Alchemy

The Art of all Matter
Witchery is the blackest of all magics in Scylla. Alchemy, however, is often a witch’s greatest tool. Simply, all alchemy can be split into two categories, enchantment and potionology. Characterised by modern witches, alchemy is often used by those who seek to practise witchery for one’s own gain.

Steel, Bone and Alchem-Wrought
Enchantment is often a mummer’s farce, despite its legendary acclaim. An enchanter can give certain properties to items, make a sword that is alight with flame when drawn, or armour that burns bright with white light, but beating a man with a flaming stick is no better than beating him with one not aflame, and eyes rarely take a long while to adjust. Witches enchant by weaving threads of plant-fibre or animal hair into clothes, bones and flesh into well-wrought metals and any manner of crafting. They then use these objects as a conduit for the lifeforce’s power.

A Thread of Pig’s fluff and a Dollop of Ivy-scuff
Lifeforce often takes on the properties, highlighting them with magical prowess, of living things that it travels through. Potionology is the practice of mixing such ingredients and pushing that ‘property-ridden’ lifeforce into a liquid. Typically, potionology uses water as the base liquid. Freshwater, not seawater, is the most inoffensive base. It provides no further traits to a potion brewed amongst it, neither good nor bad. Seawater, on the other hand, is similar to fresh water, yet its taste will never change. Of course, those witches who know well of alchemy would never take a sip from a glass scented with salt, but a commoner is often none the wiser. If water is not available, salted vegetable oils also fill this requirement. Fat-oils, on the other hand, have a reversive property. Fat-based potions will often reverse the proposed effects, making a curative potion into poison, or a focusing ointment into a sleeping balm. Meat stock can be used as well, often making the effect less potent.

List of Enchantments
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List of Potions
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