<p>Not revealed yet. But it could be a time travel/timeline story.</p>
<p>Each time Subaru dies, it’s actually a parallel timeline. Satella is Emilia from one of them... except in the future. Where Subaru did everything &quot;right&quot; but died.</p>
<p>Not knowing the truth, Emilia travelled back in time, so she can &quot;save&quot; Subaru from death by making him come back from death, unknowingly creating the situation leading to his death.</p>

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Lols
<p>I feel as if Satella is actually Emilia, who traveled back in time to get the authority of Envy but suddenly got trapped in the past, and somehow had a link to Subaru and her present/future events.</p>
<p>This could explain why she knew about Subaru before he came to Lugnica, and why Emilia gave herself the name of the Witch of Envy. It would also explain why their appearances look similar because Satella looks similar to an adult Emilia, which could explain why she was able to retain knowledge about Subaru.</p>
<p>She even acted on “love” and brought him to Lugnica and cursed him with Return By Death, so that he could create a future where they could be together.</p>

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<p>I think that Emilia is actually the daughter of the Witch (Satella), because of three reasons :</p>
<ol>
<li><p>It is mentioned many times by the villagers and other witches and many more that she is actually the witch's daughter and not the witch herself.</p>
</li>
<li><p>When she met Pandora at Echidna's tea party, it felt like they both had some kind of relation (like 'aunt-niece' because all witches are like sisters) because Pandora was crying after they met, and she knew her mother too.</p>
</li>
<li><p>When Satella was finally revealed, she had quite an uncanny resemblance to Emily like a mother and daughter.</p>
</li>
</ol>
<p>So, at last, my conclusion is that Emilia's mother was Satella, and her father was some Elf, and due to some cause, Emilia was left in Fortuna's (her father's sister) care and that's why even Fortuna couldn't tell Emilia about her mother because she was the witch's DAUGHTER.</p>

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Manik dev azad
<p>I felt as though she is Satella because of the simple fact that when Subaru asked her name for the very first time, she told him it was Satella.</p>

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Noah
<p>Experienced life being stranger than fiction. Why does the Witch of Envy love Subaru in <em>Re:Zero</em>? This is just personal opinion and speculation, and could potentially be a spoiler for a possible endgame scenario.</p>
<p>Satella, simply put, is an Emilia from another timeline - after acquiring and converting either part of, or by possession of the actual Witch of Envy, obtained the ability to move back to an earlier point in the timeline to correct some perceived mistake, correct and perhaps atone for perceived ‘sins’ she committed while under the possession of the actual Witch of Envy, but was failing due to paradoxical and other circumstances - until she initiated the process of summoning people from different worlds. Failing a few times, the latest being Aldebaran, until she got Subaru, although there seems to be the insistence that he lived his life first as that Flugel preparing the small changes that were to contribute to the entire endeavor of ‘changing a tragic fate’ to succeed, somehow lost memories of that time either by incident or voluntarily, and respawned as he initially was at the start of episode 1. From then on, Subaru has done quite well at changing Emilia’s fate, her outlook, and her self-confidence partly because of his efforts and partly as her response to his affection and encouragement, changed for the better. The (anime-omitted) speech she gives to Subaru in Echidna’s tea party with all the other Witches present highlights what he has done for her, some parts of which he would actually do for her later on. For context:</p>
<blockquote>
<p>Satella: I, love you. ――Because you gave me light. It was you who took me by the hand, and showed me the world outside. (S1) In the nights when I was lonely and afraid, you held my hand. (S2E14) And when I was all alone, you kissed me on the lips and told me that I wasn’t. (S2E15) You’ve given me so, so much. ……That’s why, I love you. Because you… you gave me everything.</p>
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<p>There’s also the possibility that she IS Satella, the Witch of Envy herself, but the facts of her existence and the ‘tragedies and atrocities’ she inflicted upon the world and its people were fabrications/’fake news’, forced upon the people of the world by the likes of some other opposing witch, the most likely of which is Pandora, Witch of Vainglory. The whole mess of Emilia’s past in the Elior Forest and the events that actually transpired there, involving Pandora, Fortuna (Emilia’s aunt and caretaker at the time), and Petelgeuse (ally driven insane by deceptive manipulation on Pandora’s part) was probably only a taste of what she was capable of doing with her Authority. Even Regulus Corneas, who was with Pandora at the time in some fickle, uneasy alliance, was no match for Pandora’s Authority, even turning him into a laughable laughingstock while undoing all the damage he wrought in the area.</p>
<p>All in all, in a world where everyone else looked upon her silver-haired half-elf countenance with nothing but prejudice, Subaru being (thankfully)</p>

