The Witch often acts as the for the protagonist’s development. Whether she is a traditional antagonist or a morally grey mentor, she represents absolute power . The "patching" of her curse suggests a story about defiance —the idea that even the most ancient or "great" magic can be unraveled or modified through human (or elven) persistence and ingenuity. World-Building and Subversion
And that belief is the greatest curse of all—because hope, in Morwen’s world, is the only magic the witch cannot control. the elven slave and the great witchs curser patched