Ailís Cavanaugh

### Relatives

William Cavanaugh (Father)Alice Kyteler (Mother) †William Kyteler (Brother) †Harai (Former-Lover) †Tezcatlipoca (Mate)Shae Cavanaugh (Adopted Son)Saga (Son)Aisling Cavanaugh (Son)

### Allies

UMAGenesis AmariOwen AmariEverett KinleyOlivia KinleySanquineVelveteen

### Weapon of Choice

Magic

**Ailís Cavanaugh** (born **Ailís Kyteler**, 23 January 1285) is a Witchborn mage.

He is the couple's second child following William. Ailís was the last born to the Kyteler Coven and the prodigy 'daughter' of Alice. Upon his birth, Alice chose to treat Ailís as a female and therefore raising him as her daughter instead of her son as female witches are more revered than male witches.

Ailís was treated terribly as a child and abused for much of it. Never allowed to leave the house, he was severely punished when his brother William locked him out and blamed him for it. The young witch was beaten badly by his mother to teach Ailís a lesson.

As a young witch, Ailís was very much alone, the only person he was remotely close to was Petronilla de Meath, who cared for him during his time there. Upon returning to his family home years later he was relieved to find out that she had been killed long before he returned and so he didn’t have to do the deed himself.

Ailís has an innate dislike of many witches due to his upbringing and has killed hundreds of them, stealing their magic in the meantime. One of Ailís’s greatest accomplishments was aiding the great alchemist, Nicolas Flamel with his research on the Philosopher’s Stone, and succeeding, using it to create a spell as well as potions from the compound for immortality. Ailís was the first witch in history to gain immortality in such a manner.

## Early Life

Ailís was born early morning on 23 January 1285, into the Kilkenny Witch Coven as the second son of Alice Kyeteler and William Cavanaugh. His mother, Alice, had planned to have a daughter and upon learning that she'd birthed a boy she named him Ailís, another form of Alice, and raised him as a girl.

### Childhood and Adolescence

Ailís was not allowed outside nor was he allowed to be around his mother when she was performing rituals. He was often alone and the one person he knew best was Petronilla, his handmaiden. She taught him how to walk and speak as well as to read and write but never attempted to teach him magic. Being alone most of the time Ailís was a lonely child and longed for freedom but never did anything to gain the ire of his wrathful mother.

At the age of six Ailís was tricked by his brother William and locked out of the house. After wandering around the streets Petronilla found him and took him home where his mother waited to punish him. This was the beginning of a shift in Ailís's life and he began to dislike Alice. The same day William attempted to kill Ailís, trying to strangle him in his room until he fainted. By nearly killing Ailís, William unknowingly and unintentionally forced a magical phenomenon called a Magic Surge to erupt from Ailís and it was during this surge that Ailís nearly killed his own brother in return, leaving him covered in lacerations and bleeding to death on the floor. When William fell to the floor Ailís stopped his assault and fell unconscious once again, not knowing what happened until he performed a spell many years later to where he could walk through his past. Petronilla presented Ailís with a wand when he awoke and he began to learn magic both on his own as well as from his mother and, secretly, from Petronilla. When Ailís was presented to Alice after the incident she was pleased, at first, until she snatched him by the hair and threatened him to never injure William again. This was another push for Ailís to hate his mother.

Ailís's rebellion didn't end with learning secret magic. He often snuck out of his window to wander the town outside of Kyteler's House. He learned from whatever and whoever he could. He had acquired many spellbooks in secret and kept them hidden from everyone, even his handmaiden. When Ailís learned about demons was when he was finally able to break free, now able to see the souls of the damned that haunted the halls of the house, the demons that roamed and stuck close to his mother. Ailís was only eight years old when he summoned his first demon, he learned from them. He learned magic from them, he gave them blood in return for knowledge.

When Ailís was thirteen years old when Alice caught him sneaking out of his window. She dragged him down the hall by his hair, ignoring his kicking and screaming. She cast spells on him, whipped him with switches, beat him within inches of his life and when she was done she left him there to suffer. When Ailís made it back to his room he summoned a demon, using his blood for the summoning circle and summoned a powerful Noble Wrath demon. He offered the demon his blood and noting the intense rage coming off of the young witch, the demon obliged, taking him away from Kyteler's House, out of Kilkenny.

