Ah yes, Elsa Maria: The Shadow Witch.
A lot of other fanfics portrayed her as Witching out when she found out where Witches came from. I took a different direction. After looking through the production notes, I found what appears to be her "origin story":
"A girl who became a magical girl in order to save the world. She did, somewhat, but nothing really changed in the end. Surely, her help wasn't enough. She has to save them. She has to save them. All shall be equal."
I took it that she is not guilty because she killed other Witches, but because she saw herself as a savior of mankind but she exhausted her magic trying to bring recognizable change. This did not end well obviously.
SHADOW
O Lord my God, I sing of your Glory
Lend my Your Strength, as I make this story
I know my purpose for sake of the Light
We must save them from the Dark!
Look upon this World bleeding vice and sin!
The Devil's seeds take root, except within
I know my purpose to carry Your Will
Follow Us to the Light of Our Lord!
Ravens hold their horde! Bears charge forth by Red!
Locusts consume! Cows show their breasts unwed!
Serpents kill for legs! Gears move and Mule still!
We must save them from the Dark!
The Darkness moves forth, but now I must fight!
And so I pray to the Sun for your Might!
My Shadow stand witness before my Hope!
Follow Us to the Light of Our Lord!
The Darkness expand, the Darkness consume;
Though the Dark stood once, now the Light shall bloom!
I shall save you All from Lucifer's taint!
We must save them from the Dark!
Come hither my Children and hear my Song!
I bring you to the Light despite your Wrong!
Let no Evil sink its way to your Hearts
Follow Us to the Light of Our Lord!
Though the Dark stood once when my Light was weak,
This Change will be strong, Light no longer bleak!
No more shall be raped by Lucifer's smile!
We must save them from the Dark!
My conscience is clear and my Heart is sound
My Heart brings this Light, breaking Sin around
Lay rest in the Shade of thy Mother's Tree
"Follow Us to the Light of Our Lord!"
God bless you All for this Wall cannot stay!
Let no Mouse, Dog, Snake, Hen, and Hare lay stray!
Together we carry His Will as One!
We must save them from the Dark!
Open thy Hearts to this Light which I share
His Will hath called me for your Divine care!
Let no Evil come to you who embrace
"Follow Us to the Light of Our Lord!"
Now you, my Sister, your Sword drunk from blood,
Hath spurned His Light through your Fury aflood
You reject the Truth for Pure and Just Way,
Through you the Sun now sets upon my day
Yet now as I fall, You will soon follow,
For we meet in peace from our own Sorrow
May the Lord bless you and bless us All
Amen
ELSA MARIA
The Shadow Witch. She has a self-righteous nature. She continually prays for all of creation and drags all life equally into her shadow without breaking her posture. One hoping to defeat her must know the blackest anguish.
SEBASTIAN'S
Minions of the Shadow Witch. Their duty is to blindly believe. They are an aggregate of the lives who have found salvation thanks to the Shadow Witch. They continually seek out companions.
In other news, I just found out from a translation error that Gertrud actually has a distrustful nature instead of a insincere one. You would not believe how blown my mind was. But now I have to rewrite her Sestina to fit the distrustful nature. I've actually decided to rewrite the poems of Roberta, Gisela, and Izabel, to make their human pasts more blurry, so I'm not afraid
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