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Witches have been around for centuries, the earliest of our kind being the famed Witch of Endor - a great woman who had power unlike any other. She was sought out by many for her gifts of necromancy and premonition, they came to her searching for answers and being the kind-hearted women she was she gave them the answers they wanted. But like all throughout history she was misunderstood and labelled as evil - she was captured and murdered.

This mistreatment of Witches would forever continue, between the years 1500 and 1660, up to 80,0000 witches were thought to have been "redeemed" of their satanic duties. In the year 1892 the most famous of witch hunting's occurred - The Salem Witch Trials, 18 women were put to death. Hunts like these spread through out the world - being a witch was no longer safe and our numbers dwindled. Even innocent men and women were at risk for simply being suspected of being a witch could lead to death or imprisonment. Dark days were these.

It is now the twenty first century and people have become more accepting, however Witches - Real Witches - have still gone on with hiding themselves. Though we wish not to lose our heritage nor do we wish to forget about those born with magic, thus the Raindale Academy System was created for those who were proven to be true born Witches. For now we simply focus on the University, a place where young adults gather to either continue their learning or for those just discovering themselves to grow.


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Raindale school system was created shortly after the Salem Witch trials, of course it wasn't as expanded as it was now. It was just a small, run-down building that had only a few souls. However as years and years passed it began to grow and with the hiding of Witches the population slowly began to rise. The University itself was established in 1737, one year after the famed Harvard College was founded. The location of Raindale was decided based on what would blend in better with society, as a school for only Witches they would have to find a way to bypass random applicants. London seemed like the best choice and the main named of "Raindale Academy for Gifted Children" was created for the outside world.

The School System is run by a council of Witches who are quite powerful, they have a large amount of influence within the mortal world and keep watch for children who exhibit "odd" as well as enroll students of Witch families. They teach a wide range of classes from beginners for those who are just learning to advance for those who have been in the system for awhile. The school also allows for a Witch to bring their familiar and if they are yet to contract with one then they will help them obtain one. A Witch cannot perform magic in a stable condition without their familiar.

This year for Raindale is different however, the Headmaster has taken it upon herself to not only accept true born Witches but those who have been converted - the reason for this is so that Witches may slowly integrate themselves better into mortal society and to see if they could be more accepted within the twenty first century. However the Headmaster has also been making some questionable decisions, she has brought back several classes that had been banned due to them much too dangerous. She has also brought back dark traditions that had been abandoned long ago, those that involved sacrifices and too much darkness. The Headmaster pushes the students to their limit. The students have begun to question these choices are right, some have even begun to suspect that something may be very wrong with the Headmaster.

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1. This is a mature roleplay so I would like the participants to be at least 18+.
2. I'm looking for posts that are better quality than they are novels - though I would say at least 2-3 paragraphs. Decent grammar is also a must, I don't want posts that are just a bunch of run-on sentences.
3. At the beginning I would only like one character per person, however as it progresses I will probably allow people to create an additional one.
4. Since this is a mature roleplay and it involves....well Witches thing could get a little dark. Things that might trigger some people may pop up so if you are a lot of triggers this might not be the roleplay for you. That being said, IF you have a post that contains a lot of triggers please put a disclaimer at the top for those who still decide to join regardless of this warning.
5. I would like pictures to be realistic. I don't want anything that's super bad quality, nor do I want anything that incredibly emo/scene. I was tasteful pictures. If you struggle with finding something let me know, I always keep a stash.
6. Please do not hesitate to speak in the OOC tab. If you have questions, want to throw out idea's or want to establish a relationship with another character please do so! I want friends, enemies, lovers and everything in between! I want this to be a fun and memorable roleplay.
7. I would ask that there be at least one post a week, however depending on how many people express interest I may bring it to two weeks. I also ask that if you decide that if the roleplay just isn't your fancy anymore that you please let me know, I get sad when people just ditch.
8. Once I see enough people express interest I will put out the character sheet, however for those of you who wish to start planning think about the picture you want, what kind of familiar you'd like and what specialization your witch would have. I will have other information to further help you down below.


