== Appearance ==
The Devenir are a pale race that loves to adorn themselves with bright colors, paints, and jewelry, even going as far as to embed patterns of metals into their skin. Many of them dye their hair and paint the skin with colored muds and glittery makeup to cover up their ashen white or light gray skin.

Tieflings are a unique bestial race. They have ivory or black horns that can be grown in the style of short deer antlers, ram horns, or even the back-bent horns similar to the common eland antelope. They have deer-like legs and hooves, though they have forward-facing knees like that of a human. Tieflings even have a small cervine tail to match. They also tend to have longer canines and pointed ears similar to the Elves, though not nearly as long.

Hair and eyes vary between bloodlines, since such fixed things are often bred into children when one can’t get them themselves. Bloodlines are often known for these “bred-in” traits, such as natural stark red hair or bright blue eyes. Their natural eye colors are very similar to humans, though the colors are often deeper. It is common to have bright emerald greens, deep chocolate browns, or stormy blue-gray hazels.

They also tend to have blond/cream to brown hair, though their blonds aren't nearly as stark as the High Elves. Tieflings also share the Elven difficulty to grow facial hair, and curly hair is a rather uncommon thing. Most Tieflings are also covered in short fur-like hair near their tails, which match the color of their head-hair.

Most Tieflings tend to fall in love with appearance and one’s colors rather than personality. They are very look-oriented people and often try to palette match their partners. Do your blues look good with my greens? For how long can I stand to look at that obnoxious yellow you love so much?

It is often said that the self is a blank slate, and it is up to the individual to paint it. Some Tieflings even worship this idea of the “blank slate” and wish to remain colorless.

Beauty and class standards are often synonymous with how many colors one has or how many one can show. The rich tend to hoard colorful things, clothes, and jewelry, but often display what they can't wear in their homes. For most people, to be beautiful is to simply have and show off many beautiful things. A lot of pressure is put on the Tieflings to have bright, colorful clothes. They feel the need to paint themselves in a way that looks good instead of gaudy, and to cover themselves with precious metals and stones.

== Celebrations and Holidays ==
Since the fall of Nous many of the tieflings no longer practice their predominant Culture that was once part of nous, instead they practice the culture of the nation they reside in

Some of the holidays they previously practiced were:

* Fire Festival
** Typically, at the start of Summer, the Fire Festival is to celebrate the coming hot season through bonfires, burning wishes (and therefore granting them), smoke fortunes (to see how the season will go), gambling tournaments, and fire-dances.

* Color Festival/Turning of the Leaves
** This festival is at the start of the First Autumn, and it is to celebrate and show appreciation towards the colors of Autumn. This day holds painting competitions, art booths, paint and dye-making workshops, fashion and design shows, as well as, of course, song and food. When the Color Festival ends, the first trading season is to begin.

* The Giving of Belle
** This is a day to gather all the trinkets picked up on the road, organize them, sell the unwanted things, and give gifts away to your loved ones. It, too, is celebrated with a feast and a “raising of spirits,” which is a toast to life and love. Each person celebrating is to raise their glass and give a toast based on what they are thankful for and something they have learned this year.

* Flower Festival
** The Flower Festival is exactly what it sounds like! Flowers are collected from gardens and the surrounding area and shown off in extravagant displays. There is a flower parade through town that shows off these displays, as well as baking competitions, community gardening, and, of course, another feast. When the day is done, people can take the leftover flowers for use in dye and paint making, or to dry and reuse next season. It is also to celebrate the last season of the year.

== Expression and Art ==
Common types of artworks are paintings, large-scale murals, pottery, and small sculptures. Paintings are often abstract with their focus on certain colors to convey the actual subject of the picture (such as having an abstract painting with many blues and greens to convey the sea and land, or wisdom and greed.) Pots are made from colored clays and are often used in worship and ceremonies rather than simple decoration. Small sculptures are made out of cheap, soft materials that the majority of people have access to, things such as soapstone, wood, and clay. It is rare to find metal or glass sculptures, simply because the majority of Tieflings don’t have the tools to do such, and sculptures are rarely large since they have to be easy to move.

Dance and song are other common forms of self-expression and are often incorporated in plays and stories to give them more depth and complexity. It is common to use song and music to paint scenes, with dance used to portray characters and the internal self.

Tieflings are rather fond of string instruments such as lutes and harps.

