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Ran llistens tô his words, nodding slightly. "I guess I was conditioned to thinking like that a bit, you know the good old 'You shouldn't complain, at least you're alive' or 'There's people out there who have it worse and you're here complaining...'" She sighs. "You do have a point though... My worried are important, even if they're not as bad as other people's..." She nods softly, considering his words.

At his question, she nods again. "A good friend of mine. Got an infernal machine for a heart, it only works well there, outside of Avernus she'd overheat and burn to death so she's stuck... My heart tightens when I think about it, I wish... I wish I could help fix it... I'm trying to find someone with enough knowledge that may be able to find a permanent solution but until then, she's stuck there and I hate it..." Ran sighs. "I want nothing more than to be with her but I know I have a mission here, to find an infernal mechanic... Still, I miss her dearly..."

Ran watches him as he spoke, the weight of his words, the way his face shifted with each spoken sentence showed them he knew what it felt like, to be an outcast, to be considered less, impure, even dirty for just being born. Ran listened to him, arms wrapped around her knees, tail resting lazily around her body. "It just seems like everyone has it worse than I do, I don't even feel like I have the right to complain, you know? Some of my people are still on Avernus, barely having enough to go by and I'm here... I can handle harsh words, you know..." She sighs and rests her chin on her knee.

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Ran sshakes her head with a laugh. "Next time you decide to get piss drunk, let me know, I could use some good booze and even better co panty..." She says and raises an eyebrow as she watches Katya down her entire drink in one go. "Oh its on the..." She smirks and does the same.

"Honestly? The best part of the job is looking pretty, unless the patrons get handsy, which should earn them a slap on the wrist... With a sharp knife..." She winks, asking for another drink for herself. "Things have been bland lately, been missing some action you know? I can feel myself getting way too comfortable on my ass..." Ran mumbles. "You don't happen to know a few fuckers who need a good beat up, do you?"

Ran grins, happy she was able to make Katya laugh... At least someone enjoyed their presence.

"I'm just too good, been doing that since I learned how to walk, it just gets better from that..." She says as she leans back and shakes her head, waving her hand dismissively. "They're not gonna put me in jail, I'm too good..." Ran smirks before taking another long swig of their drink, leaning back. "What about you? Always working? Never saw you chilling here, always wiping tables and serving..." Ran says softly.

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Ran grins, happy she was able to make Katya laugh... At least someone enjoyed their presence.

"I'm just too good, been doing that since I learned how to walk, it just gets better from that..." She says as she leans back and shakes her head, waving her hand dismissively. "They're not gonna put me in jail, I'm too good..." Ran smirks before taking another long swig of their drink, leaning back. "What about you? Always working? Never saw you chilling here, always wiping tables and serving..." Ran says softly.

Ran grins at her, an equally toothy grin, filled with all the malice the other tiefling could muster. Oh they hated Gortash. "Hot? All that money and it didn't fix his face..." She laughs loudly. "That oily ass hair, and I see them bitches falling head over heels for him..." She snorts.

"Ah the posters yes, I remember them... Remember having a good laugh about it while I bought myself another whiskey with the money I cashed after pickpocketing him...." They say and lift their glass. "To another rich prick's demise..." They cheer.

[thieffling]

Ran watches him as he spoke, the weight of his words, the way his face shifted with each spoken sentence showed them he knew what it felt like, to be an outcast, to be considered less, impure, even dirty for just being born. Ran listened to him, arms wrapped around her knees, tail resting lazily around her body. "It just seems like everyone has it worse than I do, I don't even feel like I have the right to complain, you know? Some of my people are still on Avernus, barely having enough to go by and I'm here... I can handle harsh words, you know..." She sighs and rests her chin on her knee.

they won't come after you, and if they do? they'll have to go through me.

@asangel

Ran looks over at him and frowns softly. "You'd put yourself at risk... For me?" They turn to face him, frowning, black yes with white irises betraying their surprise and a hint of doubt. "I... I'm not worth it... There's so many less lucky than me..." She shrugs and pulls her legs up to her chest. "I'm just unlucky, there's others who are truly suffering..." Ran shakes her head, arms tightening around their legs.

