Magelords

The Magelords were the ruling caste in Grevalon in the Aeon of the Champion story series from the city-state's inception in 1350 BGY 200 years later. Comprised of wealthy, magic-using nobles, they governed Grevalon as a series of individual provinces, one major town/village in each province, and convened twice a year to deliberate policy regarding the entire region. They generally assumed the support and servitude of the non-magic using majority, who worked on the land they owned.

They were known to be extremely ambitious, building arcanum reactors in the hills and countryside areas of the state, much to the chagrin of the locals. Their petitions were generally ignored or brushed over, until a terrible incident in Pierpoint forced them to bring a halt to their Arcanum Proliferation Programme. The result was a final attempt to get arcane magic banned from legal usage, which was infiltrated by the Nightwatch as part of a propaganda campaign against sorcery. The result was a secession of the Houblon area from the rest of Grevalon, by moderate anti-magic activists who did not want to be associated with the terrorist Nightwatch, naming it the Protectorate of Commoncrown. Their actions led to a 6-year civil war.

The Magelords won the war, but were so moved by the initial conflict that they agreed to a number of radical reforms over the next five years, dissolving themselves as a caste and being replaced by the more meritocratic Aeht Dom.

Trivia

 * 'Magelord' references one of the sides of Summoner's Rift in League of Legends.