The families

Competition is as natural as hunger and thirst. People crave the power to create security, happiness... and a future. Whether you are a mage of life or death, the outcome remains the same. Those with the purest bloodlines will always prevail.

Those with uncorrupted or unmixed bloodlines are called the Originals. They are the rulers and members of the High Council of Mages. Those with the highest level of purity are the most powerful.

The mongrel families are called Sagans. They are divided into 2 groups. Those with the least corruption had a non-permanent seat on the High Council of Mages. Those with the most corruption were nothing more than labourers.

This is where things get difficult. No one is really sure of the purity of their bloodlines because of the many legal and illegal intermarriages that took place hundreds of years ago. To make matters worse, no records were kept. It is only 100 years ago that the system of records started. This means generations and generations of unknown family ties. In the end, those with the biggest armies and the most prolific mages could rule and maintain their seat.