Familiar

Familiars are creatures that provide aid to witches.
==Description==
Familiars encompass a variety of magical creatures that make a contract with a witch and accompany her in the form of a pet, offering her its help and advice when she requires it. Familiars can be a variety of animals or even some types of Spirits such as Will-o'-the Wisp, but the most common ones are crows and owls. Although witches usually have only one familiar, it is also possible to contract with more than one.
Witches learn to communicate with their familiars through understanding their language. Towards this end, Luna Nova Academy offers several courses on the languages of various animals as part of Magic Linguistics. The most basic requirement is Bird Language so witches can speak with crows and owls.
==Known Familiars==
*Alcor
*Arcas
*Ural's stoat
*Daryl's snakes
*Diana's owl
*Sucy's snake
*Will-o'-chan
==Trivia==
*Though not confirmed, it's possible to make a contract with demons as a familiar, but such an act is greatly discouraged due to their dark and treacherous nature.
*According to Yoshinari in the 4chan Q&A, there's a planned episode revolving around Luna Nova witch students getting familiars and it's explained that those whose grades leave much to be desired got lizards as opposed to other animals such as crows. Not surprisingly, Akko got herself a lizard which, to her further dismay, got eaten by Diana's owl familiar, leading to Akko trying to get revenge for it. Unfortunately, the episode didn't make it to the series due to time constraints.
*The dynamic between Sifla the 1st and the fairy king was misunderstood as between witches and wizards with their familiars by old witch families, as in actuality, she merely befriends both first kings of Cait Sith and Cu Sith and works together as one to maintain peace and prosperity throughout Doras HillLittle Witch Academia: The Nonsensical Witch and the Country of Fairies
==Gallery==
ED Art 2 LWA.jpg
Will-o'-chan in Lotte's hands LWA 19.jpg|Lotte's Will-o'-Chan
Sucy Snake Familiar LWA.jpg|Sucy's snake (Teri Terio manga only)
Akko comes face-to-face with angry Arcas LWA 06.jpg|Arcas
Ural.png|Ural with her stoat
Lwa201.jpg|Aunt Daryl's snakes
Diana's owl outside Andrew's room LWA 22.jpg|Diana's owl outside Andrew's room
Little_Witch_Academia_2_Second_Concept_Artwork_by_You_Yoshinari_(吉成曜)_LWA.jpg|Akko getting chased by familiar candidates as illustrated in The Enchanted Parade's artbook
==References==
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Category:Familiars
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