"The storm is not the only danger coming," Nyxara warned, as a raven landed on her arm. The whispers of the forest urged her forward.

Branded as sinners and monsters, many accused witches were in truth healers, midwives, herbalists, and caretakers whose knowledge of plants made them both sought after and feared. Their wisdom lived at the edge of survival and suspicion, enduring through medicine and in acts of quiet resistance that kept compassion alive, even under threat of fire.