A bit of info on world history and geography before we begin,
The world is split into two large land masses or continents- Yeqall (where both MCs are) and Vralin. The Vralin is the home of the beasts whereas humans and demi humans reside in Yeqall. Beasts once ruled both continents, but with the founding of Magics and birth of demi humans, beasts were driven off Yeqall.
The beasts are sentient and are many times stronger than humans and demi humans. They live in tribes and if one were to compare Vralin and Yeqall - they would realise that Yeqall is more developed than Vralin.
After centuries of peace war broke out between both continents (details will be provided further down the story). Both sides ended at a stalemate when Vralin had conquered 1/3 of Yeqall. This lead to the fall of two of the previous six kingdoms and a new fifth beast Kingdom was formed on Yeqall. There has been a century of peace ever since but the cogs leading to war have started to move...
'Marks'
The birth of demi humans is widely debated on. Many believe that they are descendants of legendary beasts while others believe that they are descendants of makes who tried to gain the power of beasts and succeeded. Whatever one may believe - it is an undoubted fact that demi humans due to their marks are far too important a force against beasts.
'Marks' allow their owners to turn into the beasts they depict and also give the an affinity to the magic the 'Marks' colouring corresponds to. However, demi humans cannot have an affinity to a colour that either 'Mark does not depict'.
To know how strong a 'mark' exactly is - one has to go to the army to get a name for their type of beast and see it special abilities, combat skills, etc.
Eg:
Tiger-
Main character (name not confirmed) : unknown but has golden and dark colours
Poor men and women : Colourless (therefore they have no possibility for Magics), their Tiger is a the most basic Tiger which is just called a Tiger and thus their physical capabilities are very low.
Birds -
Walter Gladstone : 'Mark' not seen. We know that he is a phoenix. His magic includes but is not limited to - fire. Due to it being a mythical being, his physical capabilities are all top notch and he can defeat powerful beasts even without his 'Mark'. Special ability (due to how powerful his beast is) - when killed has 50% chance of revival in 24hrs, 100% chance of revival in week (he can only revive if he was in phoenix form when he dies)
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Magics
All humans have an affinity to at least one magic. How powerful this affinity is can be seen from when a human is young and a high ranking mage check their datians. (more info next chapter)
Types of Magics - the colour they correspond - personality type
Nature - green - peaceful and caring
Fire - red - bloodthirsty, brave, valiant, aggressive, destructive and etc,.
Lightning - golden - destructive, arrogant, Clever and etc.
Water - blue - peaceful, adaptive, clever, caring and etc.
Earth - Brown - defensive, protective, brave, leadership and etc
Wind - yellow - fast, adventurous, playful, funny and etc
Darkness and Shadows (misunderstood to be two different types) - black - see the world differently (therefore tend to become evil, aggressive, destructive, heartless and etc.)
Light - white
Time - nil - not enough jnfo
Space - nil - not enough info
Metal - silver - not enough info
Ice (water types can use ice but ice types cannot use water) - frosty blue - cold, heartless and etc.
Personality is only affected when one walks down the path of Magics and thus most people remain unaffected and this is also why mages are considered to be eccentric.
Eg:
Prince Favian Aylard - 4 affinities - fire, water and nature - personality (unknown)
Maxiflo - unknown - strongest magician in an unnamed Kingdom - personality (unknown)
Author's notes: brief overview on the world and abilities. Technology may be added to the sides of the humans and demi humans for they are still quite a bit weaker. Next time :see as Tiger survives and Prince lives lavishly...