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The Black Witch is the first novel published in The Black Witch Chronicles series by Laurie Forest.
Synopsis[]
A new Black Witch will rise…her powers vast beyond imagining. Elloren Gardner is the granddaughter of the last prophesied Black Witch, Carnissa Gardner, who drove back the enemy forces and saved the Gardnerian people during the Realm War. But while she is the absolute spitting image of her famous grandmother, Elloren is utterly devoid of power in a society that prizes magical ability above all else.
When she is granted the opportunity to pursue her lifelong dream of becoming an apothecary, Elloren joins her brothers at the prestigious Verpax University to embrace a destiny of her own, free from the shadow of her grandmother’s legacy. But she soon realizes that the university, which admits all manner of people—including the fire-wielding, winged Icarals, the sworn enemies of all Gardnerians—is a treacherous place for the granddaughter of the Black Witch.
As evil looms on the horizon and the pressure to live up to her heritage builds, everything Elloren thought she knew will be challenged and torn away. Her best hope of survival may be among the most unlikely band of rebels… if only she can find the courage to trust those she’s been taught to fear.
Plot[]
Prologue[]
Fourteen years before the start of our story, a three-year old Elloren Gardner, who has a special affinity for trees and wood, is wandtested by her Uncle Edwin. The trees catch on fire. The memory of this incident eventually fades, and Uncle Edwin later tells her that it was a bad dream.
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Chapters[]
Part One[]
Prologue
- Halfix
- Aunt Vyvian
- Goodbye
- The White Wand
- The Selkie
- Valgard
- Fallon Bane
- Textured Silk
- The Black Witch
- The Prophecy
- Aislinn Greer
- Lukas Grey
- Wandfasting
- Icarals
- Verpacia
Part Two[]
Prologue
- Verpax University
- Wandtesting
- Orientation
- Vice Chancellor Quillen
- The North Tower
- Ariel
- Tournaments & Tests
- Weapons
- Balance of Power
- Confrontation
- The Gardnerian
- Metallurgie & Mathematics
- Gardnerian History
- The Lupines
- Tierney Calix
- Shards of Ice
- Of Violins
- Unforgiving
- Spiraling Down
- Revenge
- Kindred
- Poetry
- Stick Magic
- Diana Ulrich
- Trystan
- History
- Damion Bane
Part Three[]
Prologue
- Mage Council Papers
- Randall Greyson
- Elfin Art
- Lupine Eyes
- Howl
- Jarod
- Trapped
- Rescue
- Refuge
- Andras Volya
- Safety
- Allies
- Camouflage
- Tightening Noose
- Military Dragon
- Elfin Steel
- Naga
- Yvan
- Fae
- Asrai Fae
- Ice
- Breaking Cages
- Aftermath
- Revolutionary
- Two Hundred and Fifty-Six
Characters[]
- Elloren Gardner
- Edwin Gardner
- Trystan Gardner
- Rafe Gardner
- Vyvian Damon
- Aislinn Greer
- Mage Greer
- Lukas Grey
- Lachlan Grey
- Fallon Bane
- Damion Bane
- Sylus Bane
- Gesine Bane
- Andras Volya
- Astrid Volya
- Ariel Haven
- Bartholomew Simitri
- Brennan Gaffney
- Emmet Gaffney
- Warren Gaffney
- Eliss Gaffney
- Shane Gaffney
- Diana Ulrich
- Jarod Ulrich
- Fernyllia Hawthorn
- Fern Hawthorn
- Gareth Keeler
- Heloise Florel
- Jules Kristian
- Yvan Guriel
- Wynter Eirllyn
- Cael Eirllyn
- Rhys Thorim
- Sparrow
- Effrey
- Bleddyn Arterra
- Olilly
- Marcus Vogel
- Orin Morlyr
- Tierney Calix
- Iris Morgaine
- Naga
- Fyon Hawkkyn
- Kam Vin
- Ni Vin
- Echo Flood
- Mage Flood
- Paige Snowden
- Mage Snowden
- Lucretia Quillen
- Sylvia Abernathy
- Curran Dell
- Ekaterina Salls
- Fenil'lyn
- Orn'lia
- Mor'lli
- Mistress Roslyn
- Myn
- Enith
- Priest Alfex
- Aldus Worthin
- Vestus
- Galen
- High Chancellor Abenthy
- Elin
- Sarill
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