The Family

The Family is a faction of Metas who all believe that Metas should live normal, human lives. This group is directly opposed to Allegoricrum, who believe that Metas are made to collect knowledge and nothing more.

## Organization and Structure

The Family was lead by the Light and Water Metas. Their rule was solely imposed to settle problems and later on decide on war strategies. Everyone else who joined The Family was considered to be on the same level. Other powers and perks weren't granted for fear of in-fighting.

The Family all resided in a large heavily guarded base dubbed "Castle". Castle's defenses were well supported and powered by the Water Meta. Despite not needing it, everyone who joined was assigned personal sleeping quarters. There was a large city filled with Fated that surrounded Castle, all of whom worked in synergy with the Metas.

### Morality and Beliefs

The only thing The Family saw as a threat to their existence was Elanor Orchard and Girmir. The first was a unknown being none of them understood, but one that was clearly more powerful than them. The second was one that was entirely out of their control. Either one could erase all Metas from existence in an instant should they ever want it. Eventually, all new and old members were both prepared and trained in combat to battle against the two threats.

In terms of ruling, Metas were encouraged to avoid the usage of mana at all costs. Realiments were allowed, but still ill advised. The Family wanted saw overuse of magic as the root of all major problems. A life of simplicity to them would lead to happiness and satisfaction in the long run.

Additionally, The Family saw the usage of Fated as tools was immoral, and thus never used them under any circumstances. To simulate the family process, many of the Metas took to both Sponsoring and Spirits to create offspring. These new Metas were taught to value independence over all else, but also to fear Girmir and Elanor. As time went on this fear evolved to hate, and new Metas were raised to be potential soldiers.

## History

After Kingdom was cultivated by the Metas, many of the more emotion-centered ones decided that it was best to settle down and make Kingdom a home. This seemed like a good idea by many, though over time most Metas saw the position as temporary, and planned to leave as soon as they discovered more about the Verse. During the time they were part of the Family, they developed the concepts of Flow and Linking, as well as Sponsoring and Spirits. Though these developments were massively influential, Metas still began to move on. The only real use Kingdom had was for the slow creation of the Demachina.

### Spiritlion's Rise

As Metas left The Family, more were pressured into leaving and joined the more structured Government of Allegoricrum. Eventually only around two dozen or so Metas were left, along with their offspring. Among these new Metas was the Light Meta's Spirit, Spiritlion.

Spiritlion was originally a young lion that died at an extremely young age. The Light Meta saw his death and was saddened enough to revive him as a Spirit immediately. Spiritlion was the ultimate pride of the family, raised to be the ultimate defense against Girmir.

Ironically, Spiritlion's creation was what split apart The Family to begin with. During his training, many of the members began to question Light Metas decision making. The original idea of The Family wasn't being upheld in many of their eyes, and it felt like they were becoming an army to kill Girmir.

### The Fall of The Family

What became a slight disagreement evolved into a full dispute. The leader of the other side, the Water Meta, wanted to protect The Families original values. Meanwhile Light Meta's side argued that it was necessary to kill Girmir if they wanted to keep the family alive. The two groups came to a compromise, deciding to reason with Girmir and establish a good relationship.

Unfortunately, the Fate Meta had other plans. His abilities of prediction lead him to believe that any interaction with the dragon would lead to another Flux Paradox. So, wanting to avoid anymore chaos, he planned to assassinate the Light Meta and take over The Family himself.

Spiritlion attempted to stop Fate, seeing himself as a chosen one created to protect his father. The two fought, and their mutual hatred for one another linked them together. This new being, Sirfortune, immediately attempted suicide, believing itself to be its own enemy. Though instead of dying, she was merely reduced to her Fixspect, which was a sword.

Water Meta was furious. Believing her son to be dead, her uncontrollable tears flooded the entire island. Though the other Metas tried to calm her down, nothing could be done. She destroyed everything in Kingdom, pulled it all into the ocean, and banished anyone from going near Kingdom in a series of events known as the Disaster.