Can you share some more lore about Blood of the Witches?
So, I have it that the coven that created Earthbread and the coven holding the banquets are two different covens.
The first coven was the Coven of Light, led by the Witch of Light, Princess Lucia. She created Earthbread by accident due to a spill of both Magic Powder and Life Powder, and any cookie dough that was created afterwards had a tendency to come to life. The witches did attempt to eat the cookies, due to needing nourishment to cast the spells that would save their world, but all of them felt guilty about it, leading to a decision to stop eating cookies. Save for one, Eve (First Egg).
Earthbread was studied and watched and doted on. Princess Lucia saw it as a model of what the world could be.
Eve got banished after the Knight of Solidarity was baked- she was discovered stealing and eating cookies. She was already drifting away from the coven before that, leading Lucia to greet Salt when he woke up in the oven. This disconnect could've led to his connection issues with the other Virtues.
At some point after her banishment, after the Virtues had settled on Earthbread, Eve made her own coven and led an attack on the Coven of Light, leading to their slaughter and the installation of the Witches' Banquet. Fount, who continued to visit the kitchen, witnessed this.
And, yes, the Beasts' tastes were shaped by their mothers, because all of them have Mommy Issues.
I do have an AU of an AU of this where the Coven of Light turn into the First Cookies, leading to First Egg kidnapping Oleander...