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Familiar's are a Witches closest companion. They allow the witch to stabilize their magic and a familiar can be used to strength or alter magic. Familiars may also have magic on their own in which to help their owner. Every witch has a familiar or will eventually get one, without one it is almost impossible to do magic correctly. Familiar come in many forms, however they mostly appear as animals or anything that may contain a soul.



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There are many possible classes a student can take, however there are limited slots when it comes to the amount the schedule. First years are able to take 3 courses. Second years are able to take 4 courses. Third years are able to take 5 courses. Fourth years are able to take 6 courses. This does not include after school activities - there is no limit to those. One Witch can choose to specialize in any single class.



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You've definitely peaked my interests!
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You had me at witch, sweets
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I'm in love with this concept so much!
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I'm glad people are taking interest :D
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Imagine someone having a ghost familiar and its just that old dead relative who nags them. Every. Single. Day.

Or accidentally summoning Cthulhu.

Or having an object familiar of a..."certain nature". It is an 18+ RP, but the potential embarrassment would be a comical moment. XD

A tentative interest here, please pardon the sad attempt at silliness on my part though. ^^;

Hmm...
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Possible interest, though I've never done any specifically witch themed things before.
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Will there be sandwitches
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There will be many.
Sandwitches

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Good. This is good.
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If anyone has anything that they may think is a good idea or anything else please don't hesitate to suggest it!

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Interested!
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i like this neato idea. time to sacrifice have a fun, wholesome magical time
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@Naive1

Same here, I'm not too familiar with writing about it- but it's something new and interesting for sure!
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Me joining in the end or not, i do have a suggestion for a class:

Curses

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Advanced Curses

or for flavor, call them "Cursing" classes so potential comical humor can be set up on Day 1. ;)

also would witches have a swim club/team? considering they float in water according to medieval logic XD

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And heavens, "Foreign Magic" could be a subject, with a general advanced course and potentially a variety of "region specific" sub classes after taking the initial one.

Seidr, for example, is the magic casting of ancient scandinavia i think. Has various aspects such as chanting and such i think, albeit with potential sexual components flung in there. Voodoo could be another thing potentially, or some kind of other folk traditions if they are considered "witchcraft" of some sort. In fact, it could be a way of examining ancient religions via a magical practices tied into them by some means. :O

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And on the note of Alchemy, making homunculi could be an interesting aspect to it as well if we are talking about Western Alchemic practice (Eastern Alchemy could be a class as well for that, even, for students potentially). In fact, if a homunculus could be made someone's familiar that could be a potentially interesting thing as well. More like a "manufactured familiar" in that case, but still! :D

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And don't forget good old Necromancy, raising corpses or talking to spirits, as a thing too, i suppose. :P

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Now to head to bed, after getting back from work and rambling and eating a lot of food at 10pm because didn't eat ok break. (@_@)

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I liked all those idea's for classes so I added them to the list, I had a hard time trying to find or come up with some so any and all suggestions are completely welcome on that aspect!

As for familiar's - a familiar is anything that has a soul that your able to enter into a contract with. In order to limit strong familiar's I will limit thing like Homonculi, Hell-hounds and ghosts - though even simple objects can hold quite a bit of power to them, it just depends on the familiar.

I know that for many years witches would have been against different kinds of witches like voodoo-type witches, Wicca's - stuff like that. This will be the first year that Raindale even accepts witches who were taught the trade and not born into it. Raindale will have "Prided" itself on being the best place a witch could learn in safety. Now in the future Voodoo and other things like that might be introduced, heck you could even make a witch that secretly uses Hoodoo but hides it from other's.
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It would be so fun to make a voodoo esque new orleans type witch.
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@MissCapnCrunch

It would be so fun to make a voodoo esque new orleans type witch.


That it would be, so if one or two people are interested in doing the whole "Hiding" that they aren't the kind of witch that Raindale wants than I would allow it, though I would like to see the CS once I post it. I would like a few more to take an interest before I release it.
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@Allycat Potentially interested, but I do have a couple of questions before I solidify my interest.

1.) Will characters be limited to female witches or is it open to warlocks as well?

2.) When you say realistic do you mean more along the lines to realistically-drawn images or, say face claims of celebrities and the like?
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