#species: witch

[newhavenrp]

Is that MATTHEW NOSZKA? No, that’s KENDALL MONTGOMER. The 32 year old ANCESTRAL WITCH DUAL NATURED MALE  is a/an/the REGISTERED NURSE. If you ask their friends, they’re known to be HEADSTRONG & DEPENDABLE, but beware, they’re also known to be SPITEFUL & STUBBORN. Their friends also say that they’re into RISKY SEX, BREEDING, AND BONDAGE but don’t you dare trying SCAT, VORE, GORE with them.

Kendall and his, dying, husband move to New Haven to get away from the corruption of the last city they were in and they thought that they would find solace and better medication and healing for the husband's cancer. Kendall's husband, metaphorically, gambled their fortune away looking for a cure to the cancer instead of starting treatments immediately, so upon coming to New Haven Kendall took up a job as an RN to pay for his husband's medical bills. He does enjoy the new city, but he's just hoping that it is peaceful enough for his husband. He is okay with humans, doesn't trust them, but he doesn't despise them. He is okay with New Haven at the moment - his only concern is seeing how long he has left with his husband, so the outside world isn't apart of his thought process. He gets his witch heritage from his ancestors and does keep well in touch with his craft.

[bixels]

are the witches not humans? i mean celestia and luna look pretty out there w/ the multiple faces but twilight and most of the others look fairly normal. or is it just a celestia & luna (and chrysalis) thing?

Canterlot witches like Celestia and Luna are not human but an entirely different entity. Humans can become witches by title, but their bodies will never be purely magical like those in Canterlot. You can tell who's what by their title, "Witch of ____" is human, "The ____ Witch" is Canterlotian.

[studiomaz]

Tanucake illusion form for my girl Smudge!

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[arttsuka]

Draw Banda (Bill Cipher possessing Wanda Maximoff (mcu, specifically the Multiverse of Madness 616 Wanda/Scarlet Witch not 838 Wanda)

And

Merman Deadpool and Human Wolverine

Based on the infamous blobfish

[6chimeraqueen9]

I haven't forgotten my roots 🍑🗿

[wickjump]

alrighty everybody, spooky day is coming up pretty soon and people are starting to put up some real decorations so i feel it’s my obligation to remind you of something!!!

turn off your lights after midnight!!!!! it can make things very difficult for nightcrawlers to navigate. bright lights outside of the stars and moon can be very disorientating!! species like vampires and werewolves (to name only a few) often rely on the moon and stars for night travel during the autumn as their biological compass, and when it’s disrupted, it can cause confusion, panic, or headaches (or if you’re over 8700 and in rare cases, temporary blindness).

calm lights (like blue or purple ones) are fine, but orange is treading a dangerous line (can be too close to harvest moons/lunar eclipses). for me, they give me migraines—i can walk through them to the manor well enough, but my flying buddies don’t have the same luck and are a lot more sensitive to light. an acquaintance of mine almost tore a wing trying to swerve out of the way of a jumpscare prop’s light (not to mention the hell that projectors can be)

please be kind and courteous of the creepy crawlers around you! spooky season is fun, but that fun only comes alongside respect for the entities around you, visible to the mortal eye or otherwise. by taking care of your spooky decorations, you can ensure the real spook lives on.

[bastart13]

Hi, question regarding the life expectancy and aging system for each fantasy race/species in your world building setting? How long do they live each, including their maximum lifespan and when are they considered adults, middle aged, elders etc.? Also, love your work

I don't want to put strict numbers on the different lifespans since I usually keep changing it so take all this with a grain of salt, but in general:

Demons: Adult - 14. Average lifespan - 60 - 70 Demons rapidly grow, stay at a stable age, then rapidly decline again.

Humans: Adult - 18. Average lifespan - 70 - 100

Dwarves: Adult - 32. Average lifespan - 140 - 200 Dwarves age very consistently. Few to no growth spurts of ages of intense change.

Fairies: Adult - 50. Average lifespan - 300 - 400

Elves: Adult - 100. Average lifespan - 700 - 1000

(excuse the excel table)

But essentially, Iseul's been in his early-mid twenties all Reiner's life while Solaire would have just become an adult when he was born. Saerys and the MC would appear about the same age as children, but he'd be an adult while she was still a teenager, etc.

[anabondelight]

Bonnie Bennett species and definitions.

[juneaupaws]

Pumpkin Witch YCH and Broomstick Witch YCH!

All three are any gender/species (including humanoid) and come fully shaded! Outfits can be added/altered! These are single slot!

