Unlike the Kingdom of Norvaegard, which was a kingdom of warriors, the Kingdom of Inevir was a kingdom of mages.
Most of Inevir's oldest noble families traced their bloodlines back to the spellcasters who had served the ancient empire from which the kingdom descended.
Magical talent determined the prestige of a noble house. A family that produced several high-circle mages could rise rapidly through the kingdom's hierarchy, while one whose magical bloodline weakened would gradually lose its influence.
For centuries, this inheritance had allowed Inevir to consider itself superior to its neighbors. Its ancestors had used magic to destroy the empire once inhabited by Norvaegard's ancestors, and the people of Inevir believed that history had proven their right to rule.
They had tried numerous times to take over Norvaegard, but the aura users of Norvaegard were evenly matched with Inevir's high-circle mages.
