It is not farfetched to say that the people of the western continent are people that have vastly different life circumstances. Some could be born with great power and ascend the throne. Some are picked up by temples as they see great promise from them in serving the god that they praise. Some are just unlucky and are captured by bandits to be sold as slaves.
The descendants of Apophis are such people as they could only be one family line per generation. All members of the descendants could not have more than one child because of the restrictions that the Distorted God Apophis has inflicted on them. If the progeny has more than one child, then the overall power transfer would be weaker.
