Human

Humans are the dominant species on Earth. Although their body is weak, with the transplant of a mana core and the use of mana, they can match, or even surpass, other alien species such as the Nak.

## Knowledge of Mana

Humans are a step behind in evolutionary terms due to the Nak that introduce mana to Earth, when there was none before. The First Impact gave them access to mana before they were ready to wield it. They are different from species who have already lived with mana for thousands of years, making them adapt to that incredible energy.

Humans are not born with a mana core, instead they have to use an implant to use mana.

### Uses

The speciality of humans lies in their various technologies, such as magical items: clothing that can defend against powerful spells, rings that can turn into shields, swords capable of shooting rays of mana, ...

Yet, in comparison, their control over mana with their body is substandard. Humans' understanding of mana is crass, and they don't bother to go deeper into understanding mana, treating it as a simple fuel for Martial Arts. However, even with their crude understanding of mana, they have achieved a great deal, and their experiences with alien species have even allowed them to replicate some techniques, albeit not to their original potential.

### Research

Humankind is exceptionally new to mana. If one takes away the centuries spent reverse engineering and experimenting, there is little more than two hundred years left of actual independent development.

Humankind had nothing more than broken cities and corpses, after the First Impact, but it managed to rebuild and learn. It didn't take long before the first humans started to advance through the levels of mana. Humans should have gone extinct that day, but they have learnt to wield their new power and accomplished wonders with it.

Human started copying from other species, they do not have iconic arts. They simplified what was copied from others. It was very hit and miss at first, but things improved once they gained access to new alien knowledge. It will take humankind thousands of years to obtain something remotely close to an art developed only for humans. The limiting factors is that they have to wait for their species to evolve to a more suitable form. Still, in the meantime, they continue to accumulate knowledge and translating it into their language.

## Political sphere

Humanity is built around the Global Army, the military forces, and the families, who held economic and political power.

The Global Army and the families are different entities. They may be connected, even fused, but they still remain different. There is a difference between a soldier and a member of a family, even more so if it is one of the noble families.

The Global Army is no longer at war with other species. Nonetheless, the Global Army let the soldiers die to obtain a minimal tactical advantage in battles for a planet that doesn't belong to Humans. Humankind is strong among the discovered solar systems. But it has lost a purpose. Wars have become playgrounds. Humans aren't aiming to see how far mana can bring them anymore. They prefer to steal metal and seal alliances with an emotionless alien species instead of trusting each other. (in reference to Ecoruta)

### Families

The human society is built around families. The powerful families have plenty of resources, loads of contacts with other families and influence, and if one managed to have a relationship with one of the Ten noble families then their prestige would skyrocket, such as the Cobsend family. The smaller families have less power but it also means they are not bound by political play as much as the more powerful one. Most families are family in the traditional sense, they focused in one area they are good at, and can leg to their descendant the martial arts and spells of the family since the mana's element rarely change from one family member to another. For example, the Weeso family is one of the poorer families in Ylaco but they managed since almost all their member have the earth or metal element and by sharing their legacy with the new generations they can forsake a lot of expenses.

The families have their own organisation but they almost always follow the same pattern. There is a patriarch or a matriarch at the head of the family, among the member of the family the more talented one become representatives, and finally each new generations are called descendants. Additionally, outsiders can be brought into the family such as the masters that trained the descendants, or through a marriage.

Inside the more powerful families, the game of succession if very harsh. The more talented descendants want to become representative and eventually the head of the family, but their parents also eyed for those positions. The mana allowing people to live longer makes the competition even fiercer.