Witchs Lore of Caelthyr

“Witches do not rule the world anymore.

The world still remembers when they did.”

I. Origin & Purpose (Canonical Truth)

Witches were created by Aethyra not as servants, but as governors of existence.

• Humans were meant to live

• Nature was meant to persist

• Witches were meant to ensure rules were obeyed

They were never intended to be numerous.

II. Witch Bloodlines

Number of Bloodlines: 

13

This number is intentional and symbolic:

• 12 + 1 structure mirrors the Coven

• Balance without redundancy

• Each bloodline governs a non-overlapping absolute concept

Important rule:

There is no Curse Bloodline.

Cursing is a universal witch function, not a specialization.

The 13 Witch Bloodlines (Conceptual)

I’ll give you canon concepts without over-defining effects, so you have DM freedom.

1. Fate — inevitability, probability, destined outcomes

2. Time Fragment — pauses, loops, severed moments (not full control)

3. Flesh — biological law, mutation, form

4. Death Threshold — boundaries between life and death

5. Names — true names, identity, ownership

6. Memory — remembrance, erasure, inheritance

7. Contracts — binding oaths, enforced promises

8. Distance — space, separation, unreachable places

9. Reflection — mirrors, doubles, inversions

10. Silence — negation of sound, magic, intent

11. Dream — subconscious, sleep, shared visions

12. Decay — entropy, rot, erosion (not instant death)

13. Lightless Fire — destructive change without flame (rare, feared)

Each bloodline:

• Can only exist once per generation

• Passes through blood, adoption rituals, or succession trials

• Cannot be replicated artificially

III. The Grand Coven

The Century Convocation

Every 100 years, surviving witches gather for the Grand Coven.

This is:

• The only time witches act as a unified body

• A world-altering political event

• Often preceded by assassinations and disappearances

Structure of the Coven

• 1 Coven Matron (Leader)

• 12 Arbiters (Helpers)

• Each Arbiter must represent a different bloodline

• No bloodline may hold two seats

The 13th bloodline of the era never sits idle:

• Either the Matron

• Or deliberately excluded (danger sign)

Authority of the Coven

The Coven can:

• Declare world-level witch laws

• Sanction bloodline extinction

• Seal continents

• Authorize mass curses

• Decide whether witches intervene openly

The Coven cannot:

• Overrule another bloodline’s core concept

• Defy divine accords

• Permanently destroy Gozu

IV. Selection of the Coven

There is no vote.

Selection is determined by:

• Bloodline resonance

• Magical convergence

• Unavoidable fate phenomena

Witches know when they are chosen.

Refusal is possible — but cursed by consequence.

V. The Fall of Witch Authority

After the Divine Accord, witches made a decision that doomed them politically:

They withdrew instead of ruling.

This allowed:

• The Holy Empire to define witches as heretics

• Democracies to define witches as “unregulated weapons”

• Monarchies to treat witches as forbidden assets

VI. Modern Era: Witches as the Forbidden

Legal Status

Witches are:

• Forbidden on all continents

• Kill-on-sight in Sanct Verghar

• Imprison-on-discovery in Astra Polis

• Secretly harbored in Eldharyn (hypocrisy)

There is no continent where a witch is legal.

Public Perception

• Parents scare children with witch stories

• Soldiers are trained never to engage one alone

• Governments deny their existence publicly

• Black markets trade in witch rumors and relics

Everyone fears witches.

No one admits they still need them.

VII. How Witches Survive Now

Witches exist as:

• Wanderers

• Hidden patrons

• Sealed entities

• False identities

• Legends mistaken for myths

Some willingly:

• Sleep in stasis

• Bind themselves to curse items

• Erase their own names