Claudia

Claudia is the daughter of Viren and Lissa, and the younger sister of Soren. She is a mage, albeit a practitioner of dark magic, under the tutelage of her father. Claudia has grass green eyes, a fair skin complexion, rosy cheeks and lips, thick eyebrows, as well as a long nose. Her black hair reaches past her waist and shades off into a purple hue at its tips. Her attire consists of a black and dark gray collared suit adorned with golden accents, black trousers, a black and brown belt embellished with a purple stone, and dark gray boots. Additionally, she wears earrings and piercings on both ears, as well as a snake bracelet on her left hand. Claudia chooses to paint her fingernails in a dark purple tone. After a successful attempt to cure Soren of his paralysis, Claudia gained a white streak in her hair. Due to the heavy use of dark magic while reviving her father, after he had succumbed to fatal wounds, the white part of her hair extended to cover the left side of her head. Claudia is an excitable and bubbly teenager with a bright demeanor who is passionate about magic and reading. She likes to joke around with others, especially her brother Soren, and thinks of herself as the "weird" one of the family. Fidgety and prone to expressing herself through physical means, she sometimes manages to confuse people close to her, though they appear used to her mannerisms. Claudia is often perceived as absent-minded and distracted, as she is sometimes unaware of her surroundings. However, Claudia is incredibly cunning and intelligent and has a strong affinity and talent for the practice of dark magic. Her friends or allies are treated with a polite kindness, although she is shown to display a certain level of aggression and distrust for her enemies. In general, Claudia appears to have basic moral values and convictions, though those values are affected and twisted through her father's beliefs of power and control. Claudia's passion for dark magic overshadows the controversial immorality of harvesting magical creatures as ingredients, causing her to consider them to just be components and tools for spells. Unlike Callum who values the lives of magical creatures, Claudia believes that dark magic makes humans unique and independent, despite their lack of a natural connection to the Primal Sources. Although she seems to have a weakness for cute creatures and felt sorry for capturing Azymondias, she does not hesitate to even use cute critters for her personal gain.[6] Claudia also feels jealous towards elves, as they were born with connections to primal magic, while humans were not, referring to them as "snooty". Regardless of its reputation, dark magic has become a routine part of her life, even being used for making pancakes and hot brown morning potion in her free time. Although Claudia is generally not an evil person, her naivety has shown to lead her down a path of darkness that is built on loyalty to her family, primarily her father. Years of emotional manipulation by Viren have led to Claudia's worldview being distorted to a point where she is easily manipulated and eager to justify wrong actions, going so far as to lie to herself and attempting to convince others of her father's better nature, despite his otherwise obvious downward spiral. Her moral ground degraded so much that she seemingly no longer cares about anyone other than Viren, perceiving her friends and brother as traitors who sold out to Xadia. She genuinely appears to believe that her father's actions benefit humanity and, since she does not want to lose the only family she has left after losing both her mother and Soren, she is willing to do whatever he wishes. Although she every now and then shows hesitation to obey him, it appears her own will is usually overruled by the foolish belief that her father knows best and would never lie to her. Claudia can also turn her playfulness into deadly focus when the moment arises.