The Witch-Borg

## General Overview

The Witch-Borg is the main villain of Legends of Phandevler, they were foreshadowed at the very end of Lost Mines of Phandelver, in the form of Owl Witch Pins. His endgame is to destroy all magic from the universe.

*"Magic….is a disease….*

*An ailment that affects reality...*

*A plague that threatens the very order of the universe...*

*A wound that will not heal, until the source is exterminated..."* - The Witch-Borg on magic

## History

Not much is currently known on the specifics of how they were created, but it was revealed that they were created millions of years ago by who Hecate claims to be the High Archmages.

The Witch-Borg was created however with a singular purpose to maintain order in the multiverse for the High Archamges that eventually led to their unadulterated hatred of magic. They spent years trying to achieve this goal through yet to be known means before going into hibernation. The Witch-Borg even came across the legendary Divine Hand made by the Hands of Steel which allowed them to enact their plans to destroy magic.

According to Hecate, she aided in the creation of the Witchborg. Their job was to oversee order in all of creation. The Witchborg saw magic as a blasphemy to order and attempted to destroy it. They even assassinated Mystul at the start of the Spellplague to kill the Weave, but failed. When the Spellplague ended, Hecate was banished to the mortal planes as a genie for her insolence and aid in it's creation.

It was suggested that after their defeat at the end of the Spellplague, Hecate believed them to be dead and sent the Legends to Black Hallow where they presumed to have fallen to at their demise to confirm their death. Obviously they didn't die.

It wasn't until later on they would get their retribution towards Hecate by stealing all of her magic.

### Hatred of the Arcane

The Witch-Borg believes that magic is the greatest plague to infect existence. That the very nature of the arcane is a blasphemy to the universe and order to reality. What caused this hatred and how it relates to their original purpose is still unknown.

## Abilities

### Anti-Magic Field

The Witch-Borg is completely immune to magic. Any magical effects are null and void, spells are useless and they can just stand in magic fire and feel nothing.

### Arcane Absorption

The Witch-Borg is capable of draining the magical essence from a being or object with the clawed device on their right hand. using this they can either temporarily or permanently drain the magic off a source for an undefined amount.

### High Intellect

Being a machine, they are well inversed in many topics and is knowledgeable in many things. Their intellect exceeds that of most of the continent.

### Mechanical Savant

The Witch-Borg is also a natural mechanic, being able to make accurate robotic clones of themselves to do their dirty deeds at multiple points. Their mechanical skill is up there with Kindel Inferno, but not quite at the same level as her.

### Nigh-Immortality

It is unknown how old the Witch-Borg is, but it can be inferred that they are essentially nigh immortal. While it is shown one of their clones can be destroyed, the durability of the true Witch-Borg is yet to be tested.

## Trivia

* The Witch-Borg was originally created as a character for my Design & Mix Media class, his design is dramatically different than the final. Eventually he was redesigned for AP 2D Art for my portfolio, and his motivation was the same. Except he had an arch enemy, a figure only named "The Wizard".
* The Witch-Borg concept was inspired by the 2017 Ducktales villain: *The Phantom Blot.*
* There is an ongoing meme amongst the players that the Witch-Borg is related to the Owl House character "Hooty", and refers to him as "Green Hooty". This is what they call the abridged version.
* The memes went so far that "Green Hooty" is now considered the most powerful being in all of existence, capable of unimaginable feats.
* Credit to the original creator, me, DoctorJay03.