The Last Orellen
S89/100Web serial by sieley
According to prophecy, the ninth-born child of Lord Orellen will have the kind of power that changes the world. In a land ruled by magical families, no one welcomes that possibility. Fearful even of their allies, the Orellens devise an extraordinary and deadly scheme: if the most powerful people in the world wish to kill the ninth-born, they will have to find them first. Using dark magic, the Orellens create hundreds of heirs — each given new bodies, new names, and new magical talents — and scatter them across the continent. Only one is the real ninth, but all of them will grow up as fugitives. Kalen, once fated to die, is now an Orellen heir in hiding. He is determined to survive, even if he must master his strange new powers to do it.