A component is the term used by witches to refer to any tool or item used in the casting of magic.
Description[edit | edit source]
The primary component to draw or "cast" magic is woodcruor, a substance derived from the silverwood tree. Only magic seals drawn with woodcruor will activate. Woodcruor can be formed into hardened rods known as woodcruor wands. This basic tool can be used to draw directly on various surfaces, but the resulting lines are easily rubbed away.[1]
More commonly, woodcruor is boiled with water to produce conjuring ink.[2] The resulting ink can be diluted to different concentrations or mixed with various magical dyes to imbue it with additional effects.[3][4] Component pestles are used to grind solid ingredients to be added to ink.[1]
Conjuring ink is typically used with ordinary dip pens, referred to by witches as "wands." There is a great variety in the types of "wands" used, and they are chosen to best accommodate the witch using them, and the drawing task at hand.[5][6] For example, Coco is extremely proficient at using pigment stones (from her experience growing up as a tailor's daughter), but they are best suited for drawing straight lines only.[7]
Witches also tend to carry various notebooks so that paper for casting is always readily available. Spells may also be prepared in advance and kept in notebooks, waiting to be activated quickly upon completion of their respective rings.[8][9] Palm quires are a type of small, round notebook especially favored by witches, as their shape and size make it easy to conceal casting from Outsiders.[1]
Components are made and sold in special, magical stationary shops, such as The Starry Sword in Kalhn.[10] These shops also sell items for storing and organizing components such as ink pots and witch's belts.[11]
Plot[edit | edit source]
Coco receives an initial set of hand-me-down components from Qifrey shortly after arriving at his atelier.[12][13] Tartah later gifts her with a hand-crafted wand that features an extra wide grip modeled after a pigment stone.[14]
Example Components[edit | edit source]
Wands
- Azuremoon Flower
- Blood
- Blushing Bride Scales
- Golden Blaze Wyrm Scales
- Roaming Scallop Shells
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Witch Hat Atelier Manga: Chapter 3, Page 6
- ↑ Witch Hat Atelier Manga: Chapter 5, Page 16–17
- ↑ Witch Hat Atelier Manga: Chapter 5, Page 14
- ↑ Witch Hat Atelier Manga: Chapter 13, Page 8
- ↑ Witch Hat Atelier Manga: Chapter 50, Page 6
- ↑ Witch Hat Atelier Manga: Chapter 12, Page 27
- ↑ Witch Hat Atelier Manga: Chapter 8, Page 3
- ↑ Witch Hat Atelier Manga: Chapter 6, Page 5
- ↑ Witch Hat Atelier Manga: Chapter 37, Page 28
- ↑ Witch Hat Atelier Manga: Chapter 5, Page 11 & 14
- ↑ Witch Hat Atelier Manga: Chapter 13, Page 24
- ↑ Witch Hat Atelier Manga: Chapter 3, Page 5
- ↑ Witch Hat Atelier Manga: Chapter 5, Page 4
- ↑ Witch Hat Atelier Manga: Chapter 50, Page 7–8