The fantasy now stages a wider fight between bigotry and acceptance, between division and unity. In the 16 th century, Matthew battled past demons (literally, in the case of Kit Marlowe) and the secret of his vampire mother’s Ysabeau’s diseased bloodline was revealed.Īs season three approaches, the story has outgrown Diana and Matthew’s transgressive love. In season two, the pair time-walked back to Matthew’s old life in Elizabethan England where Diana completed her witch training and learned of her prophesied role in the future of magical creatures. In season one, Diana learned who she was and whom she loved – Matthew de Clermont, the son of a powerful vampire family with a historical prejudice against witches. It was the story of Diana, a scientist and witch whose extraordinary magic had been hidden from her by parents trying to protect her from the power-hungry Peter Knox, who sought to make it his own. Warning: contains spoilers for A Discovery of Witches seasons one and two.Ī Discovery of Witches began as a Romeo and Juliet-ish romance about the forbidden love between a witch and a vampire in a world where magical creatures were segregated by a centuries-old covenant.
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