Homo Elaqitanii - Elementary human

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Moritz was confused. "People can't do magic. Everything can be explained by science. Even magicians like the great Houdini use physics or chemistry to perform their tricks. Every child knows that!" Moritz discussed with the book dragon, who listened to everything with a bored expression. Then Wendelin put his thin little arms on his sides and twitched his wings briefly: "Maybe in your world, not in mine!".

Conversation between Moritz Bokelberg and Wendelin Ambrosius zu Bücherfelde -

It was never intended by the four primordial gods that humans could use elemental magic like the rest of the Elaqitanians. Their continent of Idaka was not connected to the Aqi Talúsix, which is why no further element could develop here.
When the first Mirror Gates were erected on Idaka in the mid-3rd millennium BEC and people came into contact with the remaining inhabitants of Elaqitan, they discovered that magic existed. Their envy of the elemental powers grew and led to the development of Homo Elaqitanii - the elemental human.

Timeline

• 3,432 BEC Installation of first mirror gates on Idaka
• 3,418 BEC Start of research into obtaining elemental powers
• 3,381 BEC Research related to births and selection
• 3,361 BEC Creation of elemental homes
• 3,357 BEC Founding of the "League of the Golden Grain"
• 3,262 BEC Discovery of the Anunna Helix
• 3,211 BEC Transfer of goblin genes into the Anunna helix of a human
• 3,200 BEC 1st known use of elemental powers by humans
• 3,178 BEC Aruru Sha is officially referred to as the first Homo Elaqitanii

The creation

Around 250 years passed before Aruru Sha could be officially named the first Homo Elaqitanii. During these years (forced) pregnancies, research and genetic selection were performed in secret laboratories.
There were two approaches to creating Homo Elaqitanii. The simpler method was thought to be through conception and pregnancy, which could hardly be avoided since the mirror gates introduced a mixing of cultures.
The scientific option was to study the Elaqitanians through experiments to extract their powers. Humans have always been accustomed to finding ways to develop new technologies, and they were largely superior to the rest of the Elaqitanians when it came to technological advancement.

"... The easiest way for a woman to become an Elemental is to get herself impregnated by an Elaqitan.
There have already been some women who acquired the predisposition to magic of the embryo through pregnancy. Further studies on female prisoners have shown that fetuses that died in the body from the sap of the golden leaf tree secreted their remaining magical abilities into the female body. The dead fetus is rejected with the next bleeding through hellish pain that is 50 times stronger than a woman's contractions. ..."

Excerpt from "Human Magic for Beginners"-

When the first eyewitness reports of half-magical children and their mothers with rudimentary elemental powers emerged, many investors did not want to wait ages for research results that would ultimately lead to a dead end.

Of the Idangi mixing with Elementals

In general, pregnancies with magically gifted fetuses are not safe for expectant human mothers, even though most humanoid Elementals must first go through an initiation rite to fully utilize their element. During the embryonic stage, each element facilitates the production of hormones in the Elementals body - to which the human body can react with anaphylactic shock. Many women either died during pregnancy within the first three months or during childbirth. The mothers who survived childbirth, developed simple magical abilities in most cases, such as Elementals in their childhood.
However, pregnancies between humans and Elaqitans created out of love or voluntarily were no longer sufficient for further studies. Investors hired more and more slave traders to capture human females and scientists to further their research. How many women were taken to secret places or dungeons to give birth to one or more half-Elaqitans is not known. There are also no records (anymore) of how many half-magicals reached adulthood or were killed after birth.

Hope for magic by Blue Fairy 74 - Midjourney-Collage

Meskalam sat on a divan in the "House of Colorful Sweets" and waited for his order, which was served to him by the lady of the house Nisaba.
"Sir, here we have Kiania and Nirmal to choose from." Nisaba pointed to a dark-skinned, tall Layikani and a slightly pink-skinned, petite Sapashi with wings.
“If they just want to enjoy each other’s company, that’s 150 T^hesu for everyone. If they plant their seed in it and produce a hybrid, it will cost them 580 T^hesu. I'm sure you understand that I need to cover some expenses to get rid of the bastards!"
Meskalam nodded, paid and went with both of them to one of the rooms.

During a visit to a brothel for elementary sensual pleasures -

Naturally, after scientists discovered that women who suffered abortions developed higher indicators of magical abilities than those who survived childbirth, there were further experiments with women exposed to different elements in this way. However, since the first killing in the womb and subsequent stillbirth causes pain 50 times greater than during a normal birth, many women died in terrible agony during such subsequent births. Very few women survived giving birth to a stillborn infant and one or two additional live births.
In contrast to pregnancies between human women and Elementals, it was easier for men to father children with elemental mothers because the elemental hormones were already present in the woman's body to survive a pregnancy without complications. Of course, some donors saw it as their job to produce as many half-magicals as possible in order to at least provide for future generations. Many children were separated from their mothers after birth and housed and raised in so-called elementary homes.
Around 3,375 BEC, the "League of the Golden Grain" was founded, which monitored the half-Elaqitans in the homes and regulated births between half-magicals and humans for later generations. The organization was financed by rich Idacans, who themselves contributed to the genepool or later married their sons and daughters to half-magicals.

Exchange of gene sequences

About 100 years after the first "breeding programs" of the humanoid species, scientists realized that their assumptions about the inheritance of elemental powers did not work in the same way and that all offspring only developed full powers in very rare cases or not at all like pure elementals. Therefore, most scientists abandoned “natural” genetic breeding and increasingly focused on studying the genes of individual elementals. The recordings from the experiments made in the early days as well as the discovery of the Anunna helix 3,262 BEC by Elish Madara helped them here.
After another 50 years of intensive research, genes from Âdocôdix were successfully transferred into the Anunna helix for the first time, which carried the information for earth magic, and inserted into the cell nucleus of a human egg cell. The first child born with earth magic genes died in infancy from Idacian Mist Fever. Later children barely reached adulthood to fully develop their powers.

It wasn't until 3,200 BEC that children born this way were able to use their powers for the first time. In order not to endanger the further development of the new elementary human being, these children were strictly guarded by the "League of the Golden Grain" and forced to produce offspring among themselves. The first child from such a union was Aruru Sha, who was declared the first official Homo Elaqitanii when she was around 17 years old in 3,178 BEC.

Elish Madara discovering the Anunna-Helix by Blue Fairy 74 via Midjourney

1. Power of Fire

2. Power of Earth

3. Power of Water

4. Power of Air

5. Powers of More

Difference from ordinary humans

Since the scientists only "cut out" the sequences responsible for magic from the elemental genes and "glued" them together with human genes, Homo Elaqitanii are almost indistinguishable from normal humans. This meant that they were later able to infiltrate the people and gradually expand their power.
While not using magic Elementals only show different shades of brown eyes. This changes with the use of magic and shows which elements they are able to control. Eye color develops with the first uses of their magical talent. Over the thousands of years of their existence and through procreation among themselves, some were no longer limited to wield just one element, further accelerating their rise to Idaka's elite.