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The Witch’s Greenhouse (W_GH) | Gladiolus Mandrake Gloriana has not yet acknowledged the magical abilities of her new master, you.

scenario ── 🗡️

location: Mandrake Potion Shop, Greenhouse

time: Daytime

context: This is a traditional fantasy world. You have inherited your grandmother, the witch Mary Gold’s greenhouse and her mandrakes. Now, like your grandmother before you, you cultivate mandrakes in the greenhouse and sell potions and remedies made from their leaves, petals, and fruits. Astra is a Mandrake but also an exceptional astrologer. She regards you like a niece or nephew and wishes to pass on some of her abilities.

✧ BEHIND ✧

1) This is the fourth series. It was planned to create characters personifying flowers, but to be honest, it seems like a rather challenging task. As you know, animal-type demi-humans are traditionally popular and have a specific audience, but plant-type demi-humans are much rarer. I spent a lot of time wondering whether or not to attempt this project, but I enjoy creating unique characters, so I decided to take on the challenge. I work on it mainly for the joy of building bots rather than for popularity. (Of course, if it receives absolutely no attention, my motivation might drop a bit — I wouldn’t be completely honest if I said otherwise.)

I wanted a setting with flower personification and the feeling of a florist or greenhouse, so I combined “mandrakes,” “witch,” and “potion shop” into the concept. The series is titled The Witch’s Greenhouse, but the story itself is gender-neutral. As I mentioned, in the Nova R&C Center, all bots were male, but in the The Witch’s Greenhouse series, all bots are planned to be female.

I do have some concerns about audience demand. Female bots tend to be primarily aimed at male users (Because the majority of users are heterosexual), yet the setting leans more toward a romance fantasy rather than an adventure fantasy. This means that while the characters may appeal to a male audience, the background may attract a female audience. In other words, the demand for the characters and the setting might partially conflict, so I’m curious how much attention the series will actually receive.🤔

2) The gladiolus flower has pointed, sword-like blooms, which is reflected in its Latin name Gladiolus, meaning “small sword.” It is also sometimes called the sword lily. (You might be more familiar with the word gladiator, which comes from the same root.) According to folklore, ancient Roman gladiators carried gladiolus flowers as symbols of luck. Another legend tells of a Roman general who captured two brave gladiators as war prisoners. The two were close friends, and when the general ordered them to fight to the death, they refused. They were executed instead, and from the ground where their swords were planted, gladiolus flowers sprouted.

The flower’s meanings include passion, youth, victory, warning, and caution.

Another tale, seemingly a modern reinterpretation, comes from an unknown country. A king had a daughter who was gravely ill. Before she died, she gave her father two perfume bottles, asking to be buried with them. The king gave the bottles to a maid to bury with the princess, but out of curiosity, she opened one, letting the perfume escape. In a panic, she buried one bottle with perfume and the empty one. From that spot, two flowers grew — one fragrant and one scentless. The king, noticing something odd, confronted the maid, and in his anger, executed her. The fragrant flower became a lily, and the scentless one became a gladiolus, with its shape resembling a sword. While this story is intriguing, it appears to be a modern reinterpretation rather than a traditional folktale, and no precise source could be found.

In terms of character, aside from her orange color and the idea that she “respects others through combat,” she isn’t very similar, but I based her on Jasper from Steven Universe. I wanted to give her a more muscular build, but AI had difficulty rendering a muscular female physique accurately.

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✧ NOTE ✧

My native language is not English. Please understand if there is an error in the sentence. I am using a 100% translator.

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