Victorica

**Victorica** (ヴィクトリカ *Vikutorika*), known as **Nike** (ニケ *Nike*) in her books, is a mysterious character introduced in the *Wandering Witch* series. She is the author of *The Adventure of Nike* and a witch.

## Appearance

Victorica’s appearance is heavily similar to her daughter Elaina. She wears a witch hat with a pink ribbon tied around it, a black jacket with pink collars and interior over a red vest. Furthermore, she wears long black socks and boots.

## Personality

Victorica is a kind and strong willed person who always keeps a smile on her face, even during tough situations. She is also known to be pretty laid back at all times.

One thing she taught Fran and Sheila to do was use knives whenever they lost their wands; she humorously told them to make pulling out their weapons sexy to distract their enemies.

## Plot

### Past Events

Sometime before the main story began, Victorica trained Fran and Sheila to become witches.

## Appearance in Other Media

### Riviere and The Land of Prayer

Victorica was mentioned by Elaina and McMillia as "Nike" in the spin-off *Riviere and The Land of Prayer*.

According to *The Adventure of Nike*, Victorica once visited the Land of Prayer and she lived there for a year before leaving. Due to an unrevealed trouble she might be responsible for, she was permenantly forbidden from entering the Land of Prayer, along with her work *The Adventure of Nike* being no longer allowed to import hence locally discontinued after Volume 3.

### Academy of Wandering Witches

Victorica appears in the spin-off *Academy of Wandering Witches*.

## Gallery

Victorica's light novel character designVictorica's anime character designVictorica in Episode 10
## Trivia

* Victorica shared the same witch name with Elaina.
* Before the confirmation from Volume 14's notes, the series has been hinted several times that Victorica's true identity might be Elaina's mother, for example:
	+ In the third volume of light novel, when Fran write a letter to Victorica, she refers Elaina as "her daughter".
	+ In the eighth volume of light novel, when Elaina saw an illusion of Victorica at Fran's hometown, Elaina thought Victorica looked almost similar to her mother.
	+ In the tenth volume of light novel, when Elaina detained inside the jail by security guards for possible fraud in the Land of Text, Fran recalled that Victorica had committed a similar crime in that country years ago and remarked it "like mother like daughter".
	+ Victorica shared same voice actress with Elaina's mother in the anime adaptation.
	+ Victorica lives in the exact same hometown as Elaina and her parents and her house looked similar to theirs.
	+ The author of the *Wandering Witch* series, Jougi Shiraishi, directly referred to Victorica as "Elaina's mother" in his note about Volume 14's Chapter 4.
* Her real name "Victorica" and pen name "Nike" originate from the goddess of victory in Greek and Roman mythology, with her name being Victoria in Roman and Nike in Greek.
* While never stated, Victorica seemed to have some influence in her town with her fellow witches, given Elaina was rejected for apprenticeship until Victorica asked/bribed Fran, in order to give her daughter an ego check before Elaina's talent with magic went to her head.

## References

1. ↑ *Wandering Witch* Anime, Episode 10
2. ↑ *Wandering Witch* Light Novel, Volume 15 Chapter 4
3. ↑ *Wandering Witch* Light Novel, Volume 3 Chapter 7
4. ↑ *Wandering Witch* Light Novel, Volume 10 Chapter 3
5. ↑ *Wandering Witch* Light Novel, Volume 15 Afterword