Bari

Bari, the Witch of Kindness, is found in the Pailune region — the frozen northern territory where the game's events partly originate, given that the Greymanes' ancestral homeland and the location of Myurdin's ambush are both in this area. Her discovery is gated behind completing enough Pailune Faction Quests to unlock access to the appropriate quest chain, and her initial location reflects her title's meaning with unusual literalism: she is found shivering beneath a tent in the cold, southwest of Pailune City, near the Silver Wolf Mountains. Finding her is not enough; to initiate her questline, players must light the campfire brazier nearby to warm her up. This act of basic physical kindness — providing warmth to someone who is cold — is the prerequisite for a witch whose entire identity is built around benevolence. It is one of the more elegantly designed unlock conditions in the game, requiring players to demonstrate the quality the witch embodies before she will speak with them.

After the initial conversation, Bari relocates to her actual home, a house situated at the center of a pond near the Silver Wolf Mountains. This location is more defensible and more comfortable than the exposed tent where she waits for someone to help her, and its position in the landscape — surrounded by water, nestled between mountains — gives it the kind of secluded serenity appropriate for a witch who values warmth and care. Her workshop at this location provides Abyss Gear services oriented toward the Pailune region's particular challenges: the cold environment and the ice-elemental enemies prevalent in the area create specific gear optimization needs that Bari's expertise addresses. Her Abyss Gear recipes and the modifications she unlocks through her questline tend toward frost resistance and thermal management, practical rewards with direct relevance to the region she inhabits.

Like the other witches, Bari requires players to cleanse sanctums of Antumbra forces before she fully opens her workshop services. Her sanctums are positioned across the Pailune region, meaning players clear them while simultaneously engaging with the Pailune main story content and its optional faction quests. The Antumbra presence in Pailune has a particular poignancy given the region's history — this is land the Greymanes called home, now corrupted by entities connected to the same cosmic chaos threatening the Library of Providence. Restoring Bari's sanctums is therefore not just a mechanical prerequisite but a symbolic act, cleansing the Greymanes' homeland of a supernatural taint alongside the political and military reclamation Kliff is pursuing. Bari herself brings a warmth to her interactions that distinguishes her from the more reserved Elowen and the reclusive Sylvia; she is the witch who feels most like a person rather than an archetype, her kindness expressing itself not just through her title but through the texture of her dialogue and the concerns she voices about Pailune's people during her questline.