Witch

:This article refers to a species. For other characters referred to as witches, see Witch (disambiguation).
 are Witchcraft practitioners and a type of supernatural being tied to the First Magic.
Not everyone who uses Witchcraft Magecraft is a part of the Witch species. For example, Ayaka Sajyou, Misaya Reiroukan, and Haruri Borzak are not.
==Characteristics==
Witches are the "rejects" of the World of Magecraft. For the Mage's Association, female Magi are not categorized as Witches; rather, "Witches" are inhuman beings. They are supernatural beings involved in the establishment of the First Magic, and also the founders of the Department of Botany in the Clock Tower. However, Witches are no longer involved with the Mage's Association. One after another, with the development of civilization, those women changed their forms and way of being. There are those who returned to the earth, those who returned to the past, and those who joined the First. For Magi, those changes are akin to miracles and held in awe.
On the other hand, there are also Witches who immersed themselves in Human society and became "human". These fallen Witches receive neither reverence nor pity. No matter what Magecraft they possess or how much Mystery they hold, no Magus will acknowledge these fallen Witches as people. An "unsightly reject" is the fate that awaits Witches who survived until the present day as humans. Witches are Fairies, they do not have children. Beryl Gut's mother said that she was her own mother.Fate/Grand Order: Cosmos in the Lostbelt - Avalon le Fae: Fae Round Table Domain - Section 29: Certain Prophecy A Witch who falls in love with a human is considered "dead", because it dilutes their blood and rots the Soul. The exception to this is the descendants of Yumina, though Alice Kuonji's mother is still said to have "broken the rules" when she married a human and had Alice.Mahoutsukai no Yoru - Extra: The Wonderful World of Ploys II
Beryl states that Witches from Proper Human History had the ability to transform into others, albeit with conditions.Fate/Grand Order: Cosmos in the Lostbelt - Avalon le Fae: Fae Round Table Domain - Section 21: Lost Will The only ones who could do something along the lines of Morgan's Water Mirror are the Witches left in the dust by the ages.Fate/Grand Order: Cosmos in the Lostbelt - Avalon le Fae: Fae Round Table Domain - Chapter 6 Section 14
There is a sect of Witches living in the deep forests of England that have been there since before the Clock Tower was founded.Fate/Grand Order: Cosmos in the Lostbelt - Olympus: Interstellar Mountainous City - Section 25: That Is, Someone That Doesn't Possess a Birthplace
Apparently, the Secret Autopsy Division's Composite Workshop Criegula also once made Witch’s tools or something.
==Known Witches==
*April
*Archelots, the Soot Witches
**May Riddell ArchelotMahoutsukai no Yoru - Extra: Anyone Can Sleep, But Not Laugh
*Beryl Gut's mother, the grime witch
*Meinsters, the pure witches
**Yumina
**Mrs. Meinster
**Alice Kuonji
*Witch of the EndFate/Grand Order: Cosmos in the Lostbelt - Avalon le Fae: Fae Round Table Domain - Section 17: Manchester
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