In the world, there are places like the United States, Canada, Egypt and all such other familiar places. It seems like the typical, humans, animals, just things like that. But there also exists a force which most in the world have heard of, but think it's fake or just a legend.
Magic, that mystic invisible force that is so irreversibly tied in with the supernatural, that force that most humans don't believe exists except in their little card tricks.
However, magic is very much assuredly a real thing. And they have creatures and humans, yes humans, that possess it.They usually call themselves wizards, witches, sorcerers, mages, it's all the same although some prefer one term better than the others. Magic once flowed freely all throughout the world and magic and non magical people lived together in harmony. But then the non magical humans started to fear their magic neighbors, and the otherworldly creatures that lived alongside them. They turned on them, things like the Salem trials happened, the stonings, the burnings, the shootings. It had driven the magical community underground, and with them disappeared even the knowledge of magic from the minds of ordinary humans.
But magic still survives, although it is normally hidden from the paranoid inbred fear of ordinary humans. There are still magical people being born every day all around the world. Some are even born to non magical parents families, these are called the Synith-born, Synith being the word for non magic people in Greek. These magical people are something of an enigma, neither fully accepted as "true" witches and wizards or cast out as monsters by their ordinary families. This isn't always the case but it is an overwhelming majority, just like normal children they need some place to go.
The Lethifold Wars were fought two hundred years ago, a light versus dark battle that raged throughout history. Of course the light prevailed, and the dark was battered by their losses.
Mrs. Maria Maverty, and her husband Jace Maverty came up with a solution. To preserve the future of their world as well as protect the children that are born like them, they converted a castle into a school where young witches and wizards could be trainee and be good upstanding citizens of the magical community, Maverty's School of Magic.
However, not all thought this was a wonderful idea. The magical families that supported the Dark, the ones that didn't turn, felt some type of way about being ostracized and forced to give up their way of life. Now these mages are the baddest of the bad, the ones that children are told about to scare them, their knowledge of dark magic and crimes committed against Synith and mage alike sent shock waves throughout the entire magic community. They decided to build a school of their own, a school that churned out more dark wizards and wicked witches than most have even seen before. This school, a grand imposing castle settled in the mountains of Germany, founded by Nerissa and Loran Vallor, the Vallor Academy of the Dark Arts. This is where the evil mage in training goes to learn his or her craft...this place is kept out of sight by powerful enchantments but that doesn't mean it's invisible. Each school has been heard off, the Maverty kids are often threatened to be sent there if they're naughty.
Now there is no fixed rule, not all who attend Maverty's are good just like not all who attend the Academy are evil. Some students are forced by their parents to go to these places and their true alignment doesn't match their studies. Some are figuring themselves out, some are simply neutral and are just going here to learn magic. These two schools have been at war for centuries, and soon enough a greater enemy will come and threaten them all. Which path will you choose? Will you be a good mage like Merlin, will you choose the path of evil, will you simply be neutral or are you trying to convince somebody to turn around?
Families
These are some of the most powerful magical families throughout the magical world, whether Dark, Light or Neutral, not all of them walk their family path. Many get disowned because of this and their customs are vastly different, what is certain is the amount of influence and power they all hold is massive. You can app a family, I'm just making a few myself.
