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JEMONA ... The most feared witch of all time ?
Little has ever been written about ( or even known ) about Jemona. She was regarded with fear, even amoung her fellow Witches, who although respected & admired her, feared her awesome power. During the " Burning times ", she was the slayer of the Witch hunters. Legend has it, that after living alone, undisturbed in a woodland for many years, a magistrate, flanked by men, came calling one day intent on collecting taxes. He was immediately struck with Jemona's beauty & instead of collecting taxes, became intent on claiming Jemona as his. The men who were waiting outside the little home for the magistrate reported hearing blood curdling screams & immeditately stormed the hovel. They found nothing but a pile of black ash near the hearth & the magistrates sword lying beside it. Jemona had vanished. In whispered hushes, people say this done something to Jemona, changed her peaceful ways & instead instilled a terrible need for revenge for all those who have been wronged, especially Witches! She took it now upon herself to " hunt the hunter's ". Witch hunters & the accusers of witches were soon disappearing all over the country. nothing was ever discovered of their bodies & it is not known how she managed to enter & leave houses without being noticed, but in some way, she seems to have made herself invisible. She only seems to have made herself seem invisible however, on entering & leaving hovels. She made no secret of the fact it was her that had killed the accusers. Where she lived after she left her hovel, no-one knows. It is thought that she moved around from woodland to woodland as she travelled from village to village, wreaking revenge on the accusers of witches. She was open & never hid her witchcraft wherever she went, she didn't believe she had anything to fear & that no mortal being could harm her. So, very quickly, her reputation spread across the villages, & her name became known far & wide. It is said that although her name & deeds had preceeded her, On entering a particular town after hearing of the killing of a witch that had taken place there, the townsfolk ignored what they had heard & took it upon themselves to try & kill her by stoning. It is whispered that as the first stone was thrown, a radient light was seen surrounding her. The stone seemed to bounce off the light without ever once making contact with Jemona. More stones were thrown, only for the same thing to happen. Jemona simply continued on her path, undisturbed. Panic spread amoung the townsfolk, & they ran to their hovels for protection. A fair few of the stone throwers " vanished " that night, along with the original killers of the accused witch! Panic also spread through the magistrates & those in high authority! Although they knew of her & her deeds well, it was decided at a secret meeting, it is said, never to talk about her or even say her name. They feared that by saying her name, that it would somehow " summon " her to them, & that she then would know of their actions & they would simply vanish, cease to exsist. It was in the name of self-preservation that they vowed never to try & apprehend her for her actions, indeed, it was further decided to " cover up " the missing witch accusers, & no record was ever to be made regading them, exsisting records were changed, old ones destroyed & history changed so that it seemed Jemona's victims had never existed in the first place! She never was arrested, no-one ever dared! Despite everything those in high authority tried, many of those accused of witch-craft still called out her name with their dying breath, & it is said that those who did call out to her, Jemona responded to & revenge in their name was sought. It is said that Jemona passed away at age 50, exactly as she foretold, but legend says that as well as fortelling her death, she also foretold her Re-birth into the physical realm. According to hushed whispers, this is to take place within the year of 2004. It is thought & feared that she is still hungry for revenge. It is thought that if you call a Female child after the mighty Jemona, then Jemona herself will be her guardian & the child will prosper & be protected until the time of death. But, who would call their child after Jemona? People in the know would tremble & shake if they thought the most feared witch in history had returned, as in her next incarnation, we simply do not know how blood-thirsty she will be!
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