Eternity Coven

The **Eternity Coven** is one of the three oldest witch covens in existence that is a group of nomadic witches. This coven was formed in the 10th Millennium B.C. by Hecate Amaltheia, the daughter of Adelphius and the goddess Hecate. Amaltheia would later become known as The Witch Queen and a Goddess of Magic due to being the one of the twin children of the Goddess of Witchcraft, Hecate.

Due to being the one of the first three witch covens to come into existence, more specifically by one of the first two known witches, has allowed for the Eternity Coven to become one of the two top witch covens as well be known as such. Thus they are one of the two covens that rule over all other witch covens.

## Traditions and Rules

Covens, even the Eternity Coven, act as a large organization and extended family amongst the people in their covens and sometimes other covens. That means they offer support and protect to the members in their coven, but at the same time set strict rules for the coven to follow. And if they don't follow the rules, it can lead to severe punishments for the members who infringe on the rules; especially if the coven is of high regard or very specific about how they deal with things.

So that is why the Eternity Coven has developed these three rules that they advise, suggest, and enforce that ALL witch covens around the world follow:

1. Witches are to never reveal the supernatural community, as it needs to be absolutely protected; this is a given in the magical community. Cause if witches don't protect and keep the supernatural community hidden from the humans, it's highly possible that the world would be plunged into a huge supernatural war that would be devastating for everyone.
	* Witches are very well known to be architects of the supernatural, which means that it's their own personal job to make sure the supernatural community's existence remains hidden. If not, they deadly consequences for the witches the messed up and the world in a form of a likely war.
	* A example of the revelation of the supernatural causing a war between the supernatural and humans can be seen in *Legacies* in Lizzie's third alternate reality wish world. In that world, Niklaus lost anything that could tie him to his humanity and revealed the supernatural community's existence to the humans; thus triggering a war that has carried on since.
2. Witches are never to reveal anything about the magical community or their magic, this is also a given. Humans would likely not take the revelation well or would tell everyone they know, leading to the exposure of the magical community and eventually the supernatural community as a whole. Which, again, would likely lead to a supernatural war between the humans and the supernatural. It is allowed by the leader of all covens that you may choose to reveal your magic to your spouse, if they are human, after marriage; if you believe they can handle the revelation that you have magical powers and that they won't tell anyone. You also can choose to tell you children once they're old enough, as once they tap into their powers; you'll have to teach them to harness their powers. Other than that, never ever reveal your magic or the magical community for the reasons listed above.
3. Don't ever lose control of a coven or a group of witches. If you lose control of a coven or a group of witches, it means they reap the possibility that they might reveal their powers or the magical community to the humans, and it also means that you as the coven leader and/or regent aren't doing your job correctly, since you're giving them the possibility to expose themselves and the community. And as said many times above, this is a very huge violation of the rules for witch covens.

There are also other rules that haven been documented, but they aren't as important as these three here. Also if any witch in any coven thinks their coven-mates are doing something suspicious, coven leaders highly recommend you report it to them so they can check it out and investigate soon as possible.

Basically the rules cover the fact that witches should never expose their powers, the magical community, and the supernatural community; for fear of the fact that it will never end well for any witch that is practicing or living at said time.

## Views, Punishments, and Membership

### Views

Members within any coven are likely to form factions, based on the fact that a group of witches my have a different agenda than the rest of the coven. It con be caused by either a witch's personals motivation and their beliefs, a feud between multiple witches or multiple groups of witches, or a witch's personal gain.

### Punishments

However, this is where Elders and Regents come in; it's their job and one of their tasks to keep peace between all the witches in their respective covens. Especially considering a conspiracy against the high ranks within the coven can lead to punishments such as hanging or a gruesome, bloody death that was caused by magical means.

The most severe punishment a witch in a coven can go through is being shunned, usually through a ritual that is implements when said witch or witches are guilty of very serious crimes, like plotting to kill other witches or defy nature for your own personal gain or reasons. If said witch is a Regent, that witch will be force until they comply, to renounce their leadership rule within the coven. Since shunned witches are casted out from their coven and the witch community, it's very possible this punishments can also apply to the Elders within covens.

### Membership

Their is very few ways that membership is earned within the Eternity Coven, and usually other coven's as well. Membership is usually earned through birth or through marriage to a member of said coven. In more rare cases, membership can also be earned through childbirth; especially if said child is the child of a very high ranked member or the heir of the coven.

Meanwhile, membership will be revoked through either banishment or being shunned out of the coven.

## Leaders

* Hecate Amaltheia, The Witch-Queen
* Dimitr Redfern † (formerly)
* Anastasiya Redfern (formerly)
* Veselina Petrova (formerly)
* Lily Pierce (co-leader with Evelyn)
* Evelyn Gilbert (co-leader with Lily)

## Members

* Elders
	+ Mileva Agafonova † (formerly)
	+ Anastasiya Redfern
	+ Veselina Petrova
	+ Freya Mikaelson
* Pandion of the Red Fern (de facto member through Hecate Amaltheia)
* Andrian Redfern †
* Teodor Nikolov †
* Kalina Nikolova-Redfern †
* Teodosi Petrov † (de facto member through Veselina)
* Aleksi Petrov †
* Nataliya Petrova †
* Andrei Petrov †
* Nadia Petrova † (de facto member through Katherine)
* Keelin Malraux (de facto member through Freya)
* Davina Claire
* Elijah Mikaelson (de facto member through Lily)
* Niklaus Mikaelson (de facto member through Evelyn)
* Kol Mikaelson (de facto member though Davina)

## Former Members

* Dahlia (shunned)
* Esther Mikaelson (shunned)
* Katherine Pierce (shunned)

## Trivia

* The Eternity Coven are one of the three ruling witch covens of all other witch covens around the world.
	+ The other ruling covens would be the Divinity Coven and the Tenacity Coven.
* The Eternity Coven is one of the largest covens of witches that have been seen so far, one of the other covens being the French Quarter Coven. The coven is large due to having dozens of members of various ages, families, and bloodlines.
	+ Some of the known families in the coven are:
		- Redfern Family/Petrova Family (the ruling family)
		- Nikolova Family
		- Claire Family
		- Mikaelson Family
		- Nyström Family
* Within the coven are different factions; all with their own differing views and agenda on things.
* Membership is earned through birth and through marriage to a member of the coven. Membership can, in rare cases; also be earned through childbirth. Meanwhile, membership can be lost due to banishment and shunning.