Warlocks

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Witches and Warlocks Explanation

Warlocks (黒魔女 (ウォーロック) , Wōrokku^?) are a race capable of using black magic (黒 (くろ) 魔 (ま) 道 (どう) , Kuro Madō^?).

The warlocks come from witches who had poor morale, resulting in them being corrupted. Upon becoming a Warlock, they are able to use offensive spells.

Overview

Warlocks are a species from witches, witches become warlock when they are usually covered with negative feelings or dangerous thoughts. These usually use dangerous spells such as the creation of contracts, barriers or hidden spaces.

History

Originating from witches, warlocks arrived in Japan around 1600. At some point the witches learned black magic thus becoming warlocks.

Some time later, during the end of the Tokugawa shogunate, the warlocks came into conflict with the witches this event would eventually become known as the great mage war and would result in the eradication of the warlocks alongside their leader Jura. To prevent the resurgence of these beings they educated the young witches to perform good deeds.

Transformation to Warlock

A witch can become a warlock when they have negative feelings, such as revenge, jealousy, hatred, etc. Witches usually have a stone in their wands that, depending on their actions, turns blue.

A witch can become a warlock when performing actions or having negative feelings, makes their stone turn black. However, only when the witch uses a spell while their stone is black, the transformation of the witch into a warlock is complete.

Warlocks emit a dark aura of sorts that let witches with an alert spell casted on them to detect their presence within a range of 200 metres.

Members

Known Members

Shikimi

Ran

Komugi's Parents

Hibana

Kokuryo

Komugi^‡

Ryohei^‡

Rabuka^‡

Tokiyo^‡

Ayako^†

Uzu^†

Jura^†

Jeanne^†

Known Families

• Kurowa Family (黒 (くろ) 和 (わ) 家 (か) , Komugi-ka^?) is a family of warlocks who worship Jura and will do anything to help resurrect her. Komugi Kurowa's parents were training her to serve the cause. When she was ready, her parents entrusted her to Shikimi, who would use her to one day approach and kidnap the Witch of Thousands.

Trivia

• They are the counterpart of witches.
• Despite their name, there are several female warlocks.