Fontaine Bloodline

The Fontaine Bloodline is an ancient bloodline which appears in A Children's Anuad. It is nearly gone.

Creation
The Fontaine Bloodline was created when a group of like minded necromancers and dark mages grouped together and started performing dangerous self experimentation, in the far past. The catalyst for change was when a certain magus, the wizard Sebastien Fontaine, discovered a method to replace his heart with a daedra heart, imbibing daedra blood in the process, gaining great powers.

Sebastien performed the procedure on his compatriots and they gained unnatural powers. Most of their children were born deformed and subject to several generations of selective breeding. Eventually, every mage of the coven contributed at least some genetic material to the Fontaine bloodline, and deformity and genetic damage was selective eliminated through a form of eugenics.

The Fontaine bloodline was only fully established in 2E 14, when the last deformed member was killed off.

Destruction
The Fontaine bloodline eventually flourished as a noble bloodline when one of them, the notable siblings Raghnall Fontaine and his twin sister Caitlin Fontaine rendered meritorious service under one of the past emperors of the Reman dynasty. They were awarded a small plot of land.

The Fontaines had a variable grip on power and their influence had shrunk the the extent that they willingly took part in self experimentation to create a perfect warrior or mage who would take them to glory again, in the dawn of the Fourth Era. This was done by feeding daedra blood to expecting mothers, along with strange herbs and rituals, which led to high infant mortality.

The experiments led to the creation of the renowned Battlemage Raphael Fontaine and his infamous sister Remillia. Raphael was the very person who exterminated all his family members, after seeing them as monsters and vile beings who would bring the world into ruin if they succeeded.

The Fontaine clan still survives through Raphael, Remillia and their descendants, though, as it starts to fan out once more. Despite the fact that many of the original Fontaine clan has been eliminated, they successfully produced multiple beings of great power, including Raphael, Astarael and Sariel.

Unique traits
Every member of the Fontaine family has the innate capacity for electrokinesis, able to use electricity to attack their opponent if needed. Still, the capacity has to be trained and is only the potential to use lightning in a far more potent and efficient manner, not an inborn skill.

All members of the Fontaine family possess a unique power, known as their "primary mutation" from birth. It is a general power that allows them to control a certain element or concept, with diversity ranging from mental manipulation and immense healing capacity all the way to light bending powers. This ability generally manifests from childhood and is exremely easy to train.

Members of the Fontaine family will also gain a secondary mutation by the time they reach 20 years old. This is a specific ability that develops based on environmental factors, and is always a singular power that might or might not have a wide range of applications. Examples include forming biotic swords, creating deadly claws, or melding with liquid.

Surviving members

 * Raphael Fontaine
 * Remillia Fontaine
 * Samael "Sam" Fontaine
 * Sariel Fontaine
 * Seth Fontaine
 * Celestine Fontaine
 * Astarael Lightbringer