Prior to the Azadi occupation, the Zhid were already discriminated against by many among the other Marcurian races. After the occupation, they found themselves in the same situation as the other magical races and thus, ironically, the Azadi have provided them with a degree of equality. The Zhid are capable of inter-mixing with other species. Ragnar has explained that Minstrum Magda is half Zhid, half human..