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* DeathBySex: [[spoiler: [[{{Squick}} With Scaum Durna]], [[VoluntaryShapeshifter shapeshifted]] into a beautiful woman.]]
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* ObligatoryWarCrimeScene: After learning that his father killed an entire church of 1000 people, he decided to commit his own by [[spoiler: magically causing a group of civilians to [[PsychicallyAssistedSuicide stampede off a cliff.]]]]
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* EvilIsCool: Deconstructed. He shows a tremendous amount of dignity in his last days and his powers are amazing at first. However as more information becomes available about him, he continually crosses [[MoralEventHorizon moral event horizons]] that strain any previous admiration.
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-> ''I have come, little brother. And now that we are together at last, we shall finish what your fathers began.''
-->-- From Scaum-Durna to Ar Dauragh
-->-- From Scaum-Durna to Ar Dauragh
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-> ''It is time you learned how a Witchking makes war.''
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* ObligatoryWarCrimeScene: After learning that his father killed an entire church of 1000 people, he decided to commit his own by [[spoiler: magically causing a group of civilians to [[PsychicallyAssistedSuicide stampede off a cliff.]]]]
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* EvilIsCool: Deconstructed. He shows a tremendous amount of dignity in his last days and his powers are amazing at first. However as more information becomes available about him, he continually crosses [[MoralEventHorizon moral event horizons]] that strain any previous admiration.
* FrontlineGeneral: He leads a raid against reavers outnumbered 10 to 1 as an elderly man. Though he did eventually receive Witchking assistance.
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* LongLostRelative: [[spoiler: To Ar Dauragh and Ar Mauragh in a roundabout way. As a Witchking, Ar Mauragh is a human wizard laden with demonic essence, in this case the demon Scaum-Karak. Scaum-Durna is the brother of Scaum-Karak.
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* LongLostRelative: [[spoiler: To Ar Dauragh and Ar Mauragh in a roundabout way. As a Witchking, Ar Mauragh is a human wizard laden with demonic essence, in this case the demon Scaum-Karak. Scaum-Durna is the brother of Scaum-Karak.]]
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-> ''You are a phoenix raised by sparrows, my son. Now it is time for you to fly. When you have grown into your strength and become worthy of your heritage, you will set the world on fire.''
-->--From Ar Mauragh's letter to Ar Dauragh
-->--From Ar Mauragh's letter to Ar Dauragh
-> ''The dream is dead, but it was glorious indeed.''
* TongueTrauma: He had the tongues of many of his loyal minions removed, but its unclear why.
* OlderThanHeLooks: He is stated to look to be in his late 30s, but his eye-witness testimony would make him closer to 80.
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* TongueTrauma: Implied to do this to his minions as punishment, due to the large number of minions who have no tongue.
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* LongLostRelative: [[spoiler: To Ar Dauragh and Ar Mauragh in a roundabout way. As a Witchking, Ar Mauragh is a human wizard laden with demonic essence, in this case the demon Scaum-Karak. Scaum-Durna is the brother of Scaum-Karak.
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* ReallyGetsAround: He is brought loyal female followers so that he might breed future Witchkings to continue his empire. [[spoiler: He also has [[{{Squick}} sex with Scaum-Durna in the form of a human female]], moments after figuring out that his demonic side comes from [[IncestIsRelative Scaum-Durna's brother.]]]]
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* ReallyGetsAround: He is brought loyal female followers so that he might breed future Witchkings to continue his empire. [[spoiler: He also has [[{{Squick}} sex with Scaum-Durna in the form of a human female]], moments after figuring out that his demonic side comes from [[IncestIsRelative Scaum-Durna's brother.]]]]]]
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!!'''Scaum-Durna'''
* BloodIsTheNewBlack: His arms and mouth are covered in blood after killing [[spoiler: Cajarc.]]
