Hecate

**Hecate** ( *Ἑκάτη*) is the goddess of magic, witchcraft, the night, the Moon, ghosts, and necromancy. A creation of Nyx and Asteria with Perses' essence. She is the creation of Nyx and Asteria mixed with Perses' essence. Hecate is a three-fold goddess with three domains: the crossroads, witchcraft, and necromancy.

She knows that for every problem one comes across there are many solutions, many different paths to take and when one is lost she can be summoned to present the crossroads. Which is the right one and which is wrong does not matter, but you must choose a road and walk. She is in the magic in every prayer sent to every god, every incense and candle lit, every offering placed on every altar, every chant in every temple and bedroom. She is there to connect the mortals to the deities, to open the door to one's own power, and bring results to their wants and wills. There are consequences to every spell and ceremony performed. There is magic in divinity, in everything the gods do, in everything they are. And she ensures it stays flowing.

And then the sacrifices offered up on altars leave behind their own imprint - the very essence of life as it crosses over, in need of a path toward Hades or a want to linger a bit longer among the living. Hecate takes care of them. They need a guide and the torch she carries is so very warm and bright.

## Titanomachy

**Hecate** is a three-fold goddess. Her story begins when Asteria, the Starry Titaness, and Perses, the Titan of Destruction, wanted a child of their own. Asteria finally turned to one who could most certainly help her - Nyx, Mother Night. Thus Hecate is born of ancient and powerful abilities, a want, a will - the very beginning of magic and rudimentary rituals. The result was instantaneous, and a pleasant surprise for all involved: a young child amongst the swirling darkness and stars with wide, dark eyes that looked up at them as she smiled.

Hecate knows what it means to have loving, doting parents despite their grand calling. One cannot help but be a bit... unusual, when raised by Destruction, The Stars, and The Night. Every duty is performed, every speck of knowledge is gained; she quickly grows from an agreeable if solemn child to a soft but serious adult.

Friends and peers were scarce, so she throws herself into her studies. Hecate devours texts, visits temples and listens to their songs, studies how the magic that brought her to life sustains all the others. Hecate is learning patience, how to watch and wait, how to read people from the inside out.

## Katherine de La Cruce

### Description

Katherine de La Cruce is a nun in the Royal Chapel.

**Katherine de La Cruce** (*see also: Lilith, Sister Kat*) is a nun in the Royal Chapel. Being burned at the stake was not how she wanted to transition from her old life, but when there's a Path for her to take, she can hardly refuse it. The Crossroads work in Mysterious ways she has yet to grasp. She was tired of the suppressing herself and pretending she didn't know a majority of the knowledge she held. Being a quiet, submissive maiden was never her fit.

The ropes came undone from her ankles and wrists; she walked from the burning pile, the flames licked at her and caused no harm. She does not stay to watch the uproar and finds herself in the middle of a chapel with a loose veil on her head and wearing a fitted habit. The silhouette is not suited for a woman of the cloth. Her hands are in the midst of lighting candles at an altar for the so-called God and she has to pause to compose herself.

The irony is astounding and she isn't sure if she should laugh or curse.

She goes by Sister Katherine de la Cruce. It is so easy to slip into the Court's and Church's graces. Listening to their prayers, to their confessions and despairs. She knows what they wish for most of all, what they are too afraid to admit to outside of the protective stone walls of the chapel. She knows what they want and what they are willing to offer, to sacrifice, and the roads to walk from there.

When one is looking for the Apothecary's cabinet, a witch's brew - whatever one's station - they are never denied. Not as long as they make the choice themselves, pick a path, and walk with eyes opened. These are the ones who come to her and ask after Lilith. But Lilith is not the same face as Sister Kat.

For an Era so obsessed with light, they forget that darkness must also exist. And it is not always evil.

## Katherine "Kat" de la Cruce

### Description

Katherine "Kat" de la Cruce is the owner of the Apothecary and a stage magician.

**Katherine "Kat" de la Cruce** (*see also: Mistress Magick, Ana Senari*) is the owner of the Apothecary and a stage magician. She wakes up gasping at a circular table covered in herbs and metals and a glass orb. Several others are with her, with their eyes closed, hands joined, and whispered, repetitive chanting. Darkness shrouds them, the only light from the lone candelabra. Shadows dance along the wall, across the ceiling. She could have easily brushed them all as tricks of the light, but she knows. The boom of occult activity in the 19th century made Hecate wake up and hit the ground running.

Hecate does not mind. Sometimes there are spirits bound to a home or a body, and sometimes there is something darker, and sometimes there is nothing at all. Whatever will put on the better show. Whatever will entice the lingering ghost most – passing on or going home with her.

Hecate did not so much recover her memories as she recovered her studies and went from there. She learned more about herself through her notes than anything else. Adding another act to her career list, she picks up a top hat and some stage tricks and became a magician. Finding there is something entirely, mischievously freeing in doing literal magic in front of a crowd and them applaud for her. Whether they believe it or not. They still pay to see her skills, to give tribute, to leave her mysterious company and be left wondering just how she did it.

Her tours take her to The City. Something in the Crossroads tells her to stay.

## Non-Player Characters

### Roaring 20s NPCs

* **Baskerville** is Hecate's hellhound, found and brought to her by Artemis some time in their past lives.

## Locations

### Titanomachy Locations

* **The Underworld** is where the soul goes, brought by psychopomps after your death. It is a large place, one of darkness made for the dead, where the soul is judged and accounts are settled.

### Sun Court Locations

* **The Royal Chapel** is technically the fourth chapel constructed at Versailles, and will eventually be replaced with a fifth. The chapel is still ostentatious like the rest of the palace, but one of the quieter places in Versailles—it's not really a vivacious atmosphere, after all. There's a bell set up to ring for a priest (probably the assistant priest) in case anyone needs confession - the booth is open. A couple maids are tidying up the altar area to bring a few things back to the sacristy, and it's relatively peaceful—but stepping inside, under the sunbeams through the stained glass windows, you can't quite help but feel like you're being watched from somewhere. Or like you just heard footsteps.

### Roaring 20s Locations

* **Crossroads Apothecary** **Crossroads Apothecary** is a shop located right across the street from the City’s church. A quaint pit stop should one need a remedy for their aches and pains - be it physical, mental, or from an annoyingly unwanted outside source; it carries a plethora of freshly picked herbs, carefully mixed elixirs, and professionally prepared medicines. The atmosphere is charming, calming and the shoppe keep is quite a sight herself.
	+ The Apothecary is a place with a little magic dancing among the dust motes.1/1

* **Mistress Magicks' Mystic Emporium** is full of whimsical wonders and cabinet curiosities, with stock ranging from beginner's card tricks to strange antiques, dusty tombs to cursed objects, tarot readings to full blown seances.

## References

1. ↑ Wikipedia - Hecate [1]
2. ↑ Theoi - Hekate [2]
3. ↑ Discord - Hecate Sun Court [3]
4. ↑ Discord - Hecate in the 1920s [4]
5. ↑ Wikipedia - Chapels of Versailles [5]
6. ↑ Chateau de Versailles - Royal Chapel [6]