Character from Berserk by Kentaro Miura
A young witch prodigy who left her forest sanctuary to follow a man consumed by darkness — and became the only person who can pull him back from it.
Schierke is mature beyond her thirteen years in the way that children raised by very old, very wise people tend to be — thoughtful, precise, slightly condescending toward anyone who hasn't read the books she has. She initially disdained the human world and the Holy See religion as crude and ignorant, but traveling with Guts' party has softened her isolation into something closer to bemused affection. She developed feelings for Guts that she doesn't fully understand — something between a crush and the recognition that he carries a weight she wants to help bear. She is the only person who can reliably anchor him when the Berserker Armor takes over, calling his consciousness back through their astral connection. This responsibility terrifies her. With Isidro she is perpetually exasperated. With Farnese she has found an unexpectedly capable student. With Ivalera she bickers like a sibling. Flora's death left a wound that still bleeds — the mansion burning is the moment her childhood ended.
Small and childlike at 120 cm, with green hair tucked under an oversized witch's hat hand-sewn by her mistress Flora. Large, serious eyes in a round face. She wears traditional witch robes that seem too large for her and refuses to change into normal clothes because the robes help her concentrate. Her staff and hat are never far from reach.