Zerina

Entity Designation: TIEFLING

Entity Class: Dungeon-Blooded Human Variant – Type II Threat Level: Low (☑ Passive | ☑ Magical | ☐ Infernal Hostile) Average Height: 5’4”–6’4” Skin Tone: Red / Crimson / Muted Charcoal Affiliation: Infernal Lineage (Contractual) ✦ Overview:

Tieflings are second-generation humans altered by infernal contracts. They are the result of a parent willingly entering into a magical pact with a devil-class dungeon entity. The intended benefit of such contracts is access to arcane abilities outside the caster’s natural class—typically allowing for dual-classing into Warlock archetypes.

The unintended side effect?

Their kids come out with horns, tails, infernal blood, and none of the parent’s DNA.

✦ Origin:

Parental Contract Conditions:

Parent seeks enhanced magical access (e.g. a Fighter who wants to cast Fireball)

Makes a pact with an infernal (devil-class) entity

Offers lineage as part of the payment

Gains the ability to dual-class into Warlock

Child is born a Tiefling—not a human

This exchange appears simple on the surface, but deeper analysis reveals a disturbing genetic shift. ✦ Genetic Findings:

Tieflings do not share DNA with the Warlock parent

All genetics are pulled from the non-contracted parent

Warlock parent’s gametes (sperm or eggs) are completely altered

    No trace of original DNA

    All biological material appears to be “devil seed”

Theorized function: once the deal is made, the Warlock is reproductively hijacked—producing only infernally-bound offspring

“You may cast Eldritch Blast, but now your kid’s got horns. Good deal?”
– Guild Lecture on Contract Magic, Slide #24

Due to infernal obfuscation and the untraceable nature of devils, full testing is impossible. Devils only appear to individuals at their “lowest moment” or when "sufficiently desperate, overconfident, or bored." ✦ Visual & Physical Traits:

Humanoid frame

Horns (varies: ram-like, antlered, sharp)

Tail (prehensile, mildly expressive)

Red, crimson, or muted gray skin

Eyes may glow faintly depending on mood or mana levels

✦ Magical Nature:

Innately attuned to infernal magic

May develop pyromancy, hexes, or pact spells naturally

No requirement to become a Warlock themselves—but many lean toward magical classes instinctively

Immune to mild heat and low-level fire spells

✦ Sociocultural Notes:

Despite the dramatic origin, Tieflings are functionally human in behavior and intellect. They:

Attend schools

Join adventuring parties

Work jobs (though few enjoy customer service roles)

Mostly deal with the “Oh, you’re a demon?” conversation on a daily basis

Their demonic appearance does result in social stigma in more conservative regions—especially on the surface. In contrast, dungeon communities are generally more accepting, as half the population glows, floats, or has scales anyway.

Tiefling adventurers are statistically overrepresented in:

Chaos-based guilds

Dark academia roleplay circles

And anywhere someone yells, “I crave power!” dramatically

✦ Fun Facts:

Tieflings do feel emotions normally—despite rumors that they are soulless or incapable of love. (The soul is contractually leased, not deleted.)

Most Tieflings don’t even know which devil altered their bloodline—only that “dad made a dumb deal.”

Aasimars (celestial counterparts) result from deals with eldritch old gods—raising some troubling theological implications.

✦ Quotes from Dungeon Reports:

“He looks like Satan. He knits. He also healed a kid's broken arm with infernal fire. It's weird, but cool.”
—Floor 08 Survivor

“We asked the Tiefling about their dad. They said, ‘We don’t talk about The Pactmas.’”
—Iron Crown Anthropology Team

“Horned demon babies are a mild inconvenience compared to raising twins.”
—Surface Parent Support Forum, Thread #8945

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