[thieffling]

Ran hadn't noticed the bird until it started to cawk. Ran hissed at it, ears flattening against their head, teeth bared in a mixture of surprise, fear and aggression. She couldn't help but notice the other didn't realize he's been robbed and Ran could take advantage of it, all they had to do was sound convincing enough when saying their bird was attacking them for no reason. They slipped the box into their pocket swiftly, still trying to keep the bird from charging towards them. "Hey hey quit it!" She hisses at the bird.

@fortune-feather liked for a starter

Ran almost felt bad for pickpocketing a blind one, but hells she needed to eat. It's been well over 5 days since she had seen a piece of bread that was consumable around Baldur's Gate. People were becoming harder, the ones who'd offer her food before now kicked her away from their trash like she was an animal, life was harder and harder and she didn't feel proud of herself when she slipped her hand into the blind one's pocket, nimble fingers searching, probbing with ultmost care until a box came into contact with her slender fingers.

She pulled it out and turned it in her hands. Seemed important, it looked like it had a ring inside, and luckily she could sell it and get some good coin and meals for a few days. Her eyes left the blind one's figure as she started analyzing the strange object and how it seemed heavier than a ring was, which made her both excited and suspiscious.

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Ran grins at her, an equally toothy grin, filled with all the malice the other tiefling could muster. Oh they hated Gortash. "Hot? All that money and it didn't fix his face..." She laughs loudly. "That oily ass hair, and I see them bitches falling head over heels for him..." She snorts.

"Ah the posters yes, I remember them... Remember having a good laugh about it while I bought myself another whiskey with the money I cashed after pickpocketing him...." They say and lift their glass. "To another rich prick's demise..." They cheer.

Ran grins. Katya was just too easy to piss off and they relished these small near death experiences they had everytime they tried catcalling her.

"Well, it all started a bright sunday evening... I was hungry as fuck, you see, and I hadn't eaten all day..." They start, as if justifying their next actions. "Thats when I sa him... All pompous, not a care in the world as he strolled around with his fancy clothing..." Ran sneered at the mention of him, it was clear as night she hated him.

"He was as clueless as he's ugly..." She giggles a bit. "All I had to do was accidentally bump against him. His bodyguard shoved me away, but she was a little too late..." Ran grinned. "I got a golden pocket watch, one of those fancy ones with strange numbers and inscriptions on it... I knew it was worth something..." She smirks. "A couple hours later I saw him and a couple fists patrolling the area, looking for something..." She winked. "I had the good grace of hiding in time, but by then I had already cashed the small fortune that watch was worth.... Ah the good days..." She slid a couple coins towards Katya. "Get me another, will you?" She winks at her.

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"Hey, have you got a quill or something?" Karlach looked over at Ran with a mischievous and devious smile on her face. She had been looking at a poster of Gortash. "I think this needs some improvements, and fast."

@iron-hearts-ablaze

Ran turns towards Karlach, frowning for a moment before their brain finally caught up with her words. They smirk. "Ah yes... In fact, I have more than one..." They wink and rummage their beg in search for those quills they collected at the goblin camp.

"Bingo!" They grin and hand a quill over to Karlach. "Let's make him uglier, if that's even possible, euggh..." Ran makes a retching sound as they get closer to the poster.

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they won't come after you, and if they do? they'll have to go through me.

@asangel

Ran looks over at him and frowns softly. "You'd put yourself at risk... For me?" They turn to face him, frowning, black yes with white irises betraying their surprise and a hint of doubt. "I... I'm not worth it... There's so many less lucky than me..." She shrugs and pulls her legs up to her chest. "I'm just unlucky, there's others who are truly suffering..." Ran shakes her head, arms tightening around their legs.

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Tiefling anatomy and headcanons

Someone else has probably done this already and in more detail, but ALAS, I could not find anything to fit my very specific smut-related needs. So I went ahead and labelled some diagrams.

Our handsome model for this post is Dammon! 🥰 SADLY, I don't know the source of the photos I used (they were sent to me by a friend and a Goog search did not help), so if anyone knows who I can credit the source images to, please let me know!

