The Four Magical Family information [wip]

by **Jordan Reynolds** August 16th 2012, 2:29 am

The Caster Family

The Casters are one of four illustrious magical families that inhabit the world and are considered to produce the most powerful on average in wielding the arts of magic. Though there is a story to each and their influence in history is varied. The Casters have a deluded form of Fae blood within their veins that has managed to persist within their family from time immemorial. The knowledge of this is kept within the family, if only to prevent someone from trying to tap into the potential that resides within their blood.

The Casters work off of a patriarchal system, usually with an item of power cementing their heirs rule over the family once it is passed down by the one before them. Caster family members are usually adept in the arts of Necromancy as well as any sort of pact that would be made with a dark entity, sometimes are naturally skilled in the arts of dark magic, ranging from shadow to blood magic.

In the terms of political power, theirs is immense in the realm of magic and all that have to do with it. Power only equaled by the other families as well as a few other powerful individuals within the world of magic, as well as a slight sway within the political workings of the nation. Unlike The Thames or Thiel’s,they do not cast off members not skilled enough to become magic users but groom them for the world of politics,aiming to make them Senators, mayors and any public official that they could possibly be.

The family is always working in the shadows, choosing not to garner too much attention. They are prone to taking more high profile magical tasks but have the tendency not to be caught. Their wealth is due to having existed for centuries if not a millennia is immense and has not decreased by the years; but in fact has increased;thus allowing even the lesser members comfortable life styles. The Casters are tolerant and even welcoming of social trends, taking it as simply adapting with the ages instead of staying stagnant.

Sometimes they take in promising members,"adopting" them into their family,though only for their own ends.

The Thames Family

The Thames family, much like the other three illustrious clans, possess magical gifts far greater than the average magical user and in their case have a particularly potent control over elemental magic. Compared to the other families the Thames remain the most volatile and 'trigger happy' with their abilities, often causing conflict with the other families and society as a whole. Although their menacing values often result in particularly unavoidable dramas their influence spans across the ages and much like the three other magical powerhouses the Thames family possess some unique bloodline, in their case they hold the aura of daemons, ancient creatures capable of manipulating the earth, sea and sky.

Unlike the Caster's the Thames family do not specifically seek after magical artifacts but rather, are always on the search for more firepower to add to their artillery. This 'firepower' involves ancient weapons, demons and metahumans who possess elemental abilities. They are ruthless in their search for such things and often times abuse their influential powers to attain these items. Since their powers are offensive in nature the thames family often focus on the brute force of their magic specifically focusing on the sheer amount of destruction they can cause. These displays of power however are contained, they would not openly unleash their abilities unless they see the need to.

In some cases, where a family member possesses mediocre power or are incapable of controlling their abilities they are immediately excommunicated and never accepted back into the exclusive circle. Power is key for this family, whoever holds the most power possesses the most authority and it is not uncommon for internal conflict to arise within the family when deciding on who is to attain the rank of 'patriarch'.

The Hale Family

The Hale family is probably one of the oldest of the four magical families; second only to the illustrious Thiel’s family whose origins are unknown. They are known throughout the magical world as master craftsman and enchanters, capable of enchanting powerful magical items that could within their own right be a weapon of legend. The Hale’s are possibly the most lenient in the families when it comes to many things, such as none magically inclined members, who are treated as equals with the others.

Their enchanting skill is unmatched by any human craftsman simply because of their lineage, which is a small amount of Dwarven blood that allows them a finer degree of skill with metal,as well as weaving magical energies into the inner workings of the metal itself. They are capable of creating weapons that could put modern weaponry to shame, as well as they could possibly claim to have crafted legendary weapons such as Excalibur and that is a believable claim.

They like the other families have at least one house within each of the larger cities of the United States as well as a house within the country of Ireland. Their relations with the other families are shaky at best, though that being mostly due to their friendly ties with the witch Elena. The family has an equal amount of influence in the magical world but their influence within the mundane world is limited to the political system of Chicago, thus making their influence greater only within the windy city.