* DepravedHomosexual: He is a male demon, but he [[VoluntaryShapeshifter shapeshiftes]] into a buxom, naked woman to sleep with men who are unaware of this. [[ReallyGetsAround Lots of men.]] This is far from the worst thing he does.
* {{Familiar}}: Typically possesses a sea gull until his true form is freed, advising Ar Dauragh.
* SiblingMurder: [[spoiler: To provide demonic essence to create his army of werewolves, he sacrifices his older brother Scaum-Vorbis.]]
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!!'''Scaum-Durna'''
* BloodIsTheNewBlack: His arms and mouth are covered in blood after killing [[spoiler: Cajarc.]]
* DepravedHomosexual: He is a male demon, but he [[VoluntaryShapeshifter shapeshiftes]] into a buxom, naked woman to sleep with men who are unaware of this. [[ReallyGetsAround Lots of men.]] This is far from the worst thing he does.
* {{Familiar}}: Typically possesses a sea gull until his true form is freed, advising Ar Dauragh.
* SiblingMurder: [[spoiler: To provide demonic essence to create his army of werewolves, he sacrifices his older brother Scaum-Vorbis.]]
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!!'''Scaum-Durna'''
* BloodIsTheNewBlack: His arms and mouth are covered in blood after killing [[spoiler: Cajarc.]]
* DepravedHomosexual: He is a male demon, but he [[VoluntaryShapeshifter shapeshiftes]] into a buxom, naked woman to sleep with men who are unaware of this. [[ReallyGetsAround Lots of men.]] This is far from the worst thing he does.
* {{Familiar}}: Typically possesses a sea gull until his true form is freed, advising Ar Dauragh.
* SiblingMurder: [[spoiler: To provide demonic essence to create his army of werewolves, he sacrifices his older brother Scaum-Vorbis.]]
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* PragmaticVillainy: After the reign of the original Witchkings, he really only commits atrocities when it is required by warlords that protect his village, even if he gleefully does so. Also, he sees the scheme to [[spoiler: produce a demonic wolf army]] as stupid and evil as it really is.
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* TownWithADarkSecret: Him and his fortress are the remaining secret followers of the Witchkings.
* UndyingLoyalty: At the behest of Ar Maraugh, he dedicated the following decades of his life to a plan he had no way of knowing could even get off the ground. All of this while secretly gathering his followers after their existence was made illegal.
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!!'''Scaum-Durna'''
* BloodIsTheNewBlack: His arms and mouth are covered in blood after killing [[spoiler: Cajarc.]]
* DepravedHomosexual: He is a male demon, but he [[VoluntaryShapeshifter shapeshiftes]] into a buxom, naked woman to sleep with men who are unaware of this. [[ReallyGetsAround Lots of men.]] This is far from the worst thing he does.
* {{Familiar}}: Typically possesses a sea gull until his true form is freed, advising Ar Dauragh.
* SiblingMurder: [[spoiler: To provide demonic essence to create his army of werewolves, he sacrifices his older brother Scaum-Vorbis.]]
* TreacherousAdvisor: He succeeds Cajarc as the better magical advisor. After strongly developing Ar Dauragh into a capable Witchking, he [[spoiler: talks Ar Dauragh into [[ItMakesSenseInContext developing a race of werewolves from the soul of their mutual demon brother]]. Scaum-Durna [[MentorOccupationalHazard offs his predecessor]] when he won't cooperate. ]]
* UndyingLoyalty: At the behest of Ar Maraugh, he dedicated the following decades of his life to a plan he had no way of knowing could even get off the ground. All of this while secretly gathering his followers after their existence was made illegal.
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!!'''Scaum-Durna'''
* BloodIsTheNewBlack: His arms and mouth are covered in blood after killing [[spoiler: Cajarc.]]
* DepravedHomosexual: He is a male demon, but he [[VoluntaryShapeshifter shapeshiftes]] into a buxom, naked woman to sleep with men who are unaware of this. [[ReallyGetsAround Lots of men.]] This is far from the worst thing he does.
