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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Arkhandus" data-source="post: 2156349" data-attributes="member: 13966">One of the few groups offering aid to the poor and destitute in the city is the Caracini family, a large extended family of tieflings, the only tiefers in the region in fact.  The Caracini family is currently based in the old, rundown, Carpenter's District next to the Soots.  "Papa" Caracini is himself an old, retired tiefling carpenter who still remembers when his district was one of the most prosperous in town, before the blasted dwarves and gnomes migrated here in force and fortified the town with stonework.  Papa Caracini is supposedly the son of a half-demon from the plains, but came to the city as a boy and always seemed like a stoic and kindly fellow.  Papa Caracini has innumerable tiefer children and grandchildren, though his human wife died decades ago, and his human son-in-laws and daughter-in-laws are all getting on in age as well.  The old man seems fairly spry though himself, and continues to invite poor folks into his home for meals and, when they're in need, a spare cot in the den for a night or two.  Papa Caracini's soon-to-be heir is his first child, Nimalli Caracini, a tiefling lass now in her middle years but still spunky and without a husband, though her father keeps trying to arrange a marriage for his devoted daughter.The Caracini family is liked by many of the town's poorer elements, though that doesn't stop said poorer elements from talking about the family's supposed fiendish connections and plots.  So far though, no one's been lost or hurt at the Caracini's small manse, and in fact the tieflings have sheltered criminals and the wrongly-accused from time to time, even when city guardsmen are pounding at the door.  Papa Caracini seems to have some pull with one noble or another who has ties to the guard, and generally gets the men to back down.  The sight of his very large family looming menacingly behind him helps too.  Caracini tiefers wandering in the nicer districts tend to be ill-regarded, and roughed up by guardsmen or others, but they rarely travel outside the Carpenter's and Soots districts alone, usually going around in threes or fours.Caracini tieflings seem to practice some kind of meditative art form that also includes dance and a savage yet disciplined fighting style.  They say only that The Art keeps them tranquil and positive, though in truth it's just the only way they manage to keep the demon within them barely contained.  Papa Caracini hasn't been seen practicing The Art, but might well be a practicioner considering its uniqueness to the family.  The tiefers are known as nasty barroom-brawlers, but generally try to stay out of trouble, though this reputation as brawlers keeps guards and watchmen on edge.  Since the Caracini family's appearance and growth over the last century or so, guardsmen have accumulated a few intimidating and disturbing rumors about the Caracini and those who mess with them.</blockquote>

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