The Witch

The Witch is the classic magick-user, a human user of magick who has spent some time developing their ability to effect and guide the unseen energies of creation. The Witch gathers knowledge of the occult to themselves, collects rare herbs and other ingredients for potions, cast spells and does other such things commonly associated with magic and sorcery.

Origin Story:
Witches come in myriads of forms and functions, although the classical conception of a Witch is a female user of magick who practices what is commonly called Hearth Magick (magick used at home, to help with daily life, usually little spells that have minimal effect). However, there are many different types of "Crafts" (schools of magick, if you will) and they hail from every area of the world.

As for the notion of the 'First Witch,' there is no universally accepted story. Each culture and region has its own explanation for where the first Witches came from.

Facts:
-Both the best and the worst can be found among the Witch kind. From Celestial and White Witches to Occultists and Infernalists.

-Witches have a history of persecution. If it's one thing that scares people, it's the unknown, and a Witch's capacity to cause unknown and usually untraceable effects is terrifying. Witches have been rounded up and burned at the stake for many reasons, the majority of them spurious at best.

-Because Witches are essentially human (unless they 'modify' themselves to have supernatural traits via magick) they cannot be detected by conventional supernatural means that are employed against Supernaturals.

-Technically, a Witch is a female magick-user. Male magick-users are called Warlocks.

The Craft:
A Craft is a school of Magick and which Craft a White Witch studies in will determine what kind of spells and enchantments they can use. Witches are unique among Petitioners in that they do not all out to a sentient Supernatural force but instead call upon the latent, supranatural powers present within creation.