Magic-folk
General term for humans with magical capacities, from spellcasting to prophetic visions; (noun)
Pronounciation: mad͡ʒɪk-fəʊk
Etymology: combines English ‘magic’, from Ancient Greek μαγικός (magikós, “magical”) + English ‘folk’, from Old English folc (Proto-Germanic *fulką).
Homo sapiens is not a magical species, therefore, humans with magical traits must have magion ancestry in their lineage. This lineage can be fae, going back generations to times when fae lived in our world, or it could be from native magions such as gnomidae or homoformus polymorphidae parentage. A third option is a theorized native species of magical humans that has become extinct, however, at this time there are no clear records of such a species.
Magical lineage does not always become apparent in children of such unions, and can sometimes resurface in descendants generations on. It is unclear why this happens or how, but it is known that the magical 'element' can be weak or strong, regardless of the generational distance from the magical ancestor.
Because of the various sources of the magical hesitance in humans, it has many expressions and is very hard to follow or predict. This is particularly true in magic-folk groups that isolated themselves from non-magical humans and preferred to find partners among other magic-folk, because their children often carry a mixed magical heritage.
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