Ade Bruno

**Adelaide "Ade" Bruno** is a main character in the 2019 novel *Luna Nera: Le Città Perdute* and Netflix's 2020 fantasy television series *Luna Nera*. She is accused of witchcraft, and develops a romance with a witch-hunter's son Pietro. Ade is portrayed by Antonia Fotaras.

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## Appearance

Ade(Adelaide), lives on the edge of a bustling community in the woods, and appears as such. Usually with scarred or scabbed barefeet, but an enchantingly beautiful face. Pale olive skin with wild ringlets of thick, springy spirals of dark brown hair just below her shoulders. Her eyes match this unique dark brown feature that seem off putting at first but a second glance showing a kind, curious spark in them. Her body is slender, and supple; seeming to have just reached puberty or is in the transition as we first meet her. She seems to have limited clothing options, choosing to just cover herself with a large dark brown scarf/shawl over her dailywear of what looks like a maids type dress covered by a woolen buttoned jacket and very unnoticeable dark brown leather heeled shoeboots. It suits her to remain unnoticeable both as an apprentice midwife to her grandmother, as well as after her grandmother's passing as to pass as any female wandering around Serra(the town) to barter for items, As the story progresses, so does Ade's self worth and esteem, and so does a modicum of her outer appearance.

## Character

Ade's character goes through a lifetimes worth of changes in such a short amount of time; she had lived for many years as a granddaughter to the town of Serra's midwife and older sister to a constantly ailing younger brother, Valente. She is completely unaware of the witchblood that flows through her veins for the majority of her life, a choice her "grandmother" made to keep them all safe. However, this proves to be fatal, as one of Ade's first powers emerges; (a real time premonition of an infants mortality in the womb) during the midwifery of Serra's townleader's wife, a man named Sante, who doubles as the head of an organization known as the 'Benandanti'(witch-hunters). This particular gift caught her unawares and leads to her grandmother being accused and killed as a witch, and Ade struggles with her 'gifts' from here on out. She has a very courageous yet inquisitive spirit; she doesnt back down or back away so easily. Sometimes however, her immense strength of will serves as a double edged sword and ends up hurting her or her loved one(s), or leads her and others around her blindly to destruction. Over the course of getting to know Ade, theres really no telling where her moral compass will lead her after several key events that leave her shaken to the core in many ways.

## Plot summary

The plot of the show revolves around part of the book's title/title of the show; "Luna Nera" or 'Black Moon' translated from Italian. This references an eclipse of the sun by the moon. And it is this celestial event that is the catalyst for the cliffhanger-esque story we have here - although unbeknownst to readers and the characters of this vibrant world Tiziana

## Appearances

Ade appears in the following books:

* Luna Nera: Le Città Perdute

Ade appears in the following episodes:

## Navigation

Janara • Leptis • Persepolis • Valente • Sante • Cesaria • Spirto • Aquileia • Petra • Segesta • Antalia • Nicola • Adriano • Father Tosco • Amelia • Agnese • Giambattista • Roman professor