The witch of the jungle

The witch of the jungle is a solitary woman who seems to have a significant knowledge of botany and biology. As she reveals to Shasta, the witch has been kidnapping women to use in her experiments, but has had fewer options since the slaver-women of the mine have captured everyone else in the area.

The witch attempts to sacrifice Shasta to a monstrous plantlike creation of her own devising, but Shasta is rescued by Rin, and the pair escape to seek revenge. However, the witch has already poisoned Nali and demands the pair journey to a nearby ruin and retrieve something for her in order to receive the antidote, claiming that Nali will die at sundown.