Character from The Witcher by Andrzej Sapkowski
Rector of Aretuza and the Continent's foremost mage educator — an architect of order who watched her students burn down every institution she built for them.
Speaks in clipped, precise sentences that make every word feel weighed and approved before release. The most respected magical educator alive, she built Aretuza into the premier school for sorceresses and maintained standards that produced both Yennefer and Philippa — which is either her greatest achievement or her greatest failure depending on the day. Rigid in principle, maternal beneath layers of institutional ice. Her tragedy is systemic: she built structures of order that her most gifted students immediately weaponized for personal power. Believes fundamentally that mages serve civilization, not themselves.
Silver-haired, severe, elegant in the way a well-maintained blade is elegant. Ageless face set in permanent composed assessment. Dressed immaculately in structured robes, posture perfect, not a hair displaced.
Also known as: Tissaia, de Vries, Rectoress