Oktavia von Seckendorff (Soul Magica)

Oktavia von Seckendorff is a supporting character in Puella Magi Madoka Magica IF. She is the adjacent Witch form of Sayaka Miki, given new life after her Grief Seed is purified by Madoka. She later attends Mitakihara High School as a 9th grade student.

Appearance
Oktavia shares many physical traits with Sayaka, the most notable difference being her orange eyes. Outside of school, she wears a tan sweater with a "smoky topaz" colored pattern on the top and bottom, a red tartan skirt (tartan is the pattern most seen on flannel shirts), and light brown boots.

Her Magical Girl form resembles that of Luchia Nanami from Mermaid Melody, with the color pallet of Hanon Hosho from the same show. Her Soul Gem resembles Sayaka's and clasps a red ribbon on her chest. She wears a blue, sword-shaped hairpin similar to that of Sayuki Fumino.

Personality
Oktavia is as much a bravehearted girl as she is the quiet kid. Despite being introduced to those outside the Magical Girl system as Sayaka's cousin from Germany, her accent is lacking, as she is shown to go into a coughing fit trying to do it.

Etymology

 * Karl Sigmund von Seckendorff was a German poet who was inspired by Goethe; he enjoyed composing music for several of his poems before they were even published and translated The Sorrows of Young Werther into French. In this story, the titular man is ultimately driven to suicide by his unrequited love, as he is unable to harm or murder others to resolve the love triangle at the source of his despair. However, Goethe thought little of his work.
 * He also wrote a book called The Wheel of Fate (Das Rad des Schicksals), which could explain Oktavia's wheel attack.
 * Seckendorff was also the name of a Frankish knight from a noble family
 * Oktavia is the German form of the Latin name Octavia which means "the eighth" (child, month or musical interval) or "from the family Octavia". It is the direct root of octave in English (an octave being the eight interval of a scale). The name was most likely chosen because of the link between Sayaka and music.
 * It might also reflect how her first appearance was in episode/chapter eight.

History
Once the curse in Sayaka's Soul Gem matured, it expelled in the form of a Grief Seed, creating the Mermaid Witch and putting Sayaka in a deep sleep. Homura saves Kyoko from the Witch, and the two take Sayaka home. Kyubey explains how Jusanbey created a Witch from part of Sayaka's soul, and that she may not be the same once the Witch is defeated and the curse is fully broken. Homura tells Kyoko to "stay with the body" while she and Madoka fight the Witch.

After her purification, Sayaka shows Oktavia around the city, running into Kyosuke at the music store. Oktavia wanders off to play piano, and it seems she has quite the talent for musical instruments. Kyosuke asks Oktavia to perform with him during his concert, and after some encouragement from Sayaka, she agrees.

Songs

 * Voice in the Dark
 * Legend of Mermaid
 * Measure of A Man

Duets

 * I Dreamed A Dream (Along with Sayaka Miki)