Scion (Human Aristocrat 3)

A noble line counts more than just immediate descendants among its family tree. As a house succeeds, more and more opportunists crawl out of the branches, claiming whatever tenuous blood relation they can and fighting for scraps of wealth and power. Since the ascendancy of the thrice-damned house, its ranks have swollen tenfold as every cousin and half-blood bastard tears into each other in an orgy of political violence. The wisest enjoy magical assistance, but never rely entirely upon it.