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Season of the Witch

The concept of the Witch represents many things. Witches may be women, outcast, or other, and their power has been feared because it threatens the tidiness of the status quo. From Medea to Elphaba, the witch has been hated, feared, and tormented, but sometimes she has ruled triumphant.

Scenarios:
1.The Modern Coven ~ Witches in the modern world. There's a school in Louisiana, where the witches walk two by two in broad-brimmed black hats, under the watchful eye of their Supreme. There's a house in New England, where two sisters do magic with pies and gardening. There's a prophecy in Sunnyvale. There's a charmed trio of three sisters who fight demons. There are magic shops, Wiccans and druids.
2. The Ancient Forests of Europe ~ Arthurian England. The realm of the Leannan Sidhe. La Belle Dame Sans Merci. The Lady of the Lake. Avalon. The Huldra. Baba Yaga. The woods this way are dark and deep, and if you stray from the path, you may meet a witch. She may be beautiful, or she may be hideous, but whatever you do, mind your manners.
3. Realms Far and Lands Forgotten ~ Medea came from Colchis, on the far side of the black sea. There have been witches real and fictional from a hundred realms and ancient times. Nitocris of Egypt, witches of Hyperborea, perhaps even Enheduanna of Sumeria. Witches, queens, and priestesses, filled with an ancient and wondrous power.
4. The Realms of the Blood - The Black Jewels ~Â The Blood are the caretakers of the land, blessed by the Darkness with wells of power in the form of their Jewels. Every woman's a witch, every man a warlord, and with a reservoir of raw psychic power ready to tap for their Craft, the Blood are forces of nature. And nature dictates that men among the Blood are born to serve and women to be served. Bound by Protocol and arrayed into matriarchal Courts large and small, Blood society is highly stratified by the thirteen ranks of Jewel and a handful of castes. Add social rank into the mix and their society becomes a constantly evolving dance of power, caste, and privilege that spans three realms: Terrielle, Realm of Light, Kaeleer, the Shadow Realm, and Hell, the Dark Realm and home of the demon dead. Implacable Queens rule their Courts and tend the land beneath their feet, sharp-edge Black Widows experiment in poisons and spin tangled webs to predict the future, Healers mend the injured and cure the sick, and Priestesses preside over altars, offerings, and Sanctuaries. Beneath Caste and Jewel, however, there are as many types of witch as there are witches, and all are dark and dangerous.
5.Something wicked this way comes ~ For wicked witches, whether you desire to devour children or turn a kingdom to ruins. Eternal life is within your grasp, and they claim that your crimes are as black as your heart. But that's all slander, of course, and for anyone who doubts, you have a basket full of lovely apples.
6.Somewhere over the rainbow ~ Are you a good witch or a bad witch? Oz is full of witches, some lovely and some wicked. There are yellow brick roads to follow, and plenty more witches in the neighbouring lands of Ix and Ev and Boboland. Just as long as no one drops a house on you. Be careful to stay away from water.

How to play:
If you'd like your character to be a witch, describe what kind of witch they are and what kind of magic they have. Note any preferences you have for setting/scenario, and include a prompt or two!
Witches don't have to be women, though they should be Other in some way. Shamanic figures in many cultures have often transgressed gender roles.
If you prefer your character to be a mundane in a witchy world, pick a scenario or two and describe what role your character would have in that world.

Meme written in collaboration with Axael/Desiderii

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( Her race is mentioned in #2; she's a leannan sidhe, so that fits nicely! Full info on her journal, but TL;DR she can provide great inspiration for creative types in exchange for their love. M/F for shipping but platonic works as well!

Am about to crash for the night but am happy to write starters if preferred, though it'll be tomorrow after work, and I will be slow this weekend! )

{{Something wicked this way comes in the form of mercenary war-mage with an insatiable lust for power and a quest for external life and limitless knowledge of the darkest corners of magic. Possible Settings: a campaigning army, a royal court, a party adventuring towards questionable ends. Down for gen threads, shippy stuff, ritualized sex magic (but you must be at least 30 to ride this ride)}}

[Every single one of the girls in the Griffith was a witch, they were a coven unto themselves. Possibly a school, but I think everyone there knew what they were capable of. Easily played modern-day as well.]

