Winding Way

Winding Way
Name	Winding Way
Aliases	The Winding Road, the Winding Path, the Road Ever Winding
Location Details
Reality	Earth-616
Dimension	Archipelago of Anguish and Redemption , Winding Way
Creators and Appearances
Creators	Chris Claremont
First	X-Men Annual #4 (August, 1980) (Mentioned) Doctor Strange (Vol. 2) #78 (April, 1986) (Possibly, see notes; Named)
First	X-Men Annual #4 (August, 1980) (Mentioned) Doctor Strange (Vol. 2) #78 (April, 1986) (Possibly, see notes; Named)

The Winding Way, or Winding Road, is many things:

• a dimension, also described as an extradimensional conduit, within the Splinter Realms (also known as the Archipelago of Anguish and Redemption) and/or the way to it.
• a source of immense mystic power, and a kind of mystical power.
• a living entity.

A path of stones and gnarled roots led from the Tapestry Islands (home to the Weaver Witches, ruled by Viliven, the Seamstress-Queen of the Tapestry Islands and one of the Lords of the Splinter Realms, as well as allegedly to Enitharmon the Weaver) to Nornheim, the realm of the Norns/Fates.

History

Before a passage could be found through the Winding Way and into the Archipelago, Raggadorr was thought for centuries to be as far as a mortal wizard could travel without sleeping, dying, or being subjected to some sort of mystical transformation.

The Tapestry Islands woven throughout the Winding Way were inhabited by the Weaver Witches and their ruler Viliven, Seamstress-Queen of the Tapestry Island and as such one of the Lords of the Splinter Realms, and Enitharmon the Weaver was said to live on of the Tapestry Island as well.

Margali Szardos, also known as "Margali of the Winding Way", self-proclaimed Sorcerer Supreme of the Winding Way.

When Magik called for a convocation of the Lords of the Splinter Realms to unite against the Archenemy, Viliven answered the call.

Power Bestowal

Invokers of the Winding Way used a technique combining ecocentric and exocentric magic to draw power. Usual exocentric magic involved the spell-caster following some prescribed procedure to draw power from principalities, but in this case the Winding Way, a dimension, is the entity. It made up the rules of her powers bestowal on the job. For example, it once made her so powerful that she was able to create a fully functioning replica of Dante's Inferno, then a short time later left her barely able to read signs from tea leaves. The power waxed and waned, with the strength of a practionner varying with their position upon the winding path.

Doom Supreme invoked the "bone bending spirits of the Winding Way" to defeat the Starbrand (Vnn).

Points of Interest

• Tapestry Islands - Home to Viliven and her Weaver Witches, and allegedly to Enitharmon the Weaver
  • Path to Nornheim

Residents

• Margali of the Winding Way - self-proclaimed Sorcerer Supreme
• Weaver Witches
  • Viliven - Seamstress-Queen of the Tapestry Islands, ruler of the Weaver Witches, one of the Lords of the Splinter Realms
• Enitharmon the Weaver (allegedly)

Notes

• Enitharmon's dimension first appeared in Doctor Strange (Vol. 2) #78 (August, 1986). In continuation of Marvel Tarot #1 (August, 2007) and of the "Magic" section of the Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe A to Z #7 (March, 2009), "Mystic Dimensions - From the Journals of Ian McNee" was published in Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe A to Z #12 (January, 2010). In the Winding Way's entry, the Tapestry Islands, introduced by writer Andy Lanning in Magik #3 (February, 2001); were "said to be" the home of Enitharmon. Whether or not Doctor Strange Vol 2 78 was set on the Tapestry Islands remains to be confirmed.

See Also

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