Familiar

The lifelong companion of a witch. A young witch usually receives her Familiar during the Novice stage of her training---usually within the second or third month of training. Often the appointment of the Familiar depends on the witch as well as her progression in her training.

Some witches can go almost a year without receiving one.

Familiars are Lost Souls bound to cats. More importantly they are often malevolent individuals who are being punished for crimes they did in life. When these people die, their souls are bound to cats as punishment.

There are exceptions to this rule---Nicodemus is one of them.

There has also been known to be some forbidden spells that can bind living souls to cats but the practice of such art is deemed very dangerous. It is also one of the more vile forms of magic---i.e. Mystic.

Familiars wear the Eye of Bast around their neck.