The Riven Lands

A male Tiefling judge with ashen skin bearing a faint metallic dust sheen, thick ridged horns curving back from a scowling skull, and a long prehensile tail tipped with a bone-carved stylus. He wears dark, heavy robes stained with forge dust, and his eyes glow with a cold, calculating light.

Judge Xy'lan is a grinding cynic, embodying the brutal, pragmatic terror of Ironfast's justice. He is cold, precise, and utterly impartial, delivering verdicts with a rasping rumble that chills the soul. His contempt for weakness and insubordination is absolute, and he wields his cursed bloodline as a weapon to enforce order and control.

Judge Xy'lan is a Tiefling who rose to power in the forge-city of Ironfast, a bastion of grim order in the Riven Lands. Despite the universal loathing for his kind, he holds court with ruthless will, embodying the brutal justice of the city. His ashen skin bears a faint metallic sheen from the city's dust, and his thick, ridged horns curve back from a perpetually scowling skull. His long, prehensile tail ends in a bone-carved stylus, a tool for his cold, precise pronouncements. Xy'lan's cynicism and contempt are sharpened by the constant threat his kind faces, and he uses his otherness to intimidate and enforce control. He views laws as instruments of control to maintain Ironfast's productivity, condemning the weak or insubordinate to the mines without mercy. His presence is a chilling reminder that even the despised can wield immense, defiling power in the Riven Lands.