#yu chen

I've been thinking about power levels of this world for a while now, which made me question who the most powerful would be.

Aya has always been planned to be the most powerful, as she is the oldest alive witch and a witch's power level is deeply tied to her experience & knowledge.

Then I decided the 2nd most powerful one should be Aya's oldest apprentice that is still alive; Selma. Aya approached Selma mids the Gallic Wars due to rumors of a child druid who never aged. Part of the reason Selma is as powerful as she is, is her age, but it's also due to her being quite obsessed with power. This includes a desire to make a powerful wiccan bloodline. (Hence the 21 daughters)

3rd, is an old pupil of Aya's ex-lover (Now dead) who too grew deeply resentful of humanity. Now Yu is much the same way, but rather than die (As almost all witches do sooner than later) she choose to exile herself from humanity, other supernatural beings and fellow witches.

She may hate humans, but she isn't fond of other magical beings either, including witches. The reason she is as powerful as she is, other than age, is due to her time in exile being the perfect opportunity to strengthen and practice her skills and connection to the goddess.

Her backstory is based on the real tale of Chen Jiao.

As for; The 3 ways to become a witch

First of all; only women can be witches in this. Just so there is no confusion.

Originally I thought all witches should be chosen, but then I wanted there to be families of witches for the sake of the characters, so I added the inherited way. Then I remembered the old tale of trading your firstborn to witches/demons and thought it would work great with the lore.