Terms and headcanons are mine. If they're well-established elsewhere/used by others, it's pure coincidence.

Within-image text will follow below, for those using screenreaders/if the font is too small (SORRY, I was in a rush). I also put a cut before the third image, since it's got Dammon's bum in it. 🥰

The first image depicts sternal ridges ("sternum" meaning "breastbone") and costal ridges ("costal" meaning "relating to the ribs"). I headcanon that the sharp-looking, pointed parts of these ridges are not actually sharp or hard, but rather, cartilage covered in skin (like ears!).

The second image depicts spinal ridges (prominences on the vertebrae) and wingtips, tiny little hooks of cartilage on the shoulder blades. I headcanon that some tieflings see larger wingtips as being good luck, or even a sign that you'll be able to fly in your next life.

The third image shows anatomy of the tail, which is grossly divided into the upper tail and the lower tail. The upper tail, also called the tail base or tail root, is where the tail attaches to the body, just above the bum. I headcanon that this area of the tail is a "private area", off-limits for being touched except by lovers or romantic partners. The lower tail, including the tip of the tail, is okay to be touched by friends and close family. Tieflings partners might link their lower tails together in an affectionate gesture, like holding hands. Siblings and friends might slap or pull each other's lower tails when they're playfighting (we're looking at you, Cal and Lia and Rolan). The tail tip might also be called a "tail-barb", depending on dialect differences.

Some other random tiefling-body headcanons, some of which are NSFW (be warned):

They have nails: not claws, not talons, but nails. 'Claws' and 'talons' are considered offensive terms, like equating tieflings to animals.

Touching a tiefling's horns is off-limits except for very close friends/family/partners. It's not necessarily romantic to touch or caress a tiefling's horns, but it often is, not unlike stroking someone's hair.

Tiefling tails are partially prehensile. Thus, they can use them during sex. 😏

Contrary to popular belief, tieflings are adept at giving and receiving finger penetration (i.e. finger-fucking SORRY TO BE CRUDE) with long nails, and don't need to cut them for sex reasons. They know their bodies, and they can easily learn how to finger-fuck without hurting anyone.

Tiefling tails can broadcast emotions, like cats' tails (though some tiefs may not like being compared to animals -- see above). I've seen at least two fantastic comics about this, here and here (MY FAVOURITE).

Thank you for reading if you came this far! And feel free to use these headcanons in fic writing, if you like, with a nod to yours truly if you're feeling kindly 🥰

If you'd like to read some tieflings fics where these headcanons come into play, you can check out my Karlach/Dammon fic here, and my Rolan/f!Tav fic here. Both are rated E for smut.

-- love from your friendly neighbourhood Pika! xoxo

[thieffling]

"Must you have a snarky little comment about everything?" Ran groans as she retorts immediately. They couldn't lie, in that aspect, they were very alike, as Ran's sense of humor could be quite acid sometimes as well.

"Well, if you stopped moving for one goddamn second..." Ran started but soon realized their bickering wouldn't help at all, in fact, it made thigns worse and made their minds more focused on coming up with replies to each other's words instead of an actual way out.

They look up, then their hands prod the wall around. Hard. Hard enough to be able to stand certain pressure without crumbling.

She nods at Shadowheart seems to like the idea and starts to move. Ran waits until shes a couple inches up to start moving themselves. "Okay, okay you're doing good, one foot at a time, don't get ahead of yourself, slowly..." They coax her slowly, body moving with her as they round opening of the hole became closer and closer. "I'll be fine, I may be able to hold us both if you fall..." That was a huge maybe, but Ran liked to think they were strong enough to hold the other's weight.

If Ran could physically roll their eyes any further, they would've. "Okay, drama queen, as if you're able to perform your cleric stuff with someone breathing on your neck at all times..." She hisses, eyes focusing on the entrance of the hole and how the light was slowly shifting. The hours were passing and they continued stuck, bickering rather than coming up with a plan together.

