Witch

The New Generation
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**Witches** are supernatural beings who are born with the power to affect change by magical means (**witchcraft**). Although the term "warlock" is commonly used to differentiate male witches from female witches, it appears that "witch" is a gender-neutral term that does apply to both men and women.

## Powers & Abilities

Depending on their level of skill, witches possess a number of magical powers. By joining together, witches can increase their magical strength. Among their many supernatural talents are:

* **Spell Casting:** The power to change, manipulate and control objects, events, actions and phenomena through the use of incantations, commands, rituals, gestures or pure sheer force of will.
	+ **Summoning:** The power to summon another witch, a familiar or being from one location to another.
	+ **Cursing:** The power to place a curse on someone or something, causing negative effects from physical harm to even death by magical means.
		- **Hexing:** A mild form of cursing causing misfortune.
	+ **Warding:** The power to place protection spells and wards on places and people, shielding them from harm or danger.
	+ **Binding:** The power to bind or trap an individual to a given area. It can also be used to limit their movements by restraining them completely.
	+ **Memory Manipulation:** The power to scan and take away memories from people, and/or add false ones.
	+ **Chlorokinesis:** The power to control and manipulate plants.
	+ **Poppet Puppetry:** The power to control non-sentient beings and physical events through the use of poppets.
	+ **Astral Projection:** The power to project their astral form to another location, essentially becoming ghosts.
	+ **Scrying:** The power to spy on another person using a reflective surface.
	+ **Conjuration:** The power to conjure demons and other beings.
	+ **Necromancy:** The power to control, manipulate, and resurrect the dead.
	+ **Illusion Manipulation:** The power to project highly realistic illusions into the physical world.
		- **Glamour:** The power to disguise a physical appearance.
	+ **Demon Trapping:** The power to trap a demon.
	+ **Demon Banishing:** The power to banish a demon and other beings from a given area.
	+ **Containment:** The power to contain a being in a specific area or object.
	+ **Demonic Exorcism:** Although forbidden by Witch Laws, particularly skilled witches and warlocks can expel demons from their human hosts.
	+ **Cloaking:** The power to render a being, location, or object physically undetectable to the senses.
	+ **Enchantment:** The power to imbue a person or object with a magical capability.
	+ **Portal Opening:** The power to open a portal to another dimension.
	+ **Atmokinesis:** The power to control and manipulate the weather.
	+ **Hellfire Summoning:** The power to summon fire from the pit of Hell. In the history of witches, only four of the most powerful witches have accomplished this.
	+ **Animal Transformation:** The power to transform an individual into any animal they want.
* **Telekinesis:** The power to levitate, move and control things with the power of the mind.
* **Teleportation:** The power to move from one location to another without occupying the space in between.
	+ **Bi-Location:** The power to send a witch to another location.
* **Potion Making:** The ability to brew and concoct potions, remedies, and elixirs that have supernatural properties.
* **Divination:** The power to obtain direct knowledge about an object, person, location or physical event through means other than the user's physical senses.
* **Familiar Communication:** The ability to converse with their familiars.
* **Mediumship:** The ability to see and communicate with the spirits of the dead.
* **Mind Control:** The power to control another person's actions, thoughts and feelings.
* **Dream Walking:** The power to enter another person's dreams.
* **Telepathy:** The power to read the minds of others and project one's thoughts into others' minds.
* **Precognition:** The power to receive visions of the future through dreams.
* **Flight:** The power to defy gravity propel oneself through the air at tremendous speeds.
	+ **Levitation:** The power to defy gravity and propel oneself in the air and hover.
* **Pyrokinesis:** The power to generate, control and manipulate fire.
* **Resurrection:** The power to resurrect the dead without the use of a spell or sacrifice.
* **Healing:** The power to heal another person of their injuries and wounds.
* **Electrokinesis:** The power to generate and control electricity.
* **Longevity:** Witches are extremely long-lived, aging at an especially slow rate.

## Weaknesses

* **Mortality:** Despite their mystical attributes, witches are still human and share many of the same weaknesses as non-supernatural beings (e.g. blood loss, immolation, snapped neck, etc.).
* **Witchcraft:** Witches themselves are susceptible to the powers of witchcraft.
* **Vampirism**: Originally, witches could become a vampire-witch hybrid, without losing access to their witchcraft. But for an unknown reason in 2038, a spell was cast by a witch, all existing vampire-witch hybrids would lose access to their magic, essentially becoming vampires.

## Notable Witches

* Raina Watts
* Erin Kennedy
* Dina Kirby
* Alexander Cross †
* Tiffany Sinclair †
* Ana Lyn

### Hybrids

* Caroline Carlisle (Witch-Siren Hybrid)
* Ophelia Pierce (vampire-witch hybrid; formerly)
* Piper Pierce (vampire-witch hybrid; formerly)
* Emily Carlisle † (witch-siren hybrid; formerly)