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With the mob quickly upon her, the Sea Witch signaled for the Giant's protection. However, he failed to respond, too enthralled by the mirror dreams of his beloved. As [[punishment]], she warped the mirror's magic such that the dream became an eternal living [[nightmare]], with the Stone Giant's mind [[trapped]] inside.<ref name="p. 24">p. 24</ref> In the end, the mob overtook her, and she was [[burned at the stake]]. As she died, the Sea Witch laid a powerful [[cursed]] the land to be barren and the people to be unable to sire children, until the time the sea claimed them all.<ref name="Widow's Peak p. 4">[[Widow's Peak (Module)]] p. 4</ref> | With the mob quickly upon her, the Sea Witch signaled for the Giant's protection. However, he failed to respond, too enthralled by the mirror dreams of his beloved. As [[punishment]], she warped the mirror's magic such that the dream became an eternal living [[nightmare]], with the Stone Giant's mind [[trapped]] inside.<ref name="p. 24">p. 24</ref> In the end, the mob overtook her, and she was [[burned at the stake]]. As she died, the Sea Witch laid a powerful [[cursed]] the land to be barren and the people to be unable to sire children, until the time the sea claimed them all.<ref name="Widow's Peak p. 4">[[Widow's Peak (Module)]] p. 4</ref> | ||
==Legacy== | |||
Despite the many decades that have passed since her [[death]], yet the effects of [[the Sea Witch's Curse]] has not ceased. The land remains cursed and desolate. The people of Widow's Peak, now middle-aged at the youngest, become more and more desperate, turning to the primal [[Cult of the Old Gods]] where [[the Morninglord]] has failed them (or vice versa). The Cult sacrifices the town's own citizens both to the gods<ref>p. 6</ref> and to the Sea Witch in the futile hope the Curse will be undone.<ref>p. 13</ref> | |||
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Revision as of 18:16, 23 October 2019
The Sea Witch is the former darklord of Craven Cove, although how she became a darklord in the first place has not been specified. She was burned at the stake by the townspeople of Widow's Peak and forever cursed them to never have children. Her daughter, Amelia Hawthorne and many others still believe she somehow survives, but such anxiety is unwarranted. She is still deceased, but her absence might make things even worse, for it means Craven Cove has no lord. Therefore, it will soon crumble into oblivion.[1]
History
The Sea Witch came from a line with elven ancestry, specifically a far-back ancestor named Aurelia. Aurelia was an elf enchantress and Widow's Peak's first matriarch.[2] Despite her lofty ancestor, the girl that would later become the Sea Witch walked down the Barrow Downs without food, shelter, or company. She eventually hunched over in despair, waiting for her life to end. Yet it did not, for a vampire stumbled upon her and took her back to his lair. Her "rescuer" fed upon her blood, yet he went too far and it seemed like she would die. Strangely, the vampire evidenced a conscience and delivered the girl to the town of Widows Peak, where she was eventually saved by a herbalist. The vampire returned to his lair and for the rest of his existence eschewed drinking blood, as it now only disgusted him. Therein, he experienced a gruesome, ignoble death of starvation.[3]
At some point in her life, the girl left Widow's Peak and later returned as the Sea Witch. She lived in a a house on a hill overlooking the town. There, the Sea Witch lived a modest existence on what she earned from her hard labors to provide medicine and healing for the townspeople. During these years, Widow's Peak was a successful hub for trade. Yet the presence of a darklord had a warping effect upon the surrounding land, making it in some ways a darker and more foreboding. Over time, the people of Widow's Peak began to resent her.[1]
This is not to say the Sea Witch entirely lacked potential good in her heart. Although in general a sadist[1], she felt sympathy for a stone giant whom came to the beach looking for his lost wife. After learning she had irrevocably turned into a statue, the Giant fell into a terrible melancholy. The Sea Witch fashioned a great mirror such that the Giant could see into the dreams of his eternally slumbering wife. For this boon, the Sea Witch required the Giant to come to her assistance should she ever require it.[4]
Regardless of how much the good she performed weighed against the evil, it was perhaps not the dark deeds that did her in but rather the cures she provided. Neither the local clergy nor the local healers appreciated what she did, and she became spurned by those she helped. After hearing rumors about the Sea Witch's curses, the priests of Widow's Peak stoked the seeds of hatred and gathered a bloodthirsty mob.[1]
With the mob quickly upon her, the Sea Witch signaled for the Giant's protection. However, he failed to respond, too enthralled by the mirror dreams of his beloved. As punishment, she warped the mirror's magic such that the dream became an eternal living nightmare, with the Stone Giant's mind trapped inside.[4] In the end, the mob overtook her, and she was burned at the stake. As she died, the Sea Witch laid a powerful cursed the land to be barren and the people to be unable to sire children, until the time the sea claimed them all.[1]
Legacy
Despite the many decades that have passed since her death, yet the effects of the Sea Witch's Curse has not ceased. The land remains cursed and desolate. The people of Widow's Peak, now middle-aged at the youngest, become more and more desperate, turning to the primal Cult of the Old Gods where the Morninglord has failed them (or vice versa). The Cult sacrifices the town's own citizens both to the gods[5] and to the Sea Witch in the futile hope the Curse will be undone.[6]
