Salem/Mercy Lewis

**Mercy Lewis** is a witch and the daughter of Reverend Lewis who was plagued by spectral attacks and was exploited by Cotton Mather to discover the secret identities of the witches.

## Powers and Abilities

**Witchcraft:** According to Reverend Cotton Mather, the power of a witch is not only dependent on the source of their magic but also on their knowledge and training in witchcraft. While it appears that all witches obtain their magic from the Devil, not all witches have the same experience or expertise in the Dark Arts, nor do they share the same powers. According to Mather, the primary sources of power that almost all witches draw from are death and lust. Mercy is a powerful witch of the Essex Hive, having quickly grown in power by herself, though she still remains inferior to the naturally more powerful witches of the Essex Hive, such as Mary Sibley and Anne Hale.

* **Astral Projection:** Upon her initiation into witchcraft, she was taught several basic rituals by Mary, such as the one to enter a state of astral projection, which she showed considerable skill in.
	+ **Possession:** Once she astral projects, she is able to go so far as to be able to temporarily possess her target.
* **Illusion Casting:** Mercy was also able to craft a short-lasting illusion using a potion while playing a game with other girls.
* **Teleportation:** After betraying both Mary and Tituba, she rebelled against the Essex Hive, though her power continued to grow naturally as she was quickly able to teleport, fleeing from Mary in this manner.
* **Limb Transformation:** She was also able to change the shapes of her fingers into animalistic nails, which she achieved through sheer will without any assistance.
* **Levitation:** Mercy also eventually learned how to levitate, using this either in fights or when she broke in to help her followers.
* **Mental Insubordination:** Unlike the previously seen use of familiars to control humans by forcing them to ingest the familiar, Mercy learned how to use her familiar bird to control men by castrating them and sewing in the head of a bird in place of castration, showing skill in witchcraft as she possibly thought of this practice herself.
* **Animal Manipulation:** She also assumed control over Tituba's familiar using her followers in a calculative move, forcing the familiar spider to seal George Sibley's mouth shut, which led to Tituba's arrest, along with Mercy's accusation.
* **Accelerated Regeneration:** One of the most significant techniques she was taught in is the practice of blooming: bathing in the blood of others which is a sophisticated practice used by powerful witches such as the Marburg bloodline. It was, in fact, the Countess von Marburg who taught Mercy the art of blooming in the first place, healing her scars and regrowing her hair in the process.
* **Invisibility:** She also showed herself capable of invisibility, though whether it was achieved through a spell, ritual, or potion is unclear.
* **Superhuman Durability:** Like other witches, Mercy has demonstrated a greater durability than human beings, easily surviving a knife in the chest. She also survived a fire that killed all of her fires, although she was horribly burned in the process.