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The Witch

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The witch was not beautiful.  She was old, her skin thick and leathery.  The veins on her hands bulged from being overworked far past their time.  She held a cane with an ancient looking design on the end, and yarn was wrapped around it as if it had once been a maiden's distaff.  She smelled of dirt and pine, earthy and ancient.  Her eyes were glossy dark orbs peeking through the unnervingly jolly mask she wore.  A crown of strobili rested atop her head, and a mane of thick, wiry grey hair fell down past her shoulders in bushy, tangled strands.  


A new character concept I've come up with.  I'm quite fond of her, it's been fun researching the aspects that flesh her out. 

She's inspired from Proto-Germanic paganism and worships UrðrVerðandi, and Skuld, the three Nornir goddesses of fate.  As such, her magic relies heavily upon her distaff and threads.  She collects strings of all sorts, be it reed, cloth, or hair.  She uses her strings in nearly all of her magic.  

She is a powerful old being, but only in the arts of destruction and curses.  She is callous and cold, thinking little of others.  However, she is not sadistic, and receives no pleasure in causing suffering.  That being said, she will not hesitate to do the most unspeakable evil if it means it will benefit her in some way.  
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Madremonte's avatar
Interesting design, it's simplistic but unnerving as well. I like your written description of her. :)
I did notice a minor grammatical error in a roleplay between you and another user, but since it is not done to interrupt a roleplay I will write my tip here. In the roleplay the witch commanded another character to wake up in German, therefore the verb 'aufwachen' should be in the imperative 'wach auf'. I hope that helped you a bit. :aww: