The Pendle Witches

A founding cabal of both The Consilium by the Bay and The Consilium of the Stone Circle.

History
In the late thirteenth century it came to be the case that enough Awakened women gathered around Pendle that they came together as a group, becoming one of the three source groups from which the Sodality of the Tor would spring. The names of these first practitioners are forgotten, but they kindled a tradition that has left a Legacy as well as having a major effect on the magical attitudes of the British northwest.

Fifty years or so after their formal gatherings began, with word getting around and others who felt themselves to be gifted, the Pendle Witches met another organisation, the Cabal known as Alis Aquilae. At this time, the Witches had a membership that was not wholly Awakened in nature, though all boasted powers beyond those of mortal men.

The two groups fell into conflict for quite some time, eventually putting aside their differences to battle a serious issue with a number of Banishers. The reconciliation that followed led to the foundation of the Consilium by the Bay and the creation of a number of other Cabals, one of which - the Wild Hunt - still exists today.

The Witches would suffer another crisis in the early 1600s when a number of members - some Awakened, some not - were arrested and executed in one of the largest Witch Trials in European history. Partly through their own ingenuity, partly through the inventiveness of others in their support, the Cabal as a whole survived.

It remains the case to this day that there are the Pendle Witches of the Consilium's roll call, the Awakened magi, and there are the Pendle Witches in terms of the loose society that bear that name. What other elements make up this version of the Cabal is less well known.

Members
Demdike, Mastigos of the Guardians of the Veil, Sodality of the Tor.

Hawthorne, Moros of the Silver Ladder.

Mab, Mastigos of the Mysterium.

Churchill, Obrimos of the Adamantine Arrow, Brotherhood of the Demon Wind.

Pallas, Acanthus of the Adamantine Arrow.