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===Mages===

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Since the ability to perform magic is genetic in nature, mages tend to come from families of mages. In case of full blooded mages, nearly all of their family members tend to be mages. Half blooded have more variance. The majority of the family could still be mages. Or the gene could be so weak that it hasn’t surfaced in generations, coming as a complete surprise. Or anything in between.

The powers of the Heavenly and Hellish Hosts are not terribly compatible with beings of our world and the gene giving access to them tends to disappear rapidly. Therefore, for Angel- or Devil-blooded, the most common situation is to have a single parent or grandparent as the source of the gene. Sometimes that person is, in truth, not human at all. The bodies the Hosts use in our world are perfectly capable of breeding with humans, in order to maintain their proxy bloodlines.

A small number of private schools specifically teach the offspring of magical bloodlines. Mainly the children of full blood mages, but also a small number of various kinds of half blooded, and even an occasional werewolf. Whatever schools of magic a mage is versed in, she has been taught either in such a school or in private tuition. Private tutelage is in most cases done by a family member.

There is one anomalous type of mage. In fact, they may not be mages at all. The Templars. Their powers are highly different and cannot necessarily be even reproduced by regular magic. It may be an entirely different power. The Templar organization indeed does not call it magic, but miracles of faith. The organization, although not a public one, is commonly known to magical society. They trace their roots back to the medieval knightly order by that name, consider themselves as a force of defenders against the otherworldly forces, and seek to recruit and train people capable of miracles. But even their power appears to be genetic in nature. Everyone who can manifest them can be tracked back to the original knighthood genealogically. And while in common parlance everyone capable of miracles, or Templar powers, is called a Templar, not all of them agree to join the actual organization or agree with its interpretations about the nature of their powers.