Elara Vane , a quiet, sharp-eyed spirit witch who wears a cracked mirror around her neck. Unlike other spirit witches who command legions of ancestral ghosts or nature spirits, Elara works only with Echoes —fragments of emotions or memories left behind by the living. She is an outcast among witches for her “small magic.” She runs a tiny, crooked shop where she helps villagers recover lost names, forgotten lullabies, or the feeling of a dead parent’s hug.
As the Echo dissolves, Elara’s cracked mirror suddenly shows a reflection that is not hers. It’s the face of a young woman chained to a throne made of forgotten promises. A voice whispers from the mirror: spirit witch's gaiden
Elara stages a “memory feast”—a spirit-witch ritual where Echoes of the past can be temporarily re-lived. She pulls forth an Echo of Kaeli’s mother singing a sailor’s lullaby. The Hollow Echo, drawn by the intense emotion, manifests as a huge, shadowy throat in the center of the room. Elara Vane , a quiet, sharp-eyed spirit witch