Tieflings

Tieflings are the inheritors of ancient bargains, cursed legacies, and celestial fractures—mortals touched by infernal blood, shadowed lineage, or the remnants of gods long cast down. They walk the Stolen Expanse as outcasts and enigmas, born not of their own sin, but of a world forever tainted by divine war and mortal ambition.

Origins and Bloodlines

No single cause births a Tiefling. Some descend from mortals who bargained with False Gods. Others are the progeny of ancient sorcerers who channeled unstable Veil-forged power. A few are born seemingly at random—marked by strange omens or born beneath eclipsed stars—suggesting that the wound of divine chaos still bleeds into the world.

Their infernal traits vary: horns that twist like broken crowns, eyes that glow like embers or voids, skin in hues of crimson, ash, or midnight blue. Each Tiefling bears the mark of a broken rule—somewhere, something that was not meant to happen… did.

And they are the consequence.

Cultural Standing

In most of Levial, Tieflings are distrusted, feared, or misunderstood. In the human kingdoms, they are seen as omens of misfortune or heresy—tolerated only in fringe settlements or under the protection of noble houses desperate for arcane power. Among the dwarves, Tieflings are viewed with suspicion, regarded as “warped clay” from forgotten forges. Even the elves—especially the High Elves of the Valasian Empire—treat Tieflings as spiritual contaminations, dangerous relics of divine imbalance.

And yet, in the dark corners of the world, Tieflings find their place: as spies, scholars, sorcerers, prophets, assassins, and revolutionaries. Not despite their stigma—but because of it.

Temperament and Identity

Most Tieflings grow up learning one lesson above all: the world fears what it does not understand. Some respond with anger—becoming the monsters others expect. Others withdraw, hiding their nature behind hoods and false names. But the rarest Tieflings walk with defiance and clarity, embracing their difference not as a flaw, but as freedom—to question, to challenge, to redefine what is sacred.

They are survivors in a world that sees them as proof of divine failure.
And that makes them uniquely powerful.

Spirituality and Belief

Tieflings rarely follow the gods of tradition. Many feel abandoned by the Prime, hunted by the faithful, or stalked by the influence of False Gods. Some embrace this exile, turning to forbidden texts, dead languages, or unknowable powers whispered between dreams. Others seek redemption—not just for themselves, but for the broken world that made them.

A few believe they are the future—a sign that the Veil’s secrets still seep into mortal blood, and that change cannot be stopped.