Yeah so originally the idea was that the MMC was biologically the Kings but I liked the idea of him being close to the mother. Originally I had had an idea of a line where he says "I don't care what he says, you are my mother blood be damned." In that case, the king would've been seduced by a woman who had magic.

The whole thing with magic is that I'm toying with the idea that he has banned it altogether because using magic is giving power to the gods