So we know that only AFAB witches can pass the Work down to their children. We also know that AMAB witches have the work and can be powerful, but don’t pass it on to their children. Hence matrilines are what matters and why children inherit their mothers’ family names rather than their fathers’.
So what about trans witches? We don’t have any examples (yet! *crosses fingers*). So here are my thoughts, as incomplete as they may be.
An AFAB trans witch would have the ability to pass on their Work, should they choose to bear children (which some trans men do). Where and how would they be trained? With the men, which is how they identify? Or with the women, where stronger and different work is taught? My theory is that they would be trained with the women, so that their Work could be as strong as useful to the military as that of the other AFAB witches. They may later be relegated to male status as caregivers, depending on how they do in basic training. Or they may be encouraged by the Imperatrix to procreate in order to continue the line and hopefully have daughters to conscript later.
An AMAB trans witch would likely be trained with the men, as they cannot pass on the Work to future children. They would be the few mothers whose main status was that of a caregiver rather than a soldier, although we know there are some male witches who can ascend to War College.
That’s what I’ve got. Feel free to message/comment with additional theories or contradictions in mine. I wrote it rather fast and furious, so I may have left things out.
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