World Eryndor

Key I - Everyday Magic

Turning on lights, preserving food, purifying water, or growing plants. In the Kingdoms of Ash, even these uses can be restricted by taxes or permits.

Key II - Professional Magic

Manufacturing, construction, transportation, and medicine. It requires recognized training and a license, which can be expensive.

Key III - Defensive Magic

Barriers, city protection, and advanced self-defense. The government decides who can learn it and wield associated magical objects.

Key IV - Specialized Magic

Teleportation, matter manipulation, and complex rituals. Only certain academies and organizations are authorized.

Key V - Sovereign Magic

Spells capable of altering territories, breaking great barriers, or affecting entire populations. Their use is primarily reserved for the Crown and authorized military institutions.

1. Vegetative magic: controls plants, roots, flowers, and fungi. It can heal, defend, or immobilize. It is the least dangerous of the three.

2. Creative magic: allows the creation of magical objects, weapons, barriers, and structures. Its danger depends on what is created and its power.

3. Black magic: uses dark energies to curse, corrupt, or harm living beings. It is the most dangerous due to its destructive and difficult-to-reverse effects.

Types of magic forbidden in Eryndor, from least dangerous to most dangerous:

Sensory magic: alters the senses or allows the detection of secrets. It is forbidden for spying or deceiving. Elemental magic: controls fire, water, wind, and earth. Its use in populated areas is restricted.

Mind magic: manipulates thoughts, memories, and emotions. Using it without consent is illegal. Blood magic: uses blood to weaken or control living beings. It is heavily restricted.

Summoning magic: allows the summoning of dangerous creatures or entities. Only certain groups can practice it. Soul magic: alters, absorbs, or binds souls. It is forbidden in the five realms.

*Nullification magic: suppresses magical powers and can destabilize large amounts of magic. It is considered the most dangerous.

Restrictions by realm:

• Realms of Ash: expensive permits and much underground magic.

Iron Kingdoms: allow industrial magic and restrict dangerous magic. Silver Kingdoms: require licenses and exams.

Golden Kingdoms: the wealthy obtain special permits. Crown Kingdoms: the nobility controls the authorizations and can conceal their own abuses.

The ban also functions as a tool of social control, especially against the poor and discriminated species.

V. Kingdoms of Ash: corruption through bribery, smuggling and abuse of power by local authorities.
IV. Iron Kingdoms: labor corruption, exploitation of workers, and illegal agreements between merchants and rulers.
III. Silver Kingdoms: manipulation of trials, political favoritism and the purchase of public offices.
II. Golden Kingdoms: bribes from big merchants, tax evasion and the purchase of magical licenses.
I. Crown Kingdoms: manipulation of laws, control of institutions, and secret agreements to maintain power and wealth.

Anthropomorphic individuals may discriminate against other species based on their physical characteristics, customs, or abilities. Prejudices also exist between different anthropomorphic lineages.

• Hybrids: may suffer rejection due to combining characteristics of different species. Some are discriminated against even by other hybrids because of their ancestry or social position.
• Mixed ancestry: People of mixed ancestry may face rejection from families seeking to preserve their lineages, traditions, property, or privileges.

3. Crossbreeding between races and species
   Definition: the combination of ancestry from different races or species through descent. It can also refer, in a cultural sense, to the integration between communities.
   Types of miscegenation:
   Between breeds of the same species: produces hereditary variations without necessarily constituting a hybrid.
   Between compatible species: can result in hybrid offspring.
   Between magical lineages: can transmit different magical affinities or abilities.
   Cultural: involves the combination of languages, customs, and traditions between communities.
   Social consequences:

2. Hybrids; They can inherit physical or magical abilities from their parents.
   Siblings may have different characteristics.
   Not everyone possesses special powers or a high magical ranking.
   Social classification:
   They may suffer discrimination from humans and anthropomorphic beings.
   Some are rejected for not fitting into traditional categories.
   Hybrids from privileged families may receive different treatment than those from poor families.
   There may also be prejudices between different groups of hybrids.

1. Anthropomorphic
   Definition: humanoid beings belonging to species with predominantly animal physical characteristics.
   Physical characteristics:
   They may have fur, feathers, scales, snouts, tails, claws, horns, or animal ears.
   Their anatomy depends on the species to which they belong.
   They can develop intelligence, language, culture, and magic.
   Their physical capabilities and senses vary according to their species.
   Social classification:
   Some are discriminated against because of their species or appearance.
   Prejudices may exist between different types of anthropomorphic people.
   Some consider hybrids to be inferior.
   Their social position also depends on their wealth, nationality, and lineage.
   Example: a person with a humanoid body, snout, fur, and tail of a fox

Economy: monopolies, magical resources, and financial institutions.

Population: moderate, with concentrated wealth.

Crime: low in records, covert institutional corruption.

Miscegenation: selective, if it benefits alliances or inheritances.

Magic: access to advanced disciplines, restrictions according to status.

Discrimination: welcoming speeches, but ancient lineages control the government. Noble hybrids accepted, those of humble origins not.

Government: a crown backed by ministers, bankers, and the institution that regulates magic. Wealth derived from exploitative contracts with lesser kingdoms.

Economy: banking, international trade, magical medicine and luxury.

Population: moderate.

Crime: low official records, hidden financial crimes.

Miscegenation: permitted in popular sectors. Nobles prefer select lineages.

Magic: for those who have degrees, licenses, or money.

Discrimination: wealthy foreigners are welcomed, while poor travelers are detained on suspicion. Some anthropomorphic people consider hybrids inferior.

Government: a commercial aristocracy that buys offices and finances judges.

Intermediate range. Stability, bureaucracy, and normalized prejudices.

Economy: trade, advanced agriculture, education and crafts.

Population: moderate-high.

Crime: moderate, with courts.

Miscegenation: variable by region.

Magic: by academies, exams and permits.

Discrimination: theoretical equality, but surname, wealth, and species influence it. Hybrids can study magic with more evidence.

Government: parliamentary monarchy. Noble families finance campaigns and obtain favorable laws.

Low rank. Work, industry and inequality.

• Economy: blacksmithing, textiles, manufacturing and minerals.
• Population: high.
• Crime: moderate-high in industrial districts.
• Miscegenation: common in cities, less accepted in rural areas.
• Magic: permitted for work, with licenses.
• Discrimination: strong anthropomorphic individuals are used for physical labor. Hybrids with traits considered unhelpful suffer exclusion. Foreigners have difficulty acquiring property.
• Government: a monarchy that favors wealthy guilds. Workplace accidents are rarely investigated if the victim is a minority.

The ranges
poverty, abandonment, survival
Economy: mining, precarious agriculture and smuggling
population: very high in cities, due to displacement and lack of land.
Crime: high, although many crimes are due to poverty.
miscegenation: humans, anthropomorphs and hybrids coexist.
Magic: limited to basic uses, including curing diseases or improving harvests
Discrimination: The inhabitants are considered ignorant and dangerous by the higher kingdoms. The kingdoms usually receive the worst jobs, while certain anthropomorphic groups control entire neighborhoods.
Government: Gentlemen with businesses indebted to foreign merchants. The guards accepted bribes, ignoring the crimes.