The Wild Coven
The Wild Coven
Witches of the untamed world, walkers between dark and green, feared and revered in equal measure.
Overview
The Wild Coven is an ancient, decentralized sisterhood of witches who draw their power from the raw, living world. They are not a singular order but a mycelial network of covens and solitary practitioners, tied by tradition, instinct, and sacred communion with nature itself.
Though mistrusted by civilization, the Wild Witches are not evil. They are liminal—dancing between the wild and the known, the sacred and the profane. Some act as guardians. Others are wrathful spirits in human form. All walk with power drawn from root, blood, and moonlight.
Core Tenets
- Nature is not a tool; it is a spirit, and it speaks.
- The land remembers. Witches are its memory-keepers.
- The divine is not only found in temples, but in storms, childbirth, and the howl of beasts.
- The world is neither good nor evil—it is wild.
Magic Focus
- Primary Schools: Life Magic, Earth Magic
- Regional Variants:
- Wind, Cold, Astral, Spirit, and Storm
- Shapeshifting, plant magic, animal communion, aura reading, ancestral rites
Wild Witches do not use Divine magic, as that is now granted only to priests and paladins by the gods themselves.
Core Hierarchy
This loosely observed structure is shared across all branches:
- Den Mother – The spiritual head of the entire Wild Coven.
- Current Den Mother: Evandra, the Raven Queen
- Wild Mothers – Elders and regional mentors.
- Wild Sisters – Fully initiated witches.
- Wildlings – Initiates, not yet bound to the land.
The Pale Mother
Many Wild Witches venerate Moonlit Nyx, a reflection of the night goddess Nyx as seen through the love of Solarius. Known as the Pale Mother, she represents compassion in darkness and love in liminal spaces.
- The moon is seen as her mirror—not Nyx herself, but as she is loved.
- This belief is rejected by the Shadowed Court and mistrusted by formal clergy.
- Her rituals are performed under moonlight with silence, mirrors, or howling chants.
Regional Sub-Covens
1. The Rootbound Sisters
Jungle witches of Thal’Nirra, attuned to spirit-beasts and ancestral roots.
- Region: Emerald Veil, southern rainforests
- Appearance: Vine tattoos, bark masks, feathered robes
- Magic: Life + Spirit + Poison; totemic bonding
- Familiar Types: Jungle cats, serpents, dream-owls
- Known for: Totem rites, herbal mastery, storm-binding
2. The Whispering Boughs
Eastern witches of bamboo groves and misty forests, daughters of wind and memory.
- Region: Province of Shu-Yan, Yunxia
- Appearance: Ginkgo-leaf cloaks, soft robes, bark scrolls
- Magic: Life + Air + Astral; ancestral communion and illusion
- Familiar Types: White cranes, lantern moths, wind foxes
- Known Leader: Yen Xue, the Boughmother
- Known for: Dream-walking, spirit harmonics, silent rites
3. The Frostbound Howl
Northern wolf-witches, storm-blooded and feral, born beneath moon and snow.
- Region: Sub-arctic Northlands, Ironmark wilderness
- Appearance: Fur cloaks, bone beads, wolf-head helms
- Magic: Life + Cold + Wind; frostbite curses, moon magic
- Familiar Types: Direwolves, frost serpents, snow owls
- Known Leader: Halla Skarbrun, the Pale Howl
- Known for: The Frozen Run rite, howling covens, aurora rituals
4. The Core Wild Coven
The original witches of the Black Forest and Wildlands—untamed and ancient.
- Region: Black Forest, The Mumbles, Central Wildlands
- Appearance: Moss-laced robes, bark-wrapped limbs, tangled hair
- Magic: Earth + Life (purest form communion with Dryads and Ents
- Familiar Types: Foxes, crows, deer, wolves
- Notable Member: Karli-Mae, Witch of the Wild Groves
- Known for: The Pact of Roots, The Run, symbiosis with forest spirits
Known Figures
- Evandra, the Raven Queen – Den Mother of the entire Wild Coven.
Wears a raven-feather cloak and speaks rarely. Said to see through all crows.
- Karli-Mae – A wild and possibly fey-touched witch of the Black Forest. Believed to be the daughter of Baba Creega or a changeling returned by fairies. (Karli-Mae, Witch of the Wild Groves ).
- Yen Xue – Serene Boughmother of the Whispering Boughs, master of dream weaving and wind rituals.
- Halla Skarbrun – Northern Moon-Mother, hunter of spirits, beloved of wolves.
Sacred Rites
- The Pact of Roots: A witch binds her spirit to a tree, becoming part of the land’s memory.
- The Frozen Run: A northern trial of endurance through a blizzard under no moon.
- Moon-Wakes: Full moon dances that invoke ancestral beasts or spirits.
- Treebinding: A personal rite of growth, memory, and soul-grounding.
Reputation
- To Druids: Respected cousins—wild, but not lost.
- To Clergy: Dangerous, morally ambiguous, possibly heretical.
- To the People: Both protectors and threats—superstitions abound.
- To the Land: They are its daughters, defenders, and sometimes, its wrath.
Quote
“We do not follow Nyx as she is. We follow her as she is loved. That love is our light.”
—Yen Xue, Boughmother of the Whispering Boughs
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