[She's a hunter more than a witch, but she takes these things on a case-by-case basis and isn't about to take someone out just for being a witch, they'd have to actively be harming people for her to do something like that.
She definitely knows the power of hex-bags and the like, however.]

[Zepar isn't actually a demon, even despite more recent lore, but he's easily mistaken for one. He may even end up being summoned by someone seeking Angelic assistance, though he'll be of very little help in that regard.]

[He is not a Witch, but he enjoys serving them!]

[Klaus broke away from his more traditionally-minded -and adoptive- family as soon as he turned 18 and really came into his own power.
He's one of the world's few living True Mediums and officially operates under the name Seance. But, occasionally, he also operates off the books as Ouija. His powers are the same either way: he can communicate with ghosts, and on occasion, if the price is right or if it's incredibly important -or just has a high potential for drama- he'll let one take up space in his body.]

[He's the Seventh Magpie from the counting rhyme: Seven for a Secret, never been told so he's probably some sort of familiar, and can be an actual magpie as often as not, which is good for surveillance and running errands, though he'd argue that opposable thumbs are better for the errands.]

[ Kirschtaria is a very powerful mage who specialiazes in Astromancy that's got a special affinity to Ancient Greece sky pattern, so a combination of the first two options. His family is old and he was born in UK. He's regarded as a genius, so he can do varied spells, including invocations. ]

[Mage who keeps to himself in the English Countryside. If you’d like your character to be a witch, open to that but he might be wary as witches don’t follow the same magic rules as mages do. Anything shippy is OTA18+, no Chises, and he won’t be the one initiating anything.]

[ she comes from modern coven but open to other prompts
and ideas. ]

[Maybe he's turned to witchcraft/shamanism in the wake of getting switched into someone else's body. A coven unto himself with no desire to get mixed up with others, but he might need some help in not accidentally hurting himself or someone else.]

[he's always been here. as long as people can think. why does he still look this young?

or maybe he moved here just recently and people are starting to wonder because nobody can figure out where he came from...]

[More doing headology than actual witchery.]

[technically a sorcerer. but he'll gladly help any witches celebrate their magic.]

[A good witch with some bad witch's blood in her! Other OCs loved.]

[She's a magus, and she can control (or perhaps turn into) massive-huge animals, sometimes for fun. Theoretically she's one of the ones from History Back, but could be basically anywhere or any-when.]

[ Leader of an order of Satanic nuns and just a little bit too Morgan Le Fay for everyone else's comfort. 1 is next door to canon, but she'll fit anywhere. ]

[ota; this iteration is probably best suited to modern, as she's a quasi-urban baby vampire with magical inclinations who could definitely use a loving coven]

[ I could totally do a modern coven thread if you're interested! Jinx would translate into a witch AU with hardly any changes, haha. ]

[I'd love that! How old would you have her? Sally is probably 25 or so in human years (less than one in vampire years) but she's conveniently amnesiac pre-being turned for plot reasons so she's kind of naive.]

[ I'd say about 19 at oldest, considering she's a Teen Titan at the end of it all, haha. But she's well-versed in the ways of the witch. ]

[Cool! If you wanna set something up, I'll gladly play along.]

[ born witch who fell in with a group of witch-hunters for a brief time. her own morals can be a little murky but she's passionately against dark/evil magic users. ]

Season of the Witch

mallaidh ashby ღ original ღ ota

Eligre Kaivodulin || D&D/flexible/generic high fantasy || OTA

Angie | Agent Carter | OTA

Mina | Urban Fantasy OC | OTA

Zepar | Fallen Angel OC | OTA

The Reaper | Overwatch: Halloween Terror | OTA

Klaus | Umbrella Academy | OTA

Rune Parker | OC | OTA

kirschtaria wodime ♔ fate/go

Elias Ainsworth // Ancient Magus Bride

madison montgomery | ahs: apocalypse

Yoon Tae Min (Han Siwon) | What Lies At The End | OTA

Boy | Shadowrun | ota

Ami Bites-Thumb | Werewolf: the Apocalypse OC | ota

Mordred | Arthurian AU | OTA

Rhea Morrigan | OC | OTA

The Mage + King Arthur: LotS + OTA

Sister Imperator | Ghost

Sally | The Nightmare Before Christmas (au)

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