The peoples of Opaline
Six lineages.
Countless lives.
Lineage shapes a character’s nature, history, gifts, and burdens. It does not decide their morality, loyalty, profession, or place in the stories they build with others.
Explore the lineages ↓Choosing a lineage
Begin with the person.
Then consider the power.
The strongest Opaline characters could still hold a conversation, pursue a goal, form a relationship, or create trouble without ever using an ability. Lineage should complicate an already interesting life rather than become the whole of it.
Read for the responsibilities and weaknesses as carefully as the strengths. Choose the lineage whose nature creates the most useful questions for the character you want to play.
The Born and the Hearthborn
Meet the six lineages
Each guide begins with identity and roleplay before moving into abilities and systems.
Human
Hearthborn
The mortal heart of OpalineThe fire within the hearth is not the greatest flame because it burns the hottest, but because it endures.Read the guide →
Vampire
Duskborn
Immortality beneath the VeilImmortality is not measured by the years one lives, but by the wisdom one leaves behind.Read the guide →
Werewolf
Ridgeborn
Strength guided by wisdomStrength without wisdom is nothing more than another predator.Read the guide →
Witch
Hollowborn
Knowledge shaped into magicKnowledge without wisdom is the first step toward ruin.Read the guide →
Merfolk
Tideborn
Every Current returns to the seaThe sea remembers every shore it has ever touched.Read the guide →
Fae
Wildborn
The Sixth BornThe oldest tree was once a sapling. The greatest river began as a single spring.Read the guide →
Questions worth asking
What will this lineage demand of your character?
What part of ordinary life are they trying to protect, escape, or rebuild?
Which responsibility of their lineage do they accept—and which do they resist?
Who knows what they are, and what would happen if the wrong person learned?
What weakness creates meaningful risk rather than an inconvenience to ignore?
Why do they need a community instead of living safely alone?
What choice could place their personal desires against the Veil?
A calling, not a bloodline
Oathborn does not replace lineage.
Characters from any lineage may become Oathborn. The title describes an oath, responsibility, and factional role: seeking truth, protecting the innocent, confronting supernatural threats, and preserving the Veil. Every Oathborn remains fully part of their original lineage.
When one feels right
Create your character with Lyra
Lyra will guide you through lineage selection and the remaining choices needed to build an Opaline character.