Faust Clan

The Faust Clan Symbol

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The **Faust Clan** is the famous clan consisting of magic-wielders of the utmost-tier, founded by the legendary sorcerer Johann Georg Faust who had made a deal with the Demon Mephisto Pheles.

However, due to the genocide performed by the German Empire onto the magic-wielders of Germany during World War I, the clan is considered by the supernatural world to be extinct and the majority of its members to fall out of their magical practices, chosing to live as mundane humans.

The current head is George Faust of the Hero Faction, and his two heirs are Carter and Sadie Kane, famed magicians of the House of Life.

## Summary

The Faust Clan is an exceptionally famous clan in the supernatural world, known for producing the most talented and powerful magic-wielders known to history, consisting of many magi, sorcerers, and wizards of great renown. According to George, at their prime, the clan was considered the ruling clan of all magus clans of Germany, with great political influences over the German nobilities and the various sorcerer clans and wizarding houses in the region.

It is most well-known for their legendary founder, Johann Georg Faust, who is most known for having founded the magician association Grauzauberer and made a contract with the infamous Demon Mephisto Pheles, to the point where his name becomes synonymous with Deals with the Devil.

Due to the fame revolving around its founder, the clan is well-known for its connection with the Netherworld, especially with the Pheles Clan, and is even considered by many Devil elites to be a vassal house of the Devil Clan.

However, because of their immense powers in the supernatural world, they became the first target of the German Empire's magic genocide in World War I, as they deemed the clan was too much of a threat to their military and political power. Because of this, they allied with many of the clans' long-time enemies to put an end to their reign, having captured and executed numerous members of the clan to the point where the majority of the supernatural world had believed the clan had gone extinct entirely.

The house is also greatly known for their influence over Scholomance, one of the oldest wizarding schools in the supernatural world, as many Fausts have been professors and headmasters that the school ever since the house's founding day, with both the original matriarch Margaret Faust and the current one Myrcella Faust née Ypsilantis, being headmistresses of the school.

In the late 20XX, a small branch of surviving Fausts living in London reawakened their magical powers after years of living among the mundanes, as Ruby Faust and her little brother George were able to summon Mephisto Pheles without any proper instruction and requirement due to the lingering demonic power remained in their Faustian blood.

## Traits

All members of the Faust family, even Johann Georg Faust's father and grandfather, are said to have striking eyes "filled with iron and steel". The majority of born Fausts are also described as having dark-colored hair, often black or dark-brown.

## Abilities

The house is most well-known for their exceptional magical powers, even in comparison with more ancient and renowned houses such as the Ambrosius Clan or the Lefay Clan. Even distant descendants of the house, such as Carter and Sadie Kane, who descended from the house through their mother Ruby - a member of the house's side branch, are known for usually being more powerful than the average magicians or sorcerers of their age.

Because of this, the house became one of the most influential houses in the western Europe, as many other houses strived to have at least one of their members come from that house, regardless if they are trueborns or bastards.

According to Mephisto, this is the result of Margarete Faust, who used her Longinus Sephiroth Graal to increase the natural magical core of her children and descendants, in contrast to other houses who seek such methods through a combination of inbreeding or breeding with magically powerful species like devils or fairies. He stated that she was one of the first people to discover and research about genetics, which combined with her status as a commoner and a woman living in the 16th-century, made her possibly one of the brightest sorceresses of all time.

They are most known for the unique, hereditary magic known simply as Faustian Magic, which allows them to borrow the enhanced physical and supernatural abilities of their nonhuman allies, in exchange for giving said allies an immense boost in their own magical skills and reserve. In its highest level, users can even use the divine powers of a god by using their body as vessels or hosts of said god's divine essence, thus essentially becoming their mortal incarnations in the process. According to Ruby, it was because of their Faustian heritage that both Carter and Sadie were able to become the hosts for Horus and Isis respectively at such a young age without dying.

In addition to their hereditary magic, they also have a natural talent toward Summoning Magic and Transformation Magic, which Azazel theorized to be the original foundation for their Faustian Magic. Their greatest field of magic, however, is alchemy, as demonstrated by how they have contributed 1/3 of what known about the field of modern alchemy, with many alchemical achievements and breakthroughs are either by members of the Faust Clan or based on pre-existed research done by the house. It's because of this that the most prestigious award in alchemy, the Trismegistus Wreath, also featured the Faust Clan's symbol of two roses beneath the golden wreath. Their original matriarch, Margarete Faust, was also credited as one of the few alchemists capable of creating the legendary artifact known as the Philosopher's Stone.

## Residence

The Faust Clan's ancestral house is known as the **Faustian Hightower**, located in Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is a massive stepped tower roughly over 244 m (800') in height, with a labyrinthine square fortress of enchanted ivory at the castle foundation contains halls, vaults, and chambers. The top of the tower contains the apartments of the Faust family, while the deep vaults located underground are where the family's workshops and ancestral library are located.

According to local legends, the tower was not built by the Faust Clan, but instead a former Lord Faust had conquered it after killing its former residents, a coven of ancient witches who, ironically, worshipped the demon Mephistopheles.

## Emblem

The Faust Clan's emblem is a silver cross with two blooming roses growing over it, one symbolizes Johann Georg Faust, while the other his wife Margarete. Behind the cross is a silver-and-red aureola, engraved upon it is the phrase "Credo in Unum Deum", or "I Believe in One God" in Latin, which was originally the house's unofficial motto before the second lord, Heinrich Faust, changed it into the modern house word.

## Trivia

* Despite their connection with Mephisto Pheles, the Netherworld, and the occult in general, the majority of the family are devoted Christians and have unofficially support the Vatican for centuries.
	+ The Church of the Holy Spirit in Heidelberg is rumored to have been built and/or sponsored by one of Johann Georg Faust's ancestors.
* The clan are descended from the pharaoh Ramesses the Great through the original matriarch of the clan, Magarete.