Ifh-Biff Efreeti

Though they share a name, most who meet the ifh-biff ereeti are surprised to find they are so closely related to the fiery, red-skinned efreeti that dwell on the Plane of Fire. The ifh-biff efreeti seem to always be calm and collected, with an undeniable aura of peace and goodwill. The skin of the ifh-biff efreeti is a subtle mint green, with only a few faint tinges of red, and their features are much softer than the angular glares of other efreeti. At heart, these physical and mental differences rise from a difference in political opinion.   Forsaken Anger The flame-born efreeti have a reputation on Rabiah for being some of the most dangerous djinn, unpredictable at best, and always fueled by a rage intense enough to melt steel. Ifh-biff efreeti have learned by force of nature in favor of a mentality of peace and one-ness. Ifh-biff efreeti are born the same as any other efreeti, but as they draw closer to this sense of calm, their red skin fades to green, and the prominent horns of their heritage shrink to almost nothing. Conversely, the features of an ifh-biff efreeti successfully angered, a feat not easily accomplished, quickly grow to resemble their original selves.   The Art of Letting Go and Learning When the djinn were driven from Rabiah after thousands of years of rulership, most immediately set to century-spanning plots to reclaim a world they saw as rightfully theirs. But others, devastated at the losses they had incurred, saw the ways their own faults had led to their situation. Unwilling to make the same mistake, they forswore the revenge of their brethren, retreating from the burning passions of their home to seem more neutral, if not peaceful grounds. These they found in the plane of Arborea, where, surrounded by nature, they could feel calm for the first time in their unending lives. Efreeti who tire of the anger their heritage brings them often flee to join the ifh-biff in their reclusiveness, and those rare few who return home attempt to bring the message of peace to their kin.   The Calm of Nature From the peacefulness of Arborea, the ifh-biff learn to coexist with animals and plants of all sorts, occasionally making pilgrimages to other lands such as the Feywild, or even back to the sunny lands of Rabiah. Here they often find kinship with the erhnam djinn, cohabiting in oases and jungles, away from the temptations of their former lives. The inborn anger an efreeti feels is not easily forgotten, and members of the ifh-biff must strive constantly to maintain their inner peace. Members of the ifh-biff swear away even from the use of their innate pyromancy, an important part of their traditional culture, in the fear of the emotions that the flame might produce in them. Instead, they spend hours of each day in the study of nature magic, sometimes under the tutelage of the erhnam djinn, depite the difficulty they have in its practice- no ihf-biff has yet to successfully become a druid and it is unlikely that one ever will.