ancient_wisdom

Born into a bloodline of wise women, Mercy inherited both her grandmother's healing touch and the dangerous secret of their family's magical heritage. She has delivered over two hundred babies in Salem, earning respect for her skill while carefully hiding the supernatural intuition that guides her hands during difficult births.

The respected matriarch of both the village and the secret coven, Rebecca has spent seventy years perfecting the delicate balance of appearing as a devout Christian while maintaining the old ways. She trained Mercy in both midwifery and magic, and her arrest signals the beginning of the coven's systematic destruction.

A young woman whose natural sensitivity to supernatural energy makes her an unwitting weapon in Putnam's scheme. She genuinely sees the magical auras of the coven members but has been convinced by Putnam that these visions are evil spirits rather than protective magic.

A wealthy Salem Village landowner whose family has feuded with the witch bloodlines for decades over property disputes. He discovered the coven's existence through careful observation and now uses the witch trials as cover to eliminate his enemies and claim their ancestral lands through legal seizure.