A Powerful Magician Family

When I was thinking of Michiko yesterday, it reminded me of the 1920's. Though, really, I could be talking about a period of time that began in the mid 1600's.

Even today, the Madelyn Family sends shivers of fear down people's spines. They were one of, if not the greatest family of magicians to ever exist. While they have done a fair share of cruel and unjust things, they have always sat atop the Magician world. Though, of course this peaks and wanes-- for a century they vanished, during the 1800's, which was dominated by the Weilant's and Fredrickson's, whom I'll get into later.

Halscar Madelyn was a mirror craftsmen who lived somewhere in the west. He was a descendant of a feudal lord and had a large estate with many branch families. From him, the Madelyn family is derived. As magicians, they begun to enchant the mirrors they had made, and they made thousands upon thousands of them, at the highest quality. They sold them in shops and on the street, so many people purchased a Madelyn mirror.

Then, in 1654, the terror streak began. The Madelyn family had connections to the hierarchy, and began to exert their power whenever they could. They could access any mirror they had enchanted, and could see into the homes of those who may cause them trouble. Nobody had caught on to what was happening, not until people began to die in their homes mysteriously, and a magical trace believed that it originated from the mirror. Everyone was frightened beyond belief. They would break mirrors out in the street and leave town.

Using any mirror as a terminal, the Madelyn's could assassinate almost anyone from anywhere. But eventually it led to a massacre. The old Madelyn mansion was burned, and anyone related to the family was killed or jailed. In order to escape, a section of the main family came overseas, where they stayed hidden. The streak of terror lasted for almost seventy years, spanning two whole generations.

The surviving Madelyn's felt jilted. There were many innocents among the family who had died, and they weren't likely to forget what had happened. Though they stayed quiet, and events such as the global war kept them even quieter. It was sometime during the early 20th century that they began to stir once more.

Marissa and Carissa Madelyn are known to be the second pioneers of female magicians (after Michiko), as sisters, they started to import their heirlooms in secret to their new base of operation. Instead of killing out of paranoia as they did in the past, the Madelyn family began to garner power through mercenary work. Those who had been scarred by the Madelyn legacy once more felt the wave of terror come over them. But a big splash never happened again.

That was, until 1922, when Marissa was killed in cold blood by a group of politicians who viewed her a threat. Devastated, the older sister, Carissa, vowed to see them all killed. Nearing the mid 1930's, Carissa was viewed as the most dangerous magician alive. During the 60's, they believed that Carissa had finally died, without continuing the family line, but it was not so. The Madelyn family's faked deaths was a ploy, and before she passed in 1979, she managed to kill those who had murdered her sister.

To this day, there are a number of Madelyn family members, each who are quite powerful. Notably, one of Carissa's granddaughters attends a international school, the same which the descendant of Michiko Zousan attends.

Thank you for reading. Today is Thursday, March the 27th 2014.

Persephone Ravine signing off.