* {{Familiar}}: Typically possesses a sea gull until his true form is freed, advising Ar Dauragh.
* SiblingMurder: [[spoiler: To provide demonic essence to create his army of werewolves, he sacrifices his older brother Scaum-Vorbis.]]
* TreacherousAdvisor: He succeeds Cajarc as the better magical advisor. After strongly developing Ar Dauragh into a capable Witchking, he [[spoiler: talks Ar Dauragh into [[ItMakesSenseInContext developing a race of werewolves from the soul of their mutual demon brother]]. Scaum-Durna [[MentorOccupationalHazard offs his predecessor]] when he won't cooperate. ]]
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* InfernalParadise: Their goal was to have a new world, free from notions of right and wrong, religion and the history of the past, with humans enhanced by demonic essence. In practice, this resembled humans being modified by demonic forces, their extremely devout followers and the complete destruction of everything that wasn't them.
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* BookBurning: The Witchkings burned as much of the history books as they could in an attempt to restart the world from year 0.
* UndeathlyPallor: The Witchkings appear as though they are dead and seem to have elongated limbs as well.
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* DeathFakedForYou: His [[spoiler: foster]] parents burned down his house with themselves and a corpse inside it to fake his death.
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* ReallyGetsAround: He is brought loyal female followers so that he might have breed future Witchkings to continue his empire. [[spoiler: He also has [[{{Squick}} sex with Scaum-Durna in the form of a human female, female]], moments after figuring out that his demonic side comes from [[IncestIsRelative Scaum-Durna's brother.]]]]
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* FaceDeathWithDignity: What little screentime he has, he spends saying goodbye to his loved one and never flinches. He even marches with his captors for weeks to provide his executioners 6 months of knowledge, before accepting his horrible death.
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* FaceDeathWithDignity: Played with. What little screentime he has, he spends saying goodbye to his loved one and never flinches. He even marches with his captors for weeks to provide his executioners 6 months of knowledge, before accepting his horrible death. However, the pain of getting [[NoKillLikeOverkill his body and soul vaporized]] is too extreme for him to bear and even sources friendly to him acknowledge the humiliation.
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* EvilIsSterile: Played with. He most certainly cannot have children with human women but [[spoiler: as a true Witchking, he is too heavily demon to be genetically compatible with humans and could still be fertile.]]
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* TheLastOfHisKind: His father and mother bore him in secret, that he might one day [[FlingALightIntoTheFuture restore his kingdom]] without interference. The Elves had brought genocide to the rest of the Witchkings.
* ReallyGetsAround: He is brought loyal female followers so that he might have future Witchkings to continue his empire. [[spoiler: He also has [[{{Squick}} sex with Scaum-Durna in the form of a human female, moments after figuring out that his demonic side comes from Scaum-Durna's brother.]]]]
* ReallyGetsAround: He is brought loyal female followers so that he might have future Witchkings to continue his empire. [[spoiler: He also has [[{{Squick}} sex with Scaum-Durna in the form of a human female, moments after figuring out that his demonic side comes from Scaum-Durna's brother.]]]]
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* BloodIsTheNewBlack: His arms and mouth are covered in blood after killing [[spoiler: Cajarc.]]
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!!'''Ar Daraugh [[spoiler: aka Speer Gnasor]]'''
* ChangelingFantasy: [[spoiler: A dark version. Speer Gnasor lived what was a fairly normal life as a normal person until his 13th birthday. On that day, his supposed parents gave him a note explaining that he is really both the last Witchking and the son of Ar Maraugh. ]]
* FromNobodyToNightmare: From humble beginnings to the personal creator of [[spoiler: the Ulfin, aka the werewolves]].
!!'''Ar Maraugh'''
* ChangelingFantasy: [[spoiler: A dark version. Speer Gnasor lived what was a fairly normal life as a normal person until his 13th birthday. On that day, his supposed parents gave him a note explaining that he is really both the last Witchking and the son of Ar Maraugh. ]]
* FromNobodyToNightmare: From humble beginnings to the personal creator of [[spoiler: the Ulfin, aka the werewolves]].
