Hagatha

From King's Quest Omnipedia

Hagatha is the witch who resided in Kolyma and imprisoned Valanice in the Crystal Tower, due to jealousy. She is the sister of Mordack and Manannan. She is said to be the most powerful and evil of witches, and has a taste for human flesh. The skulls of her victims decorate the outside and inside of her cave.

King Graham encounters but was never able to defeat her, and for the most part just avoided her. Not only had she kidnapped Valanice, but she had also kidnapped Milvia's Nightingale

Because she was too powerful Graham was never able to defeat her, and she continued to live in Kolyma. Her brother Manannan later kidnapped Graham and Valanice's son in revenge for Graham's deed against Hagatha. Dame Hagatha disapeared from Kolyma soon after the incident.

Derek believes that Hagatha's evil family is the cosmic balance to Graham's. Nothing had been heard of either Hagatha or Mananann since Graham destroyed their brother Mordack. He thinks that is a bad sign.^[1]

Contents 1 Hagatha in Unofficial Games 2 Behind the scenes 3 Trivia 4 References

[edit] Hagatha in Unofficial Games

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In KQ2 (AGDI) she is said to be the sister of Manannan and Mordack as well. However this is strongly implied to be a connection to the Black Cloak Society, not a family relationship. Some of the hints to her belonging to the society includes the black cloak she keeps in her cave, as well as her mentioning that black is the dress code for members of their little community.

Graham defeats her by knocking her out of the Quartz Tower. However her body is never found, hinting she may have survived.

In KQ2 1/4, she tries to capture Valanice again, if Valanice accidentally swims to Kolyma.

[edit] Behind the scenes

In the official King's Quest Collection trivia program, and King's Quest Companion, she is said to be sister of Mordack and Manannan. Though this fact is not brought up in any of the manuals or the other official King's Quest games.

Apparently Roberta had nothing to do with the idea, though Peter Spear and other King's Quest designers established it in the trivia game and companion;

"I asked Roberta [...], and sorry to admit that she said she didn't remember the Black Cloak Society. It sounds cool. Perhaps she should have taken it more seriously and featured it in other games. With respect to Hagatha [being related to Manannan and Mordack]: Roberta's answer was, "Would you like them to be related?" Then she said, "Nope, Hagatha was her own separate person."

- Ken Williams at SierraGamers (6-9-2003)

...one final thing: Hagatha was never part in any discussion of a Black Cloak Society.

- Roberta Williams at SierraGamers (6-9-2003)

In PG Wodehouse's "Jeeves and Wooster" books and stories, Bertie Wooster has two meddling aunts named Dahlia and Agatha. It is possible that Dahlia and Hagatha are named after these fictional characters.

[edit] Trivia

• In the original version of King's Quest II, if you sneak up to her in her cave and type "kiss Hagatha", you'll get a humorous response: "Smack, hug, whoopie.. yuck, barf, gag."
• If Graham walks through the screen with the entrance to Hagatha's cave several times the Batmobile will appear and drive into the cave.

[edit] References