The Forest Witch
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The Forest Witch is most easily recognized not by her appearance but by her laughter. She has a high, wild cackle that bubbles maniacally from her throat. She is the witch of the forest, a spellcaster who specializes in curses. What is a curse, you ask? It is a spell that turns you into a form of her choosing, or turns your mask, antlers, or pelt into one she finds “ugly.” If it doesn’t work the first time, instead giving an ordinary spell, she’ll usually be upset, but keep trying until she gets it right. She also brews potions, but those are mostly of her private stock of magic – In private, she is much more capable than she seems. She loves causing trouble – in fact, nothing makes her happier than to shock and alarm a deer with her casting, to disrupt the ordinary life of deer with her beautiful magic and the strange worlds it opens up. If their feelings get hurt, she doesn’t care; it’s all fun and games.
…Her magic and the forest’s have a lot in common, actually. That may be why she’s here.
There’s one flaw in her plan to transform everyone into toads or other small vermin (correction, there are several flaws, but only one she’s noticed): the Twin Gods have a magic of their own on every deer of the forest, allowing them to remove her beautiful spells at will. She is sure that is just there to maintain their false happiness and precious “order.” She’s working on a way to defeat them once and for all!
When she’s in the mood to cast a non-animal curse, she’ll keep casting until she gets one of the “curse” spells listed below.