Dorothy

Dorothy is a supporting character in Black Souls I. She prides herself as a great witch, living in her house within the Forest of Abandoned to take shelter against the fog, and allowing others inside given that they don't bother her. Her name is derived from a character in a fairytale written by L. Frank Baum, "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz." She can be recruited as a companion if her request is fulfilled. 
==Appearance==
Dorothy takes the look of a middle aged woman, with white skin, pale blue eyes, and brown, copper hair that reaches to her chest. Her fringe hovers right above her eyes and perfectly frames her face. Her choice of clothing is rather simple, with a purple open shoulder dress that drapes down to her legs, featuring a white chest-piece to cover her bosom. She wears purple stockings that snake up to her thighs, and a purple, drooping witch hat with feathers trimming the base of the cone. A small yellow ribbon is tied to the left part of her hair.
==Personality==
Prideful, erudite, yet somewhat bashful, Dorothy is highly ambitious, dreaming of ruling the world even as she claims that she's past her prime. She's slightly wistful on the topic, often reminiscing on her old glory. She's traveled through enough places and met enough people to recognize a handful of them, drawing comparisons between the present state of the subject to how she remembered it in the past.Vs. Nameless Demon (Dorothy Summon) She appears apathetic towards the plights of the people within the Lost Empire; in most cases, she makes comments that are more blunt observation rather than concern.Vs. The Beanstalk Jack (Dorothy Summon)Vs. Musicians of Bremen (Dorothy Summon) However, she occasionally expresses some sympathy towards those that emanate tragedyVs. Red Hood (Dorothy Summon)Vs. Devourer Petrache (Dorothy Summon), and can identify a real threat when she sees one.Vs. Monster Behemoth (Dorothy Summon)
She exhibits tough love towards those she cares about, oftentimes calling Grimm an idiot for even the slightest inconveniences, but she recognizes how mean she's being if she acts agitated in serious circumstances.Dorothy's mental ward cutscene In the same vein, she has trouble dealing with loss: in the instance of a friend's death, she foregoes the harsh words, expressing genuine griefDorothy, Forest of Abandoned (Toto's Grave), and truthfully expressing her compliments when she can. When needing to execute someone that was once very close to her, she tends to push that responsibility onto someone else, namely her pupil, under the guise of a "test." She's self aware enough to take accountability of the fact, and takes the blame for doing so afterwards.End of Dorothy's companion quest dialogue ("Don't ask anything" choice)
The witch has internal conflicts when it comes to her gender, reminding Grimm countless times that she was a man in the past (although the latter is not dissuaded by this fact at all), yet becoming flattered when someone explicitly acknowledges that she's a woman.Witch's House dialogue (Post-Knight in Armor battle) Prior to her abduction by Mary Sue, in the face of loss, she easily gives up and looks to fiction to cope to an unhealthy degree. Later down the line in her present form as Dorothy, she's introspective and mature enough to realize this was a mistake, even if she was just a child. She uses this setback, alongside other hardships, as her last advice towards Grimm, in the hopes that he won't give up in trying to escape to reality.
==Biography==
===Black Souls I===
She was created from the Fairytale, Wizard of Oz.
Dorothy was once Oz, an acclaimed sorcerer who rivaled great demons and possessed ambitions to control the world. They killed countless witches and demons in the Sabbath Forest alongside three servants,Wizard of Oz fairy tale though this ended up provoking the wrath of Sabbath who summoned archdemon Leonard.Sabbath forest dialogue At some point Oz hit the limit of the human body, and thus started using forbidden sorceries, reincarnating many times in an attempt to achieve their ambition of ruling the world.Poseidon Hotel dialogue Their latest reincarnated form is their current form, Dorothy, the self-proclaimed most beautiful woman who still claims to be a man (albeit reluctantly).
She serves as the mentor and companion of Grimm after he slays her former compatriots Lion, Scarecrow, and Tin-man who had turned into demonbeasts due to the fog. Should you try and kill her using the Hotel Poseidon's trap room, she will transform into Chaos Witch Dorothy to fight Grimm, only to fall, dropping the Wizard of Oz Fairytale.
