Gertrud
Gertrud (GERTRUD) is a witch born from negative emotions, who loves roses more than anything else--her barrier is full of them. She uses humans' life energy to feed her roses and hates humans entering her barrier. Her minions are Anthony and Adelbert. She and her barrier are presented in a surreal manner with bizarre cut-and-paste-style photo collages. She also seems to like mustaches as both of her minions have some. The special page has confirmed that the mustaches are set by the witch herself. Her "body" has parts from a butterfly, and butterflies are seen in her barrier at many points. (See also: Gertrude's lair)
The witch of the rose garden. Her nature is distrustful. Roses are more important to her than anything else. She uses all of her power for the sake of beautiful roses. She steals the life force from humans who get lost in her barrier and shares it with the roses, but she hates her barrier being trodden and ruined by humans. |
Minions
The witch's minions. Their duty is landscaping. Their mustaches are set by the witch. |
The underlings of the witch of the rose garden. Their role is to give warnings. When they see humans, they ring their warning bell and headbutt without mercy. They have 20/8 (2.5) vision. The small type can be turned into a vine of roses to thwart intruders. |
Note
In Episode 1, Anthonies are seen surrounding Sayaka and Madoka and yelling the following German phrases in a distorted manner:
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German | Das sind mir unbekannte Blumen. Ja, sie sind mir auch unbekannt. Schneiden wir sie ab. Ja schneiden doch sie ab. Die Rosen schenken wir unserer Königin. |
English | Those are unknown flowers to me. Yes, they are unknown to me too. Let's cut them off. Yes, let's just cut them off. We present the roses to our queen. |
Gallery
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Mami fighting Gertrud in the "final room" of the barrier
The Grief Seed Gertrud dropped is a round ball decorated with thorned vines and topped by the rose and butterfly symbol.
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When Antonies dies only their upper body disappears, the bottom butterfly-part just flies away and Gertrud burst into butterflies when Mami killed her.
Trivia
- Her name may be a reference to Gertrud Barkhorn from Strike Witches.