Willow Morningstar

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Willow Morningstar (*also known as Willow Madizza, Willow Hecate, and the daughter of two*) is born from the Green and Black bloodlines. She later

## Willow Morningstar

### Aliases

Willow Madizza
Willow Hecate
Witchling
Low

### Relatives

Mother: Flora Madizza
Father: Samuel Hecate
Half-Brother: Ash Madizza
Aunt: Lorelei Hecate
Distant Great-Aunt: Charlotte Hecate
Distant Great-Grandmother: Susannah Madizza
Distant Great-Grandfather: George Collins

## Physical description

### Eye color

Heterochromatic
Right: Amber
Left: Pale violet

## Appearances

### Appears in

The Coven; The Cursed

becomes the Covenant of Crystal Hollow, and wife of Lucifer the Morningstar.

## History

### Early life

Born to Flora Madizza and Samuel Hecate in secret outside of Crystal Hollow in 2002, she is raised and trained in witchcraft and self-defence in Vermont.

Her father taught her to fight as a form of self-defence from a young age. In her teenage years, he would sign her up for cage fighting once she became too skilled to spar against for training. Samuel, her father, would often bet against Willow for money and would lock her in an underground cage when she lost, a punishment that led to her crippling fear of the dark. After the cage fights on weekends, Willow would return home to her mother. Even though she was not yet 16, the earth would recognize her injuries and work to heal her before she returned home. Because of this healing, her mother never knew of the mistreatment at the hands of her father. She never told her mother of the mistreatment because her father had threatened to harm Ash, her half-brother, if she ever spoke about it.

Her mother raised her with the knowledge of the old ways of the witches and taught her how to use her Green powers once she turned 16. It's a surprise to everyone at Hollow's Grove that she has such a deep knowledge of her Green magic and uses it skillfully.

She grows up with a distaste for the Coven since she believes they have forgotten the old ways of magic and have a general disrespect for the culture. She is aware that one day, she will be summoned to attend Hollow's Grove where she will fulfil the prophecy by seducing a Vessel to help her find Charlotte's bones, as she has been trained to do by her father.

## Appearance

She has heterochromia due to her dual bloodline, causing one eye to be violet and the other amber. Her hair is a deep mahogany. She has a curvy figure with thick thighs.

## Personality

Willow is untrusting, closed, and defensive. Her first instinct is always to fight either with words or with physical force. Her abandonment issues cause her to push friends away, though she ultimately doesn't want to be alone. Over time, she is able to open up and make a few friends at the school and become closer to her husband.

## Powers and Abilities

### Green

Coming into her Green powers at 16 and being trained by her mother, Willow is a master of her Green powers and strives to return her blood to the plants of the school to restore the neglected magic there.

### Black

Willow knew from a young age that she would at some point acquire the abilities of the Black bloodline once she discovers Charlotte's bones. She could always hear the bones whispering to her in the night, but wasn't able to use any of the necromancy magic until she received the bones. In an attempt to relocate the bones of the dead in the school cemetery, she accidentally mixes the Black powers with the Green, fully restoring life to the dead.

### The Source

After being killed by Beelzebub and resurrected from Gray's, Lucifer's, blood, she has enough of Gray's blood in her to take some of his powers. She is then able to touch the Source directly and harbour some of its powers.

## Relationships

### Family

#### Flora Madizza

Flora is Willow's mother and is a Green witch.

Flora dies when Willow is 20 years old and has a Christian burial in the human realm in Vermont. After her death, her ex-husband Samuel Hecate has plans to return to her grave site, exhume her body, and rebury her outside of the casket, thus returning her Green power back to the earth to replenish what was taken and keep the power alive for future generations. It is unknown if the plan was carried out, though Willow doubts it ever was and often thinks about returning to her mother's burial site to carry out the plan herself.

#### Samuel Hecate

Samuel is Willow's father and is a Black witch without power since he never gained the power of Charlotte's bones. Having escaped Crystal Hollow before making the Choice, he was able to pass the power of the Black bloodline on to his daughter.

He was instructed by Lucifer the Morningstar to raise her to fulfil the prophecy of *the daughter of two* under the promise that he would bring back his sister, Lorelei, once the prophecy was fulfilled, but this was a lie.

#### Ash Madizza

Ash is Willow's half-brother, born to Flora Madizza and a human man when Willow was 14 years old. He is a Green witch.

Willow bound his magic to help keep him hidden from the Coven in hopes that he would never have to return to Hollow's Grove or make the Choice.

#### Lorelei Hecate

Lorelei is Willow's father's sister and is a Black witch.

While asleep, Willow witnesses Lorelei's death, that happened 50 years prior, in a dream. She sees that Gray (*Lucifer the Morningstar*) is responsible for her death. In this vision, Lucifer marks her with the Eye of the Devil, which is later revealed to be a symbol of being married to the Devil.

#### Charlotte Hecate

Charlotte is Willow's father's distant great-aunt and is a Black witch.

Lucifer inserts one of Charlotte's ribs into Willow when she is born so that a piece of Charlotte will always be with her. Willow sometimes has visions that involve Charlotte.

Willow was raised to fulfil the prophecy of *the daughter of two* as told by Charlotte. Willow returns to Hollow's Grove to find Charlotte's bones and retreive the power of the Black bloodline in order to return Crystal Hollow back to the old ways and free the Vessels.

#### Susannah Madizza

Susannah is Willow's distant maternal grandmother and was a Green witch.

Susannah orders Gray to bring Willow, who she believes to be the last of the Madizza bloodline, to Hollow's Grove after discovering her. She is unhappy with Willow's attitude and is suspicious of the secret of the Black bloodline. Susannah figures out that Willow is Lorelei's neice and confronts her in the gardens of the school.

#### **George Collins**

George is Willow's distant maternal grandfather and was a Yellow witch before making the Choice (? It is implied in the book that he made the Choice, but it seems that the Choice was decreed after George's death by hanging at the hands of witchhunters prior to his resurrection).

George takes on a somewhat protective role of Willow when he sees how she is being treated by Susannah and fetches Gray when things get out of hand.

### Marriage

#### Lucifer the Morningstar (*Alaric Grayson "Gray" Thorne, Headmaster Thorne, the Devil*)

Gray is Willow's husband and an Archdemon that later becomes a Vessel before returning to his original body.

Willow was trained by her father to one day seduce a Vessel to trick him into helping her find Charlotte's bones. After meeting Gray, she quickly realizes this is the Vessel that will help her.

As his bond with Willow grows stronger, Gray declares dominium on Willow to the Covenant and later informs his Vessels. He asks everyone not to tell Willow because he wants her to be ready and not hate him once his plan is finally carried out. Having dominium on her will prevent any other Vessel or Tribunal member from courting her, making it more likely that she will remain loyal to him and help him with the next steps of his plan.

When they first meet, Willow's mother's amulet prevents Gray's compulsion from working on her, however after they settle on a bargain at Hollow's Grove, Willow seals the deal by drinking some of his blood, making his compulsion stronger on her and creating an emotional bond between them. Gray often comes in to save Willow because his side of their bargain is to protect her against all and any harm. She drinks his blood to heal herself, making the bond strong between them.

Unbeknownst to Willow, he makes her his wife when he sees her apparation while she is dreaming of Lorelei's murder 30 years prior to her birth. During her dream/vision, he marks her with the Eye of the Devil and pretends upon waking that he doesn't know why the Devil would want to keep his eye on her. He later reveals that he marked her to symbolize their marriage to one another.

Gray feeds off Willow regularly during fights, during the reaping, and during sexual encounters. He has so much of her blood in him that he can weild some of her power which tips him off that she is the link to the Black bloodline. Willow loses her virginity to Gray. When he tastes the blood from her that can only be given once, his obsession for her grows even stronger and he realizes that he will never be able to go on without her. He changes his plans to kill her and figures out a way to keep her alive in the final piece of his plan, wanting never to leave her side.

Their relationship starts out rocky, but they later become close and have a witch marriage ceremony performed by his sister, the goddess.

#### Michael Morningstar

Michael is Willow's brother-in-law (Gray's brother) and an Archangel.

#### Goddess

The marriage goddess is Willow's sister-in-law (Gray's sister) and a Goddess.

#### God

God is Willow's father-in-law (Gray's father) and a God (*species*).

### Other

#### Della Tethys

Della is Willow's friend and a Blue witch.

Gray tries to manipulate Della into spying on Willow, but she refuses. She quickly forgives Willow and trusts her word after the Seal is opened and Lucifer and the Archdemons are raised from Hell.

#### Margot Erotes

Margot is Willow's friend and a Red witch. She helps Willow prepare for her first Reaping.

#### Iban Bray

Iban is Willow's potential love interest turned friend turned enemy and is a Green witch without powers due to having made the Choice.

Iban was originally promised that no other witches would try to court Willow because he is the most eligible bachelor of the other Green bloodline and it is preferred to keep bloodlines pure. However, after Willow falls in love with Gray and becomes his wife, his jealousy drives him to plot against Gray with Gray's brother, Michael, leading to his ultimate demise.

#### Itar Bray (*Itan Bray*)

Itar is Iban's father and elder Tribunal member for the Green house.

#### Juliet

Juliet is one of Gray's Vessels. He accompagnies Gray to Willow's home in Vermont to coax her into joining Hollow's Grove.

Juliet becomes more of an ally to the witches when she starts a relationship with Della after the Seal is opened and Lucifer and the Archdemons are raised from Hell.

#### Kairos

Kairos is one of Gray's Vessels. He accompagnies Gray to Willow's home in Vermont to coax her into joining Hollow's Grove. He captures Ash before he is able to get onto the bus.

Kairos is the first and only Vessel that Willow successfully unmakes with her newly acquired Black powers.

#### Jonathan Hatt

Jonathan was a human witch hunter in the 1600's, he is later turned into one of the Cursed by Charlotte and then into a feline familiar by Willow.

Jonathan spends his time as a cat walking under Willow's feet and hissing at Gray. He is an antagonist in Willow and Gray's relationship due to him being a human man trapped inside a cat's body which causes a lot of jealous emotions for Gray.