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May post my first chapter soon, will link it when I get it done ๐
Getting the motivation for writing is so hard rn I can't lie, but I've been hit with the bug and I for once have the time to do it! I'll make sure to get some editing done on my first chapter and have some people read it before I post it. Only the best :p
A long time ago, up to the mid-to-late 1800's, there were two widely accepted "clades" of magic- Light and Dark. Light magic users were called "lambs" or "doves"- animals seen as holy. Dark magic users were known as " Goats" or "Ravens"- animals with a darker association. The two clades actually worked together pretty well for a while- they lived in combined groups, The Lambs making medicines, caretaking, being diplomatic. The Goats would be physical protectors, basically there if shit hit the fan. They would often share their knowledge with eachother, mostly to make sure that their findings and skills would live on.
In the late 1800's, around the 1880's, the two clades had a sort of "civil war." And dark magics were outright banned. In some towns, magic as a whole was banned. From then on, all who used dark magic were considered "witches"
My story focuses on a couple of dark magic witches after their hometown banned the use of magic all together. Their names are Vex and Nightshade.
A witch's magic is gained through a long series of rituals, gradually getting more and more intense and elaborate until the witch gains their "immortality."
(Put in quotes due to the fact that it is a flawed form of immortality- without regenerative capabilities. More on this later in the post)
When a witch is nearing immortality, they will begin to physically change. Usually getting taller, stronger, and gaining inhuman features.
Some witches derive their powers from a demonic "mentor." These demons are contacted semi regularly through rituals to assist in the witch building up their magic. The rituals get more energy -and-material-intensive as they go on. They often call for sigils, books, candles carved with symbols, and certain herbs and minerals. Sulfur is an especially powerful mineral in these rituals and is held in high regard. Although, the exact materials needed vary from course to course. These ritual courses may also require a sacrifice, depending on the power the witch is trying to get. The most powerful witches are often "demidemons," magic users who have gone through this process and gained their immortality, along with other powers. Possible powers include but are not limited to: Shapeshifting (primarily freeshifting), Necromancy and necromancy-related powers, clairvoyance, pyromancy, and regenerative healing. Powers can sometimes be learned at the same time, but only one can be fully developed at a time. Powers also sometimes need other powers to be developed first, and then they transform into a different power (IE necromancy and puppeteering, which I'll make a whole separate post about.) Demidemons also tend to gain better night vision and sense of smell. Physically, demidemons gain horns, tails, canid teeth, claws, quills/spines (sometimes), pointed ears, and their pupils often change shape. (They also have split tongues like snakes, I imagine that they would also have a functional jacobson's organ that they may or may not use, depends on the person.)
Demidemons also have a cost to use their power. The more they use them, the more their brain requires sleep. An average demidemon that uses magic regularly will be often exhausted and go into the symptoms of sleep deprivation very quickly. Although some demidemons can have more energy to use, they also often just ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ช๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ๐จ๐บ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ง๐ถ๐ฏ๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ. Some demidemons try to get around this by using potions or even stimulant drugs (cough cough Vex), but they will always eventually need sleep, and a lot of it.
Although, some don't quite want the long and difficult path to become a demidemon.
Animalia are witches who have completed rituals to gain the abilities of a certain animal, usually a mammal or bird. These rituals are much less long-winded and intensive, although they do still take quite a while to complete. Animalia will gain the senses and abilities of their animal, such as night vision, heightened senses, speed, agility, strength, and possibly even flight. Their magic rituals include making shrines or tributes to the animal, consuming the prey of the animal, and/or mixing the fur/feathers/scales/etc of the animal into a potion to apply or drink.
Animalia can gain the eyes, dentition, tail, and ears of their animal, as well as claws, wings, and horns/Antlers if the animal has it. (Animalia horns function differently from demidemon horns, that'll be a different post because it ties into social stuff.)
So, about the immortality thing. A witch can live for as long as their brain is not destroyed. Damage to the body is never a death sentence- unless it later leads to head trauma, but the body cannot regenerate by itself. The only exception to this is those who *do* specialize in regenerative healing, which can create scar tissue rapidly, but still is not a fix for a head that went kablooey.
Pros and cons
One overall con of becoming an immortal witch is the fact that they cannot usually procreate, because they're really not fully human anymore. There have been very few cases of two witches having children but the chances are slim to none. Witches will usually wait to complete their rituals until they're sure that they're not going to have anymore children-
๐พ๐ค๐ฃ๐จ ๐ค๐ ๐๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ข๐๐๐๐ข๐ค๐ฃ: exhaustion, more likely to develop mental illnesses
๐๐ง๐ค๐จ ๐ค๐ ๐๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ฃ ๐๐ฃ๐๐ข๐๐ก๐๐: no exhaustion, generally happier
๐พ๐ค๐ฃ๐จ ๐ค๐ ๐๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ฃ ๐๐ฃ๐๐ข๐๐ก๐๐: not as powerful, has the weaknesses of the animal, those with wings often get lighter and sometimes weaker
So why become a witch?
Some who become witches are simply looking for a way to escape life. They become tired of feeling powerless, and want to get control back in their lives. Others simply follow after family tradition, and those with magic in their bloodlines can reach immortality faster and easier, and have a resilience against demonic/spiritual forces.
And uhm post over! This thing took me like forever and a half to think of and get my thoughts out for grhhrheegrrhrgrh.
I'm currently just about 2 drawings into my five-character redesign so, I can show those two off soon.
Hey so I like died/j for a while but its fine. Anyways. Thinking about my OCs like one does and I realized that I kinda sorta did the Hazbin hotel thing and just kinda put them all in similar dress without thinking about it.
But now I'm actually putting thought into it (and having fun) and I'm like. I could do the funny thing of making all my characters look like nerds or I could make them look cool. Decisions decisions. Anyways, all of them are based off of different eras in the 1900's mostly (two of them were born in the 1880's). Most of them are relatively active, but also I need to give them 2 or 3 different outfits so that they're not always dressed like they're ready to run someone down.
Another thing to consider is this sort of micro-culture they have. For context, they all live together in the same town and a lot of the people there have been there for decades upon decades. Their culture revolves around magic (magic system post when) so I have to consider that along with their jobs and status and such.
I do plan on making OC intro posts so when those drawings are done I'll do that. But for the time being I can tell all 3 people looking at my blog about my magic system!
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My hobbies include art, writing, collecting things (pins, jewelry, dinosaur books +figures, bones, feathers), and doing diys, usually to make decorations :>
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