Mages are incredibly revered beings on Akarsa, they are powerful, mighty and seen as higher than a mortal. Everyone looks up to them, well, other than Felix.  He's part of a clan of Mages, he's even the son of the Primarch of the clan, but he was born without Mage Veins or a Mage Core. So he was shunned by those who weren't his close family.  But you know what they say; When you're weak at something, you've gotta be strong at something as well, right?