Cirice

The Children of Ceridwen
Ceridwen was a white witch and one of the most powerful sorceresses in Celtic legend and certainly the most powerful from Wales. She possessed a cauldron of immense power which is mainly told of in one legend where she attempts to empower and beautify her son, only to have a servant boy gain the magic instead. In his attempt to escape the servant used his new power to shift into numerous forms only to have Ceridwen counter with a form of her own until he became a seed in an attempt to hide and was eaten. The potions magic was greater than any knew however as upon eaten the seed Ceridwen became pregnant with her third child, the reborn apprentice who was later named Taliesin who became a bard of myth. The Children of Ceridwen are a small tradition of mages within House Ex Miscellanea that is said to have been passed on from Ceridwen's first child and only daughter. While their Hermetic talents vary mage to mage the key element to their powers is shapeshifting with certain forms like that of an otter and hawk always being amongst those shapes capable of being taken. A side effect of this is that all their magic is performed vocally with no need for the gestures hermetic magi are required to use. What keeps the Children from becoming well known (besides their limited numbers) is that their way of practising magic does in truth seem to weaken the gift forcing them to drink a herbal elixir to be able to use their spells. This is one of the reasons the tradition is so driven to find Ceridwen's Cauldron since one of its many life-altering powers is believed to change this by greatly strengthening ones magical power.