About 1% of people have some latent witchcraft in them, but the vast majority will never awaken their powers. A witch's magic cannot awaken or function properly without a Supreme. Typically this only happens once they're in a Coven and have bonded, but in rarer cases (like this RP), it can also happen if they spend time in the presence of an ascending Supreme who has yet to learn how to focus their powers. All witches have access to all three types of magic, but it's rare for someone with powerful Gifts to also be a talented Spellcaster and vice versa.

• Knacks: Everyone with some latent witchy abilities has exactly one Knack - this is the only sign that someone has the potential to become a witch. Knacks are usually subtle, the sort of thing that could be mistaken for dumb luck, strange coincidences, or natural talent. A Knack can neither be gained nor lost, but is with a person from birth til death. Ex. this person's dice roll 7s half the time, they have an unusually tight bond with exactly one animal (a familiar), they get a sense of impending doom before something bad happens to their loved ones, or they can throw things with near-perfect accuracy despite never practicing.
• Gifts: Gifts are the true magic witches can perform on instinct, without needing to focus their power using a spell. Gifts will only work if the Witch has a magical connection to a Supreme; if cut off from their Coven, a Witch will lose all of their Gifts. Every Gift comes with a price, and the powerful Gifts tend to make their users very sick or weak afterwards. Every witch has at least one Gift. Reasonably powerful witches have two, and very powerful witches have three. Supremes typically manifest 5-7. Ex. pyrokinesis, telekinesis, telepathy with 1 or 2 other people or certain animals, precognitive dreams.
• Spells: Spellcraft is where the real power of witches comes to light. While Gifts usually only allow a Witch to use her magic to slightly shift reality in her general vicinity, Spells can be used to cause much greater changes that are less constrained by time and space. A curse might cause a rival's car to crash several hours or days from the time of casting, or abruptly shift the weather in the Bahamas. Spells require focus instead of instinct, have certain rituals and practices, and usually need 2 or more witches to cast correctly. Spells feed off of the magic of the environment around them, making powerful spells impossible without either the presence (not necessarily consent) of a Supreme or powerful magical source. Improperly cast spells may work differently than intended or even backfire against the Witch trying to cast them. Ex. love charm to make the quarterback enamored with the cheerleader (if it backfires, could cause him to stalk her), curse to make a the roof leak onto a stack of exams (cast improperly may cause the roof to collapse), ward of protection against dark spirits.

Supremes are a rare type of Witch that serve as a conduit to bring magic into the world. Though not necessarily more powerful than their fellows, magic comes more easily to them than to other Witches, best exemplified by their myriad of Gifts. Even the weakest Supremes still manifest at least five Gifts which they can use at will, and most will manifest additional abilities if their lives or their loved ones are threatened. Their spells almost always go through, though not with any more accuracy than a regular Witch. A fully mature Supreme can detect other potential Witches and choose whether or not to awaken the magic within them, but before a Supreme has come into their own their presence is enough. This makes it very difficult to tell which dawning Witch is the Supreme, since everyone in the Coven will be supercharged by the presence of an unrestrained Supreme's power.


A Coven is a group of witches who share a magical bond which allows them to combine their power to cast spells cooperatively. Covens form around Supremes, who have a great deal of de facto power over them as a fully mature Supreme can control who can use them as a conduit. However, Supremes are not always the leaders of their Covens - especially before they mature enough to control their power output. Though there is no way to force a Witch to join a Coven, the magical connection they feel to their fellow Witches is typically irresistible, haunting their dreams until they find their people.

Relationships:

• {Unfilled/NPC} Roommate Alpha:
• {Unfilled/NPC} Roommate Beta:
• {Unfilled/NPC} Roommate Gamma:
• {NPC} Marcus Freeman: enemy. A confident, well-liked student athlete. He was casual friends with Kalama before he stole Kal’s girlfriend last month. She discovered her Gift by setting his car on fire when she saw him and Daria making out in it. He became stuck in his seat belt and was pulled out after sustaining serious burns. He does not suspect Kal was behind the incident.
• {NPC} Daria Mueller: ex. A dreamy theater girl, she and Kal became girlfriends in their senior year of high school. The breakup was bitter, as Kal caught Daria cheating on her with Marcus after almost two years together. Daria was also in the car when it caught fire, but managed to get out with only minor burns. Suspects Kal’s involvement, but doesn’t have any evidence.
• {NPC} William Guynn: father. Accountant who lives in Briarwood, in a nice house on the other side of town. Texts Kal daily to check in on her, wishes she would visit more and learn to get along with Kathy.
• {NPC} Katherine Guynn: stepmother. Has two teenage daughters who live with her & Liam. She considers Kalama a bad influence; frequently tries to get her to go to church and tells her how pretty she would be if she just kept her hair and makeup more "neat".
• {NPC} Olivia Benoit: mother. Real estate agent who lives in Hawaii. Is terrible at returning calls and texts, but good at updating social media.
• {NPC, Deceased} Maude Benoit: grandmother. Lived in Breaux Bridge, Louisiana. Taught Kalama to cook, and had the same Knack for making it magically good. Died of a sudden stroke when Kal was living with her at the age of seventeen.

History:

Kalama was born in Honolulu, Hawaii. Her early childhood was filled with fresh fruit, lots of time on the beach, and two loving parents who were trying hard to make it work. Unfortunately, their differences ultimately couldn’t be reconciled and William moved back to the mainland when Kalama was eight years old. In an attempt to make things fair, her parents agreed to split custody 50/50 - six months in Honolulu, then six months in Briarwood.
Unfortunately, moving around so much did not work out well for Kalama. Feeling unwanted and out of place no matter where she went, she struggled to make any lasting friendships or be accepted by her classmates. By thirteen she was in full-blown rebellion, taking off from school to smoke and drink. This hit a head when she was fifteen and her father got engaged. Two weeks later she got caught trespassing with a joint in her purse. After her community service finished, her parents packed her off to live with her grandmother in Breaux Bridge, Louisiana.
It was her grandmother’s influence, and the stability of her new life, that encouraged Kal to get her life back on track. It was her Grandma who taught her how to cook, stand up for herself & others, and the importance of community. Unfortunately, her good cooking caught up with her and Maude passed away after just under two years together, and Kalama went back to Briarwood to finish high school.
Her juvenile record was sealed when she was accepted to BCC, and even though she still smokes and drinks on occasion she’s more focused on her education and community activism than partying… at least until her Gift manifested so suddenly. Now she’s trying to figure out what’s going on with her body, testing her abilities nearly every night down by the river where she thinks nobody can see.

Magic:

Knack: Like her grandmother, Kalama’s cooking is mildly magical. Her gumbo can soothe a broken heart and a slice of her devil’s food cake could lead a pastor into temptation. It tastes good, but more importantly you can really feel the love that was put into it. Even her coffees seem unusually capable of brightening your day, and she has loyal customers who will specifically request that she makes their drink because they swear it’s better when it comes from her hands.

Gift: Kal is a Pyrokinetic, meaning she can create and feed a fire using only her mind. This Gift does not extend to extinguishing the fires nor does it protect her from them. Small uses, like lighting a candle or a cigarette, will give her a hot flash and maybe a small headache if she does several in a row, but large blazes will give her serious fevers and debilitating migraines. After she set Marcus's car on fire, she spent nearly 24 hours in bed with a serious migraine and fever.