The Sea Witch inhabits the ocean’s depths as a shrewd, enigmatic figure resembling a colossal devil ray, her imposing form mirroring the untamed might of the seas. She weaves destructive storms to manipulate maritime fates, her interventions devoid of personal malice but rooted in indifferent natural law. Her dealings with the protagonist unfold through calculated bargains: she offers a potion to transform tail into legs, demanding the surrender of the protagonist’s voice as payment. The contract’s grim stipulation—failure to win the prince’s affection by dawn after his wedding to another will reduce her to sea foam—is presented as a dispassionate clause, not a curse. Though her pacts propel the narrative toward tragedy, she remains an aloof arbiter, enforcing terms with icy precision. When the protagonist’s desperate sisters seek her aid, she exacts their hair as payment for a dagger that could undo the transformation, her transactions stripped of mercy yet free of deceit. Her presence lingers not through direct action but through the rippling consequences of her agreements, steering the protagonist toward her bittersweet destiny. Portrayed neither as villain nor ally, she embodies the ocean’s perilous ambiguity—an amoral entity as timeless and unyielding as the tides themselves.