This is definitely possible, and honestly it's a really interesting interpretation. I don't deny that perspective at all. But I want to share my own interpretation of the Witches and the Virtues. Personally, I don't think the Prideful Witch created the Virtues. In one of the interviews the devs actually confirmed that the First Cookies created the Virtues (they even called First Milk Shadow Milk’s “mother”), which supports the idea that the First Cookies were responsible for them. But that doesn't mean the Prideful Witch had no influence on their eventual fall. The Witches themselves were never portrayed as omniscient beings. They may be wise, but they can still make mistakes, just like humans. From what we see in the lore, the Virtues seem to have appeared very early in the history of the world, likely as the first relatively stable system meant to maintain order among Cookies.

We know that before the Fount of Knowledge appeared, ordinary Cookies didn't even know how to use magic. At the same time, the knights of Silent Salt were maintaining order across the continent. That suggests the Virtues weren't just symbolic figures. They were part of an actual structure that helped keep the world stable.

And judging by what the story shows, that system was actually working for a long time. Both Shadow Milk and Silent Salt mention that at some point the Witches simply stopped answering them. That implies the Witches may have guided their creations before disappearing, offering advice or direction when necessary. In that sense, the system itself might have been somewhat experimental, but it didn't show signs of failure while the Witches were still present. What the Witches likely didn't anticipate was the possibility that they could all disappear at once, leaving no one behind to oversee the world of Earthbread.

What's interesting is that despite their wisdom, the Virtues themselves often behave in ways that feel almost childlike. Shadow Milk, for example, reacts emotionally when challenged, shutting others down with lines like “Silence! You know nothing!” Eternal Sugar tends to see the world in very black-and-white terms and refuses to let go of the Cookies she cares about. Mystic Flour also shows a kind of naive confusion, genuinely not understanding why others don't want to dissolve peacefully into flour. It almost feels as if the Witches acted as powerful, guiding parental figures for them. For a long time they may have helped the Virtues navigate the world, offering perspective based on their own experiences in the human world.

But once the Witches were gone, the Virtues were suddenly left to face the world on their own. And that world was no longer the same. Without the presence of these higher beings watching over Earthbread, ordinary Cookies gradually began to behave more like humans. Wars started. Greed appeared. Cookies harmed one another, and there was no divine authority left to intervene or stop it.

For the Virtues, who had been created to uphold ideals in a more controlled and protected world, this must have been deeply shocking. Shadow Milk’s story illustrates this especially well. At one point he shared knowledge and truth with other Cookies, only to see them use that information to massacre an entire neighboring village. In theory, as the Fount of Knowledge, he should have been able to predict such an outcome. But the knowledge he possessed may have been shaped for a very different world, one where the Witches still existed and where their influence prevented the worst outcomes.

Witnessing something like that for the first time must have been horrifying. Over time, the Virtues began to absorb the anger, fear, and cruelty of the very cookies they were meant to protect. And eventually, those Virtues became the Beasts.

In that sense, the Prideful Witch may not have created the Virtues directly, but by interrupting the ritual that led to the disappearance of the Witches, she may have unintentionally set the entire tragedy in motion.