Tieflings are an uncommon and relatively recent phenomenon in Garrond, having begun to appear after Hell's invasion of the mortal world over a century ago. While they are born to otherwise humanoid parents, the influence of fiends twists and marks them, creating a half-breed decried as monstrous and reviled as descendants of the invaders of old. Even those who don't lose their mothers in childbirth are frequently shunned, and they grow up as orphans among the lower classes, which over the years has created created tight-knit communities within the slums of the kingdoms, united only by the circumstances of their birth. However, even in areas where the shorter-lived races have forgotten Hell's incursion, prejudice and harassment are still common from the dayfolk. Where some find tentative acceptance among nocturnal society instead, others take on lives of crime to survive, creating a vicious cycle that reinforces their low standing.
There were once rumours of a noble house that took on tieflings looking for honest work in a show of philanthropy, but when the events of the Heresy shook much of the world, these whispers suddenly ceased circulating, and anyone who knew of the offer but declined would be few in number and nigh impossible to identify.