(Payment is via PayPal only, complex outfits/designs may cost extra!)

Pumpkin Witch YCH is 110 usd (OPEN)

Broomstick Witch 1 is 80 usd (OPEN)

Broomstick Witch 2 isd 80 usd (CLOSED)

[violaroseshade]

[newhavenrp]

Is that JOSH DALLAS? No, that's ARTHUR PEARSON. The 33 year old ANCESTRAL ALPHA WITCH Dual-natured MALE is a MUSEUM DIRECTOR. If you ask their friends, they're known to be FLIRTATIOUS & MISCHIEVOUS, but they urge you to be cautious, because they're also known to be ARROGANT & COCKY. Their friends also say that they're into ROUGHNESS, BREEDING & BODY WORHSIP but don't even think about trying GORE, WATERSPORTS, SCAT with them.

Arthur was born to a coven of witches escaping while their house was being set ablaze by the townsfolk. Growing up with his family hunted down, it was difficult for Arthur to stay in one place for a long time. Finding out his family's bad luck was due to a rival witch coven's curse, Arthur set out to break it. Upon researching the rival coven, the witch found a peculiar place that was protected. That place was New Haven. Arthur now works in the New Haven Museum, collecting items pertaining to New Haven's history, hoping to be able to use it one day to help protect his family outside of New Haven.

[mashmouths]

so i started this show and it just gets worse and worseeeee not only did it lift the romance subplot directly from twilight (and not well) but they also are trying to play the forbidden love angle hard in the fantasy racism vein except it's a "cross-species" relationship between the two whitest people i've ever seen in my life and there are three people of color in the whole (first season of the) show who aren't villains and it seems that every other episode (and sometimes ebery episode and sometimes twice an episode!) there is a man physically or magically subjugating a woman and i keep waiting for the big reveal at the end to be stolen from fucking rainbow rowell

[1dinodaily]

11/24/23 Atlantic Puffin // Familiar

[memoriesofthepark]

Orange witch's butter 》 Dacrymyces chrysospermus

The biggest flush of witch's butter this branch has produced yet! The bit of rain we got this morning has worked its wonders, I'll have plenty more to share.

🔊 Sound on for the video. ;)

Southeast Texas, 24 Dec. 2023

[aisling-saoirse]

Plant Profile: American Witch Hazel - Hamamelis virginiana

Today's plant is better known for its use as a facial toner but this year I've witnessed a mass-bloom (the yellow dots in the image above) so I want to re-introduce you my ultimate late fall favorite!

Witch-Hazel refers to members of the Hamamelis family, containing about five species, 3 of which are found in the eastern US and the other two in Asia. Our species of focus is the American Witch Hazel, a wide growing, often dominate understory shrub/tree common throughout forests of the American East. The plant has a lovely arching growth habit (Image 2 above), alongside trails in older-growth tall mountain forests, one always can spot witch hazel by a tunnel effect along the trails framed by its branches.

For a quick technical analysis, Witch Hazel has oval alternate leaves that are asymmetrical and have rounded lobes along the sides (image 3 of pressed leaf). The bark is a grey or reddish brown with small lenticels (image 4 of 'trunk') and typically grows in clusters sprouting from deep roots. Typically the plant reaches about 20' in height and 20' in width, as I usually only see specimens this large in very old portions of woodland my assumption is that it takes many decades to achieve this stature.

The flowers themselves are divided into 4 portions with yellow ribbon-like petals present from October-December (image 5, 6, 9). The flowers are extremely fragrant in wet weather and mornings, the scent usually fades in drier conditions. Flowers lose their ribbons and recede into this hardened portion connected to the stem called a calyx (it looks like a rounded pod which can have about 4 seeds in it). The seeds actually shoot out of this pod as a dispersal method around the next fall.

I brought up flowering because like many species in the northeast, there is never a consistent year for these things, while I see witch-hazel flowers every year I don't encounter blooms prolifically unless it's exposed to a lot of sun light. From my experience, a mass-bloom (in which every tree has noticeable blooms like image 1) occurs every 5 years about, I've noticed this in my forest since childhood but others may have more frequent encounters than me.

American Witch Hazel has a large range and is found throughout the Eastern US. The Northern limit of its range is Nova Scotia to Wisconsin staying mostly east of the Mississippi River south until its South Western Limit in East Texas and Northern Florida to the East. Allegedly disjunct populations also exist in Lost Maples Texas and the Eastern Sierra Madres of Mexico but those are fairly isolated from the main range.

