Claudia (The Dragon Prince)

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## Base Breaking Character

* Normal
* Dark Form
* Young

### Alias

Clauds (by Soren)
Blood of Child (by the homunculus)

### Powers/Skills

Magic mastery and knowledge
Dark magic
Necromacy
Flight (with wings)

### Family

Lord Viren (father)
Lissa (mother)
Soren (brother)

### Allies

Lord Viren
Aaravos
Terry
Soren
Prince Kasef
Callum
Ezran (all formerly)

### Enemies

Callum
Soren
Ezran
Zym
Rayla

### Goals

Keep her family together at all cost (failed)
Help her father in his war against Xadia (succeeded then failed)
Find Aaravos prison and free him in order to keep her father's resurrection spell permanent (failed)

### Why Do Some People Hate The Character?

Some find her actions inexcusable despite how tragic she is.
Over time they start to see her as an irredeemable character due to her actions and decisions.

### Why Do Some People Love The Character?

Many sympathize with her deeply tragic story from being a nice bubbly girl to an antagonist.
She has strong insecurities with many relating to her motives.
Many find her personality cute.

### Type of Base Breaking Character

Tragic Sorceress

**Claudia** is a protagonist turn antagonist of the Netflix original series, *The Dragon Prince*. She is a dark mage and daughter of Lord Viren, the main antagonist for season 1-3. From the begining of the series, Claudia was bubbly and lively girl, who trains in dark magic, and is friends with Ezran and Callum. Despite her lively personality, Claudia is an deeply insecure girl, who struggles on letting things go. Throughout her life, she is afraid of being left alone without any support of her love ones, which influences her entire character in the series.

Throughout season 1-3, she assisted her father in his war towards Xadia and hoping to prove the might of humanity towards the Xadians. Due to her support of her father, she lost most of her friendships of her former friends including losing her own brother Soren since he now sees their father as a villain. After ressurecting Viren from death, she goes on a quest to free Aaravos from his imprisonment so he can make the resurrection spell permanent.

Claudia is voiced by Racquel Belmonte.

## What Makes Her a Base-Breaking Character?

### Why Do People Love Her?

* Claudia is a deeply tragic character in the series with many understanding most of her actions and insecurities. She lost her mother during a divorce with her father and develop deep insecurities base on losing things that she loves dearly. Claudia wants to keep her family together but later on in the show, she falls further into despair while being manipulated by Aaravos, the series overreaching antagonist.
* She is highly insecure with herself which lead many to not only sympathize with her but also relate to her and her struggles.
* She has a very cute and lively personality even when she's at her worst moments in the further seasons she remains how she is.
* Claudia is highly skilled in dark magic and shows much of her prowess.
* Many find her relationship with Viren and Soren very interesting and complex, which shows her love for her family but also the huge concern of losing them.
* Her relationship with the Earthblood elf, Terry, is seen as cute including the fact that many view him as her conscious when she is doing something bad.

### Why People Don't Like Her?

* Despite her status as a tragic character, many of her detractors felt that her reasons and insecurities does not excuse her horrible actions.
* After the events of season 3, many start to find Claudia irredeemable as she grows worse overtime as they feel her decisions and actions have made her look evil. This also includes some of her positive traits slowly deteriorating.

## External Links

* Claudia on the Hero Wiki
* Claudia on the Villains Wiki
* Claudia on the Inconsistenly Heinous Wiki
* Claudia on the Dragon Prince Wiki

## Navigation

Animated Films
PAL | Morag

Live-Action Television
Mia Sutton

Animated Television
*She-Ra and the Princesses of Power*
Shadow Weaver
*Castlevania*
Lenore
*The Dragon Prince*
Rayla
Other
Bowlboy

See Also
Paramount Base Breaking Characters