Emberkin lore.

High cheekbones, sharp eyes, faint scorch patterns across temples or necks — some glow when agitated.

Densest in Embergarde’s volcanic towns, but wander all across Mythralune as merchants, ritualists, or wanderers chasing echoes of old flames.

As clever as humans, often brilliant in matters of elemental magic or ancient history tied to their Emberkin roots.

Can sense heat gradients instinctively. Many develop a minor empathic reading tied to emotions — a remnant of Emberkin soul fire.

• Names often incorporate old Emberkin words for flame or passion, e.g.
• M: Kaelor, Rythan, Ashyr
• F: Zelyn, Miraeth, Lyrika
• Family names frequently poetic, like Fireworn, Emberflow, Pyremarch.

• Love is viewed as a forge: intense, shaping, sometimes consuming.
• Many pairings involve binding oaths sealed over sacred hearths.

Skilled in pyromancy, lava glass shaping, and rune forges, blending craft and elemental power.

Speak common tongues plus fragments of High Embercant, an old Emberkin language only partly remembered, often used in spells or vows.

• Small inclines of the head with palms out — showing they’re not igniting any inner flame.
• In emotional greetings or farewells, they may briefly press foreheads, letting warmth flow between them.

Prefer airy robes or tunics, often flame-stitched or inset with tiny emberstones that glow softly.

• Haunted by a sense of being the last flickers of something greater.
• They keep small ember-altars, where each family nurtures a flame said to link them back to the Emberkin’s eternal fires.

• Ashbloom Festivals: celebrating renewal after volcanic eruptions with dances on cooling flows.
• Ember Watches: overnight vigils held to remember lost Emberkin ancestors.

• Dragonborn & molten dwarves: Respectful; seen as kindred souls tempered by the same fires.
• Molten gnomes: Enjoy playful partnerships, often collaborating on experiments.
• Humans & elves: View fire genasi with awe or caution, worried by their volatile passions.
• True dragons: A complex blend of intrigue and disdain — some dragons feel the Emberkin were rivals best left dead, others find the genasi interesting heirs.