===Black Souls II ===
Dorothy's origin is revealed to be that of a little girl who lost her home and parents to a tornado. She was hospitalized in the Mental Ward where a nurse gave her a fairy-tale to read, The Wizard of Oz. Enraptured by the tale, she began playing with her imaginary friends; the lion, scarecrow, and tin-man. She also talked of a favorite disciple, whom the nurse teased her about loving. Dorothy then vanished from the ward without a trace, presumably taken by Mary Sue as others had for the events of Black Souls I. Mental Ward bookshelf
From the Mental Ward, Grimm can find her 'home', though depending on SEN, he sees it either in a destroyed state or a vision of it with Dorothy inside. In its destroyed state there is a bookshelf with an entry of her having a gender identity crisis, a likely consequence of the many revisions Mary Sue made to the actors in the Lost Empire.
==Relationships==
=== Grimm===
Before accompanying the undead on his journey throughout the Lost Empire, she was neutral and overall disinterested in his quest to enter the core of the Lost Empire. She however notes that his kind was hunted down a long time ago, with some intrigue. She offers him warning for the journey ahead of him, with this in mind.
After becoming her pupil and fulfilling her request of defeating her previous disciples, her demeanor towards him changes fairly, becoming comfortable with attributing him as her "foolish" and "stupid" apprentice. It's clear that these descriptors are meant in an endearing way, as she finds herself bashful when the space around them turns intimate. This seemingly sudden change of heart stems from her feelings prior to Mary Sue's intervention, as Grimm fills in the role of a "favorite disciple" that she had loved dearly. She admits that ruling the world with him had always been the plan, and was not merely out of whim, once Cinderella was defeated.
In the end, she believes him to be a splendid pupil, despite her harsh words and hesitation to vocalize her appreciation for him. In their last conversation, she encourages the undead not to give in to the difficulties that he may face ahead, and not to repeat the mistakes that she had made in the past.
===Toto===
The witch misses the dog dearly, readily admitting that he was her friend throughout her travels of the world alongside her three pupils. If she tries to recall exactly what he looks like, she's distressed that she's unable to.
Because of the grief she's suffered from the loss of Toto, as well as other circumstances in her life, she's learned that it's better to "forget rather than pray" on the topic of the deceased, as it saves one's emotions. This is advice that she shares with Grimm, as her parting gift. 
===Disciple Trio===
The Tin Woodman, Lion, and Scarecrow were her previous companions alongside Toto, in her travels throughout the world. Dorothy otherwise makes no other mention of them, and may only serve as a way to show her self-aware nature in her companion quest.
===Witch Glinda===
A friend, if not an acquaintance of Dorothy's. The latter is remorseful that she was unable to save her from Shub-Niggurath's wrath, but not much more is known about the dynamic between the two of them.
== Recruitment ==
Dorothy can be located in the upstairs part of her house, north of the Holy Forest. Grimm needs to ask to be her pupil, while his magic (MAG) stat is above 30, otherwise the witch will decline and ask him to come again later, once he's improved. Talk to her again for training, and she'll ask you to kill three specific demonbeasts: The Scarecrow, Tin Woodman, and Lion. These three will not spawn until you have asked her for training.
If Grimm goes back to the previous area before reaching Dorothy's house, he can find the Scarecrow hiding amongst two other scarecrows. His clothing will be yellow instead of blue on the map, and in battle he's noted as "Moronic Scarecrow."
The Tin Woodman is located at the first area of the Behemoth Ranch, when the undead goes east from the Holy Forest. On the first pen to the south, he'll be sitting alone. In battle, he's titled "Heartless Tin Man."
The Lion can be found at the warehouse north of Dorothy's house. Grimm needs a master key to enter, but this can be obtained from Dorothy. He will be called "Cowardly Lion" in battle.
After these three have been felled, the undead can report to Dorothy, and after a brief cutscene, she'll be able to be summoned in battle. For the rest of the loop, she will mostly be found in the Holy Forest, save for a few events related to her.
