Agatha Harkness

Agatha Harkness is a demigod daughter of Hecate, born over five hundred years ago. She is possibly the oldest witch in the world, leading authority in occult and mysticism and a mentor to Abigail Williams. Currently, she is a leader of New Salem witches and an associate of Ala Rubra. She is the host of the eighth Arcana - Justice.

History
Agatha Harkness was born around the year 1500 in England. As a young woman, she was travelling across Europe to obtain secrets of magic and occult. In France, she came across the journals of Nicolas Flamel and used them to create her famous potions and medicines from which she obtained a significant fortune to finance her further journeys. Sha was also working together with Heinrich Cornerlius Agrippa and Johann Faust I, practiging the art of necromancy and alchemy.

During the colonial era, with already elongated lifespan, Agatha wandered into a community of centuries-old witches and joined them. During her stay, she became the most powerful sorceress in the New England village of New Salem, and later its grande dame or leader. Agatha was involved in turning over various sorcerers to the witch-killing authorities, on the grounds that she was strengthening the witch community by ridding it of those who could not defend themselves. The fact that New Salemites refered to outsiders as mortals may indicate that they had many demigods amongst their ranks.