Witches

Witches are former humans who have gained magical powers through a demonic covenant.

## General information

Witches have forsaken god by erasing their names from the book of life and writing their new names in the demon lord's book of death. Their bodies are inscribed with seals of that covenant and they gather at night to hold Banquets; also known as a Sabbath.

Normally they do devil worship, but they are currently planning something big on April 30, Walpurgisnacht. On this day "You-know-who" will return . In preparation for this day they are supporting the Witch of Gluttony and working together with a follower of Mammon: Tachibana.

## Groups and Members

Currently we only have details on one sabbath.

**Sabbath of The Witch of Gluttony**

This sabbath has also lots of unnamed members that mainly consist of women, but also some men.

## Powers and Abilities

### Magic

Witches are capable of using magic, however, currently not a lot is known about magic in general, to understand how it works. What is certain that what kind of magic a witch can use depends of on the witch themself. Most witches can use basic magic like flying on a broom, but more experienced/talented witches like Charlotte can use magic to disable the power of miracles.

For powerful spells they chant the Trinitarian formula.

### Immortality

When someone becomes a witch, they become semi-immortal. Their bodies stop aging remaining as they were the moment they become a witch. They can however be killed any way a normal human can aside from aging.

## History

Witches are very old and can be traced back as far as the middle ages (500 - 1500 AD), during this time a witch created an dreadful monster: an artifcial mandrake.

At the end of the 16th century an ancient witch made a deal with Beelzebub, the demon lord of gluttony. The exact nature of this deal is unknown, but we do know that this witch tricked Beelzebub in losing his pinky. She also cursed him with slavenic magic: he was not allowed to go east unless the people from east invited him. Around the same a french priest by the name Pierre Aupetit, was burned at the stake of witchcraft. It is said that he acquired Beelzebub's little finger at a witches' Sabbath which he supposedly used to control the lord of the flies.

The same witch that tricked Beelzebub also made a contract with the demon lord of lust; Asmodeus. When this exactly took place and the details of this contract are currently unknown.

### Part 3

In 2022 witches from all over the world have been offering scrifices to the lord of the flies to increase his power and to revive him. The witches sabbath following Vergilius are busy breaking the seal the church put on Beelzebub's finger, so they can give it to the demon lord. They succeeded but the exorcist Dante arrive to try to stop them before they can hand it over. Unfortunatly for him, he arrives too late and the finger has already been sent to the demon lord. During Beelzebub's attack on Tokyo, the witches Vergilius and Charlotte arrive in secret. Charlotte collects Cerberus, while Vergilius betrays the demon lord. He also collected demon lord fragments the church in Japan had collected; Mammon's feather and Leviathan's hair.

### Part 4

Vergilius and Charlotte check out their next target: Aria, the girl they believe is possessed by Asmodeus. They are soon spotted by Boy and when the exorcist Mikhail arrive they decided to back off and wait for the rest of their group. These witches arrive in Tokyo with the help of Tachibana. Once they are together they split into two groups. One group attacks the building Aria resides in and disctract her guard Mikhail. The other group, consisting of only Vergilius, will sneak into the building and kidnap Aria. Things don't go exactly as planned as the first group is almost instantly immobilized by the exorcist miracle and Aria turns out to be the demon lord herself. In the end Viriglius was able to get what he wanted from Asmodeus and the witch Manon was able to save the entire group from being captured. As a parting gift to Mikhail she released an artificial Mandrake. Both groups regrouped and later retrieved the artificial mandrake.

### Part 5

They are seen in a meeting led by Tachibana.

## Refrences

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Episode 18
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Episode 19
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Episode 56
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Episode 45
5. ↑ Episode 22
6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Episode 24
7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 Episode 21
8. ↑ Episode 20
9. ↑ Episode 33
10. ↑ Episode 35
11. ↑ Episode 39
12. ↑ File 44
13. ↑ Episode 44