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.^[1][11]

The Tapestry Islands woven throughout the Winding Way were inhabited by the Weaver Witches and their ruler Viliven,^[9] Seamstress-Queen of the Tapestry Island and as such one of the Lords of the Splinter Realms,^[10] and Enitharmon the Weaver was said to live on of the Tapestry Island as well.^[9]

Margali Szardos, also known as "Margali of the Winding Way", self-proclaimed Sorcerer Supreme of the Winding Way.^[3]

When Magik called for a convocation of the Lords of the Splinter Realms to unite against the Archenemy, Viliven answered the call.^[10]

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.^[2][9] The power waxed and waned, with the strength of a practionner varying with their position upon the winding path.^[3]

Doom Supreme invoked the "bone bending spirits of the Winding Way" to defeat the Starbrand (Vnn).^[5]

• Tapestry Islands - Home to Viliven and her Weaver Witches, and allegedly to Enitharmon the Weaver
  • Path to Nornheim^[9]

• Margali of the Winding Way - self-proclaimed Sorcerer Supreme^[3]
• 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)

• 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.