The Ten Master Clans
These are Japan's strongest magician families.
The basic dogma of the Ten is to maintain an inviolable and unshakable covert government influence, in exchange of disavowing any overt political power. From twenty eight families (Ichijou, Ichinokura, Isshiki, Futatsugi, Nikaidou, Nihei, Mitsuya, Mikadzuki, Yotsuba, Itsuwa, Godou, Itsumi, Mutsuzuka, Rokkaku, Rokugou, Roppongi, Saegusa, Shippou, Tanabata, Nanase, Yatsushiro, Hassaku, Hachiman, Kudou, Kuki, Kuzumi, Juumonji, Tooyama), ten are chosen once every four years in a [Ten Master Clan Selection Session] to carry on the [Ten Master Clan] name. Those unchosen eighteen families are called the [Supporter Eighteen] and act as counsels to each of the chosen ten families. Currently the Ichijou, Futatsugi, Mitsuya, Yotsuba, Itsuwa, Mutsuzuka, Saegusa, Yatsushiro, Kudou, and Juumonji families comprise the Ten Master clans. By chance the numbers one to ten were completed, but this is the first time that occurred since the Ten Master Clan rankings were implemented; until now repeated numbers and/or missing numbers was the norm.
The Numbers
Just like the Ten Master Clans whose surnames contain the numbers one to ten, the families that comprise the Hundred Families contain the numbers eleven onward in their surnames like 1000 Chi yoda, 50 Iso ri, and 1000 Chi ba. The number value is no indicator of strength, but whether or not a number is in the surname means everything, and is one criterion to guess a magician's talent. And so the magician families with their number-affixed surnames, Ten Master Clans and the Hundred Families together, are termed the [Numbers].
The Missing Numbers (Extra Numbers)
These magical families with their [Number] deprived are called the Extra Numbers, AKA the [Extra]. This was branded to magicians, at a time when they were once weaponized guinea pigs and numbers were given to [Success] samples, that did not make the cut. Now the term [Extra Number] itself is formally struck out from common use. And the magician community considers discrimination due to being an [Extra Number] a grave criminal offense.
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