Qua'nai

The qua’nai are a red-skinned race adorned with twisted horns and glowing cat-like eyes. While commonly, yet incorrectly, referred to as demons, this race vaguely trace their descendants back to the days when red demons terrorised Arl's countryside. The few documents of this era tell tales of these demons travelling to human towns, raping the women and slaughtering the men. This chaos continued for many months, until a long forgotten order of knights rid the land of every damnable unholy creature. However, the seed had already been planted, and hundreds of women had already given birth to the spawn of hellish monsters.

This first generation of half-blooded demons were unlike their fathers, lacking molten red scales, and displaying a more calm and human personality. Many of these children were victims of infanticide on the part of their mothers, or other groups who saw them as only the spawn of evil, and nothing more. However, those who had survived until adulthood found themselves slowly finding acceptance in other nations where their origin was unclear, finding work and housing available to them where there was no prejudice. At this point, the qua’nai, despite their demonic appearance, finally began to integrate into society. With demons no longer a threat or even a topic of discussion, the qua’nai became no more strange to the average human than orcs, dwarves, or any other race that walks on two legs.

Because of their origins, the qua’nai have little sense of nationalism or heritage, and tend to wander or adopt other cultures as their own. Because of their demonic lineage, qua’nai are often cruel or at least immoral by nature, possessing fierce ambition and a strong sense of pride. The majority of the race continue on with life as though they were human, despite some groups dedicating themselves to the study of their ancestors. It is also worth noting that the child between a qua’nai and any other race results in another half-blood. Qua'nai tend to live until they're 400 or 500 years old.