Kijin

Kijin are somewhat larger and stockier than elves, with a blade-like shape to their ears and deep, dark skin color. Kijin lack the angular look of elves, with blunt features that call oni heritage to mind rather than fey grace. The broader stature of kijin means that their armor and tools often more closely resemble those designed for humans or dwarves than those for elves, though they tend to retain a certain grace and loving attention to detail found in elven craft. Kijin have an innate fondness for silver and hand-forged iron (metals useful in hunting evil outsiders) and often own weapons made of one or even both of those metals. They often wear masks to hid their heritage. Demeanor Kijin are often very frustrated people; raised in a society that hates them. In elven families these children are ussually put to death, while in oni culture they are kept around as slaves and treated like lesser beings. Most are confused for a tiefling. Deception and dissimilation become second nature, leaving the kijin with abiding trust issues and the keen knowledge that they themselves are the problem. Kijin are charming, self-confident, persuasive and driven people. They are also attracted to evil, with an almost primal need to “punish” sinners and evildoers that goes well past justice and into a sort of racial sadism. Some indulge, justifying their actions by pointing to the heinousness of their victims. Others restrain themselves, understanding that doing evil unto evil is not morally justified. Both kinds of kijin tend to be goal-oriented people with a talent for bigger-picture thinking. Unfortunately, kijin miss out on small details a lot and their plans can be undone by things they considered irrelevant. This lack of attentiveness is partially an inborn arrogance, but mostly it is the result of living their lives restraining the alien urges from their oni blood, an affair that is distracting at best and all-consuming at worst. This is, in large part, why many kijin cannot stay in one place for too long.

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Origin/Ancestry

The children of an Oni and a Elf. They are rare and usually destroyed at birth. Oni will keep them around as slaves.