

The witch also leaves Merida a riddle: "Fate be changed, look inside, mend the bond torn by pride," which contains the way to revert the spell. When Merida comes back to the witch's hut with her mother turned into a bear, hoping to find a remedy to the spell, she finds, instead the witch has gone for the Wicker Man Festival in Stornoway, a potion-powered automated message through which the witch reveals the spell will become permanent by the second sunrise. Just as Merida leaves with the cake, the witch tells Merida to expect the delivery of her wood carvings in two weeks and then realizes she forgot something very critical about the spell but is too late to tell Merida. In exchange for buying her entire stock, Merida convinces the witch to give her a spell in the form of a cake, to change her mother Queen Elinor. The witch tells her that she's not a witch due to too many unsatisfied customers and tries get rid of Merida with floating knives until Merida offers to buy all of her carvings with her sliver necklace as payment. But Merida rapidly realizes her real nature, after seeing a broom moving by itself, a speaking crow, and other abnormal sightings. The Will O' the Wisps lead Princess Merida to her hut, and the woman insists on presenting herself as a simple woodcarver. The Witch lives the life of a woodcarver and uses her knowledge in magic to help her in her work. She was able to change the appearance of her shop to where she uses her magic and is skilled in brewing potions. She possesses telekinesis and was able to move her broom without touching it and levitated all the sharp objects in her shop. This demonstrates the witch possessing both wisdom and a good-will behind her actions, but she leaves the choice to the individual if they can learn the lesson behind her spell.ĭespite how the Will O' the Wisps has lead people to her cottage, she shows disinterests in their actions and reasons.Īs a witch, she possesses various abilities related to magic. While her magic has come with great consequences, she gives a fair warning and advice, although indirectly, on how the matter can lead to a more prosperous solution. She is willing to comply, although slightly begrudgingly, to a person's demands if they tempt her with an offer that she sees appealing and highly profitable. When her guise is seen through, she's not above showing off her powers in order to threaten someone to leave her cottage if they're not interested in buying anything.

She tries, albeit poorly, to hide her identity as a witch because of how many were unsatisfied with whatever magic she sold them. Although she lives a rather recluse life, she expresses interest in whoever visits her cottage as a potential customer. The Witch comes off as an eccentric and seemingly harmless old lady who wishes to sell her products. After coming across many visitors who were unsatisfied with her ways of magic, she now lives the life of a humble woodcarver.

This mysterious elderly lady lives deep in the overgrown Highland forest where she lives in a cottage with her talking pet crow.
