Witchery

Witchery is a specialized form of Alchemy utilized by Witches. Witchery places a greater emphasis on the symbolic meaning of its ingredients rather than their physical properties and similarly creates products that produce more metaphysical effects.

## Witch Rituals

Witch Rituals, sometimes known as Wituals, are ceremonies that Witches can perform to produce spell-like effects.

### Ritual of Rain

Ingredients: Fire, Beads

Timing: High Noon

Ceremony:

### Ritual of Waxing Love

Ingredients: Candle, Knife, Oil

Timing: At Night during the Dark Moon

Ceremony: The Ritual of Waxing Love is a simple ritual performed by the caster carving symbols of themselves and their lover into a candle, setting it aflame, anointing its fire in oil, and then allowing it to burn out. The night and each night thereafter, the caster must too anoint themselves with oil in order for the ritual to take effect. The result will be that feelings of affection between the caster and their target will continue to grow as the Moon waxes up until the next Full Moon, at which point the two will be hopelessly in love.

### Ritual of Elemental Cleansing

Ingredients: Spark Stones, Candle, Water, Salt

Timing: Any

Ceremony: The Ritual of Elemental Cleansing is a simple ritual intended to weaken Elemental forces in the surrounding area. First, the caster must create a hexagram out of salt while holding the unlit Candle, placing the Water to the North exterior of the hexagram and the Spark Stones to the Northeast exterior. Once this initial preparation is complete, the caster must then place the cand down on the Northeast interior portion of the hexagram and place the stones on top of it. Then the caster must move the candle eastward and strike the stones above it to create sparks, but not close enough to the candle that it might light. The caster must then continue to move the candle, rotating its position along the hexagram clockwise and then striking the spark stones once again, this time until the candle catches fire. When the candle is in the South of the hexagram, the caster must place their hands above it and feel its heat before transitioning it towards Southwest and then blowing the flame out. The caster must then close their eyes as they bring the Candle to the Northwest and then open them again once bringing the candle to the North, at which point they douse the candle with the Water. after bringing the candle back to the Northeast and subsequently removing the candle from the hexagram entirely, the ritual is complete.

### Ritual of Wreckage

Ingredients: Any Symbol of Target Vessel

Timing: While the Target Vessel is in Transit

Ceremony: The Ritual of Wreckage is a simple ritual performed in order to cause disaster to the voyage of a particular vessel. The caster of the spell needs only to find a model, replica, or symbol of their target and destroy it by any means available to them to help wish doom upon their target.

## Common Witchery Ingredients

As Witchery ingredients gain their strength through their symbolic meaning, there is always some flexibility allowed in what specific material can qualify as ingredients for a particular potion or spell. Nonetheless, a guide to some of the more common ingredients utilized by Witches is provided below.

#### Puppy Dog Tail

A Puppy Dog Tail must be snipped off a young canine between 1 month and 1 year of age; the smaller the doggo, the more potent its tail.

#### Salted Snail

Salted Snail does not require the snail's shell or even the bulk of the snail's body, only the liquid that a snail creates when it is exposed to salt.

### Candles

#### Tallow Candle

Tallow Candles are Candles created from rendering meat, especially beef or mutton.

#### Wax Candle

Wax Candles are Candles created without the use of fleshly fat, especially beeswax and paraffin wax. Notably, Wax Candles produce flames that shine more clearly than Tallow Candles.

#### Ib Candle

Ib Candles are created by rendering the flesh and fat from Ib into tallow.

#### Troll Tallow Candle

Troll Tallow Candles are created by rendering the fat from troll flesh. They have an exceptionally long duration due to the tendency of the troll's fat cells to keep regenerating even as the flame burns them down.

### Oils

#### Rose Oil

Rose Oil is a type of Oil derived from Rose flowers. It adds a touch of romantic passion to its recipes.

#### Lavender Oil

Lavender Oil is a type of Oil derived from Lavender flowers. It adds a touch of peace and tranquility to its recipes.

#### Mint Oil

Mint Oil is a type of Oil derived from Mint herbs. It adds cool, minty freshness to its recipes.

#### Pine Oil

Pine Oil is a type of Oil derived from the bark and sap of coniferous trees. Its robust composition adds resiliency to its recipes.

#### Oak Oil

Oak Oil is a type of Oil derived from the bark and sap of broadleaf trees. Its robust composition adds stability to its recipes.

#### Citrus Oil

Citrus Oil is a type of Oil rendered from the skin and flesh of citrus fruits. It adds a bit of sweetness and sourness to its recipes.

#### Tallow Oil

Tallow Oil is a type of Oil rendered from the flesh and fat of animals. It adds a bit of casual violence and natural grotesque to its recipes.

#### Ib Oil

Ib Oil is a type of Oil rendered from the flesh and fat of Ib. It is often used to add a morbid and personal touch to certain ceremonies and recipes.

#### Fish Oil

Fish Oil is a type of Oil derived from the scales of Fish. It adds dynamism and energy to its recipes.

#### Lamp Oil

Lamp Oil is a type of Oil refined from Crude Oil. It adds civilized fuel to its recipes.

#### Crude Oil

Crude Oil is a type of Oil mined from the earth. It adds raw, primitive fuel to its recipes.

#### Ambergris Oil

Ambergris Oil, or Whale Oil, is Oil derived from the bile of Whales. It adds monstrosity and beauty to its recipes.

#### Myrrh Oil

Myrrh Oil is a type of Oil derived from rare trees. It adds sincere care to its recipes.

#### Frankincense Oil

Frankincense Oil is a type of Oil derived from rare trees. It adds natural wealth and unnatural luxury to its recipes.

### Kisses

#### Maiden's First Kiss

A Maiden's First Kiss is obtained from the first time a female virgin Ib of child age or older puckers and presses their lips against those of another Ib aged child or older.

#### Harlot's First Kiss

A Harlot's First Kiss is obtained from the first time a female Ib who has willingly engaged in sexual intercourse with twelve or more male Ib over the course of their life puckers and presses their lips against those of another Ib that is of Child age or older.