- "Oh my god, are you taking me to meet your coven?"
"Ugh, no, those harpies are dust." - ―Agatha Harkness and Billy Kaplan[src]
The Salemites were a witch coven based in Salem, Massachusetts.
History[]
Salem Witch Trials[]
Agatha Harkness' Trial[]
- "I am a witch."
"Yet you have betrayed your coven." - ―Agatha Harkness and Evanora Harkness[src]
In 1693, during the Salem witch trials, the Salemites brought one of its members, Agatha Harkness, to the woods. She begged to be spared but was tied to a wooden post with magic bonds. Evanora Harkness, her mother, inquired if she was a witch to which she replied yes. Evanora responded by saying she had betrayed her coven and stole knowledge above her place and that she practiced the darkest of magic, which Agatha denied. The witches tried to kill Agatha with energy beams as Agatha pleaded with Evanora. Agatha continued to cry until her powers took over and she reversed the effect of the beams onto the witches and killed them. Agatha broke free of the post and killed Evanora before taking the brooch off her mother's corpse and flew away.[1] However, Agatha spared the children of the Salemites, but these witches sought to take their revenge on Harkness for her crimes and formed the Salem Seven, who's members acquired an animalistic hive-mind.[2]
Appearances[]
In chronological order:
WandaVision | Episode 1.08: Previously On (flashbacks)- WandaVision | Episode 1.09: The Series Finale (illusion)
Agatha All Along | Episode 1.02: Circle Sewn With Fate / Unlock Thy Hidden Gate (indirectly mentioned)
Agatha All Along | Episode 1.05: Darkest Hour / Wake Thy Power (mentioned)
Trivia[]
- In the comics, Agatha Harkness was the founder of a magical community of witches and magical beings in Salem. After being persecuted by the Puritans, Harkness relocated the colony to New Salem, Colorado.
