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Ya know, I liked talking about this, but this is rampant speculation, largely baseless.

Gothel did pick random witches. Leota is a non factor given we can’t really include her either in original or most recent. Sage and Braeburn are dead: 2 down. Belfrey left. 3 down. That’s four members left, excluding the eighth witch: Gothel, Seraphina, and two others (assuming Leota was a nonfactor).

It’s largely presumed given the rules on the show and different actresses, that these are completely new witches that Gothel surveyed behind the scenes.The Desk Sargent wasn’t uncovered to be anyone important or anything....so, all we could guess is that Gothel simply used that plant from earlier than she randomly conjured that could break the curse.

There’s just a lot of holes that simply cannot be filled in other way. I mean, Gothel randomly had a plan to kill the Guardian/steal the Guardian’s power in two episodes (if you include deleted scenes).