Four Tribes

Abilities
They are distinguished by their enormous heavily-built size, towering above normal people. Children with the trait often don't grow into their height until well into their teenage years. They also tend to live short lived lives, as their body grows too large for their hearts

Notable People
Raymel Tacsis, Saida, Darla, Denam, Zole, Gretcha, and Maya.

Abilities
They are distinguished by their astonishing speed, and often have dark hair and dark eyes. When someone overtaxes their speed, they will suffer from a debilitate exhaustion known as the Hunska Burn. Hunskas tend to age faster than normal.

Notable People
Nona Grey, Arabella Jotsis, Clera Ghomal, Ghena, Ketti, Lano Tacsis, Regol, and Zole.

Abilities
They are able to tap into lessor magics. The most common example is Shadow-Working, the ability to render oneself virtually invisible; a dangerous variation is a Rending-Shadow which tears flesh and has no physical defence. But there's a wider variety of talents: affinity with animals, turning a man's mind, fire-working, rock-working, etc. Some rare people also have innate abilities such as Flaw-Blades, an invisible weapon or shield.

Notable People
Nona Grey, Ruli, Markus, Yisht, Zole, Willum and Chara.

Abilities
By tapping directly into the power of The Path, a trained Quantal can work greater magics, from blowing the strongest door asunder, to throwing lightening, from scattering men with a wave of the hand, to controlling the wind. By manipulating the Threads that are woven to create reality, they can work subtler magic, from tracking anyone, to getting drawn when an object moves, from unlocking any door, to influencing what someone thinks or feels.

Notable People
Sister Pan, Nona Grey, Zole, Hessa, Arabella Jotsis, and Joeli Namsis, as well as the legendary Sister Argatha and Sister Rain.