Eda Clawthorne

### Likes

Human stuff, apple blood, bad girls, shiny objects, individuality, Hexes Hold'em, money, body-swapping, bragging to her sister, being sassy and rebellious, urban-legends (Formerly), the Bonesborough Brawl, detaching her limbs for fun

### Dislikes

Dating, her body parts falling/breaking off, school, covens, *The Good Witch Azura*, babysitting, witches eating babies/kids, her curse, garlic, Luz and King Comedy Hour, being alone, Luz and King in danger, carnivals, urban-legends (Currently), Ghoul Aid drink

## Professional Status

### Occupation

Outlaw (Formerly)
Potions student (Formerly)
Headmaster of University of Wild Magic

### Affiliation

Hexside School of Magic and Demonics (Formerly)
Covens Against the Throne (Formerly)
University of Wild Magic

## Relationships

### Parents

Gwendolyn Clawthorne (Mother)
Dell Clawthorne (Father)

### Other relatives

Evelyn (Ancestor)
Caleb Wittebane (Ancestor)
Unnamed Great-great-grandmother

### Partner(s)

Raine Whispers (Enbyfriend)
Various ex-boyfriends

## Voice Actors

### English

Wendie Malick
Dee Bradley Baker (Cursed)
Abigail Zoe Lewis (Young)
Natalie Palamides (Teenager)

**Edalyn "Eda" Clawthorne** (エダ・クローソーン, *Eda Kurōsōn*) (also known as "**The Owl Lady**") is a powerful rebellious witch, who Luz befriends and takes her on as her apprentice.

She ran away from home as a teenager after being cursed by her older sister, a curse which causes her to turn into the owl beast. Eda eventually becomes the most-wanted criminal and the most powerful wild witch on the Boiling Isles until her curse ended up completely robbing her of her magic.

## Description

### Appearance

Eda is a tall, slender middle-aged woman in her mid to late forties. She has ivory skin, pointy ears, maroon lips, and golden eyes. Her untamed hair is long and thick and is layered with two tones of gray (originally orange when she was younger). She has a single fake gold fang, orange claw-like nails, and an oval amber gem on her sternum. After splitting the curse between her and Lilith in "Young Blood, Old Souls", her gem becomes blackened, her left eye becomes gray, and she gains a white streak on the left side of her hair.

She wears a sleeveless two-tone maroon dress with a ripped-like hem design and gray leggings. Her jewelry consists of two orange spherical earrings and an amber spherical ring. For footwear, she wears maroon high-heeled boots.

Her nightwear consists of a plum sweater with amber cuffs, a stained, long, violet nightgown, and light yellow worn out bunny slippers.

### Personality

Confident and sassy, Eda is best described as rebellious, with Luz calling her "surprisingly foxy for her age". Her vast skills and aptitude in witchcraft give her a brash streak, as she proudly declares her power and is openly defiant of authorities, going as far as knocking a guard unconscious and flying off to avoid getting caught.

Unlike her sister Lilith, Eda is vehemently anti-authoritarian, having little to no respect for laws and authority in general. She refuses to join any of the covens because she views them as crooked for the limitations they place on magic. She is also not a fan of the educational system for similar reasons, bemoaning its reliance on "blind obedience" and "pointless busywork".

Eda is described as the sort of teacher that would not only throw someone into the deep end, but also set the entire body of water on fire. Eda has an odd view of how a good apprentice should act; she is very proud of Luz for getting her face on a "wanted" poster for the first time, reacting the same way when Luz convinces her to teach new spells by appealing to her vanity.

It's shown that she has a caring side to her and she is willing to protect the people she holds most dear, such as when she protects Luz multiple times, being close to a mother figure for her, as well as swallowing her pride when she realizes that she's being unreasonable and that Luz is miserable not being around her new friends and only having a limited palette with learning about magic, and enrolling her in Hexside. She also deeply cares about Lilith despite them both being on different sides of the law. It also seems she is afraid of losing her friends, and as such tries to ignore the idea of them leaving.

Eda was also shown to be very forgiving, shown when she decided to forgive Lilith for cursing her and even letting her live in the Owl House after seeing how sorry she was and how she willingly shared the curse with her to make amends, although she doesn’t miss the opportunity to remind her sister about what she’s done through some playful banter, adding to her guilt.

The owl lady is also very protective of her family and loved one, but in her desire to keep them out of harms way, Eda tends to drive people away, either to protect them from her curse of anything else, like she did with Raine and her parents. Such distance lasted for years. She tried doing the same with Luz, wanting her to run away from the Boiling Isles to protect her from Belos’s looming threat, and her insistence caused a fight between them, which strained their relationship for a little while.

For all the distance she tries to keep sometimes, Eda always means well, and has shown much patience and forgiveness. When Luz was briefly killed by Belos, despite going through a fit of rage in her grief, she gently pushed the Collector away from her, not wanting to take her anger out on the child and showing she didn’t blame them for anything, wanting to focus her rage on the real cause of it.

## Trivia

* Her large silver crowned hair combined with her large yellow eyes make her slightly resemble an owl, which is fitting for her title. She also sleeps in a nest instead of a bed, coughs up pellets, and is attracted to shiny objects. These all contribute to the theories of why Eda was called the Owl Lady before her curse was revealed.
* Eda's hairstyle, as well as her personality, are somewhat reminiscent to that of Ryoko Hakubi from the anime series *Tenchi Muyo!*.
* Wendie Malick linked Eda to her character from *Just Shoot Me*, Nina Van Horn, due to their similar personalities and the way they dress.
* Eda shares many similarities and is most likely based on, the legend of La Lechuza. In Mexican folklore, La Lechuza is a woman by day, but an owl by night. In some legends, Lechuza was a witch who had sold her soul to live forever. In other versions, Lechuza was a woman who lost her child and was cursed to be an owl. Based on the various tellings, Lechuza would either simply curse someone who gazed eyes at her or would snatch away or even kill children who came near her.
* Eda once implied the curse causes her looks to age faster (given she originally had bright orange hair); at one point, she saw her reflection and noted "Man. This curse is getting bad."