Witches List of The Wardstone Chronicles characters

1 witches

1.1 malkin clan
1.2 deane clan
1.3 mouldheel clan
1.4 greek witches
1.5 water witches

witches

witches of powerful physical-being forces have been known serve dark. power have advantage of numbers. many of them reside in pendle , belong @ least 1 of 3 clans: malkins, deanes , mouldheels. romania , greece host great number of witches. based on actions, can be:

benign - witches use power other people
malevolent - witches use blood, bone, or familiar magic evil.
unaware - witches don t know are
falsely accused - women unjustly accused of being witches , consequently put death.

the malkin clan

while coven lives @ malkin tower, rest of clan lives in goldshaw booth village.

anne malkin – leader of malkin clan.
bony lizzie – bony lizzie alice s aunt (later discovered mother) , mother malkin s granddaughter. s dangerous witch practicing bone magic, hence nickname bony . trained alice in witchcraft 2 years. caught spook @ end of spook s apprentice escaped in spook s nightmare after reaching 40th birthday.

in film adaption, played antje traue, bony lizzie alice s mother , sister mother malkin. instructs alice spy on spook , tom , assists malkin in wreaking havoc upon city. @ end of film fights mother malkin because latter threatens harm lizzie s daughter. ends being killed malkin, manages wound griveously in return.

mother malkin – malevolent witch main antagonist of spook s apprentice .she able use blood magic , has committed several acts of murder, pretending boarder expectant mothers can kill them , babies in order use blood.

when gregory learned of this, bound mother malkin , placed pit, became old hag powers seeped away earth. years later, bony lizzie has alice use tom sneaking mother malkin cakes filled suet, bits of meat, , alice s blood. able escape, tom fought , killed striking rowan staff while in running water. came back, possessing butcher towards end of book, in order reborn tom s niece. tom throws salt , iron @ her, , begins shrinking , turning goo. eaten hairy pigs on farm.

in film adaption, played julianne moore, mother malkin s story of being imprisoned changed. here former love of gregory , witch. in response humans hatred kind , own fears embraced dark , murdered gregory s wife out of envy. mother malkin freed @ start of blood moon, , attempts recruit followers while seeking revenge on gregory , humankind. in end griveously wounded bony lizzie , killed , burned tom.

grimalkin – 33-year-old assassin of malkin witch clan, malevolent witch skilled knives , scissors in combat. mark pair of scissors. nonetheless follows strict code of honour not use trickery in combat, point where, when ordered kill tom, regretted not able face him when @ prime, , offered him quick death (although did survive).

she gained protection fiend bearing him son. baby not witch ordinary boy fiend killed him. result of this, vows destroy him. reason s unlike average antagonist hatred makes side tom.

grimalkin best character in physical limits , has battle smarts. best malkin clan assassin. grimalkin dies in starblade chronicles , reborn in different undescribed world of dead. although of witches , people used food new creatures described in new series or book.

needle- malkin clan assassin known killing victims long spear.
thorne- apprentice of grimalkin has potential suppress mentor witch assassin. later killed fiend s servants while trying retrieve fiend s head. in dark/hell, thorne later attempts revive herself betraying alice (who sent there fiend), later regrets decision , helps alice escape.
kernolde- malkin clan assassin known form alliances dead witches kept in position long. dug traps in witch dell grimalkin fell when went duel kernolde. later killed grimalkin.
maggie – maggie malkin hanged @ caster 3 years before events in spook s battle , clan left @ witch dell. has bulging eyes , longer usual neck, head twisted left. s dressed in long dark gown covered in patches of mold.
tibb – kretch (as outlined grimalkin) made balance mab s power. created past halloween before events in spook s battle malkin , deane clans. s powerful scryer, small yet stronger grown man. spook kills him @ norwell s residence after shares wurmalde s plans lammas.
radu - leader of malkin clan s assassins movie exclusive character. radu played djimon hounsou.

the deane clan

the deanes live in roughlee village of pendle.

florence deane – leader of deane clan.
agnes sowwerbutts – alice s supposed aunt. benign witch lives on outskirts of pendle. powerful scryer.

in grimalkin, tortured , killed grimalkin s pursuers in retaliation healing grimalkin s poisoning.

the mouldheel clan

the mouldheel clan practices blood , bone magic , takes pride in members scrying skills. because of them, people in pendle either have no mirrors in house or turn them face wall. mouldheels live in bareleigh village.

mab mouldheel - leader of clan, mab talented foresight. in love tom ward hates because s witch , once kill niece, mary.

she s green eyed , has long blond hair. dressed in washed-out blue dress ragged sleeves. doesn t wear shoes witches, walks barefoot.

she has 2 twin sisters younger her, beth , jennet.

the greek witches

meg skelton - domesticated lamia witch physical characteristics has silver hair, high cheek bones , looks young woman though old. meg used have relationship spook john gregory.
marcia skelton - meg s sister, feral lamia witch locked under spook s winter home. traveled meg home land of greece @ end of spook s secret .
wurmalde - s described tom in late thirties, tall woman, abundant dark hair lion s mane. has bold , piercing eyes , lips pale resembled of corpse contrast obvious strength , vitality. carries herself proudly makes people s above herself. happens 1 of tom s mother s bitter enemies , plans set fiend kill tom. 1 of lamia witches in tom s trunks grabs flees after finishing ritual , drops onto gore rock, killing her.

water witches

water witches hunt burying in mud or marshes , waiting victims. can hold breath hours , unlike normal witches, can cross running or stagnant water. have nail curled around hook use spear ear or cheek of victim.

morwena - water witch, daughter of fiend , more powerful other water witches. practices blood magic , can t stand on dry land more hour. has dark hair down shoulders. around shoulders has smock covered in green scum, while on lower half of body wears ragged skirt caked brown marsh slime. has 2 rows of yellow-green teeth 4 immense fangs instead of normal canines. left eye closed, right 1 open – vertical slit cold eye of snake or lizard – , nose beak of sharp bone without covering of flesh or skin. hands human fingernails, sharp, curved talons. toes webbed , ending in sharp talon. opens left eye touching fingers release seal on it. eye red if filled blood , person looking @ eye becomes paralyzed. eye closed because uses lot of energy , can use on 1 person @ time.




^ spook s world, q & section.
^ delaney, joseph (2008). spook s battle. bodley head. pp. 33/127. 
^ delaney, joseph (2008). spook s battle. bodley head. pp. 34/127. 
^ delaney, joseph (2008). spook s battle. bodley head. pp. 38/127.