Homo Magi

People that specialize in magic

**Homo Magi**, also called **Homo Magus**, are a subspecies of humans with the gift of magic from DC Comics.

## Physiology

The Homo Magi are not all that different from humans because they are a subspecies of humanity that have evolved to use their magical abilities that can be used in number of ways. It is unknown when they appeared but some believe that they've shown up since the Stone Ages. Each individual Homo Magi can use magic pending on the type of person they are or the type of training, yet not all have an equal amount of power.

## Racial Abilities

* **Magic**: Homo Magi are capable of naturally possessing and manipulating magic at will, unlike ordinary humans whom require the use of other methods such as arcane items or familiars.
* **Decelerated Aging**: Homo Magi can live from centuries up to thousands of years.
* **Occultism**: Sometimes called *mysticism*, Occultism is a term used to describe the ability of some characters that have obtained magical or hidden wisdom. Users of this knowledge are called "occultists" and invoke their textbooks to unlock the power of magic. Some use spiritual tactics, like Native Americans. Some use beliefs and invocations, like Buddhists or Hindus. People with this ability can use magic without being born with the ability to use magic.

### Weaknesses

They are no different from ordinary humans in many ways.

## Pre-Apocalypse

According to DC Comics, they appeared differently in Post-Crisis/New Earth and Prime Earth. In New Earth, the Homo Magi evolved in a parallel but separate line, alongside Homo Sapiens. Homo Magi are naturally adept at magic; since many humans possess the Homo Magi gene because of their relationships in the distant past, these humans can learn to use indirect magic by performing rituals, but pure Homo Magi or their direct descendants can use direct magic. This is according to Doctor Mist. And according to him, the Homo Magi have existed for as long as the human race, but due to their special abilities, they did not expand as the Homo Sapiens did. Eventually, they started to interbreed with normal humans, resulting in many generations of Homo Magi / Homo Sapiens hybrids. As the number of pure Homo Magi dwindled, they decided to go into hiding.

In the Prime Earth, however, the time of emergence is completely unknown. They existed on Earth since the dawn of human civilization and thousands of years after the sinking of the most powerful civilization on Earth, Nan Mandol. Having been taught magic within the Rock of Eternity, the now lair of Shazam, the Homo Magi eventually found their way to Earth and spread their magic throughout the world.

In the psyche multiverse, many of them have spread throughout every thought in the minds of many that knew about any form of Homo Magi. Many of them joined with other humans that use magic in a wide variety of ways along with different rules for each system of different magic. At one point, they even created their own magical kingdom with the help of other humans that can use magic from various sources.

## Post-Apocalypse

When the apocalypse came, many of them ended-up in the Caribbean Sea and the islands in that sea. Many did all they could with whatever form of magic they brought with them while being lead by Brother Voodoo to protect the people. They shoot lighting at sea monsters, teleport many to safety, enslave or obliterate zombies, and use every last bit of magic they possess to be heroes. Few others did appear in other parts of the world such as India, Tibet, Eastern Europe, and in Africa as they help and saved many as they could alongside other creations. They became prominent members of society as many try to learn about their arts with Buddhist and Hindu practitioners learning about how to conduct magic.

Even after the second phase, they traveled to other galaxies alongside banished Avatars and other magical humans to teach people on how to defend themselves. However, they do come into philosophical conflict with other specially gifted orders such as Jedi and Sith.