I myself have seen this woman draw the stars from the sky; she diverts the course of a fast-flowing river with her incantations; her voice makes the earth gape, it lures the spirits from the tombs, send the bones tumbling from the dying pyre. At her behest, the sad clouds scatter; at her behest, snow falls from a summer's sky.”

― Tibullus, The Works of Tibullus.

Beautiful women with mismatched colored eyes walk alone in the night, haunted by memories of lives that seem long past. The voices of loved parents distant in the mist of memory. The evil calling never quite silent.

The Witch-Born, as loremasters call them, live equally cursed and blessed, product of the most foul of crimes, yet retrived from darkness. For good or ill.

Born from Evil

Hags are powerful evil fey creatures that relish in wickedness and cruelty. They propagate by stealing and eating human infants alive, consuming the life force of the child, and giving birth to daughters that are fated to become hags the moment they reach their 13th birthday.

The hag then returns the girl to her parents, to enjoy watching them suffer as she turns into a monster. But some times, on very rare occassions, something goes wrong for these mosnters. Maybe the child was destined to be a hero of the gods (or fiends), a strong magical bloodline was preparing to awake when the hag came, or maybe the spirit of the small one was simply too strong. Whatever the reason, the soul survived. It refused to be consumed and rejected the evil that tried to corrupt it.

And so the girl lives her life: she laughs, cries, loves, learns and grows as a human child would. For thirteen years until the midnight of her birthday. There's a struggle inside her that night, something bizarre no one can explain. But in the end the human soul emerges trimphant over the fey taint, managing to dominate the magic of the body. Something new is created: the witch-born.

Despised Enemies

There's very little, if anything, that hags of any kind despise more than a witch-born. Their very existence is an insult to them and their power, a blow to their arrogance. The only purpouse of a hag is to despoil, corrupt and destroy. To know they have actually created something, something that may even be good and beautiful, bring them to the edge of despair. They will go to any lenght, and use whatever means they have, to try and destroy any witch-born they have knowledge of, and to cause her as much suffering as they can.

So much is their hate that, the night when the hag-mother watches the girl trasform, she goes into such a blinding rage that she tears out her eyes, claws her face and suffers a gruesome dead at her own hands, cursing heavens, hells and herself until the very last breath.

Beautiful Sadness

It's not rare for witch-born to see themselves as cursed or even as monsters, specially after learning the process by which they came to be. This leads them to leave their homes as soon as they transform and become lonely creatures, wandering with little aim in the world. They avoid relations and, while they easily smile and call others friends or lovers, most times they only see them as transient companions that they'll eventually leave behind, for the good of both. Only through a long time and great patience can true bonds be formed betwen them and other individuals.

Witch-born are invariably females which, in appearence, are much similar to humans. They're tall, usually slender, and always fair (which only adds to the insult of the hag-mother). Their distinctive traits consist of their dark hair, sometimes decorated with unusual patterns, and their mistmatched eyes of queer colors most times not found in any other humanoid.

Witch-Born Traits

Witch-born carry the power of fey in their flesh. From human will and hag blood you gain a number of abilities and traits.

Ability Score Increase. Witch-born have nearly unnatural looks, presence and are surprisingly tough. Your Constitution score increases by 1, and your Charisma score increases by 2.

Age. The transformation of a witch-born happens at thirtheen, but they reach adulthood about the same time as a normal human. They may live up to a hundred years.

Alignment. Witch-born are usually good, but they can lean towards evil as easily as any other race. They're rarely lawful.

Size. Witch-born have the same build as humans, tending towards the thin and tall side. Your size is Medium.

Speed. Your base walking speed is 30 feet.

Tool Proficiency. The things you learned during your youth will never abandon you. You gain proficiency with one artisian tool, gaming set or musical instrument of your choice.

Darkvision. Hags live in dark and secluded places and you have inherited their darkvision. You can see in dim light within 60 feet of you as if it were bright light, and in darkness as if it were dim light. You can’t discern color in darkness, only shades of gray.

Magic Resilience. The experience of resisting the hag influence has given you the power to overcome any force that may try to gain dominion over you. You have advantage on all Wisdom saving throws against spells and magical effects.

Hag Magic. Fey magic is in your blood. You know the minor illusion cantrip. When you reach 3rd level, you can cast the charm person spell as a 1st-level spell once with this trait and regain the ability to do so when you finish a long rest. When you reach 5th level, you can cast the alter self spell once with this trait and regain the ability to do so when you finish a long rest. Charisma is your spellcasting ability for these spells.

Languages: You can speak, read, and write Common and one other language of your choice.