The magical world is largely unified nowadays, despite being spread across most of the world and in hiding. Back in the Dark Ages, the last great clash between humans and the rest of the sentient races occurred. Unlike many of the other times that interspecies tensions rose, this time the humans won. A large portion of the magical world was wiped out, and the Dragon Council made the decision to go into hiding to survive. Much effort was put into destroying true records of magic, and making sure its existence faded into myth.

The Dragon Council
The Dragon Council is the ruling body of the magical world. It consists of three tiers of magical races, with the most powerful at the top, and the least influential at the bottom.

The highest tier consists of Western Dragons, Eastern Dragons, Sphinx, Hydra, Chimera, and Manticores. Each of these six races has three representatives to pursue the interests of their species.

The middle tier consists of twelve species, though who is included among them fluctuates from time to time. Creatures like Griffons, Wyverns, and Basilisks make up this tier. Each member race here gets a single representative, and a single vote, bringing the total votes in the Council to 30.

Finally, the lowest tier consists of everything else - Leprechauns, Dwarves, Mermaids, Centaurs, and many others. Races in the lowest tier may send representatives to speak on the floor of the council, but have no voting power.

It is worth noting that at this time, only members of that lowest tier have ever displayed powers.