The governing body over all mystical phenomena, at the top of the council sits the 13 heads of the 13 most prestigious magic bloodlines in the world . They enforce all laws around the use of magic and are sworn to practice their art in secrecy .
Miracles are the product of a gods power augmenting knowledge/magic allowing it to surpass the limits of fact giving it greater capabilities than human magic
Demons being beings of power are capable of supernatural abilities . These abilities make contracts with them a sought after commodity in the world of mages . It's not uncommon for long lasting mage bloodlines to have contracts with Demons which have been upheld for generations
Ichor pooled round the two, seeping from cavity created where divity had struck the serpent's chest . And yet not once did the snake look away from his creator's visage, watching with contempt as the lord's frame withered away knowing he too would follow .