Aasimar
Aasimars are the planar descendants of humans and celestial beings from the outer planes. They are also referred to generally as angelkin, celestials, or godtouched, or by more specific names of their bloodline is known.
Appearance
Aasimars often look very human with minor indicators of their unusual ancestry. These differences can span a wide range, but most often are exemplified by an unearthly beauty, hair that shines like metal, strange eye color, or even glowing golden halos. In many cases, an aasimar's beauty is not due to physical traits but rather to a supernatural tendency among others to interpret their features as beautiful or attractive. This heritage can remain hidden for generations and unexpectedly appear in the offspring of two seemingly human parents. Aasimars also tend to have strong, confident personalities, with minds that are not easily shaken by doubt or misdirection. They are often quite insightful and perceptive, able to formulate coherent and persuasive arguments with little effort. Like their ancestors, many aasimars have an increased power over light and dark, displaying the ability to see in complete darkness for limited distances and spontaneously generate daylight. They also inherit a strong resistance to cold, heat or fire, and corrosive effects.Origin
Though aasimars have the blood of celestial beings, their ancestry is at least one step removed from the original introduction of that blood: the child of a union of a mortal with a celestial being is a half-celestial, not an aasimar. Aasimars may be born from the union of the half-celestial with another mortal being. The possibility of an aasimar birth continues to many generations after that union, even when two mortals have children, so long as one of the mortals is a direct descendant of the half-celestial. Although half-celestial creatures come in many shapes and forms, aasimars are only born from humanoids. In some rare and exclusive cases aasimars true nature is hidden and only brought out in extreme circumstances. For example an event that causes extreme stress.Society
Aasimars are often treated as living miracles. This tends to result in them being outcasts among their peers during their formative years and being given a significant amount of strange attention from the superstitious who look to receive a blessing from the descendant of an angel. They are not all benevolent, but certainly tend in that direction. Despite their inborn advantages, aasimars can face a number of difficulties in their lives. They often have high expectations placed on them from youth, and envy and resentment from their peers can cause them to face stigmas in their communities. Because of their reputation for being generally good creatures, they are sometimes targeted for killing or capture by evil beings, such as black dragons. The traits afforded to aasimars by their heritage, such as their beauty, often cause them to be targeted by the slave trade. Aasimars, due to their rarity, rarely form true societies. It is rare for more than one aasimar to live in the same town or village, or for an aasimar child to find older members of her species to serve as guides or mentors. Aasimars often live among the societies of their parent species as a result.
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