realizing that she would need far greater power than she currently possessed in order to survive, totenkinder ritually sacrificed her newborn son and was granted considerable power, which she used to take revenge on aurac. she learned that, while sacrificing one child a year would keep her power, sacrificing two would prevent her from aging. years passed as she heaped every indignity imaginable on the tribe that cast her out; ages passed and she remained unchanged, growing only in power and cunning. she assisted those who were kind to her, creating the three billy goats gruff to eliminate a bridge troll that was causing problems for a village that won her favor, and blessing those who she felt worthy. she took her revenge on the town of hamelin by giving away an enchanted flute that was used to lure away their children. prompted by her experience with aurac, she waged her own private war against handsome princes and men of wealth and privilege, during which she was responsible for the curses on beast, flycatcher, and rapunzel. in order to stem her own physical desires, she allowed herself to age considerably. finally, tiring of dealing with others, she retired to a cottage deep in the woods, interacting with others only when a child passed, when she would dress up her house with sweets to lure them in to be sacrificed to keep her power. eventually, she encountered hansel and gretel, who outsmarted her and burned her in her own oven. surviving in horrific condition, she was eventually rescued by snow white and rose red, running from the adversary's forces. telling her about the mundane world, snow and rose attempted to help her reach it, covering a considerable distance with her. however, they became separated while traveling and exactly how totenkinder ultimately reached the mundane world is unknown.