Araminta Hazelbank
the Thorncrown Witch
Named for the high hazel grove on the steep riverbank, crowned with thorn.
Power
You command the roots of the earth — you can coax a bramble into a throne and turn a rose into a blade.
- Familiar
- A magpie named Hester
- Coven
- Thornroot
"You've got that look again, like you're listening to the ground," your mother said. You were nine, pressing your palms into the damp soil beneath the hazels. That night a sapling sprouted through the floorboards, twisted into a perfect circlet. You wore it for a day before the thorns came.
Where the name comes from
Araminta — a graceful old English coinage.
Hazelbank — Hazel + bank (riverbank).