Ailís awoke to found himself in the village of Creganna, Ireland. It was there that he'd met his first friend as well as first love, [[Hadrian]], a vampire. The two were inseparable and travelled across Ireland. It was at Flaggy Shore, only two years after his escape, fifteen years old when he lost his virginity to his thirty-four-year-old vampire lover. It wasn't until three years later that when they found themselves being hunted in Holyhead, Wales that they separated for safety. Ailís was left on his own for many years, travelling from place to place. During that time he committed many terrible acts, killing people, sacrificing them during rituals, hating the people who hunted him for being a witch. He grew bitter and wrathful. It wasn't until 1398 in Pontoise, France that he made reliable friends. He met a man named Nicolas Flamel, one of the greatest alchemists in the world. He stayed close to Nicolas and his wife, Perenelle, for months. They worked together to unlock the secrets of everlasting life. It was during the first year that Perenelle fell ill and died. Both he and Nicolas felt the pain and it took several months before they were able to continue their research. Ailís knew that Nicolas was reaching the end of his life but after many years he and Flamel succeeded and created the legendary Philosopher's Stone. It was only a few weeks after that Ailís mourned his dear friend's death. He made sure he was buried next to Perenelle. Ailís's research with the Philosopher's Stone continued even after he fled the uprising Witch Trials in France. It took him several years to create a spell imbued with the gift of the stone along with a potion of the same effect.

With the ability to make himself youthful again Ailís was able to outrun many witch trials. He eventually quietly settled down in a small house on the outskirts of Galway, his favourite place to be, and kept to himself. Witch trials were becoming less frequent in Ireland and people didn't suspect him. He lived there for many years, studying and researching magic, growing stronger with each passing year. It wasn't until he heard of the witches being prosecuted and burned at the stake in Kilkenny that he decided it best to begin travelling again. During his travels, Ailís even changed his appearance to avoid being caught by witch hunters as red hair was oftentimes enough evidence to accuse someone of being a witch. It was a midsummer day when Ailís found the small village of Glendalough, Ireland. It sat in a glacial valley and the village was secluded. Upon arrival, he was greeted warmly and he bought a house a little ways away from the main part of the village, still wanting seclusion. There, he felt no prosecution or conviction. When the villagers found out he was a witch they did nothing but ask him for poultices for their ill and protection from plagues that may harm their farmlands.

### Glendalough, Ireland

Ailís had become to be known as the village witch and it was not strange to the families that lived in the village that he did not age and outlived many of them. Though there were times where he would leave the village to travel, he only travelled north or west, never south. He enjoyed going through libraries and bookstores

### The Scribes of Thoth

It was years that Ailís lived peacefully in Glendalough. He left when he felt that his learning had stalled and wanted to learn more magic and gain strength. He often consulted demons about getting him more tomes and spellbooks but the demons asked for more when they realized what he was doing. In turn, Ailís stopped summoning demons and ventured out of the valley and back into the world. He was in Paris, France studying the catacombs when he met another witch by the name of Salih. Salih spoke of an organization where Ailís could gain more knowledge if only be provide new knowledge in return. After speaking with Salih and learning of the organization Ailís quickly became infatuated, agreeing to the terms of the organization

### The Witch's Bane

He was making his way through Dublin when he met a coven of unsightly witches that called themselves the [[Hallowed Circle]]. He found that they were necromancers that were killing locals for their own gain. Upon realizing that Ailís may be a threat to their coven some of the Hallowed Circle went after him, attempting to kill him. It was when he was protecting himself he learned that he could pull magic out of other witches and add it to his own. The dark magic that the witches he syphoned from corrupted him, however, and he quickly became addicted to the rush of new magic. With his newly found ability, he decimated the Hallowed Circle, massacring them in cold blood.

Ailís began hunting down witches then,

## Trivia

* Ailís is an Aquarius

* His alignment is Chaotic Neutral
* Has a distaste for witches but no longer kills them on sight.
* Has soft spots for his children, Demons, Angels and Djinn.
* Has a craze for power and knowledge, very chaotic.
* Will not hesitate to sacrifice people to further his own gains.