It's... well, it's an honor and a heartache, all at once. Our history says that all of our people could do magic, once. Our Keepers are always mages, and a clan needs a Keeper. A Keeper needs a First, to take over for them. With no mages in the clan... they needed someone who could fill that role.
But it's also a lonely existence, being the First.
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It's... well, it's an honor and a heartache, all at once. Our history says that all of our people could do magic, once. Our Keepers are always mages, and a clan needs a Keeper. A Keeper needs a First, to take over for them. With no mages in the clan... they needed someone who could fill that role.
But it's also a lonely existence, being the First.