Character from Berserk by Kentaro Miura
An ancient witch who guarded the Berserker Armor in a spirit tree for centuries — Schierke's beloved teacher, Skull Knight's oldest ally, and the last light before the forest burned.
Flora was kindness refined to its essence. She traveled to help those in need, bore no hatred toward the Holy See despite their persecution of witches, and raised Schierke with a warmth that the girl's biological family never provided. Her magical power was immense — she could create talismans that dampened the Brand of Sacrifice's effects, command mud golems, project thoughts without catalysts, and conjure walls of fire that held back apostles. She maintained a centuries-long friendship with Skull Knight, guarding the Berserker Armor at his request. Her death — burning alive in her spirit tree mansion when Griffith's apostles attacked — was the moment that pushed Guts' party out of relative safety and into the world's true darkness. Her final magic was a wall of flame that bought her students time to escape. Her spirit persists, visiting Schierke in dreams.
An elderly woman with grey hair and gentle blue eyes, aged far beyond a normal lifespan through magical means. She dressed in simple robes and lived with the unhurried grace of someone whose connection to the natural world made ordinary time irrelevant.