Woodward

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Woodward
Name
Japanese:	ウッドワード
Japanese:	ウッドワード
Romanized:	Uddowādo
Romanized:	Uddowādo
Aliases:	Blue Moon Spirit
Vital Statistics
Gender:	Female
Physical Attributes
Hair Color:	Teal
Eye Color:	Green
Status
Status:	Transcended
First Appearance
Anime:	Episode 11
Manga:	Chapter 15
Voiced by
Japanese:	Mitsuko Horie
English:	Tara Jayne Sands

“	A legendary witch, the only one of the Nine Witches who is still alive. She tests Akko in the form of an ancient spirit at the Blue Moon Abyss. She guides Ursula in pursuing the seven words.	”
—Description of Woodward from Witchpedia.

Woodward (ウッドワード, Uddowādo) was one of the Nine Olde Witches who founded Luna Nova Magical Academy, as well as the mentor of Shiny Chariot. Her spirit resides in the Arcturus Forest, a sacred forest that young witches aren't able to enter, and the Blue Moon Abyss as well, which is a secret location only accessible during the night of a blue moon.

Appearance

In her true form, Woodward's spirit is a beautiful woman with pale skin, long teal hair and green eyes. She wears a dark green dress adorned with plants and long sleeves along with a wide wooden skirt next to a tiara composed of leaves and flowers. The tiara has two grill-horns on the top part.

In her appearance before Akko, she takes the form of a huge, monstrous creature composed of branches, with a feminine face similar to her actual face.

Personality

Woodward is known for her great wisdom. It is rumored that she knows all things of the past, present, and future. In reality, she is not omniscient and there are questions she does not have answers for, but they cannot be answered by anyone else. When she first appears to Akko, Woodward tries to force her into giving up her ambitions and past. In actuality, she was testing Akko in order to see if she is worthy enough to wield the Shiny Rod, and continues to show these traits in order to test her.

Despite her reputation as a revered figure with great power and wisdom in magical world, Woodward's time as a spirit had since negatively affected her capacity as both such and mentor to Ursula/Chariot and Croix, something the two discovered in harshest way possible; though well-intentioned from the beginning owing to her genuine smile upon seeing her former protégés mended their relationship and worked together to save the world, the ancient witch proved to be more emotionally distant and perhaps jaded than she let on. This could be seen through comparing her method in guiding wielders of Shiny Rod with that of Ursula/Chariot to the point of one may consider them foil to one another; whereas Ursula takes Akko's well-being into consideration and gives more subtle hints in her journey in addition of willing to help those who had little to no things to do with the quest, Woodward prefers to use cryptic leads and trickery as well as ignoring people who barely involved, even if said person needs her most. This in turn, explained why Croix ended up descend into villainy with no one comforting and guiding her in her own part in the quest for Grand Triskellion as well as Ursula/Chariot's very failure in the first place — an outcome contrasting Akko and Diana's own when they were thrusted into similar situation and more successful. To make matter worse, Woodward even went so far abandoned Chariot and Croix at the mercy of the then out-of-control Noir Rod, costing not only their ties but also endangered their lives even if it means to pave the way for Akko and co. to appear on their side and subsequently leading Akko to unlock the Final Word of Arcturus, something even Ursula won't resort to do no matter what. Even if her actions also meant for greater good, she failed to realize that she made too many sacrifices that not worth the cause behind them. Overall, Woodward is a wise figure whose cryptic and detached nature made her not the best role model for her protégés, but not necessarily the worst either.

Abilities and Equipment

Being one of the Nine Olde Witches, Woodward is an extremely powerful witch, being able to use magic without the help of Sorcerer's Stones and attained enough power in life to be able to return as a ghost to guide and watch over younger generations of magic users while retaining her magical abilities. She is greatly proficient in magical phytokinesis, and is able to broadcast scenes and events into devices such as television and mobile phones. Woodward was the original wielder of the Shiny Rod.

Voice actors

Language Voice actor Japanese Mitsuko Horie English Tara Jayne Sands Polish Izabella Bukowska-Chądzyńska

Trivia

• The moonlit witch's hat resembles her "antlers".
• Mitsuko Horie, Woodward's Japanese voice actress, was in Sailor Moon, where she voiced Sailor Galaxia. She is also notable for being a singer of many anime opening themes such as Himitsu Sentai Gorenger, Ninja Captor and Sailor Moon Crystal.
  • Horie also voiced the title character Atsuko "Akko" Kagami in the 1988 anime series Himitsu no Akko-chan, who Akko Kagari was named after.

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