Madame Leota is a character featured in the ABC fantasy-drama series Once Upon a Time. She is portrayed by Suzy Joachim.
Madame Leota was reputed as a powerful witch. Her soul was entrapped within a crystal ball, and she was later recruited by Gothel to form the Coven of the Eight, alongside other witches. Gothel brought forth a young witch known as Robin in order to exchange her life for Leota and give her physical form, but the pair were thwarted before their plans could come to fruition.
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Once one of the most powerful witches of all the realms, Leota died, and lost her physical form, but her spirit was entrapped within a crystal ball before she could move to the Other Side. Gothel eventually finds her, and chooses her, to join the Coven of the Eight.
In an attempt to resurrect Leota, Gothel lures Robin to Memento Mori, a curio shop, frequented by witches and wizards, in order to use her as a sacrifice, for Leota's resurrection. While the medium is attempting to perform a séance with Gothel, they are interrupted by Zelena and Hook, who wish to find Robin. The pair demand for her whereabouts, so they can leave, but Leota eliminates their means of escaping, by removing all windows and doors, in response to Hook's threats, before attacking him with a blast. When the two leave, Gothel begins the ritual, before Zelena and Hook return. Zelena volunteers herself as a sacrifice but before Leota can be restored to her living state, she is thwarted by Robin, who prevents the ritual from being completed, by disarming Gothel from the Resurrection Amulet with an arrow. Outnumbered, Leota and Gothel disappear.
Madame Leota's status past this point is uncertain and it is unclear if Mother Gothel managed to resurrect her and ultimately initiate her into the Coven of the Eight.
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