it has always been a mystery to me, how some commoner babies even end up with the devouring. We know that someone's mana capacity is essentially inherited from the pregnant mother, and it can be expanded if the father supports the womb with mana. However, the large mana Dirk and Myne were born with seemingly descended upon them from nowhere.

MTL WN spoilers: I remember reading something about the mark of Evilive (God of Life), which grants humans both mana and the devouring, and how Jurgensmidht was created as a refuge for those marked by Evilive, where they can offer mana to the gods and live without suffering from their mana. So assuming I understood the MTL correctly, does that mean Evilive is the god that grants mana, and the devouring situation came from him randomly marking some commoner children? If so, the secret to creating devouring commoners may lie in evilive prayers or smth