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  • Sarah Peterson

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    February 19, 2020 at 12:58 am

    This could be interesting because the only “race issue” is between magic and non-magic. Eits are those with Magic, Umas do not have magic. Yes- there have been times when both sides have tried to eliminate the other-This is an alternate history. (Crusades, WWII, early Mesopotamia,etc.)

    Here is the interesting part Umas are the only ones who can have PM or HR – but their lines have to be clean – no genetic markers for magic. SO the parents would show up as Uma with no makers and their kid’s genetic markers would say they are Eits. BIG give away.

    PM has 4 markers but would only pass 2
    HR has 3 markers but would only pass 1
    Eits can have 3-4 markers but only pass 2
    Uma can have 0-2 markers but can pass 1-2 – I’m thinking that three generations are the most a magic marker can survive without combining with another marker if it doesn’t by the third generation – the fourth generation will be zeroed out.

    If an Eit marries a Uma their children will either have magic or not – there are no mix families.