The Witch of Envy, one of the 7 witches also called the greatest evil. Hector refers to 624 Hektor, the largest of Jupiter's trojans.Pandora refers to the 55 Pandora asteroid.Sekhmet refers to 5381 Sekhmet Aten asteroid.Carmilla refers to the 107 Camilla asteroid, one of the largest of the main belt asteroids.Daphne refers to 41 Daphne, a large asteroid from the asteroid belt.Minerva refers to 93 Minerva, a large trinary main-belt asteroid.Typhon refers to the 42355 Typhon, a scattered disc spatial object.

Echidna refers to the 42355 Typhon I Echidna, a moon of the 42355 Typhon.Stellar Name: All of them, except for Satella, are named after a celestial body.Uniquely, the story also incorporates two of the archaic Sins since discontinued, and both the characters representing them (Pandora and Hector respectively) seem to hold themselves somewhat apart from the main seven. Seven Deadly Sins: As is clear from their name, each of the Witches represented one of the cardinal Sins from Christian theology, holding the Witch factor their personality was most compatible with.Although, Sekhmet gets her name from a goddess of Egyptian Mythology. Religious and Mythological Theme Naming: Most of the witches are named after a popular figure, deity or monster from Classical Mythology.Oh, and let's not forget Satella swallowing half the world. Sekhmet and Echidna were comparatively the most harmless of these, although Echidna was known to meddle in human affairs to potentially disastrous results out of simple curiosity, while Sekhmet was too lazy to use her powers responsibly, meaning that, whenever she did try and do something, she'd just mess up disastrously. Minerva's power caused natural disasters to spring up in random parts of the world, Typhon could wipe out a city in a matter of days by simply trying to judge its inhabitants, Carmilla's passive use of her Authority left entire crowds frozen in place until their untimely deaths, and Daphne unleashed the myriad species of vicious, predatory mabeasts upon the world, of which the three most infamous were only the tip of a vast iceberg. Person of Mass Destruction: Each of the Witches could very well be equated to a force of nature rather than a mere person, and some were known to unintentionally cause destruction and loss of life on a catastrophic scale.While most of the original seven are dead they all continue to persist as souls long after their flesh has rotted away. They are the reason why the Mabeasts exist, the reason why non-humans have emotions, and the reason why the world is the way it is. They are never referred to as gods in the setting but they nonetheless hold great power that they might as well be gods. Our Gods Are Different: Deconstructed.The only exception is Pandora, who not only is the benefactor, and possible actual leader, of the Witch Cult, but the only witch that can be described as being truly evil, and yet Satella is basically her scapegoat.

Even Satella is a far more sympathetic character than history tells her to be.

However, as Subaru and the audience came to find out, none of the Witches are truly evil with most of them having different concepts of morality and some of them had good intentions when they were alive.

Historical Villain Upgrade: The Witches are nowadays regarded with both dread and loathing, so much so that merely saying their name is taboo.

Almost all of them are just ordinary girls who were dealt very bad hands in life. The witches are still largely responsible for nearly everything that goes wrong in Re:Zero, however, they are nowhere near as amoral as their cult worshipers are. Overall, while they are capable of normal morality, they generally don't act on it. Perhaps it's due to their powers or upbringing but none of them operate mentally on the same level as other mortal beings with Daphne being the most egregious of them all.

Blue-and-Orange Morality: Deconstructed.

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