Salem/Mary Sibley

**Mary Sibley** is a witch and the wife of the late George Sibley, the lover of John Alden, and the most powerful witch in Salem. She became a witch after sacrificing her unborn baby to Satan in exchange for supernatural powers and arcane knowledge.

## 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. Mary was shown to be one of the most powerful witches that Salem had ever seen, being able to rival even ancient witches such as the Countess Von Marburg in terms of magical strength. In fact, she was the Samhain of the Essex Hive, as well as the only witch shown to possess more than one familiar - a toad and a snake, both of which she could use to control different people.

* **Mental Insubordination:** After two years as a witch, she performed her first significant magic by forcing her familiar toad down George Sibley's throat with Tituba's aid. By doing this, she placed her husband in a paralysis of sorts that rendered him utterly under her power.
* **Astral Projection:** She was shown to be capable of staying conscious while projecting her specter to another place - upon doing this, she would enter a trance of sorts.
	+ **Bilocation:** Later on, she proved skillful enough to imitate feats displayed by far stronger and older witches, such as the ability to bilocate, and though she confessed that such a feat required all of her strength to accomplish, the fact that she was successful at it and even capable of effectively casting other magic in this state is a definite testament to her tremendous magical strength.
* **Teleportation:** Mary was also able to access an advanced version of teleportation, being able to teleport within a close proximity and over vast distances. She could even bring others with her while teleporting.
* **Telekinesis/Body Manipulation:** She also possesses telekinetic skills that enable her to assume control over a person's movement, also known as puppetry.
* **Dream Walking:** Like Tituba, Mary is partially-skilled in dream walking, though she usually requires Tituba's aid. It was through this method that Mary infiltrated John's dreams to discover the Malum's location, though this led to violent convulsions that forced her to stop and later caused her to be unable to resist John's amorous advances. She eventually surpassed these limitations, being able to affect Isaac in the same way in his own dreams without suffering any consequences.
* **Necromancy:** Despite the Essex Hive's assumption that Tituba was their only gifted necromancer, Mary proved herself to be a powerful practitioner of this kind of magic as well. Through the remains of Increase Mather's corpse, she summoned him from Hell in the form of a spirit, and in this spiritual state, he was completely bound to her will.
	+ **Resurrection:** Mary also demonstrated an extraordinarily high level of skill and expertise in magic that directly manipulates life and death, such as raising the dead. For instance, she was able to temporarily resurrect George Sibley after his murder.
* **Location Detection:** With Tituba's aid, Mary easily located Alexander Corwin.
* **Death Inducement:** After locating Corwin, Mary linked a ram's head to him, allowing her to kill him from a vast distance.
* **Chlorokinesis:** Mary's control over the elements was definitely her most offensive magical ability. For instance, during an attempt to kill Increase, Mary assumed control over the woods all the way from Salem, using vines to subdue the witch hunter with just a simple drop of blood.
* **Pyrokinesis:** The element that Mary has the greatest proficiency in and most commonly uses is fire; her usage ranges from divining a desired object's location to a suicidal attempt at eliminating a powerful rival, the Countess. With a small blood sacrifice, she set the entire meeting house on fire, though she claimed this act was fuelled by the trees that surrounded her, and she propelled a large fireball at the Countess.
	+ **Fire Immunity:** She was also shown to be able to extinguish fire with her bare hands without inflicting any injury upon herself.
* **Telepathy:** Mary is also highly psychic in nature, being able to sense the presence of her target even when she was unable to determine its identity. By simply tasting Anne Hale's blood, Mary was capable of learning the thoughts of the younger witch and was capable of replicating the contents of Anne's Book fo Shadows.
* **Illusion Casting:** She can cast realistic illusions, both on herself and entire locations, as seen when she hid the pool of hellblood from Cotton Mather and the Magistrate.
* **Cursing:** She is also skilled in unbreakable curses, as seen when she cursed a doll that nearly led to Anne's death. Even John Hale, a cradle witch, could not break the curse, which is another definite testament to Mary's mysterious yet formidable power.