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!!'''Ar Daraugh Dauragh [[spoiler: aka Speer Gnasor]]'''
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* FromNobodyToNightmare: From humble beginnings to the personal creator of [[spoiler: theUlfin, aka the werewolves]].
* TheLastOfHisKind: His father and mother bore him in secret, that he might one day [[FlingALightIntoTheFuture restore his kingdom]] without interference. He
* TrainingMontage: Even Witchkings need to study and learn. His decades of study are comprehensive and covered in a short story. He manages to [[SurpassedTheTeacher outrank his tutor]] halfway as would be expected.
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* FromNobodyToNightmare: From humble beginnings to the personal creator of [[spoiler: the
* TheLastOfHisKind: His father and mother bore him in secret, that he might one day [[FlingALightIntoTheFuture restore his kingdom]] without interference. He
* TrainingMontage: Even Witchkings need to study and learn. His decades of study are comprehensive and covered in a short story. He manages to [[SurpassedTheTeacher outrank his tutor]] halfway as would be expected.
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* DepravedHomosexual: He is a male demon, but he [[VoluntaryShapeshifter shapeshiftes]] into a buxom, naked woman to sleep with men who are unaware of this. [[ReallyGetsAround Lots of men.]] This is far from the worst thing he does.
* SiblingMurder: [[spoiler: To provide demonic essence to create his army of werewolves, he sacrifices his older brother Scaum-Vorbis.]]
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* UndyingLoyalty: [[spoiler: At the behest of Ar Maraugh, he dedicated the following decades of his life to a plan he had no way of knowing could even get off the ground. All of this while secretly gathering his followers after their existence was made illegal.]]
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* DeathBySex: [[spoiler: [[{{Squick}} With Scaum Durna]], [[VoluntaryShapeshifter shapeshifted]] into a beautiful woman.]]
* EvilMentor: With the caveat that he and his disciple [[AboveGoodAndEvil don't believe in good or evil]].
* UndyingLoyalty:[[spoiler: At the behest of Ar Maraugh, he dedicated the following decades of his life to a plan he had no way of knowing could even get off the ground. All of this while secretly gathering his followers after their existence was made illegal.]]
* EvilMentor: With the caveat that he and his disciple [[AboveGoodAndEvil don't believe in good or evil]].
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* CultOfPersonality: During their reign, they have extremely fanatical followers. They remain fanatically devoted to them even after the complete genocide of the Witchkings.
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* ChangelingFantasy: [[spoiler: A dark version. Speer Gnasor lived what was a fairly normal life as a normal person until his 13th birthday. On that day, his supposed parents gave him a note explaining that he is really both the last Witchking and the son of Ar Maraugh. ]]
* FromNobodyToNightmare: From humble beginnings to the personal creator of [[spoiler: the Ulfin, aka the werewolves]].
!!'''Ar Maraugh'''
* FaceDeathWithDignity: What little screentime he has, he spends saying goodbye to his loved one and never flinches. He even marches with his captors for weeks to provide his executioners 6 months of knowledge, before accepting his horrible death.
* KillItWithFire: He burned down his lovers' dead body and the ''entire'' fortress it was in with white fire. There were no intact remains left of the fortress or anything inside.
* WeBarelyKnewYe: He is the [[spoiler: next to]] last Witchking and we are introduced to his mostly peaceful surrender in the first few pages of his story.
* FromNobodyToNightmare: From humble beginnings to the personal creator of [[spoiler: the Ulfin, aka the werewolves]].
!!'''Ar Maraugh'''
* FaceDeathWithDignity: What little screentime he has, he spends saying goodbye to his loved one and never flinches. He even marches with his captors for weeks to provide his executioners 6 months of knowledge, before accepting his horrible death.
* KillItWithFire: He burned down his lovers' dead body and the ''entire'' fortress it was in with white fire. There were no intact remains left of the fortress or anything inside.