There are two other Hamamelis species located within the same range. H. vernalis: Ozark Witch-hazel, which is a common horticultural specimen due to its reddish yellow blooms coming out just before spring and is naturally restricted to the Ozarks. H. ovalis: big leaf witch-hazel is a new species discovered in 2004, found only in one watershed in Mississippi and Alabama; this species has much larger leaves and red mid-winter blooms. Most people are unlikely to encounter these in the wild at all.

Hamamelis virginiana can grow in both acidic and alkaline conditions, though I tend to find the densest populations on protected north facing slopes in mature forests near where water travels. I've also found it on pure rock on mountain top balds in New York before (image 7 above). This is because in the North, American Witch Hazel isn't as limited in habitat as in the Southern portion of it's range where it's generally restricted to only cove forests and bottom lands. generally there is an association with the Witch Hazel and decent moisture.

Speaking of moisture, Early English settlers (shown by Native Americans) used witch hazel branches as dowsing rod to find underground water sources. Sticking branches in the ground, and watching which portion bent upon encountering streams. It's likely the name 'Witch' in Witch Hazel derives either from Middle English 'Wiche' for 'lively' or Anglo-Saxon 'Wych' for 'bend' describing this use. [Info from US Forest Service].

Witch Hazel is also a protector of the forest following disturbance. In a Canadian Journal of Forest Research Study by Taylor Benton, analysis found that where large scale canopy loss was present H. virginiana was found to increase it's basal area growth (think spread) by over 300%. This indicates that in the presence increased light and nitrogen, the dominate understory species are able to protect seedlings by increasing canopy shade!

In my own forest I've noticed this where Ash has died back, the Witch Hazel flowers more prolifically and frequently as well as becoming denser (Image 8 Witch-hazel in flower above a stream)

Now what are the ecological relationships associated with American Witch Hazel? This species specifically provides one of the last insect oriented pollen sources prior to winter (other witch-hazel species often bloom in early spring), so species like the owlet moth which are active in winter, and late season bees get a food source from it. The leaves are occasionally predated by a gall wasp which forms many odd tents on the leaf in favorable conditions.

Propagating Witch-hazel for those crazy like me should be aware it is not an easy plant to start. The seeds require a period of moist cold stratification, then warm, then another cold (think 90 days of fridge, 90 days in warmth, 90 days in fridge) then it'll begin to germinate. If you have a full specimen you can attempt layering (which is covering a low branch in soil allowing it to root). You can take softwood cuttings in spring but they have to be kept frost free the next winter.

Finally Landscaping advice! Witch-Hazel is best utilized in partially shaded non-south facing or moist areas in partial sun. While it loves total shade in its natural environment it really preforms much better in a garden with some sunlight. American Witch-Hazel also is a better performer in the scent category rather than a showy floral display, most horticultural specimens are derived from hybrids between Chinese, Japanese, or Ozark Witch-hazel (image 10 of possible H. vernalis cultivar above) as their coloring is much more interesting compared to our local powerhouse. However it must be said that American Witch-hazel is resilient and has some flower color variation (oranges and pinks) which are absent in other species.

So this has been my plant profile on American Witch-Hazel, please go into the woods and smell the haunting yellow blooms while the mass-bloom is still occurring. Happy Hunting to my Eastern American followers :)!

[bitchfitch]

some that demon thing secondary characters

Crassipes Meleagris: General in the Cristatus' army. Technically the record holder for the person to join the army at the youngest age. She was still a toddler when her village was raided and her birth parents killed. She was found after the fact while the raiding soldiers were looting what was left, and taken in by the collective unit. No one individual was her guardian, instead the unit as a whole raised her to be the finest warrior amongst them. As an adult she moved through the ranks quickly via a combination of raw skill and the ruthless willingness to kill anyone whose position she was gunning for.

Olor Cygnus: A small village's doctor turned leader. Many of the demons from her village were slaughtered during the beginning of the war. They had posed too much of a threat to the new rulling powers and needed dealt with. She was spared as the warlord leading the invasion deemed her meek but intelligent and respected enough to be saddled with the duty of leading her devastated community. Unlike most of the other minor lords, she is neither a politician nor a warrior, so the wanton violence and pointless macho postering from every one of her new "colleagues" has been difficult to stomach.

Gigas Coua: A Minor Lord from low places. Former prostitute turned Madame after the last owner of their brothel was found washed up on the shore of their local river. They delighted in accepting the title of Minor Lord, as Finally they would have the respect they've been denied since they were orphaned by a now forgotten battle. they are eager and willing to do whatever it takes to keep the favor of those above them as they know all too well how quickly you can lose the entire game if the dealer has a bone to pick with you.