The Ignari

The Ignari, known as the Daemon Cursed, are those that have a mutation, causing demonic features, such as long, curled horns and more monstrous, physical forms. Although many would think that they would be easily mistaken for tieflings, the Ignari are far different, with any race, save the tieflings, who already have infernal heritage, making them immune to the mutation, or the warforged, who are inorganic, and thus immune to the mutation, being susceptible to becoming Ignari.
Ignari are not born into their appearance, instead appearing relatively normal until they reach their later years. While many would eventually grow elderly, the Ignari live longer than others, causing the horns to sprout and greater deformations to occurs when their lives should end. It is theorised that the Ignari mutation feeds off the dying life force of the person with it, causing them to eventually become entirely demonic. Some times, through very unique circumstances, Ignari mutations can flair earlier, causing greater issuers.
A cure is not known off in the world, so those who are afflicted are sent to The Nichteil, where they live out the remainder of their days away from others.

Basic Information

Biological Traits

Nichteil go through certain stages in their live, with there being four in total:
Stage 1:

Horns begin to sprout from the sides of the head. They are very small at this stage, being easily hidden by hair. No other physical changes occur.

Stage 2:

The horns grow longer and begin to curl. The affected person grows larger than almost anyone unaffected of their original race. +1 strength. -1 charisma.

Stage 3: 

The horns will grow so large that they will change the very shape of the persons skull. They will continue to grow in size, and their backs will begin to hunch. +2 strength. +1 constitution. -2 charisma. Superior darkvision.

Stage 4:

The mutated completely turns, losing all sense of who they once were. Their skin hardens, cracking to reveal the pale, dead skin underneath. Their original skin will eventually break off entirely, leading to the mutated to essentially become a demon.

The cover image depicts a human woman entering the fourth stage of Ignari mutations.

Geographic Distribution

• The Nichteil