Claudia

Claudia is a streghe, a witch, from Palermo, Italy. She is the friend of Vittoria and Emilia Di Carlo and is often privy to visions of the future.

Early Life
Like Vittoria and Emilia, Claudia is a witch hailing from one of the thirteen families in Palermo. She is a practicioner of the dark arts, which should not be confused with forbidden magic, but is still frowned upon by Emilia's family. According to Emilia, their friendship is a source of tension between their respective families, as it's thought witch families shouldn't associate with one another for safety reasons. Claudia also has visions, though they can be easily confused with dreams and thus are difficult to decipher. Vittoria often recorded every detail of the visions Claudia shared in her diary.

Emilia states early in the novel that Claudia is close friends with both sisters, and that she works for the brotherhood at the Monastery. Her job there is to wash and prepare bodies, and she often shares stories with the twins. Long before the events of Kingdom of the Wicked, her aunt used Forbidden Magic and was cursed by it, losing her mind as it becomes "stuck between realms".

Claudia lives with her aunt, Carolina Grimaldi, who took her in after her parents left for America a year or two apart. Carolina is the one who is, as Kingdom of the wicked takes place, slowly teaching Claudia about the dark arts.

Kingdom of the Wicked
After Vittoria's supposed death, Claudia is unable to see Emilia for nearly a month due to Emilia's grief. The first time Claudia appears is at the marketplace, when she spots Emilia and they share a heartfelt moment. After Emilia begins to look into Vittoria's death and the mystery behind it, she asks Claudia to look into a spell she finds in her sister's diary. Claudia's aunt Carolina called it magic "not of this realm". After discovering how dangerous it could be, Emilia asks for the diary back in order to keep Claudia safe.

After Claudia's cousin Valentina becomes the fourth victim of the witch murders, Emilia goes to comfort her and her family. She later asks Claudia to cast a spell over both Emilia's family home and her own to protect them against demons entering. Claudia agrees.

A few days later, Emilia finds Claudia in the courtyard of the monastery mumbling nonesense and with blood all over her hands and dress. Emilia notes it appears as if Claudia had tried to claw the stones up from the ground, and she recognizes that Claudia's mind must be stuck between realms like her grandmother, Sofia Santorini. In between her nonsense, Claudia infers that her aunt encouraged her to use human bones to see the future, something considered extremely dangerous for a witch to do. Antonio is awoken by Claudia's screaming and, after being asked by Emilia, agrees to take her back to her grandmother to be helped. This then leads to Claudia behind captured and held captive by Envy, who uses her to break the protection spell around Emilia's home.

Appearance
Claudia has short hair with dark-colored curls.

Abilities
Like Emilia and Vittoria, Claudia is a streghe. She can use magick and is talented in the use of the dark arts. Otherwise, she can also:


 * See the future, in the form of visions she often confuses with dreams