Wych Clan

The Wych Clan is a group located in Ferrus. Focused on magic and worship of the Divine Feminine, the Wych Clan is almost exclusively female, with the very rare male members going to a separate battle sect.

Older than most clans, the Wych Clan can trace its origins to the Old World as a charity and shelter for women. Although records are sparse, it has been theorized that the former charity group was forced to militarize with the Fall of Civilization.

Although formerly a leaderless collective, with the only hierarch being the High Priestess of Her Divinity, Lelith Anathemius took the role as leader after the Clan's battle with the Blood Clan to end its sexist policies.

Origin
Any extensive records of the Wych Clan during the times of the Old World have either been lost, destroyed, or were never there in the first place. What has been found, however, is that in the time between civilization's end and the modern era, things have diverged quite far.

The oldest of records are mere financial statements and old internal-affairs reports in an older language, perhaps the former vernacular of the land. These documents give small details, such as the old leader of the so-called Witch's Charity organization; a woman named Eve Crystallia. Certain other documents interview patients who have been abused by their spouses, lost their jobs, or suffered other losses and unfortunate events. That, however, is when most of the Wych Clan's archive scholars enter a long dark period; presumably caused by the Fall of Civilization. It is during this unknown dark age that many scholars presume the militarization and religious conversion of the charity's staff and sheltered began.

Early Records
The earliest record after this long absence is a sort of constitution, reading as such"It is, here, declared, by the Wych Clan's collective, that, under the faith of our Divine Feminine, that our goal, eternal and unending in its holy feminine crusade, is to bring about the protection and prosperity of all women and feminine peoples following the destruction of all men and those tainted by masculinity. [Indiscernible] the women of this Earth shall [untranslated]."The rest of the document has yet to been translated, although with its short length, one can safely assume it is similar in content.

Records from a similar time show the formation of an early cult, with women integrating aspects of Wicca, Hellenistic Paganism, Taoism, and even Christianity into their worship. the Proto-Wyches (as they were dubbed by scholars) called this faith Heavenly Femininity and worshiped a quasi-living force rather than one goddess as they do today, A surviving letter reads"Dear Eve,"