Editing Lineage:Mage Society (section)

=Mages and Mortals=

The Houses have always considered mages to be a class apart, superior to mortals and natural rulers of the world.  The distinction between mage and mortal has been the distinction between the ruling class and the subject, the shepherd and the sheep.  Mages of the Houses are still likely to love and care about mortals that they know personally, including their mortal spouses and family members.  Furthermore, abuse of someone related to a House by blood is liable to offend the honor of the House.  Most children born to a blooded mage are born mortal, but mortal and mage children are almost never raised together, an arrangement that generally requires mortal spouses to be treated with mind controlling magic.  Most in the modern Rebellion accept equality between mages and mortals, at least in theory.  In the Houses and Rebellion alike, mortal friends and family are rarely let in on the truth about the world.  A mortal’s mind can be read so the more they know, the more of a danger they are to themselves and anyone they know about.