Arcanus was the last member of the Twelve Great Families and generally acknowledged as the weakest.
The reason, had been a fit of rumor spread through the public to satisfy the hunger of curious citizens.
A swirl of rumors that barely scratched the truth.
A household blessed with Dark Mana – or better still, cursed by it.
Dark Mana was referred to as a cursed form of Mana.
Nature's energy mixes with Miasma to give an uncut form of mutation, termed Dark Mana.
At the time, at least a hundred years ago, Dark Mana users were persecuted.
This included Dark Mages and every form of occult groups that made use of the energy.
System Users and Non-system Users alike.
Naturally, this manner of treatment reached the Arcanus Household. A family of naturally adapted Dark Mana Users.
Its constant use was once a cause for severe physiological and psychological trauma with their Users. But they were different. Exempted.
A class of their own in the Occult.