Magical Mutation
Magical mutations are, as the name suggests genetic mutations caused by magic. The most well-known magical mutations are those which caused the first members of the four non-human sapient species: Elves, Dragons, Sprites, and Mermish, though other forms of magical mutation do exist.
Though magical mutations are well documented, especially in Brek, it is unknown exactly how they come about. The leading theory is that in certain situations, a person's body gets flooded with so much magic that it changes. This is supported by incidents in which people who have learned powerful magic they were not born with have undergone physical changes, such as eye color.
Magical mutations are also the most likely cause for families which retain particular magical gifts in humans. While the natural gift of a parent is typically no indication of the natural gift of a child, in some families, most notably the Letterman family, known for carrying the Duel Claw Staff of Night, only one magical gift is present. This also implies that genes tied to magic will, more often than not, dominate non-magical genes.
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