Ran squirms again, trying to pry their tail free with little success, and it only worked to bring Shadowheart even closer to their chest, squished between their breasts as Ran's face felt warmer. Gods this was so embarrassing. "It's just as uncomfortable for you as it is for me, be glad I'm not one of the boys or you'd have a very unpleasant surprise poking you right now..." They grumble before looking down at her with a huff. "I have to move! My tail is stuck!" She says and breathes in relief when she feels it come loose, only for Shadowheart's knee to squish it between the rocks.

The pained cry that left their mouth was otherworldly. "my tail, my tail, my tail, MY TAIL!" They screech, pulling it close to herself once it was free. "Okay... Okay..." They look up. "we can try using our feet to press out back against the opposite wall and slowly walk up. You're on top, you go first, if you fall I'll cushion it..." Ran offered.

[thieffling]

Ran grins. Katya was just too easy to piss off and they relished these small near death experiences they had everytime they tried catcalling her.

"Well, it all started a bright sunday evening... I was hungry as fuck, you see, and I hadn't eaten all day..." They start, as if justifying their next actions. "Thats when I sa him... All pompous, not a care in the world as he strolled around with his fancy clothing..." Ran sneered at the mention of him, it was clear as night she hated him.

"He was as clueless as he's ugly..." She giggles a bit. "All I had to do was accidentally bump against him. His bodyguard shoved me away, but she was a little too late..." Ran grinned. "I got a golden pocket watch, one of those fancy ones with strange numbers and inscriptions on it... I knew it was worth something..." She smirks. "A couple hours later I saw him and a couple fists patrolling the area, looking for something..." She winked. "I had the good grace of hiding in time, but by then I had already cashed the small fortune that watch was worth.... Ah the good days..." She slid a couple coins towards Katya. "Get me another, will you?" She winks at her.

Ran grins as they pocket the last ball, holding out their hand as the unhappy Drow places a coin bag on it, mumbling to himself as he walks away from the table.

Ran looks over as Katya calls upon someone and sees her pointing at them, a smirk making it's way towards the tiefling's full lips. "And what does my doll wants from me hm?" They grin, leaning against the counter. They chuckle and shake their head at her antics. "a story? Well how about the time I pickpocketed that whack, oily looking hair ass Gortash and lived to tell the tale?" She smirks as she swirls the coin bag between her fingers.

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@faerunscursed liked for a starter

"I heard you coughing a bit last night... Brought you some water..." Ran says as they sit beside Isobel, a small bown with the clear liquid on it. Ran wanted to ask, but knew better than to pry. They had heard Isobel cough more than once and it worried them. Was she sick? They hoped not as the wlf had become someone dear to her and the rest of the party, also because neither her nor Aylin deserved to see each other pass now that they were finally together.

The tiefling makes herself comfortable beside Isobel, pulling their own tail forward and playing with it's barbed tip. "So... How are you holding up?" She asks as she looks over. "I know Ketheric was kind of... crazy, with all due respect, but... He was your dad..." She frowns, black eyes with white irises watching Isobel with concern.

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@fortune-feather liked for a starter

Ran almost felt bad for pickpocketing a blind one, but hells she needed to eat. It's been well over 5 days since she had seen a piece of bread that was consumable around Baldur's Gate. People were becoming harder, the ones who'd offer her food before now kicked her away from their trash like she was an animal, life was harder and harder and she didn't feel proud of herself when she slipped her hand into the blind one's pocket, nimble fingers searching, probbing with ultmost care until a box came into contact with her slender fingers.

She pulled it out and turned it in her hands. Seemed important, it looked like it had a ring inside, and luckily she could sell it and get some good coin and meals for a few days. Her eyes left the blind one's figure as she started analyzing the strange object and how it seemed heavier than a ring was, which made her both excited and suspiscious.

[thieffling]

"You're no fun!" Ran puffs her cheeks and crosses her arms, still fully naked and not making any mention of putting their clothes back on.

"I thought I told you to PUT YOUR CLOTHES ON!"

[thieffling]

Ran grins as they pocket the last ball, holding out their hand as the unhappy Drow places a coin bag on it, mumbling to himself as he walks away from the table.

