Upon becoming a woman, a trainee would take the "Witchly Vows" and become a full-fledged Umbra Witch, although some candidates of particular skill and achievement were permitted to take their vows earlier than this. Children born in the Witches' homeland of Crescent Valley were taught the workings of Spirit Energy from a young age, and would thus manifest abilities-if they had them-at an earlier age than children born elsewhere, although what constitutes an "earlier" age is unspecified. "Those with the power could become Witches despite being of low birth, and those without the power would be forced into secular life, regardless of any blood-ties to a Witch clan."Īn all-female clan of Witches as per namesake, their ranks included only those who could harness spirit energy by birth and those who were strong enough to survive their brutal courses of training and study. What differentiates a Witch (and presumably a Sage) from a normal human being is her great control over Spirit Energy, or magic. While well versed in the supernatural and metaphysical arts, they were also keen in the arts of alchemy, chemistry, acrobatics, firearms training, medicine, anatomical health, and (what could be assumed) various sciences and technological prowess of many sorts, to temper and refine their body and soul in the process of handling the powerful forms of magic that they would come to wield. The "umbra" is the darkest part of a shadow and is usually used in reference to shadows cast by heavenly bodies.Through the harnessing of Spirit Energy, Umbra Witches were practitioners of magic revolving around the influence of the moon and the evocation of beings from Inferno.After the Great War and The Witch Hunt only two witches were still alive: Bayonetta and Jeanne. Following this event the two clans were sent to the path of conflict by Loptr who used the global confusion to try to retrieve the power of Aesir. The Umba Witches were once a powerfull clan tasked by Loki to look over the Left Eye of the World and maintain balance between the realms of the Trinity of Realities with their Lumen counterpart, but this balance was toppled by the conception of a child who had for parents an Umbra Witch and a Lumen Sage, violating an old tenet stating that"The intersection of light and dark would bring calamity to this earth".
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