* WeBarelyKnewYe: He is the [[spoiler: next to]] last Witchking and we are introduced to his mostly peaceful surrender in the first few pages of his story.
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* CultOfPersonality: During their reign, they have extremely fanatical followers. They remain fanatically devoted to them even after the complete genocide of the Witchkings.
* DeaderThanDead: To ensure the destruction of the Witchkings, the elves [[spoiler: used magic to rend their bodies into countless particles, then did likewise to their souls]]. This was guarantee that there could be no chance of a resurgence of Witchkings.
* DemonOfHumanOrigin: The Witchkings are created from a sort of demon summoning ritual, where demonic essence is transferred to human sorcerers. This effectively renders them into a new species of human that is increasingly incompatible with normal humans the further they evolve.
* EvilIsSterile: Towards the end of the reign of the Witchkings, those with higher demonic essence became basically another species of human. These tended to be genetically incompatible with normal humans. [[spoiler: Speer Gnasor is unable to father any children as he is too distinct from humanity.]]
* PersonOfMassDestruction: Their magical talent not only surpasses that of the elves, but is so far off the charts that they are able to wipe out entire kingdoms.
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!!'''Ar Daraugh [[spoiler: aka Speer Gnasor]]'''
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!!'''Scaum Durna'''
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!!'''Cajarc'''
* DidYouJustFlipOffCthulhu: Despite being [[UndyingLoyalty truly loyal]], he [[spoiler: told Ar Daraugh that his plan to create the werewolves was a terrible idea on several different occasions.]]
* UndyingLoyalty: [[spoiler: At the behest of Ar Maraugh, he dedicated the following decades of his life to a plan he had no way of knowing could even get off the ground. All of this while secretly gathering his followers after their existence was made illegal.]]
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'''''' [[Characters/TheArtsOfDarkAndLightMankind Mankind]] | [[Characters/TheArtsOfDarkAndLightTheElves The Elves]] | [[Characters/TheArtsOfDarkAndLightTheGoblins The Goblins]] | '''The Witchkings''' | [[Characters/TheArtsOfDarkAndLightOthers Others]] -]]]]]
This page is for Witchkings and those closely associated with them in ''Literature/TheArtsOfDarkAndLight''.
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[[folder:In General]]
* CultOfPersonality: During their reign, they have extremely fanatical followers. They remain fanatically devoted to them even after the complete genocide of the Witchkings.
* DeaderThanDead: To ensure the destruction of the Witchkings, the elves [[spoiler: used magic to rend their bodies into countless particles, then did likewise to their souls]]. This was guarantee that there could be no chance of a resurgence of Witchkings.
* DemonOfHumanOrigin: The Witchkings are created from a sort of demon summoning ritual, where demonic essence is transferred to human sorcerers. This effectively renders them into a new species of human that is increasingly incompatible with normal humans the further they evolve.
* EvilIsSterile: Towards the end of the reign of the Witchkings, those with higher demonic essence became basically another species of human. These tended to be genetically incompatible with normal humans. [[spoiler: Speer Gnasor is unable to father any children as he is too distinct from humanity.]]
* PersonOfMassDestruction: Their magical talent not only surpasses that of the elves, but is so far off the charts that they are able to wipe out entire kingdoms.
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[[folder:Specific Witchkings]]
!!'''Ar Daraugh [[spoiler: aka Speer Gnasor]]'''
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!!'''Scaum Durna'''
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!!'''Cajarc'''
* DidYouJustFlipOffCthulhu: Despite being [[UndyingLoyalty truly loyal]], he [[spoiler: told Ar Daraugh that his plan to create the werewolves was a terrible idea on several different occasions.]]
* UndyingLoyalty: [[spoiler: At the behest of Ar Maraugh, he dedicated the following decades of his life to a plan he had no way of knowing could even get off the ground. All of this while secretly gathering his followers after their existence was made illegal.]]
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