Seven Universal Families

The **Seven Universal Families** (七つの普遍的一族, *Nanatsu no Fuhenteki Ichizoku*?) is a collective term for seven Japanese families that rose to power after the end of the Invertia Incident.

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## Families

### Akabane Family

The Akabane Family is the family that controls the Kansai region of the Japanese archipelago with the city of Ōsaka serving as their capital. They are known to be the first family to identify the element of Mana and give it a name, **Praunium**, and adding it to the periodic table. They are also the front-line engineers into the creation of Luxes and as such, hold much power within the Integrated Enterprise Foundation.

### Amagiri Family

The Amagiri Family is the family that controls the Kyūshū region of the Japanese archipelago with the city of Shimabara serving as their capital. They were a family that existed for three hundred years further behind the Invertia Incident, sharing a colorful history with the Tōdō, Hīragi, and Ichinose families. They are one of the four families that run a family dojo, with their school of learning focusing on swordsmanship, Amagiri Shinmeiryū.

### Hīragi Family

The Hīragi Family is the family that controls the Hokkaido region of the Japanese archipelago with their capital being the city of Tokushima. They are a family with a colorful history going back three hundred years before the Invertia Incident, sharing that history with the Amagiri, Tōdō, and Ichinose families. They are one of the four families that run a family dojo, with their school of learning focusing on swordsmanship, the Ittō Shōden Mūtōryū.

### Ichinose Family

The Ichinose Family is the family that has control over the Tōhoku region of the Japanese archipelago with the city of Fukushima serving as its capital. The Ichinose had long since believed in magic and since the Invertia Incident, had created a branch of magic for non-Dante and non-Strega to use: Seisenjutsu.

### Tōdō Family

The Tōdō Family is the family that has control over the Chūgoku region and Kansai region of the Japanese archipelago with the city of Kyoto serving as their capital. The Tōdō family is the most influential of the seven families due to the building of Asterisk within their territory. They are also one of the four families that run a family dojo, with their school of learning focusing on swordsmanship, Tōdōryū.

### Yachigusa Family

The Yachigusa Family is the family that has control Chūbu region with the city of Nagano serving as their capital. They were originally a weak family that had a rather shaky history but grew strong following the Invertia Incident. They were blessed with two generations of Genestella, who were all Dante or Strega, being the first family known to produce such a large number of Dante and Strega.

### Wakamiya Family

The Wakamiya Family is the family that has control over the Kantō region of the Japanese archipelago with the city of Tokyo serving as their capital. The Wakamiya Family is often regarded to be the weakest because it has the smallest territory out of the seven families. They are also the fourth and final of the four families to run a family dojo, with their school of learning focusing on martial arts and is called Genkūryū.

## Vassal Families

### Aoba Family

The Aoba family is a vassal family to the Yachigusa clan.

### Ariake Family

The Ariake family is a vassal family to the Amagiri clan.

### Honoka Family

The Honoka Family is a vassal family of the Akabane Family. They are known to maintain a close relationship with Asterisk, the Integrated Enterprise Foundation, and especially Arlequint Academy. The family prides itself on cold elegance, with each daughter being groomed very similarly - long black hair in a princess-style. They are also known for possessing the Orga Lux Aegis Cataclysm as a family heirloom, which is currently possessed by Yaeko Honoka, despite her not being recognized as its user. Most descendants attend Arlequint Academy, with Yaeko Honoka being the lone exception - she attends Seidoukan Academy.

### Isuzu Family

The Isuzu Family is a vassal family to the Wakamiya clan.

### Shiranui Family

The Shiranui Family is a vassal family to the Hīragi clan.

### Shiratsuyu Family

The Shiratsuyu Family is a vassal family to the Tōdō clan.

### Yukikaze Family

The Yukikaze Family is a vassal family to the Ichinose clan.