A Magical War | A Group-Write

@ paper sirens.
@ waves
@ She Said Poptarts

We still doing this?? Because I'm itching to finish planning if we are.

@ castiel's vessel
@ She Said Poptarts
@ paper sirens.

yeah me too, you're right. Were we on powers? I think I already said some kind of clairvoyance or sight for my character, except the only thing she can't sense is her own future, which allows her male love interest to take advantage of her little blindspot.

Is there anything else? I was also wondering when we were making the story page/writing chapters and what the order would look like. I'll warn you guys now, I'd like to pre-write most of my chapters so come April/May I can focus on school/Ap tests/SATs and all that good agonizing stuff.

I was also thinking of names and thinking of something like Marjorie or something like that.

@ castiel's vessel
@ waves

I'm up for whatever order, as long as I'm not first. I was thinking my character would be named Camilla. I'll probably end up changing it later.

@ paper sirens.
I don't know if I'll stick with Marjorie either but I think the kind of plotting for my character is ready. A little bit hot-headed, sometimes too eager, and a few other faults, but a good heart in all. I don't mind whatever first, or last, but I'm not that great at introductory chapters. Whatever it is, I'm eager to start this - it should be fun

@ waves
I'm going to have to balance this with the other witch story I'm writing myself. I think I need to start working on ideas for my character though.

@ waves
@ paper sirens.

I think most of us had decided on powers so it was time to work on characters.

And I'd like to be able to pre-write some of my chapters too! I think once we've decide characters and such we should outline this story completely, from start to finish, chapter by chapter so we know what's going to be in each chapter which would make pre-writing easier for those who need to do it for certain chapters.

Because my character's going to be 80-odd but looking 26-ish, she'll be the second oldest in the coven and therefore be level-headed, authoritative because once the aunt decides to pass on, she'll be the head of the coven, and she'll be able to rationalise and speak calmly even when under a lot of stress/danger (she'll have been sort of trained by the aunt to control her emotions and such over the years because the aunt won't want to allow herself to die and leave the coven in bad hands, not only because of them being extremely powerful but also because she doesn't want the coven to become extinct). And I'm thinking that she'll be called Nora.

What about the aunt being called Elieen?

And if you guys want, I could do the first chapter! We could go in oldest to youngest?

@ castiel's vessel
Eileen works for me. Oldest to youngest would be fine with me.

My character is going to be 24, close to 25 when the story begins. I'd like her to turn 25 during the story, probably toward the end. She's usually very calm and a listener, although she's willing to speak up when she feels it's necessary. Considering her powers to feel and control others' emotions, I'd say it would fit for her to be the peacemaker. Despite her usual calm, the tragic death of her lover causes her to spiral and she becomes unable to control her magic anymore. She splits off from the coven and they rarely see her outside of coven meetings.

Oh, and should we have coven meetings? We could have all the witches commune monthly (unless there's an emergency meeting) to discuss "witchly affairs." Like, they could talk about anything they've heard regarding other covens or other supernaturals, or whatever.

@ paper sirens.
Yeah, I think we should have cover meetings to discuss important things, a new magical coven member being born, and just to check up on each member. Maybe it's compulsory to turn up as well.

@ castiel's vessel
@ paper sirens.

and the coven meetings could be for new witchcraft and break through spells!

Marigold Lucinda Rowan! She goes by Mari and is one of the younger witches who sometimes thinks she knows everything because of her clairvoyance and while she is mostly right, her own decisions for herself are often not the right ones. How much interaction should be between all of our characters? Like should they be close, acquaintances, or almost like family?

@ waves
I think we were having everyone in the coven be related.

@ waves
@ paper sirens.

Yeah! Any potions that are made could also be brought to the meeting and stored to one side for a future time when they'll need to use them.

And they were all related. Even distant relations if needed. All magical family members were going to be based in the coven's place because it's out of the way of the humans and the human family were going to be living normal lives and getting things that the witches need if necessary, like money and such.

@ paper sirens.
@ castiel's vessel

haha, yeah I know about the relation between them but what about their relationships with each other? if that makes sense? Because you can be family but still not like each other or get along. Sorry if my question is unclear

@ waves
@ castiel's vessel

Oh, I get it. I think they should all know each other. We also need to make the family tree, so we know how they're all related.

@ waves
Oh, I get you now!

