Ludera
Firlodge_the_second
((I figure that in 'normal' people, the levels are generally controlled by hormones until you reach a certain age and then when hormones go wack, the controls slip.
Blood type factors in too.
I'm with you on the gradual process thing.))
((I'm thinking of linking mine to FSH production as a way to explain why older women can do more than men (FSH is a hormone that is low before puberty--for both men and women--and very high in menopausal women, so menopause might mark a second stage in magic-gland development), but I need to do more research. I'll also have to attach it in some way to the thyroid, though I'm not exactly sure how I can connect that to puberty yet either. There's only one kind of magic though (healing) so I don't need to worry about the biology of different abilities, thank god. I'm assuming that's what you're using the blood types for?))
((Not really. I use it to decide how many 'powers' each person is capable of expressing.
Innate magic (as opposed to substance magic which is just... yeh, let's not go there) latches on to the antigens on red blood cells. There is no genetic determination of which magic dominates which magic (because that gives even me a headache), it's just a matter of which one gets there first.
In O- blood, it's just a red blood cell so no magic for them, even if they did inherit the correct gene makeup for it.
O+ people get one. Ditto for A- and B-
A+ and B+ get two.
AB+ get three.
And I complicate matters further by alelles for magic and how powerful said magic is.))
