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====== Mercyverse Witches ====== | ====== Mercyverse Witches ====== | ||
=====Witch History===== | =====Witch History===== | ||
- | History | + | [[Alpha & Omega Series]] #1: [[Cry Wolf]] |
- | clans of witchesCW-213 | + | * the few witchblood families left in Europe during the Napoleonic Wars had quit killing each other, forced instead to protect themselves from the ravages of more mundane fighting< |
- | a bad time for all in Europe; the Inquisition had taken a terrible toll a couple of centuries before - and when it was over, the witches started fighting for power; only Napoleon kept them from exterminating each other entirelyCW-213 | + | * clans of witches< |
- | the only Western European bloodline to survive the power struggle was the Torvalis line, which was interbred with the GypsiesCW-213 | + | |
- | the few witchblood families left in Europe during the Napoleonic Wars had quit killing each other, forced instead to protect themselves from the ravages of more mundane fightingCW-121 | + | |
- | witches were still born here and there into mundane families, but seldom had a tenth of the power of the old familiesCW-214 | + | |
- | the Eastern European and Oriental witches had never established the kind of dynasties the Western European witches | + | |
- | they guarded their spells from each other; so each family tended to specializeCW-214 | + | |
- | witches are so jealous of each otherCW-219 | + | |
[[Mercy Thompson Series]] #10: [[Silence Fallen]] | [[Mercy Thompson Series]] #10: [[Silence Fallen]] | ||
* Spanish Inquisition set off the Witch Wars< | * Spanish Inquisition set off the Witch Wars< | ||
* centuries ago every village had a coven of witches< | * centuries ago every village had a coven of witches< | ||
- | * every city of any size had a witch as strong as [[Elizaveta | + | * every city of any size had a witch as strong as [[Elizaveta |
* humans began it, driving the witches into breaking treaties that had been in place for centuries; by the time it was finished it seemed for fifty years after that they had succeeded in killing off every witchborn person on the planet< | * humans began it, driving the witches into breaking treaties that had been in place for centuries; by the time it was finished it seemed for fifty years after that they had succeeded in killing off every witchborn person on the planet< | ||
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* back in the days covens dotted the landscape of Europe< | * back in the days covens dotted the landscape of Europe< | ||
* covens are no more; just make-believe attempts; not enough witches from thirteen families< | * covens are no more; just make-believe attempts; not enough witches from thirteen families< | ||
- | * Hardesty (ten+Elizavata=11)< | ||
- | From Chat Transcripts: | + | ======General Witch Behavior & Facts===== |
- | a witch is born to use magicChat | + | ====Chat Transcripts==== |
- | they are trained in spell usageChat | + | |
- | and they are usually born to different families who are witchesChat | + | |
- | some of the things witches can do to increase their power, is as corrupting as sorceryChat | + | |
- | witches do things with mind and body. Wizards have power over the physical -- and both do magic. The ends are sometimes the same, but the means are different. It's far easier to be a powerful wizard and still be a good person then it is to be a powerful witch.Chat 2008-07-27 | + | |
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+ | =====Alpha & Omega Series===== | ||
+ | ====Cry Wolf==== | ||
+ | * witches often hired themselves out< | ||
+ | * there were witches who regularly worked for the various law-enforcement agencies< | ||
+ | * most witches are human and not immortal< | ||
+ | * witches and dead things went together; there were witches that didn't kill but they were far less powerful than their darker sisters< | ||
+ | * magic and fire have an odd, synergistic effect sometimes< | ||
+ | * likely the witches didn't know why it was forbidden for them to try to take a werewolf for a pet or familiar--not that most of them had the power to do it< | ||
- | From Cry Wolf: | ||
- | witches and dead things went together; there were witches that didn't kill but they were far less powerful than their darker sistersCW-234 | ||
- | witches often hired themselves outCW-181 | ||
- | there were witches who regularly worked for the various law-enforcement agenciesCW-181 | ||
- | most witches are human and not immortalCW-191 | ||
- | magic and fire have an odd, synergistic effect sometimesCW-237 | ||
- | likely the witches didn't know why it was forbidden for them to try to take a werewolf for a pet or familiar--not that most of them had the power to do itCW-239 | ||
- | =====General Witch Behavior & Facts==== | ||
====Covens & Witch Families==== | ====Covens & Witch Families==== | ||
=====Covens ===== | =====Covens ===== | ||
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=====Spell Casting===== | =====Spell Casting===== | ||
- | Spell Casting | + | [[Alpha & Omega Series]] #1: [[Cry Wolf]] |
imprisoning spells are pretty basicCW-189 | imprisoning spells are pretty basicCW-189 |
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