Within the Coven:
- Coven Head
- The most powerful witch elected by the coven. Power is not defined purely by strength, as it is for demons, but by a number of qualities. While the strength of their magic is a factor, a witch’s knowledge of magic, book learning, and their ability to problem solve. These witches, in theory, have their position until they die, and there is no specific type of magic that rightfully earns the position. However, the role can be revoked at any time, if the coven decides that their best interests are not being represented.
- Coven Councilor
- Any one of a group of witches who are responsible for debating and supporting (or denying) the decisions of the coven leader. They are responsible for their respective clans, and are powerful, well educated witches in their own right. Again, there is no particular brand of magic for most of these positions, but the basic elements are always required to be represented, as they make up the majority of witches.
- Coven Intern
- Apprentices studying specifically under council members. Their apprenticeship is not one new to magic, but rather, new to the laws of witchcraft, as they learn a special type of refinement. This position in the coven is a very fluid one, as these apprentices either succeed or fail after a determined amount of time.
Individual Witches
- Master Witch
- What one would perceive as simply ‘a witch’. They are often older, and in all cases, more powerful than junior witches, and serve as mentors to apprentices, encouraging them to select an area of study and refine their magic. Master witches will usually have dedicated their lives to one particular magical subject, finding their own interest and pursuing it to craft a unique brand of magic.
- Junior Witch
- What one would perceive as simply ‘a witch’. They have a decent range of magic in a particular subject, and a decent amount of power. They have just begun, or are in the process of, their journey to create an identity with their magic.
- Apprentice Witch
- A young witch who has been taken by a mentor. Their powers are greater than that of a fledgling witch, but are often unpredictable at best. Apprentices that show great promise are graduated by the coven, and they will become a Junior witch. Some witches enjoy staying apprentices, helping older mentors with household duties, or their studies.
- Fledgling Witch
- A young witch who has just discovered their magic. Since it can take some time for them to be found by their local covens, some fledgling witches grow up with little magic, or little control of it. Some are in this stage forever, if they turn down the Coven’s invitation, or do not attempt to advance their magical knowledge.
- Outcasts
- Witches who have broken some sort of magical law, are studying a forbidden form of magic, or have rejected the Coven. They study on their own, isolated from other resources than themselves and their fellow outcasts. They are not actively hunted by the Coven, but contact with them is discouraged. They, sometimes, are called upon in times of great need.
- Merlin and Lynala are outcast witches.