Seraphina Silverbourne
the Thornwell Witch
Named for the silver spring where a seraph's feather touched the earth and became a briar.
Power
Root-tongue — you speak the language of buried things, and the earth opens its veins for you, yielding what it keeps.
- Familiar
- a bristle-backed boar named Bramble
- Coven
- Thornspring
The stream behind your cottage never froze, even in the deepest winter. One morning you saw a thornbush growing upright from the water, its berries glowing like cinders. When you reached in, the current pulled you under and came out speaking in your voice.
Where the name comes from
Seraphina — “fiery ones”, from the seraphim.
Silverbourne — Silver + bourne (stream).