The Inhumans were a very special race. They looked similar to Mutants, but were actually vastly different. Mutant genes were natural; once awakened, they would inevitably manifest special abilities, with even the potential to keep evolving.
But the Inhumans were different. Their genes bore shackles created by the Kree. Though they could also awaken a variety of abilities, those abilities all existed within an extremely tightly controlled cyclical structure.
Within this cycle, every ability had another corresponding ability that either complemented or countered it. At the same time, what they awakened was not true talent, but self-adjustment according to the needs of the race.
Under such circumstances, an Inhuman could undergo the awakening ritual and emerge almost completely unchanged.
That was because there were already enough powerful individuals within the Inhuman ecosystem. Stability could be maintained without any more superpowered beings.
It was probably a backdoor the Kree had left behind when designing the Inhumans, meant to prevent too many powerful Inhumans from emerging and threatening them.
Thus, the greatest difference between Inhumans and Mutants was their rigid hierarchy. Based on the degree of awakening and the strength of one's abilities, the city built on the Dark Side of the Moon operated under a feudal class system.
As a member of the royal family and the most powerful Inhuman, Black Bolt naturally became their supreme leader, like an emperor.
Around Black Bolt gathered the Inhumans' strongest figures, offering him their loyalty and forming an extremely tight network of shared interests. These were the nobles. They did not need to dig stones in the mines day after day, nor did they need to perform any physical labor. They could simply reap the benefits without lifting a finger.
Maximus was also a member of this noble class. Otherwise, with an awakening result