Witches Lore

One of the most prominent and influential races. It is unsure how far back witches are found, but modern history suggests witchcraft dates back many centuries. They, like packs, work in clans, or covens to achieve a common goal or for protection.

All clans vary in terms of the bloodlines, their influence, their wealth and their knowledge. You can only become a witch through inheritance. It is rumoured that witches are the creators of soulmates; the story goes that in Greek times, a witch was paid to connect souls of lovers. This was believed to be fake of course but, by mistake, it actually did connect the two souls. Through generations this became something worldwide but still rare, souls being the half of another and connected.

They have many talents, however sometimes the clan, or moreso family and household can be split and give out different areas of knowledge such as potion making, medicine, alchemy etc. The most useful potions that are often used are those of glamour (like the mist in Percy Jackson, this is a magical effect purposefully applied to individuals to make their natural appearance seem more "normal" in order to help them fit within society).

Witches can also charm items (these enable a supernatural to hide themselves from humans who cannot hide their physical attributes), create vampire anti-sun potions and other charms to help with everyday life.

Their flaws? Without much training or even if they push themselves too much, they can face an illness called magical depletion. Without rest or even further pushing, it can lead to their magic becoming unusable without risking severe illness or even death. Darker magic can also taint them leading to physical illness or even insanity Being one of the pure magical races, they have close relationships with light fae