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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Caliban" data-source="post: 7175788" data-attributes="member: 284">In my home campaign, there are two main groups of Tieflings, with others cropping up in the population from time to time due to recessive genes matching up.  The first group comprise the ruling families of the island kingdom of Schaden.  Also known as the Isle of the Lich King.   Their origin dates back to the mortal days of their king - he was a warlock who made a deal with a fiend, then later made a new bargain for powers beyond those granted by the Warlock class.  He became king, he protected his people, and as part of the new bargain, every ruling family had one or more of their children also make pacts.  The large number of warlocks among the ruling elite, all making pacts with the same Fiendish patron had an unintended side effect.   Their children started being born with fiendish traits.     Eventually all the noble families were predominantly tieflings, with fewer human children being born every generation.   Each family has their own distinct look, but at the same time they have a certain familial resemblance to each other as well.  And the Warlock King eventually became a Lich King, ruling over them all to this day.  The second main group of Tieflings in my game are all one family - a noble family that fled Schaden while the Lich King was still stabilizing his power base.  They did not like the terms of the bargain the Lich Kings patron would force upon them, but in order to protect themselves instead entered into a bargain with a different Fiendish patron.  They only refer to their patron as "Grandfather" and now all members of the main family line are Tieflings, and many of them become warlocks -all with Grandfather as their patron.  Family lore has it that "Grandfather" takes a more "hands on" approach to his extended family, often attributing any fortune or windfall as his doing - and likewise any unfortunate events that befall their enemies are also the work of Grandfather.   They rule a duchy in the human kingdom they fled too.  They have a somewhat unsavory reputation - they are known to accept all manner of monstrous humanoids as servants and minions.  They are also rumored to run a criminal network that stretches across several kingdoms.  But they always pay their tithes on time and the king never has to worry about monster intrusions making it through their territory.</blockquote>

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