The Witch and the Beast (2024–2024)
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Plot
Guideau is a young woman who was cursed by a witch, forced to carry a dark secret. Ashaf is a tall, soft-spoken man with a coffin strapped to his back and secrets yet untold. Together they venture across the land on their quest for vengeance. Appearances can be deceiving, and each step could be their last. In a dark fantasy filled with adventure, will unlikely heroes find the vengeance they seek?
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- 01
The Witch and the Demon Sword: Act IIIWounded and worn out, Ashaf, Guideau, and Cugat are all that stand between an Executioner with a fortress full of Paladins at his command and the Demon Sword. - 02
The Witch and the Demon Sword: Final ActAshgan has lost control, and Ashaf finally unleashes Guideau to stop it. But even with the curse undone, can the beast stand up to the Demon Sword's apocalyptic power? - 03
Origin WitchAshaf heads off with Helga to find somewhere safer for her to stay, but while they are gone, Guideau overhears a bunch of kids talking about a witch and goes to investigate. But is the rumor all that it seems?
Episodes by season
Season01
- S01E01
The Witch and the City of Blazing RedJanuary 12, 2024Two strangers start asking around town for a witch, but the locals don't take kindly to their insinuations. Do they speak from baseless prej - S01E02
The Witch's Pastime: Opening ActJanuary 19, 2024Guideau's frustration mounts as witch-related cases prove hard to come by, but a string of horrific serial murders may prove the answer to h - S01E03
The Witch's Pastime: Final ActJanuary 26, 2024With all the signs pointing to a witch being behind the murders, Ashaf and Guideau must track down the perp. Unfortunately for them, however - S01E04
Beauty and Death: Opening ActFebruary 2, 2024An outbreak of rogue undead baffles local police. Ashaf can't crack the case, but he knows who can: the Order's leading necromancer and her - S01E05
Beauty and Death: Final ActFebruary 9, 2024The renegade necromancer has his pursuers right where he wants them—or so it seems. But Phanora remains cool under pressure. Does she have a - S01E06
The Witch and the Demon Sword: Opening ActFebruary 15, 2024Ashaf and Guideau's new mission sees them travel to the Third Continent in pursuit of a witch on a killing spree. - S01E07
The Witch and the Demon Sword: Act IIMarch 1, 2024Helga and Guideau go head-to-head with the Paladin Corps's Matt Cugat, an ice mage with power to rival a witch. While they struggle to escap - S01E08Season's bestThe Witch and the Demon Sword: Act IIIMarch 8, 2024Wounded and worn out, Ashaf, Guideau, and Cugat are all that stand between an Executioner with a fortress full of Paladins at his command an
- S01E09The Witch and the Demon Sword: Final ActMarch 15, 2024Ashgan has lost control, and Ashaf finally unleashes Guideau to stop it. But even with the curse undone, can the beast stand up to the Demon
- S01E10Origin WitchMarch 22, 2024Ashaf heads off with Helga to find somewhere safer for her to stay, but while they are gone, Guideau overhears a bunch of kids talking about
- S01E11
Eloquence and Silence: Opening ActMarch 29, 2024Ashaf reminisces about his first meeting with Guideau. Three years ago, a sleepy farming town blamed a young witch for a string of gruesome - S01E12
Eloquence and Silence: Final ActApril 5, 2024Executioners corner the helpless Falvell. With Ashaf out of comission, only Guideau can save the young witch. But what could persuade the gr
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