- "The Road will give you the thing you want the most."
- ―Billy Maximoff[src]
The Witches' Road is a fictional mystical pathway from the Ballad of the Witches' Road conceived by Nicholas Scratch and Agatha Harkness that promised to grant a traveler their deepest desire if they could endure and overcome its arcane trials. In 2026, the Road was unknowingly willed into existence by Billy Maximoff through chaos magic as a pocket dimension underneath Westview, New Jersey.
History[]
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Told in Legends[]
The tale of the Witches' Road was created by Agatha Harkness' son Nicholas Scratch out of amusement. In the tale, any witch who sought the Road needed to assemble a coven to walk it, and the Road would conjure a trial for each member, with legend saying those who survived would find what they seek.
After Nicholas' death, Harkness was approached by a witch who believed in the Road and sought it, Harkness took advantage of this belief to trick the witch and countless others into forming a coven with her and provoke them after failing to "open the gate" into attacking her, draining the witches of their powers. Harkness spent the next centuries tricking other witches through this method, creating numerous rumors in the process, the most notable of which being that she was believed to have assembled a coven to walk the Road and was the only member to come back alive, becoming known as the only witch to ever survive the Road.[1][2][3]
Other rumors included tales of the Witches' Road being closely guarded secrets, that its very existence was kept from amateurs in order to protect them from its many dangers, and that few witches dared to walk it, as it was considered to be a death wish.[1]
Walking of the Witches' Road[]
Opening the Gate[]
Three years after Harkness was defeated and stripped of her magical abilities by Scarlet Witch, she assembled a new coven with the help of Billy Maximoff to trick them into attacking her and get her powers back. The coven met at Harkness' house, which was attacked by the Salem Seven. They sang the "Ballad of the Witches' Road" but were all surprised when the gate to the Witches' Road actually appeared, they then narrowly escaped the Salem Seven onto the Road.[1]
Jennifer Kale's Trial[]
Traveling on the Witches' Road for a while, Agatha Harkness' Coven found themselves in the Witches' Road Mansion, where the Potions Witch Trial awaited them. The wine they drank from the mansion turned out to be poisoned, so Jennifer Kale, the coven's potions witch, created a potion to save them, although it required a strand of every member's hair.
However, Sharon Davis' hair was not inserted into the potion, so as the mansion flooded and the coven, having drank the antidote, escaped, she died. Agatha Harkness was utterly unfazed by Davis' death, even asking who she was by referring to her by the name given to her in the Hex. Billy Maximoff, however, mourned Davis and shut her eyes, and the coven continued on the Witches' Road while Davis' corpse was buried by Teen and Alice Wu-Gulliver.[4]
Alice Wu-Gulliver's Trial[]
To replace Sharon Davis as their green witch, Agatha Harkness' coven summoned Rio Vidal to the Witches' Road before continuing. The coven found themselves in the Witches' Road Recording Studio, where Alice Wu-Gulliver's trial would take place. Teen played a record player with a demonic sound that cursed the coven and began the trial. Wu-Gulliver was able to free Lilia Calderu and Jennifer Kale from the pain of the curse.
Harkness then told the protection witch that her mother's version of the ballad was a protection spell that had kept Wu-Gulliver from falling victim to the curse for years, and that the song could potentially protect them now. Using the instruments provided for them, the coven performed a rendition of the ballad that resulted in the curse physically manifesting.
Wu-Gulliver sang with all her might and was able to kill the curse. However, Teen collapsed from a wound he had sustained from getting thrown into a window by the curse. The coven went back on the Road, where Kale crafted a potion that healed Teen. Harkness and Vidal shared a moment alone, but when Harkness tried to kiss her former lover, Vidal revealed that Teen was not her son like she thought he was.[2]
Agatha Harkness' Trial[]
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Lilia Calderu's Trial[]
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Green Witch Trial[]
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Appearances[]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Agatha All Along: 1.02: Circle Sewn With Fate / Unlock Thy Hidden Gate
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Agatha All Along: 1.04: If I Can't Reach You / Let My Song Teach You
- ↑ Agatha All Along: 1.09: Maiden Mother Crone
- ↑ Agatha All Along: 1.03: Through Many Miles / Of Tricks and Trials
- ↑ Agatha All Along: 1.05: Darkest Hour / Wake Thy Power
- ↑ Agatha All Along: 1.06: Familiar by Thy Side
- ↑ Agatha All Along: 1.08: Follow Me My Friend / To Glory at the End