Crisanta, the Mangkukulam Matriarch

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Crisanta, the Mangkukulam Matriarch

Crisanta, a seamstress turned mangkukulam (Filipina Witch), lost her family from the great witchhunt. For years, suspected practitioners of witchery were burned down including her family. This purge drove her to become the hag they accuse her to be.

She turned to witchcraft and assembled witches from all directions- black and white. She earned their trust which led to what history now calls "Human Purification." These massacres crowned her as the Matriarch of all mangkukulam.

Through years of manhunt, her wrath remained as strong as the day she lost all. To burn the rage in her mind, she donned herself with voodoo dolls— her burnt children.