Aasimar

Aasimars are humans with a significant amount of celestial or other good outsider blood in their ancestry. While not always benevolent, aasimars are more inclined toward acts of kindness rather than evil, and they gravitate toward faiths or organizations associated with celestials. Aasimar heritage can lie dormant for generations, only to appear suddenly in the child of two apparently human parents. Most societies interpret aasimar births as good omens, though it must be acknowledged that some aasimars take advantage of the reputation of their kind, brutally subverting the expectations of others with acts of terrifying cruelty or abject venality. “It’s always the one you least suspect” is the axiom these evil aasimars live by, and they often lead double lives as upstanding citizens or false heroes, keeping their corruption well hidden. Thankfully, these few are the exception and not the rule.

Basic Information

Anatomy

Aasimars look mostly human except for some minor physical trait that reveals their unusual heritage. Typical aasimar features include hair that shines like metal, jewel-toned eyes, lustrous skin color, or even glowing, golden halos.

Growth Rate & Stages

Much like the mortal races they are most commonly born of, aasimar reach maturity in their late teens. However, their celestially-blessed blood allows them to live slightly longer than some mortals, with an average lifespan of 160 years. It is thought that their lifespans might be longer if it weren't for the dangers of celestial blood, which makes aasimar disproportionately more likely to be recipients of prophecy or targets of heinous crime.

Civilization and Culture

Naming Traditions

It is most common for aasimar to have human names, as they are typically born in human societies. It is also relatively common, however, for their parents to give them a name more reflective of their celestial heritage.

History

Aasimar are placed in the world to serve as guardians of law and good. Their patrons expect them to strike at evil, lead by example, and further the cause of justice. From an early age, an aasimar receives visions and guidance from celestial entities via dreams. These dreams help shape an aasimar, granting a sense of destiny and a desire for righteousness. Each aasimar can count a specific celestial agent of the gods as a guide. This entity is typically a deva, an angel who acts as a messenger to the mortal world. An aasimar, except for one who has turned to evil, has a link to an angelic being. That being—usually a deva—provides guidance to the aasimar, though this connection functions only in dreams. As such, the guidance is not a direct command or a simple spoken word. Instead, the aasimar receives visions, prophecies, and feelings. The angelic being is far from omniscient. Its guidance is based on its understanding of the tenets of law and good, and it might have insight into combating especially powerful evils that it knows about.

Origin/Ancestry

Love between the minor gods and their most beloved mortals birthed the first of the Asfreiyans, a celestial breed of mortalkind.

Lifespan

160 years

Average Height

5.5-7 feet

Average Weight

120-210 Ibs