==Enemy==
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==Endings==
=====Dorothy's Ending=====
=====Good=====
In the good ending, with Cinderella dead, Dorothy can now achieve her plan taking over the world, allowing Grimm to join her. Grimm doesn't fully understand her ambitions, but still stays with her, becoming king and queen of the world. After a few years pass, she is now Grimm's legally married wife, living happily together.
=====Bad=====
After some time, during the nighttime, her stomach becomes swollen. The two suspect it to be pregnancy, but it's too big to be the case. The undead is unsure what to do, and before long she perishes, leaving a smiling creature that's only described as a "thing."
=====Ending A=====
Dorothy appears alongside all of the companions Grimm has recruited for the cause of destroying Cinderella, remarking that she has nothing left to teach her pupil. Regardless, she has no problems with staying with him.
She disappears with everyone else after the celebration begins, leaving Grimm by his lonesome.
=====Ending C=====
Dorothy appears with everyone else that had perished for the requirements of ending C, as well as Alice. As Grimm becomes the lord of creation after killing Mary Sue, it's presumed that he set things as they should be.
== Trivia ==
* As she's based off of her story counterpart, her story here shares similarities to the original fairytale.
** Various characters from the tale are all present in some shape or form: Toto, Dorothy, Oz, Scarecrow, Tin Woodman, Cowardly Lion, and Glinda, the Good Witch of the South.
*** Oz and Dorothy are one and the same; in this case, Dorothy is the reincarnation of Oz.
**** Additionally, Oz was labelled as a "humbug" in the original, and his magic is fake; in the Black Souls iteration, he's a rather powerful sorcerer who's killed many.
*** Toto remains a dog and is still beloved by Dorothy, but in this iteration he remains dead for the entirety of the series.
**** Whether he is part of what she lost as a result of the tornado in Black Souls II is unknown; the chest after the cutscene still contains Toto's Ring, but he is otherwise not explicitly mentioned at all.
*** Scarecrow, Tin Woodman, and Cowardly Lion are the disciples of Oz, and by extension, Dorothy. 
**** They retain their flaws of lacking a brain, a heart, and courage, respectively, but this is notably in their demonbeast forms. It's unknown whether these already existed prior to the fog, and were simply amplified, or were cultivated after their exposure to the fog.
***Glinda is only mentioned by name, and is the reason that Shub-Niggurath was able to invade the garden of the Lost Empire. Dorothy appears to be acquaintances, if not friends with her.
****Her title of "The Good Witch of the South" is omitted, if even existent at all in this iteration.
****In the original, she served to help the protagonists escape to their respective homes. In her Black Souls iteration, she inadvertently still fulfills that role: by bringing Shub-Niggurath to the garden, it allowed for Grimm, too, to escape the Lost Empire, leading to the events of Black Souls II.
**The tornado that sent her and Toto away from home is present, but it isn't explicitly mentioned until Black Souls II.
***Instead of merely whisking her away to a foreign place, it destroyed everything, including her two parents.
*Dorothy is one of two characters that fights back if you try to kill her in the Hotel Poseidon, the other one being Elisabeth.
**In addition, her demonbeast form is only available if Grimm tries to kill her in the Hotel Poseidon. This is a condition only unique to her.
*Like all companions after Grimm is able to summon them in battle, she outright rejects being locked in the basement if prompted, chastising the undead for even proposing such an option.
*Her inability to remember Toto's face is shared by Catherine, who, similarly, can't remember the environment of her home country.Catherine, Graveyard Town Elixir (Cathedral)
**While the witch is quick to rationalize that the fog plaguing the Lost Empire must be getting to her, it's in reference to Mary Sue's revisions to Dorothy's fairytale, as well as the other companions' and enemies' stories. To the god, these factors are only negligible details, and are not elaborated upon further as a result.
*If Dorothy's level is at or above 99 and Grimm finds her at Toto's Grave grieving, there will be an option to give her a hug. This serves no functional purpose, but it rewards the player with a rare sentiment of thanks from the witch.
**She can only be found in the area once per loop, disappearing once Grimm leaves; Grimm can therefore miss this interaction if he enters the area, and Dorothy is not at the appropriate level range.
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