![]() Blanche is a child who has experienced an accident that caused her to fall into a coma from which she will never wake. ![]() Virgo – The little girl Blanche and her butterfly both represent the sign of Virgo the virgin. So since he was feline, Felix became Leo. Leo – The Lion is represented by Felix himself! I wanted to make the protagonist’s familiar a black cat, which is the traditional and most recognizable familiar spirit. My set of twelve familiars and their owners are all based off of the signs of the zodiac. However, there’s one little fun fact about my familiars that people who read the book rarely guess. This was the concept I based my familiar spirits from Unreal City off of. Another key trait of the familiar spirit was that it didn’t enter into the relationship for nothing. From here they would meet the creature and enter into a pact with it. Traditionally, a familiar will appear abruptly to a witch or magical practitioner. They are companions to a witch, bonded deeply with them. ![]() The black cat, bat, owl, spider, or other spooky critters that you’ll commonly see accompanying witches or plastered on the sides of buildings at Halloween all get their roots from the concept of a familiar spirit. They’re somewhere between demons and fairies. ![]() ![]() What exactly is a familiar spirit though? They are a spiritual entity, generally taking the form of an animal, that supposedly help witches or cunning folk to perform magic. In my newest novel, Unreal City, the protagonist’s whole life is changed by a familiar spirit, whom she comes to call Felix. ![]()
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