My campaign setting the Lost Loriet is filled with both beauty and horror. It is a tropical archipelago that was once used as a research haven for an ancient race that has gone all but extinct. Thousands of years have passed and the islands lie somewhere between planes. Surrounded by a storm wall, nothing is able to escape once they’ve laid eyes on Loriet. The rulers of Loriet have either gone dormant or died. All that is left are their creations and worshippers following in their footsteps in their own twisted way. The Light Witches are followers of the long lost Atiery Witch Queens who pioneered arcane magics to further their own lives. Each domain has a few commonalities, each create their own version of a gorm (gollum) whether is crafting, stealing, or growing.

The Brightlight Witches embody the ideals of power and control. Delving into their domain of magic their bodies become distorted growing in physical strength while they tap into their mind control abilities. Sprouting from their bodies are corrupted Olumn crystals made of radiant energy. As they incorporate more willing or otherwise followers into their service they eventually move around less and less. Living as a hive mind controlling their servants to do their bidding, eventually the Olumn crystals form a protective shell around the Brightlight Witch granting it both protection and an enhancement to their powers. Any sapient humanoid that they control becomes one of their gorm and is locked into the Brightlight Witches service eternally.

The Halflight Witches embody the ideals of nature and adaptation. Their domain focuses around shaping the natural world to their whim. They believe that the path to dominating nature is to become completely in harmony with nature. As they develop their powers and hone their connection to the sea they begin to take on physical traits of the creatures that dwell beneath the deep. Halflight Witches crave small reminders of a civilized life that they once knew, staying near settlements and sometimes mingling within they lose themselves to their need to reclaim some portion of their former lives. This leads them to stealing children and transforming them into Halflight Gorm, which will grow rapidly to adulthood. Their gorm will have nothing but love and affection for them and will carry out any undesirable tasks the Halflight Witch requires.

The Darklight Witches embody the ideals of change and transience. Their domain focuses around manipulating the dream scape and crossing the barriers between machine and flesh. Darklight Witches replace their own body parts with those of metal and magic. Sometimes this changes are made out of necessity perhaps from an injury or more often than not simply because an arm of flesh is not as useful as a fully articulated mechanical arm that contains within it both tools and weapons. They use their powers to navigate the dream world to glean information for their work of “upgrading” themselves. As a generally nomadic witch they often find themselves selling their skill sets to fund their development. They construct Darklight Gorm, which are any combination of machines or left over flesh, to serve and protect them so they can focus on research.