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'''Walpurgis Night''' (alternately referred to as "Walpurgisnacht" or "Walpurgis" in both the series and among fans) is supposedly the strongest witch current Magical Girls would have to fight. Her real name is unknown, while "Walpurgis Night" is a common moniker given to it by Puellae Magi. Her nature had been kept mysterious during most of the series, which led to a lot of speculation from fans during the original broadcast. This article's first purpose is, as with the other witches, to provide information about her.
 
However, this article is also a compilation of historical, mythological, and literary information concerning {{nihongo|[[wikipedia:Walpurgis_Night|Walpurgisnacht]]|ワルプルギスの夜|Warupurugisu no Yoru|Night of Walpurgis}}, a term first mentioned by [[Homura Akemi|Homura]] in [[Episode 6]]. Any speculation regarding this subject has been archived here as well.
 
{{Card
|name=?????
|runes        = ?????
|image        = File:Card_Walpurgis.png
|japanese_desc = 舞台装置の魔女（通称・ワルプルギスの夜 / 本名不明）その性質は無力。回り続ける愚者の象徴。 歴史の中で語り継がれる謎の魔女。通称・ワルプルギスの夜。 この世の全てを戯曲へ変えてしまうまで無軌道に世界中を回り続ける。 普段逆さ位置にある人形が上部へ来た時、暴風の如き速度で飛行し瞬く間に地表の文明をひっくり返してしまう。
|english_desc  = The witch of stage settings (alias: Walpurgis Night / real name: unknown); her nature is helplessness. She symbolizes the fool who continuously spins in circles. The witch's mysteries have been handed down through the course of history; her appellation is "Walpurgis Night." She will continue to rotate aimlessly throughout the world until she completely changes the whole of this age into a drama. When the doll's usual upside-down position reaches the top part of the witch, she completely roils the civilization on the ground in a flash through her gale-like flight.
|type          = Witch of stage settings
|nature        = Helplessness
|episodes      = [[Episode 1]], [[Episode 10]], [[Episode 11]], [[Episode 12]]
}}
 
==Minions==
{{Card
|name=?????
|runes        = ?????
|image        = File:Card_Walpurgis_minions.png
|japanese_desc = 舞台装置の魔女の手下。その役割は道化役者。強大な魔力に引かれ集まった無数の魂。ワルプルギスの夜自身が元々一人の誰かであったのか、或いは多くの魂が集合することにより生まれた幻であるのか、今となっては分からない。
|english_desc  = The stage setting witch's minions. Their duty is to be clowns. Countless souls drawn to her vast magical power. Nobody knows whether Walpurgis Night was initially a single person, or if it was a phantom born from the gathering of many spirits.
|type          = Minions of the witch of stage settings
|task        = Being clowns
|episodes      = [[Episode 11]], [[Episode 12]]
}}
 
==Trivia==
* Walpurgis Night is named for '''Walpurgisnacht''', a traditional spring festival celebrated on 30 April or 1 May in large parts of Central and Northern Europe. For more information on the festival's history, cultural and literary impacts, and connection to witchcraft, see [[Speculah: Walpurgis Night]].
* [[Kyouko Sakura]] confirmed that Walpurgis was the most powerful witch in [[Episode 9]]; in [[Episode 10]], however, [[Madoka Kaname]] eclipsed her in power in two of the timelines created by [[Homura Akemi]], becoming the god-like [[Kriemhild Gretchen]]. [[Episode 11]] showed that Walpurgis can withstand repeated attacks from heavy artillery, and her mere appearance can cause hundreds of deaths.
* While Walpurgis does not need to hide in a barrier, like other witches, her arrival in Mitakihara Town is preceded by a carnival-like procession of familiars. This is apparently a reflection of her theatrical theme, and possibly also evidence of her desire to transform the world into a giant "stage."
* The witch's most prominent familiars take the form of former magical girls, as evidenced by their resemblance to the the unnamed magic girls shown in the final scene of [[Episode 12]].
* The outline of several familiars bare similiarity to characters from the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wa3o0yCwHto#t=207s music video of Maaya Sakamoto's Universe].  Unsurprising as both the MV and witch sequences are designed by animators [[Gekidan Inu Curry]].
* The exterior view of [[Homura Residence|Homura's residence]] resembles a scene from [[wikipedia:Shadow_of_Memories|''Shadow of Memories'']] (Shadow of Destiny for North America). Interestingly, it went through several title changes before release, among them ''The Day and Night of Walpurgisnacht'', ''Days of Walpurgis'', and ''Time Adventure''.
 
==Speculation==
See [[Speculah:Walpurgis Night]].
 
==Gallery==
===Episode 1===
<gallery>
File:Ep1 Witch Floating.jpg| Walpurgis Night's first appearance in the series.
File:Ep1_Witch_Cog.jpg|The gear portion under the witch's skirt, moments before blowing Homura away.
File:Witch_from_episode_1.jpg| A clearer shot of the gears.
File:Ep1_Witch.jpg| Walpurgis's face can barely be discerned.
File:Ep1_Witch_Approx.jpg|A fan's approximation of Walpurgis Night's appearance.
File:Ep1_Witch_Prolog.jpg|Speculation that the Soul Gem shown in "Prolog in Himmel" scene may be that of Walpurgis.
</gallery>
===Episode 8===
<gallery>
File:Display 01.jpg|One of the screens in Homura's residence displays an elaborate woodcut of the witch. She seems to be holding her "hands" to her mouth.
File:Display 03.jpg|On the right-hand side of the image, Walpurgis Night is shown right-side-up and surrounded by flames. This is in line with her informational card, which states that she causes destruction when her upper body is righted.
File:Display 05.jpg|The witch's familiars are shown more closely here.
File:Display 06.jpg|A silhouette of an upside-down Walpurgis Night is accompanied by the text "Ein Narr," which translates to "a fool" in German; the witch's informational card also refers to her as a "fool."
File:Display 08.jpg|Note the green figure above the caption "Walpurgis Night" on the left-hand side. This may have been Walpurgis's magical girl form, as a girl wearing a similar tulip-shaped skirt and conical headdress appears in the magical girl "lineup" at the end of the series.
</gallery>
 
===Episode 10===
<gallery>
File:Walpurgis.PNG|Walpurgis from one of the previous timelines. Note the slight changes in her appearance.
</gallery>
===Episode 11===
<gallery>
File:Walpurgisnacht_Procession.jpg|The procession of familiars heralding the arrival of Walpurgis Night.
</gallery>
==External links==
 
==See also==
* [[Glossary#Walpurgis Night]] - definition from the official website
* [[Witch from the dream in episode one]]
* [[Speculah:Walpurgis Night]] - speculations
 
[[Category:Witches]]

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