Miranda Covington is an Englishwoman who lives among the general public in secret in 1890s London. She is also a witch. She is an expert sorceress with knowledge of necromancy and curses. Her deceased spouse Scott Nicholson was the only one to whom she confessed her witchcraft. She is devoted to her spouse and keeps her plans to use necromancy to resurrect him is a closely guarded secret. She is sly, devious, dishonest, and highly cunning, but she is also tragic, overprotective, and passionate.