== Food and Table manners ==
The Devenir aren’t so complicated when it comes to food. They love spices of any and every kind and prefer dishes that include many parts. Simple chicken on rice can be turned into a Devenir-esque dish by marinating the chicken, baking it in a blend of five spices, serving it with white rice, and covered in some sweet sauce. There aren’t many set preferences for taste— the Devenir not only love to explore the world, but they love to explore food as well. Anything from salty to sour to savory, just as long as it’s never bland.

In terms of table manners, they don’t have many standards either, though some would say that their standards are opposed to the norm. The Tieflings are a very social race, and represent that in their dinner etiquette. If you’re dining at a bar or at home, part of the standard is to be loud. Slurping up your noodles and burping after a beer might be seen as distasteful, but to a Tiefling chef, it is the highest praise. If you’re eating around others, it’s customary to talk to them, especially about the dish. What’s good about it? What’s bad about it? A Tiefling restaurant is a loud place. Telling one of your guests to “mind their manners” or “quiet down” is extremely rude. Let the people enjoy their dinner and their company.

One of the few “no-no’s” of dining is not using a napkin. Clean dining is supreme dining, as it’s said. While they might be boisterous and rowdy, it is always a sin to spill a drink, especially on oneself or another person. Ruining someone’s clothes is such an offense that it can get a patron banned from a bar or household. Even accidentally dipping a sleeve in one’s meal is a reason for embarrassment. It’s not only a waste of wonderful food but a stain on a perfectly beautiful outfit.

Something that isn’t necessarily held up at home but is expected within courts or restaurants, is that one must finish their entire meal or risk deeply upsetting the chef. Yes, even if it’s bad

== Religion ==
From the beginning the Tieflings have believed in the Nature, spirits and grounds that surrounded their home or settlement that they reside in. Tieflings are strongly aware of the natural world and see the power of the spirits in the ongoing cycle of life and death.

They believe that the cycles of life and death are the centre of everything that is living in the world.

This was the case before the fall of nous, During the current times Tieflings are either very dedicated to what their Ancestors believed or They adopt the predominant religion of the nation they reside in

== Romance and Marriage ==

=== Courting ===
Courting for a Tiefling is similar to that of a bird. They dance, sing, and bring shiny or colorful gifts to the one they wish to woo. Some might even go as far as changing their entire color scheme or wardrobe to better match a potential partner. Most Tieflings are not drawn to wealth but rather how unique something may be. Piles of gold jewelry is nothing compared to one opal necklace.

Courtship dances often include the use of ribbon or many layers of light, flowy cloth to adorn the dancer with to enhance the show. Most dances are close to ballet or strange contemporary dance. Most flashy dances with flowy movements are preferred.

=== Marriage/Binding ===
The ceremony of “Binding” is a week-long endeavor, like most major celebrations. The pairing (or all the parties in a polygamous binding) will then commune with their major spirits to see if the pairing is acceptable to them. Pairings such as fire and water are difficult but fruitful, and pairings such as earth and air are calm but boring. This communion is a way to see how simple or complicated the partnership will be.

Then the pair collect the gifts they received from one another and explain the meaning of each one. This is something similar to human vows. Each item is a part of their relationship and should represent something valuable to the person and the pair.

It is customary to take two sheets of cloth that are colored to represent each person in the pairing and cut them up. The pair then sew together the cloth in patterns that come naturally to the pairing and then display that in their home.

Each person that celebrates with them is to bring the newly bound people a gift. It doesn’t matter what it is, as long as it’s heartfelt. A flower plucked from your garden is just as valued as a new sailing-vessel, even though one clearly has more monetary worth than the other.

It is also expected that during this week of feasting and partying that the couple creates a work of art together and displays that separately from the bound cloth. Whatever the couple makes is up to them, whether that be a dance, statue, painting, or poem.

If these pairs ever wish to be “unbound” they simply have to destroy everything they have made together. This includes the cloth they sewed together during their binding, the art they made, and anything else they’ve created together (excluding living things such as plants and children.) Only when the last thing is torn apart, broken, or burned will the couple be unbound.

A red flag for most Tiefling marriages is when one partner is unwilling to share or create things with their partner. It is assumed then that they are unwilling to commit to the marriage and commit to this bonded way of life.

== Life and Reproduction ==
Tieflings tend to live up to age 130, and age more slowly than their human neighbors.

Tieflings reach full physical maturity at age 30, and reach puberty at age 18, which is when both male and females of the species are now able to procreate.

