Kriemhild Fausut

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Kriemhild Fausut (KRIEMHILD•FAUSUT) is a Wraith and Witch hybrid that appears in Puella Magi Madoka Magica: Wraith Arc and Magia Exedra. It is a Wraith that transformed after consuming Homura Akemi's time shield, effectively fusing with the Witch made out of Madoka Kaname's ultimate wish.

Witch

Kriemhild Fausut

KRIEMHILD•FAUSUT Kriemhild Fausut
Type	Spindle Witch
Nature	Spindle
Appearances	Wraith Arc, Magia Exedra
English description Japanese description The spindle witch. She takes the form of a spindle. This witch connects all fates together with its threads, and anyone exposed to it suffers according to their fate. All the love given will be weighed against all the love received, while all the lives taken will be weighed against all the lives given, and all will return to balance within the witch. 糸車の魔女。その性質は紡錘（ボウスイ）。この魔女は全ての事象から、因果を紡ぎ出し魔女が照らす全てにそれ相応の報いを与える。与えた愛の全ては受けた愛の全てと差し引き、奪った命の全ては与えた命の全てと差し引き、自らへと還ってくるだろう。

KRIEMHILD•FAUSUT Kriemhild Fausut
Type	Spindle Witch
Nature	Spindle
Appearances	Magia Exedra
English description Japanese description Traditional Chinese description Nature: Spindle. This Witch connects all fates together with its threads, and anyone exposed to it suffers according to their fate. All the love given will be weighed against all the love received, while all the lives taken will be weighed against all the lives given, and all will return to balance within the Witch. 糸車の魔女、その性質は紡錘。この魔女は全ての事象から因果を紡ぎ出し、魔女が照らす全てにそれ相応の報いを与える。与えた愛の全ては受けた愛の全てと差し引き、奪った命の全ては与えた命の全てと差し引き、自らへと還ってくるだろう。紡車的魔女，其性質為紡錘。此魔女會從萬物中紡織出因果，並給予受其照耀的一切相應的報償。其所付出的愛將全數與獲得的愛相互抵銷，其所奪走的性命將全數與被賦予的性命相互抵銷，最終皆回歸於自身吧。

Minions

Mutant Wraith (Homura model)

変異魔獣(モデル・ホムラ) Mutant Wraith (Homura model)
Type	Mutant Wraith / Spindle Witch's Minion
Appearances	Wraith Arc, Magia Exedra
English description Japanese description The mutant wraith (Homura model). A mutant wraith that's mass-produced by the incomplete Spindle Witch. Attacks with the same black arrows as Homura. 変異魔獣(モデル・ホムラ)。不完全体の糸車の魔女から量産された変異魔獣。ほむらと同じ黒い矢で攻撃を仕掛けてくる。

変異魔獣(モデル・ホムラ) Mutant Wraith (Homura model)
Type	Mutant Wraith / Spindle Witch's Minion
Appearances	Magia Exedra

History

Books

Wraith Arc

This witch balances the scales of temperature. Living things that are touched by this witch's power immediately become as cold as ice. That's because although the witch returns the heat the living creature has given, it subtracts all the heat that living creature has taken from other living things—by having consumed them as food, for example. The witch that Homura faced was evidently incomplete, but it was still extremely dangerous.

In Magia Exedra

Enemies

KRIEMHILD• FAUSUT

Spindle Witch
(糸車の魔女)

Category:

Witch

Title:

Wraith Arc

Real Name:

Kriemhild Fausut

EnglishJapaneseTraditional Chinese
Nature: Spindle.
This Witch connects all fates together with its threads, and anyone exposed to it suffers according to their fate. All the love given will be weighed against all the love received, while all the lives taken will be weighed against all the lives given, and all will return to balance within the Witch.

糸車の魔女、その性質は紡錘。
この魔女は全ての事象から因果を紡ぎ出し、魔女が照らす全てにそれ相応の報いを与える。
与えた愛の全ては受けた愛の全てと差し引き、奪った命の全ては与えた命の全てと差し引き、自らへと還ってくるだろう。

紡車的魔女，其性質為紡錘。
此魔女會從萬物中紡織出因果，並給予受其照耀的一切相應的報償。
其所付出的愛將全數與獲得的愛相互抵銷，其所奪走的性命將全數與被賦予的性命相互抵銷，最終皆回歸於自身吧。

Appearances
Main Quests
Wraith
Link Raid
2025-10-09 ・ 2025-12-04 ・ 2026-02-26 ・ 2026-05-07
Other
Heartphial Quests

Observations

Kriemhild Fausut's name could be based on Goethe's Faust, where the protagonist of the same name was Gretchen's lover. And because Homura retains her memories of Madoka and her previous wishes, plus the Witch assuming Homura's shield, it could be a visualization of the combined Witch form of both Madoka and Homura, or simply the opposite of Kriemhild Gretchen.
- There is an extra "u" on Fausut's name, but whether this is intentional or a misprint is unknown.
The silhouette of Kriemhild Fausut resembles to the World Tree, or Yggdrasil.
- The upper half of Fausut has pink threads and elements of Madoka, even having her Magical Girl outfit above her head. The lower half has purple threads which forms braids, with Wraiths swarming below it. It also sports a pair of legs that resembles to the socks and heels of Madoka and Homura, which may represent the two being polar opposites.
  - Similar to Kriemhild Fausut, the Mutant Wraiths were shown with Homura's Magical Girl outfit hanging around as well.
- The lower half of the Witch is obscured and swarmed by Wraiths in later pages. This is due to the fact that the lower Wraiths are trying to help process the emotional energy of the Witch, essentially to purify it.
Unlike Latria, Kriemhild Fausut's design remains largely unchanged in Magia Exedra. However the Wraiths that composes her lower body has been significantly reduced on its 3D model.
The English translation for Fausut's nature is the same as her type.
The coloration in Exedra with one pink and one purple thread seems to represent Madoka and Homura, building on the use of a spool of thread reflecting as Madoka as seen in Rebellion.
Despite being treated as a giant boss (similar to how Walpurgisnacht, Crépuscule de La Reine and Shitori Egumo are battled) in Magia Exedra, Fausut has no finishers on her own.

Gallery

Wraith Arc

Giant Wraith transformed, also called the Spindle Witch
Mutant Wraiths taking on the role of the transformed Wraith's familiars. They take the appearance of Homura
Kriemhild Fausut's "Complete form"