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Lady Van Tassel
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Content: Evil-doer
Full Name
Mary Van Tassel
Alias
Lady Van Tassel
Mary Archer
Mary Preston
Origin
Sleepy Hollow
Occupation
Witch
Socialite
Midwife (formerly)
Powers/Skills
Dark Magic/Witchcraft
Necromancy
Charisma
Intelligence
Hobby
Performing witchcraft. Goals
Claim both the Van Garrett and Van Tassel fortunes for herself
to kill Ichabod Crane along with Katrina (both failed)
Crimes
Malefic
Familicide
Sabotage
Mass murder
Adultery
Conspiracy
Sororicide
Kidnapping
Abuse
Mutilation
Blackmail
Theft
Animal cruelty
Vandalism
Stalking
Treason
Brainwashing
Type of Villain
Evil Witch
“
Dear stepdaughter....... you look as if you'd seen a ghost. „

~ Lady Van Tassel revealing her true nature to Katrina. Lady Mary Van Tassel (formerly known as Mary Archer) is the main antagonist of the 1999 horror film Sleepy Hollow . She is the second wife of Baltus Van Tassel and the stepmother of Katrina Anne Van Tassel, secretly known as an evil witch bent on gaining land rights to herself and revenge against the ones who ruined her family's lives through a string of murders. She was portrayed by Miranda Richardson, who also played Mrs. Tweedy in Chicken Run . Contents
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Trivia
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Biography
Backstory
She was born as Mary Archer, one of the two daughters of a happily married couple living in a cottage near Sleepy Hollow. When Mary was still a little girl, her father unexpectedly died for some unknown reason, and the family's landlord Sir Peter Van Garrett, evicted them and sold their home to his relatives, the Van Tassels. Due to Mary's mother being suspected of doing witchcraft, no one in the town was willing to take the Archers in or give them any sort of help, so the family took refuge in the Western Woods. Mary's mother later died within a year afterward, forcing Mary and her sister to scrounge for themselves in the Western Woods.