Despite being able to live up to 130 years, female Tieflings actually begin losing fertility at around age 40, with males following a decade later, leaving a very small window open to have children.

If a Tiefling manages to get pregnant, their small size, as well as some other biological factors, make it very difficult to deliver a baby to term, as well as not die during childbirth. For this reason, infant mortality rates are high, however, the body attempts to balance this with having a shorter gestation period than most and by giving birth prematurely.

Most gestation periods last only 5 and a half months, which is much shorter than most other races. Since most babies are born prematurely, it is unlikely that a child’s lungs will be fully developed, making Tieflings highly susceptible to respiratory diseases and they are more likely to develop breathing issues such as asthma.

Typically, a lot of Tiefling traits, such as proficiency with magic and divination, are actually recessive. In the unlikely chance a half-breed is born, the Tiefling specific traits are less likely to be predominate (features such as horns, brighter eyes, tails, and deer-like feet.)

It is believed that Tieflings used to actually have much stranger appearances in the past, but because of pickiness during the breeding season, and the likelihood that Tieflings bred with other races early on, explains their more dull features (such as hair and eye color.)

== Death and Funerals ==
Tieflings often accept death as a natural part of life and do not see it as a terrible loss. They believe that the people that have passed have met their maker and are safe and sound.

Tieflings don’t necessarily have funerals, but they do have ways to honor their dead that might seem macabre and taboo to other cultures. They cut out one’s horns, burn the bodies, and then shift through the ashes for the bones that remain. Bones and horns are often carved into statuettes, instruments, and bowls, or can be cast into the sea, buried, or burned a second time. Some families spread ashes around meaningful locations or keep a vial of ash for each member of the family. Considering your own death and discussing how you want your remains to be treated in death is a common subject in life to be sure that you will not be disrespected.

== History ==

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== History ==
The origins of the Denur race are unclear, the earliest recorded events in history all take place in the icy north, but none specify where the Denur came from. Over the years many scholars have searched for answers, but till now all attempts were in vain. After Deonach had visited the firstborn, the race spread out across the entire Northern mountain range, carving many homes into the snow capped mountains. Over the next centuries this empire expanded and the Denur race prospered, but then it all came crashing down. The Denur never really recovered from the great collapse as 95% of the race simply perished. Today the majority of the Denur can be found in Dar-ach Denur, the capital of the Denur Imperium, but the occasional wandering Denir can be found scattered across Eden.

== Appearance ==
The Denur are about 1,20-1,50 meters in height, which is the case for their infamous nickname amongst the other races of Eden: Dwarf, of note this nickname is considered extremely offensive to most Denur and is often used as a racial slur. Another famous feature of the Denur are their beards, which especially the lower class Denur don with pride. Most Denur have black hair, however there is a wide variety of hair colours in the Denur population of which blond is seen the least. The skin of the Denur is very pale, due to the location of their home, which is inside the mountain. There are even recorded cases of Denur who have never seen the sun in their lives. Similarly to their hair, the eyes can take on many different colours. Most notably however are the few Denur with red eyes, most of them born deep inside the mountains, their eyes now shining with a fiery glow.

== Culture and society ==

== Celebrations and Holidays ==
After the Great Collapse the Denur have had little to celebrate, and even if they had their society lacked the resources to do so. Over the years Denur society has become one that frowns upon waste and therefore lacks many national holidays other nations are accustomed to. The only real celebration is the standard veneration of Deonach, the mass worship on friday in the Cathedral of a thousand stars.

But there is one national holiday, although it is not celebratory or festive. The grand day of remembrance, as it is known, is the day upon which the Denur mourn all the deaths that were caused by the Great Collapse, as well as the destruction of their deity.

== Romance and Marriage ==
Because there is no spiritual connection to marriage, since Deonach does not concern himself with such simple affairs, weddings are often kept simple. A grand feast is even seen as a waste of valuable resources. Divorce is also allowed and not uncommon.

== Life and Reproduction ==
Denur reproduce at a slow rate, often having only one child and in rare cases two. This is both due to biological factors and Denur culture, since in the decades after the great collapse food was scarce.

== Death and Funerals ==
Unlike most other empires, most Denur don’t believe in grand spiritual concepts like heaven or returning one's soul to Deonach, instead most priests and scholars agree that after death one simply ceases to exist, therefore those who die are simply buried deep inside the mountain. Excessive funerals are even frowned upon, as they are believed to be a waste of resources.

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