Maybe Nora and Mari don't get along sometimes because of her thought that she knows everything at times when in fact Nora knows that she doesn't know everything and is actually lacking the proper witches' mindset of trusting themselves more than their powers? If that works...?

Nora won't want to not get along with anyone within the coven because her aunt Eileen is able to communication and get along with everyone and when she finally feels like she's not needed any more, Nora has to take her place and be able to get along with everyone in the coven as well.

@ waves
@ paper sirens.
That we do!

There's Eileen at the top as the coven leader and oldest and most powerful witch of the coven. Nora is her sister's daughter (who wasn't magical) which makes them aunt and niece.

After you've related your characters we'll also need to make minor coven characters, right? To flesh out the coven more and have all members named with relations just in case it's necessary within the story.

@ castiel's vessel
Since Nora is older, has she had any children?

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@ castiel's vessel

yeah, just like that, haha. Like enchanted objects passed down like heirlooms or "enhancing" items. Kind of like some singers or artists like to drink certain teas or something? Maybe some witches like to use a certain scrying bowl or orb or something along the lines. I was being pretty general in my first post lol.

That's exactly what I was thinking. I was thinking my character with the enchanted bracelet would always feel the good and bad effects that the warlock put on them. So not only would the bracelet, necklace, ring, whatever, constrict her powers but it would also make her feel more "at ease" so even if she were to take it off, she wouldn't want to because the power of the enchanted item has such a strong affect on the stability of her emotions. In this way, he not only manipulates when her powers come into play, but he keeps her believing that the bracelet (and in turn himself) are both necessary for her to keep trying to unlock her powers.

I think he could maybe be masquerading as a supernatural or complete human, all depends on what we decide in the future - but he would always avoid meeting the 'family' my girl calls her coven.

Your idea for your character is both saddening but really cute at the same time. For some reason, I thought of Captain America, aha.

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@ castiel's vessel
I think what would happen is that the witches stage a little intervention because one of their own witches has done something in cold blood but eventually they test her and approve that it was the effects of her withdrawal from the bracelet that affects her erratic (albeit very poor) decisions. With that after her appeal to the coven not to be stripped of her powers or something, he haunts her in her dreams and here's another twist: he's actually alive.

Maybe he was able to survive and linger in the in-between world but he would need her help to come back to life. (kind of like how Sam was trapped in that cage with the archangel if I'm remembering it correctly in Supernatural and then when he came back he lost his soul? Sorry if any of that's inaccurate - I haven't watched it in such a long time.) I think the spell he put on her with the bracelet would be something that let him take little bits and bits of her heart as the days grew on and eventually, if she doesn't bring him back from purgatory, she'll have to live without her own soul. Now, I'm not sure if all of this will fit into the story but I'd like to try and fit most of this in there since it sounds pretty exciting and devious to me

Bad relationships are just so fun to write as long as no one objects or wants to do something really similar before, I really want to just stick with this idea

There's nothing that could go wrong with Chris Evans. Ever.

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@ paper sirens.
Yeah, the bracelet/whatever it is that was cursed will need to be examined closely to determine the curse, how strong and try and deduce what effects would come from it, etc.

Exactly. So because he has a part of her soul, it keeps him bound to the living world and they have to work out how to reclaim that soul without him coming back (I think) on top of the war and the looming deaths of other witches.

I don't think the coven should be too big, y'know? And I was thinking what if some family members don't get magical powers? Like it runs down their bloodline but sometimes it skips a generation or even a sibling because maybe the magic is sort of "alive" in a sense where it has to make sure the person will be strong enough to cope with it when they're older? This could work nicely because they're one of the oldest powerful covens so therefore the magic cannot fall on someone who is weak otherwise it risks it becoming extinct? And I like the immortal unless killed as well as choosing to continue living or dying after a certain amount of time. We could do both because it would work like that, I think.

I think that's most of the planning I'll be using for Marigold, haha, and the family tree is definitely a good idea!

@ paper sirens.
Nope! At least, not yet. She plans to once the war is over and she can remove the enchantment off of the man she loves. Unless she did have one before the whole thing started and put an enchantment on the child as well as binding their powers so no one would be able to track them. I'm not sure. I think I might go with the not yet answer.

@ castiel's vessel
I'll have to figure out where my character fits into the family once we start the family tree. Maybe Camilla could be Eileen's great-great-grandchild? I mean, it would make sense that the leader of the coven would have children, but maybe most of her progeny is nonmagical, which is why none of them have a chance of being next in line for leader.

Stupid double post.