Oktavia von Seckendorff

Oktavia von Seckendorff (OKTAVIA VON SECKENDORFF) is a witch that was Sayaka Miki. She briefly appears at the end of Episode 8 and battles with Kyouko Sakura in Episode 9. Her Labyrinth is filled with calls for attention -- probably to Kyousuke Kamijou. Initially, the outer areas of her Labyrinth are filled with train tracks, perhaps a reflection of the train station where she became a witch. Later on, the entrance area becomes a long corridor filled with concert posters. The center of the Labyrinth appears to be a distorted concert hall, where the seats fill the domed ceiling. Her weapons appear to be manifested wheels, and the concert hall is populated with a spectral string orchestra.

人魚の魔女。その性質は恋慕。 在りし日の感動を夢見ながらコンサートホールごと移動する魔女。 回る運命は思い出だけを乗せてもう未来へは転がらない。 もう何も届かない。もう何も知ることなどない。 今はただ手下達の演奏を邪魔する存在を許さない。

Oktavia Type Witch of Mermaid Nature Love attachment Episodes Episode 8, Episode 9 The witch of Mermaid. Her nature is love attachment. She moves around together with concert hall while dreaming her good days. Her rolling fate is only her memories and can no longer move to the future. Nothing is within her reach. She can no longer knows anything. She can't forgive anyone who interrupt her familiar's music.

Minions

人魚の魔女の手下。その役割は演奏。 魔女のために音楽を奏で続ける虚ろな楽団。 その音を長く聞き続けた者は魂を抜き取られてしまう。 この楽団は魔女のためだけに存在し、魔女には楽団が全て。

Holger Type Minion of the Witch of Mermaid Duty Concert Episodes Episode 8, Episode 9 A minion of the witch of mermaid. A hollow orchestra that play music for the witch. Anyone who listen to their music too long will have their soul taken away. The orchestra is everything for the witch, and the witch is everything for the orchestra.

Observations and Facts

• Sayaka's witch name is Oktavia von Seckendorff. Karl Siegmund von Seckendorff was a german poet who wrote a book called "The Wheel of Fate" (Das Rad des Schicksals), and could explain Sayaka's wheel attack.
• Oktavia is the german form of the latin name Octavia which means "the eigth" (child, month or musical interval) or "from the family Octavia". It is the direct root of octave in English (an octave being the eight interval of a scale). The name was most likely chosen because of the link between Sayaka and music.

Speculations

• The runic font doesn't seem to exist in the "real world". Ergo, the strange posters that bear runic text in Episode 8 may have been a "telltale sign" of the beginning of Sayaka's Labyrinth manifestation.
• The pink ribbon is a sign of attraction, since Madoka's mother mentioned in ep 1 that wearing a pink ribbon would attract attention.
  • It may though just be a transformed ribbon of Sayaka's school uniform.
• Similarities with the myth of Orion:
  • "Orion was the son of the sea-god Poseidon" - the reason for Sayaka's (Octavia's) half-fish form.
  • "Odysseus sees him hunting in the underworld with a bronze club" - first time we've seen Sayaka in a barrier (underworld), she carried a golden (bronze) bat.
  • "he hunted with the goddess Artemis and her mother Leto" - she hunted with Mami and Madoka.
  • "threatened to kill every beast on Earth" - kill every witch on Earth.
  • "Mother Earth objected and sent a giant scorpion to kill Orion" - Kyouko appears, Kyouko's spear could refer to the scorpions spear (tail).
  • "The creature succeeded, and after his death, the goddesses asked Zeus to place Orion among the constellations. Zeus consented and, as a memorial to the hero's death, added the Scorpion to the heavens as well" - After they died Sayaka's grief seed and Kyouko's Soul Gem turned into raw energy used to fuel the universe (as explained by Kyuubey in episode 9 ) they literally among the stars now.
• The witch's mermaid tail may be a reference to both Hans Christian Andersen's The Little Mermaid and the story of Melusine. Goethe wrote a version of Melusine titled Die Neue Melusine or The New Melusina.

• The wheels used in Oktavia's attack may also symbolize the Wheel of Fortune from tarot, whose popular interpretations include "possibilities, opportunities, new developments, sudden changes", which fit Sayaka's life from when she encountered Kyubey to when she became a Witch.

• The structure of the final room may be a reflection of Miki Sayaka's subconscious.
• The shade which resembles Kyousuke is hidden under the crowded concert hall, suggesting that Sayaka does not want to admit her ambitions of owning Kyousuke's love.

Gallery

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  The subtle messages show her eagerness for attention.

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  A violinist that resembles Kyousuke.

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  Information regarding the Melusine