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Ayan Ahmad
<p>As mentioned in other answers, it is not yet revealed/confirmed, but I do suspect that this whole story has time travel written all over it. The trials set by the Witch of Greed in the Sanctuary allowed Subaru to view &quot;An unspeakable present&quot;. There, he saw all of the alternate realities where he died, all the times he died. There, we learned that people even tried healing his body and succeeded, but because of his Return by Death, the Soul was no longer in his body, but instead in the new timeline where time reset.</p>
<p>I theorize that Satella is in fact Emilia, from the future. This can simply be an alias Emilia calls herself when she travels back in time to become the Witch of Envy. All of this is to save Subaru, who has died in her timeline. So she grants him the gift of &quot;Return by Death&quot; after having gained enough power to do so by consuming all of the other witches. This way, she made sure Subaru would live no matter what, in one timeline. This would explain why Emilia looks IDENTICAL to Satella, why she gave the name of Satella in the first episode, and why Satella is OBSESSED with Subaru, and claims to love him deeply. She obviously knows him, but he doesn't know Satella. This is because, as I mentioned, Satella is definitely a future Emilia from another timeline. Time travel is confusing ;D</p>

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Kevin
<p>Of course, I know the Witch Cult intends to use Emilia's body as a vessel to resurrect Satella, but I wonder why? Maybe it's the fact she's a half-elf? Does the cult have other plans for her? Does the cult have some ways to contact Satella? And furthermore, did, and <em>does</em>, Satella agree with them?</p>

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How and why is Emilia connected to Satella (the Witch of Envy) and the Witch Cult?
# How and why is Emilia connected to Satella (the Witch of Envy) and the Witch Cult?
Posted by: username_0 on 2019-06-18
Of course, I know the Witch Cult intends to use Emilia's body as a vessel to resurrect Satella, but I wonder why? Maybe it's the fact she's a half-elf? Does the cult have other plans for her? Does the cult have some ways to contact Satella? And furthermore, did, and *does*, Satella agree with them?
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## 6 answers
### Answer by username_1 on 2020-09-09. Score: 1
Not revealed yet. But it could be a time travel/timeline story.

Each time Subaru dies, it’s actually a parallel timeline. Satella is Emilia from one of them... except in the future. Where Subaru did everything "right" but died.

Not knowing the truth, Emilia travelled back in time, so she can "save" Subaru from death by making him come back from death, unknowingly creating the situation leading to his death.
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### Answer by username_2 on 2022-01-17. Score: 0
I feel as if Satella is actually Emilia, who traveled back in time to get the authority of Envy but suddenly got trapped in the past, and somehow had a link to Subaru and her present/future events.

This could explain why she knew about Subaru before he came to Lugnica, and why Emilia gave herself the name of the Witch of Envy. It would also explain why their appearances look similar because Satella looks similar to an adult Emilia, which could explain why she was able to retain knowledge about Subaru.

She even acted on “love” and brought him to Lugnica and cursed him with Return By Death, so that he could create a future where they could be together.
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### Answer by username_3 on 2021-04-10. Score: 0
I think that Emilia is actually the daughter of the Witch (Satella), because of three reasons :

1. It is mentioned many times by the villagers and other witches and many more that she is actually the witch's daughter and not the witch herself.
2. When she met Pandora at Echidna's tea party, it felt like they both had some kind of relation (like 'aunt-niece' because all witches are like sisters) because Pandora was crying after they met, and she knew her mother too.
3. When Satella was finally revealed, she had quite an uncanny resemblance to Emily like a mother and daughter.

