Board Thread:Wiki-Related Discussion/@comment-1916997-20171222202521/@comment-6302057-20180506080236

RedCoatOfficial wrote: 2. Regina was the Eighth Member. Gothel literally says this. And Regina literally says straight afterwards "I'm not much of a joiner." As discussed above, she was the Eighth Witch for the purpose of casting the curse, she didn't actually join the Coven.