Salem/Countess Von Marburg

**Countess Palatine Ingrid Von Marburg** is a witch from *Salem*.

## Powers and Abilities

### Powers

**Sorcery:** As one of the first original witches in history and having been taught witchcraft by Lucifer himself, the Countess is one of the most powerful witches alive, if not the most powerful - in ancient times, she was once worshipped as the Goddess Hecate, and as a pagan siren in 17th Century Germany. Even Mary Sibley, the most powerful witch of the Essex Hive, also once acknowledged the Countess to be stronger than any witch she had ever seen.

* **Immortality:** The Countess' most noteworthy ability is self-resurrection; as explained by Increase Mather, her first original body - which contains a vital part of her soul - is stored in a sarcophagus, and so, with each and every time she died, she eventually comes back to life, making her an immortal of sorts. Unfortunately for her, this is also her greatest weakness - if her original body were to be harmed or destroyed, then she herself would be rendered mortal and, in Mary's words, "could be run through with a dull blade". It was never specifically revealed or confirmed as to how exactly her resurrection works, and whether upon each death, she possesses a new body, or if it is an actual reincarnation into a new entity. Through her and Mary's conversation during their battle at the church, it was revealed that this process of self-resurrection is not instantaneous and takes some time.
* **Astral Projection:** Demonstrating her strength, the Countess does not require any tools to astral project and can even remain conscious in both her astral and physical forms. Mary herself once described this as magic she had never tried before, and it required all her strength to maintain it when she did so.
* **Water Manipulation:** In terms of her control over the elements, the Countess has demonstrated an affinity for water, using it numerous times as her conduit to achieve her own goals - she killed Sir Elliot and, later, George Sibley by causing them to drown from within.
* **Weather Manipulation:** She was also shown to be powerful enough to assume complete control over the weather - Mary was alerted to her presence by the storm she invoked over Salem. However, she seemed incapable of doing so when trapped within the place that served as a source of power for another witch, as demonstrated by her fight with Mary when the latter attempted to burn the church. It was also never specifically confirmed as to whether Mary's allegations of the Countess requiring tears to invoke rain were true or just an assumption on her part.
* **Telepathy:** The Countess is also capable of telepathy to an extraordinarily high level - through only a blood kiss, she can penetrate the mind of her victim and read their thoughts and see their secrets.
* **Dream Reading:** Her dream walking skills, which she herself calls "meddling within the soul" are highly advanced as well - through either physical contact or by using water as a conduit, she can create dream-like states within the human mind.
* **Mediumship:** She can detect the presence of a nearby spirit.
* **Psychometry:** She can roughly determine a person's location from a distance, as when she sensed John Sibley's presence while chasing after him. She also easily sensed Mercy Lewis as a rebel witch of the Essex Hive and used her to her own ends.
* **Age Manipulation:** The Countess is also skilled in blood magic, knowing how to preserve her youth, beauty, and health by bathing in the blood of the young.