Ran looks over as Katya calls upon someone and sees her pointing at them, a smirk making it's way towards the tiefling's full lips. "And what does my doll wants from me hm?" They grin, leaning against the counter. They chuckle and shake their head at her antics. "a story? Well how about the time I pickpocketed that whack, oily looking hair ass Gortash and lived to tell the tale?" She smirks as she swirls the coin bag between her fingers.

@thieffling

" YOU. C'mere. " she sounds pissed off. she is pissed off. not particularly AT ran, but just in general, as per usual. " N O T H I N G has happened all day, entertain me, tell me a tale of your latest exploit before i explode. i need some more chaos in my life before i lose my mind. "

[thieffling]

Ran: *Eyes Gortash up and down*

Ran: So this is the 'handsome male' I saw in that vision

Ran:

[thieffling]

🐝  *  ―  𝐓𝐇𝐄  𝐃𝐈𝐑𝐓𝐘  𝐊𝐈𝐍𝐃  𝐎𝐅  𝐓𝐄𝐀𝐒𝐈𝐍𝐆.   (  nsfw  !  in  honor  of  sinday,  have  another  random  assortment  of  sexual  sentences  and  actions.  sidenote,  your  muse  =  sender  and  my  muse  =  receiver.  add  *  to  reverse  the  action.  feel  free  to  adjust  to  better  fit  your  muses. )

❛  i can’t stop thinking about you.  ❜ ❛  i’m gonna make you scream my name.  ❜ ❛  you won’t be able to walk straight after i’m done with you.  ❜ ❛  you like it when i talk dirty to you, don’t you ?  ❜ ❛  i’m planning to turn you into a dripping mess.  ❜ ❛  you make me so horny i can’t think straight.  ❜ ❛  i’ve been thinking about bending you over that table and just having my way with you.  ❜ ❛  you’ve been a bad girl / boy, and deserve a punishment.  ❜ ❛  you’re gonna come for me later ?  ❜ ❛  i’ve been touching myself to the throught of what you’re gonna do to me.  ❜ ❛  you’re gonna be a good girl / boy ?  ❜ ❛  i want you to take control.  ❜ ❛  you didn’t think i’d just let you get away with all this teasing, right ?  ❜ ❛  if there weren’t so many people watching us, i’d already be on my knees in front of you.  ❜ ❛  i’ve got a suprise planned for you later.  ❜ ❛  tonight is gonna be all about you.  ❜ ❛  i’m wearing some nice new lingerie for you.  ❜ ❛  do you see how hard / wet you’ve already made me ?  ❜ ❛  your moans are music to my ears.  ❜ ❛  i don’t normally do this, but you bring out this craziness in me.  ❜

[ PALM ] ― your muse palms my muse’s penis / breasts through their clothes. [ NIBBLE ] ― your muse gently nibbles on my muse’s earlobe. [ SEDUCTION ] ― my muse whispers dirty nothings into their ear. [ FRENCH KISS ] ― your muse kisses my muse with tongue. [ WATCH ] ― my muse starts to masturbate in front of your muse. [ CLOTHES OFF ] ― your muse helps my muse undress. [ WALL ] ― your muse pins my muse against the closest wall. [ GRIND ] ― your muse teasingly grinds against my muse. [ SEXTING ] ― my muse sends your muse a dirty text / picture. [ VIBRATION ] ― your muse controls a sextoy my muse has inside of them. [ MASSAGE ] ― my muse gives your my a sensual massage. [ BLINDFOLD ] ― my muse makes your muse wear a blindfold. [ FLASH ] ― my muse ‘accidentally’ flashes your muse. [ SUCK ] ― your muse sucks on a banana / lollipop in front of my muse. [ STRIP ] ― my muse gives your muse a strip tease. [ DANCE ] ― my muse dances seductively for your muse. [ TIES ] ― my muse ties your muse down on the bed. [ SPANKING ] ― your muse spanks my muses’ ass. [ PORN ] ― our muses watch a dirty movie together. [ LAP ] ― my muse sits on your muses’ lap and teases them.