So, at last, my conclusion is that Emilia's mother was Satella, and her father was some Elf, and due to some cause, Emilia was left in Fortuna's (her father's sister) care and that's why even Fortuna couldn't tell Emilia about her mother because she was the witch's DAUGHTER.
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### Answer by username_4 on 2020-07-11. Score: 0
I felt as though she is Satella because of the simple fact that when Subaru asked her name for the very first time, she told him it was Satella.
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### Answer by username_6 on 2021-10-10. Score: 0
As mentioned in other answers, it is not yet revealed/confirmed, but I do suspect that this whole story has time travel written all over it. The trials set by the Witch of Greed in the Sanctuary allowed Subaru to view "An unspeakable present". There, he saw all of the alternate realities where he died, all the times he died. There, we learned that people even tried healing his body and succeeded, but because of his Return by Death, the Soul was no longer in his body, but instead in the new timeline where time reset.

I theorize that Satella is in fact Emilia, from the future. This can simply be an alias Emilia calls herself when she travels back in time to become the Witch of Envy. All of this is to save Subaru, who has died in her timeline. So she grants him the gift of "Return by Death" after having gained enough power to do so by consuming all of the other witches. This way, she made sure Subaru would live no matter what, in one timeline. This would explain why Emilia looks IDENTICAL to Satella, why she gave the name of Satella in the first episode, and why Satella is OBSESSED with Subaru, and claims to love him deeply. She obviously knows him, but he doesn't know Satella. This is because, as I mentioned, Satella is definitely a future Emilia from another timeline. Time travel is confusing ;D
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### Answer by username_5 on 2024-11-17. Score: -4
Experienced life being stranger than fiction. Why does the Witch of Envy love Subaru in *Re:Zero*? This is just personal opinion and speculation, and could potentially be a spoiler for a possible endgame scenario.

Satella, simply put, is an Emilia from another timeline - after acquiring and converting either part of, or by possession of the actual Witch of Envy, obtained the ability to move back to an earlier point in the timeline to correct some perceived mistake, correct and perhaps atone for perceived ‘sins’ she committed while under the possession of the actual Witch of Envy, but was failing due to paradoxical and other circumstances - until she initiated the process of summoning people from different worlds. Failing a few times, the latest being Aldebaran, until she got Subaru, although there seems to be the insistence that he lived his life first as that Flugel preparing the small changes that were to contribute to the entire endeavor of ‘changing a tragic fate’ to succeed, somehow lost memories of that time either by incident or voluntarily, and respawned as he initially was at the start of episode 1. From then on, Subaru has done quite well at changing Emilia’s fate, her outlook, and her self-confidence partly because of his efforts and partly as her response to his affection and encouragement, changed for the better. The (anime-omitted) speech she gives to Subaru in Echidna’s tea party with all the other Witches present highlights what he has done for her, some parts of which he would actually do for her later on. For context:

> Satella: I, love you. ――Because you gave me light. It was you who took me by the hand, and showed me the world outside. (S1) In the nights when I was lonely and afraid, you held my hand. (S2E14) And when I was all alone, you kissed me on the lips and told me that I wasn’t. (S2E15) You’ve given me so, so much. ……That’s why, I love you. Because you… you gave me everything.

There’s also the possibility that she IS Satella, the Witch of Envy herself, but the facts of her existence and the ‘tragedies and atrocities’ she inflicted upon the world and its people were fabrications/’fake news’, forced upon the people of the world by the likes of some other opposing witch, the most likely of which is Pandora, Witch of Vainglory. The whole mess of Emilia’s past in the Elior Forest and the events that actually transpired there, involving Pandora, Fortuna (Emilia’s aunt and caretaker at the time), and Petelgeuse (ally driven insane by deceptive manipulation on Pandora’s part) was probably only a taste of what she was capable of doing with her Authority. Even Regulus Corneas, who was with Pandora at the time in some fickle, uneasy alliance, was no match for Pandora’s Authority, even turning him into a laughable laughingstock while undoing all the damage he wrought in the area.

All in all, in a world where everyone else looked upon her silver-haired half-elf countenance with nothing but prejudice, Subaru being (thankfully)
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