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Type of government: Oligarchy
Leader: Bakar Castillo
Capital: São Paulo
Countries: Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Peru, Ecuador, Paraguay, Uruguay, Haiti etc.
Population: 200 million
Military Manpower: 400.000 active personnel, 1.2 million available manpower
Laws: Civil Court and Military Court vary from each region and the faction that governs them. The Castillo is in reality above law and can influence the outcome as they please.
Background
Already back in the old world, South America was known for crime and corrupt governments, and some people just accepted that it is part of their way of life. When the application of magic came to be known, the crime syndicates only grew stronger. The Catastrophe that sent the world into chaos, caused widespread destruction across South America. The government of states could no longer keep the peace, and it was time for the leaders of the underworld to seize control.
The Castillo Family, a strong mafia built in the entrails of the large cities of Brazil; El Cartel del Mar (Led by The Bermudez Family) a huge organization centralized around the illegal gun and drug trade, formed on the coast of Colombia near Cartagena; and Los Dioses de Maya (Led and created by Carlos Miranda) the most prolific violence-born gang in all of the S.A.C. Their small town gang originally born from the central heart of Santa Ana, El Salvador.
The three had come to the agreement that due to the wealth and achieved respect in the largest country in the S.A.C, it was worth their alliance to have the Castillo reign take over the leadership of the states. Allowing for The Bermudez and Mr. Miranda to run the laws and enforcement that needed to be done around the country in order to bring it back to its feet. To fix the damage that had been caused due to their isolation from the rest of the world... and so... Bakar Castillo became the head of not just their country, but of their reign of crime.
The Bermudez family had lines that crossed the borders of the Mexican border and crossed the edge of the Canadian one. Allowing for their creation of laws on exports and imports to be bendable to accommodate for their dealings under the noses of the other governments; Mr. Miranda took the enforcement of their "laws" close to heart, allowing him to prosecute anyone that even remotely tried to rise against Bakar or anyone within the government of dummies created by them.
It was a perfectly harmonized Oligarchy that allowed for their people to prosper... as well as their business.
However, because of their separation from the world, the three criminal houses needed to find a way for them to compensate for their people - to find a way to channel their mana into a physical magic form. The Castillo family proceeded to create the Spellsteal ability hand-in-hand with the Arcane Eye.Not falling far behind the other two families spent time trying to find ways to appease their people, researching and stealing formulas from countries like the Confederacy and the Alliance in order to create their own brands of mana filled powers.The Bermudez designed their own brand of body enhancement that allowed for them to hide in plain sight. Much like an invisibility spell that allowed them to lower/rise their body temperature to go unnoticed even with infrared sensors pointing right at the user. This alone allowed their spies overseas to escape even the best security systems.
On a less conservative effort, when the leader of Los Dioses decided to implement a power... human testing was not where he drew the line. It's speculated that hundreds of people from across the world were kidnapped during the war in an effort to allow for Miranda to develop the most monstrous body enhancement he could.... something he ironically called the most innocent name The toothfairy.
This ability would allow for any of his men to become a big-jawed monster with heavy carved bone razors to replace the last digit in their fingertips. The mana used is high, almost as much as the one required for the Bio-Morphing that the Confederacy achieved; however, the mana also allows for a bestial rush of adrenaline to pump through the user's veins, allowing for them to become almost impenetrable by bullets, the regeneration allowed for small wounds to heal while converted.
governments, and some people just accepted that it is part of their way of life. When the application of magic came to be known, the crime syndicates only grew stronger. The Catastrophe that sent the world into chaos, caused widespread destruction across South America. The government of states could no longer keep the peace, and it was time for the leaders of the underworld to seize control.
They did so by planting puppet leaders and cabinet members under their control, for the public would never accept criminals and murderers as their leaders. The Underworld of South America developed a new type of magic called Spellsteal. Their spy network expanded worldwide as they gathered information and stole magic as well as technology from other nations to ensure their own survival.
The most powerful crime families changed their identity and name to fit in with this new world’s order. With their amassed wealth, they shaped all of South America into SAC, and their form of government became Oligarchy. They became the Elite that ruled.
The Castillo Family is the most powerful organization, their wealth as big as the nation, and the family that initiated the entire coup to seize an entire continent. The origin of Spellsteal came from them as well.
Role during the Hundred Years’ War
SAC did not partake in any major battle due to their location. Their spy network, however, observed the progress of the war. They made a profit during the Hundred Years’ War by selling information as well as running the Black Market for several countries.
Inherited Magic
Spellsteal: The Castillo Family created the Spellthief ability to ensure their people’s lack of magic to sustain themselves during the Catastrophe to guarantee their survival. Most of the SAC Mages are taught magic they copied from the rest of the world, but those who possess the Spellsteal ability can copy any type of magic they see, except inherited magic.
Arcane Eye: The Spellsteal ability is a type of ocular magic when activated, the mage can view magic in its rawest form. This allows the user to “see” the base form of a spell as it is cast.
Limitation: Even with the Arcane Eye, the mage must still be able to understand the construction of the spell, as well as have the magical and physical capabilities to be able to replicate it.
Piel de Camaleon [Chameleon skin]: Allows for user to become almost undetectable to the naked and untrained eye. Their body temperature also can drop/rise to become undetectable for anyone to find them via temperature scanning. Their movement becomes light, and quiet.
Limitation: They can still be detected by creatures or abilities that detect sound or smell.
Hada de Dientes [Tooth Fairy]: The ability developed by the Salvadoreans was definitely the bloodiest and messiest one out of the 3 families. This ability is very primal and monstrous in nature, allowing for the user to become similar to a big-jawed monster that allows ripping a human apart with just one’s teeth and hands.
Limitation: The enhancement can be done immediately, taking only a couple minutes to be in full form, however, the amount of mana used would not allow for many spells to follow this spell. A very experienced mage may be able to fit a couple spells after, but many cannot.
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