Angelborn Lore

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A long time ago, the Gods created the ultimate servants for
themselves. They designed them to be beautiful, to have wings and the power
of flight for speedy transportation, and most importantly to be incredibly,
supernaturally empathic. These beings would feel the wants, needs, pains and
dislikes of those around them even more keenly than their own. If you wanted a
message delivered, they wanted to deliver it; if you wanted your feet rubbed
they wanted to rub your feet. They were the perfect servants, however
the secret to creating them was eventually lost, and over time they have all
but died out.
Their descendants however, remain. It’s unclear if they were named Angels
because of their similarity to the biblical beings, or if indeed the
biblical beings were named Angels because of their similarity to them.

Their descendants today are referred to as angelborn, exceedingly few today
still have
wings or any remnants of them, but many have an innate appreciation for
heights and dream of flying.
They are also more attractive than most people and tend to live a little
longer. Most importantly, they still have some degree of the original Angelic
empathy. While not nearly as strong, they still naturally want the same
things as those around them. It works like a sort of unspoken peer
pressure, and draws them naturally to jobs and lifestyles that are more
selfless or service oriented. It’s common to find them working in charities
or as aid workers, or even as masseuses or prostitutes.

The tears of the Angelborn can be used to make a sort of love potion. If
someone swallows a shot glass or so worth of Angelborn tears they will be
infected by a powerful version of angelic empathy, focused on the first
person they become aware of. For the next 5-6 days that person’s wants and
desires will become their wants and desires and they’d do whatever they can
to fulfill them.

Today angelborn genes are erratic like other supernatural genes. Usually
activating only once every three of four generations. The chances of any of
your direct family also being active angelborn is astronomically small, but
it is possible for a grandparent or great grandparent to be. There’s also a
decent chance that twins, either fraternal or identical, will share the trait
if one has it.

Angelborn much like faeborn and demonborn can be either latent, passive or
active.

Latents are effectively entirely human, but there is a chance that at some
point in their adult lift the latent genes will activate and they will
become either active or passive.

Passive angelborns are mostly human, but they have the appearance of
angelborn and their supernatural empathy.

Active angelborns are passives until around the end of puberty, usually
seventeen to nineteen, when they activate. They also sometimes activate
later in life, although this is very rare in people not living near New Haven.
As well as the effects of passive angelborns, actives may also gain other
amazing supernatural powers.

Note: Angelborns are physically entirely human in appearance.

When they were first created angels were given a vulnerability to obsidian
in case their empathy ever failed at keeping them in line. While this has
never truly been needed, the vulnerability is still present to this day.
Angels and their angelborn descendants become weakened whenever struck by
obsidian weapons and cannot break out of obsidian bonds or cages no matter
their preternatural strength.