Rose Garden Witch

Trivia

The pronunciation of the name written in witch script is specified in official materials.
Familiars are unusually depicted with loyalty and also serve to maintain the environment within the barrier.
In Rebellion Story, it is rented out as a subordinate to another witch.

Alternate names

Gertrud Gertrud

Profile

Species: Witch

Appearance

Overall appearance: A form that greatly deviates from the human shape, featuring butterfly wings and a head densely covered in rose thickets, with an overall grotesque and eerie design. Resides enthroned within a barrier reminiscent of a construction site made of steel and frameworks.
Distinguishing features: Butterfly wings

Head resembling a rose thicket

Lives in a construction site-like barrier
Iconic items: Gardening familiars (fuzzy familiars with Kaiser mustaches)

Sentinel familiars (Kaiser mustache familiars with butterfly wings)

Personality and abilities

Core personality: Distrust
Detailed personality: Extremely suspicious of others, possessing a nature of distrust. Freely manipulates the barrier and familiars, aggressively engaging those who wander into the barrier.
Keywords: Distrust

Cunning

Ruthless

Persistent

Barrier Ruler
Talents: Barrier Construction

Familiar Command

Psychic Attack

Environmental Manipulation within Barrier
Skills: Barrier Defense

Familiar Combat Direction

Corroding the target's mind
Motivation: To maintain the barrier, eliminate external intruders, and protect its own existence.

History

Backstory: A type of magical girl who became a witch, harboring strong feelings of distrust; its barrier takes on the appearance of a desolate battlefield resembling a construction site. Attacks those who wander into the barrier by commanding familiars. First appears in episode 2 of Puella Magi Madoka Magica, attempting to drive a woman to suicide but stopped by Mami.
Debut date: January 7, 2011
Work title: Puella Magi Madoka Magica
Media type: Anime
Episode or chapter: Episode 2

Appearance in Episode 2

Significant event: Appearance in Episode 2
Description: Madoka and Sayaka wander into the barrier; it attempts to drive a woman to suicide but is stopped by Mami.

Reappearance in Rebellion Story

Significant event: Reappearance in Rebellion Story
Description: Appears in a changed form, rented to the mermaid witch as the main force in the Homura rescue operation.

Relationships

Familiars (Gardening familiars)

Minion

Engages in maintenance work within the barrier and attacks on intruders

Familiars (Sentinel familiars)

Minion

Direct attacks on intruders and entanglement with vines

Witches

Witches: unknown

Media appearances

Puella Magi Madoka Magica

Anime / Supporting

2011 TV series Episode 2

Magia Record Puella Magi Madoka Magica Side Story