Lucia

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## Lucia

### Relatives

Sursea (mother)
Carolina Grimaldi (aunt)
Valentina Rossi † (cousin)
Sofia Santorini (grandmother)
Pride (ex-husband)

### Affiliation

Dark Witches
Grimaldi Family
*Stelle Streghe* (formerly)

## Appearances

### Appears in

*Kingdom of the Wicked*
*Kingdom of the Feared*

### Debut

*Kingdom of the Cursed*

**Lucia**, also known as **Claudia**, is the daughter of the First Witch, Sursea, and the ex-consort and wife of Pride.

## Biography

### Early Life

Lucia is the eldest daughter of Sursea, the First Witch. A witch herself, she was looked up to by the others of her kind and meant to set an example for them all. As one of the Star Witches, she was a type of guardian, ensuring creatures of the underworld remain in their realm and protecting the human realm.

She fell in love with Pride sometime in the years before the events of the series, and accepts his courtship despite his predisposition to having multiple lovers and flirtations. Over time, seeing him with others began to eat away at her, making her more and more unhappy.

Eventually, Lucia asks her mother to hide her from him, and she leaves without so much as a note. The two decide on Sicily — though her mother actually sends her to the Shifting Isles, which is made to look like an exact replica of Sicily. Lucia also asks for, and is given, a spell to erase her memories, both of Pride and of her life before, except for the fact that she is a witch. She is then sent to live there under the watchful eye of Maria and Nicoletta.

As Claudia, Lucia believes she is a witch hailing from one of the thirteen families in Palermo. She is a practitioner of the dark arts, which should not be confused with forbidden magic, but is still frowned upon by families like the di Carlos. According to Emilia, their friendship is a source of tension between their respective families, as they're told 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. Claudia works for the brotherhood at the monastery. Her job there is to wash and prepare bodies, and she often shares stories with the twins. Claudia lives with her aunt Carolina Grimaldi, believing she took her in after her parents left for America a year or two apart. Carolina is 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. Claudia tells Emilia she has been having a vision that's warning her. See sees black wings and an empty pitcher being filled and emptied. She thinks some terrible darkness is coming, or is already arrived. Emilia asks Claudia to look into the magic sealing Vittoria's diary closed and Claudia takes the diary.

After meeting Envy, Emilia rushes to Claudia's house to get back Vittoria's diary, believing Envy and the other Wicked are looking for it. Claudia tells her about the curse. She says that dark witches believe the curse was the price La Prima paid for the vengeance spell she cast on the devil. These old stories claim the devil stole La Prima's firstborn's soul. From that day forward the devil was trapped in Hell for eternity. His brothers could travel between realms within reason, typically the days before and after a full moon, but he would never set foot outside the underworld. And supposedly he'd only retain his full powers if a witch sat on the throne beside him, wearing the Horn of Hades to keep the balance between realms. Claudia thinks the Wicked are looking for La Prima's grimoire, the first book of spells, which contains the spell that will allow the devil to break the curse and travel between realms again without needing a witch queen.

After Claudia's cousin, Valentina Rossi, 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 Sofia. In between her nonsense, Claudia infers that Carolina encouraged her to use a black mirror and human bones to see the future, something considered extremely dangerous for a witch to do. The results cause her mind to become taunted with the voices of the dead. Claudia tells Emilia run, says something about the angel of death, and also says something about a cunning thief stealing the stars and drinking them, and that he is coming and going. Antonio and the other brothers are awoken by Claudia's screaming, Antonio, after being asked by Emilia, agrees to take Claudia to Nonna Maria for help. This then leads to Claudia behind captured and held captive by Envy, who uses her to break the protection spell she had cast around Emilia's home.

### *Kingdom of the Feared*

As Claudia, Lucia is still blissfully unaware of her life before. When Emilia comes searching for the dagger, Lucia knows the exact one she's looking for, having been told about it by the witches. She warns there's a high price to pay for using it — to break a curse, Emilia would have to give up her powers completely. Lucia, though surprised, isn't afraid of Emilia's newfound goddess-status. She still sees her as one of her closest friends. Before Emilia leaves, she gives Lucia the memory stone containing the memories of her previous life she had given up, leaving the option of remembering with her. Emilia warns that ignorance can be bliss, and that there was a reason Lucia originally decided to have the memory purged.

## Appearance

Claudia has short, dark hair with curls. She looks similar to her mother, Sursea, though Emilia notes some features, such as their hair, differ. She has dark eyes.

## Abilities

As Claudia, her magic works best with scrying. She also sometimes gets visions, though they are not always trustworthy as she cannot differentiate between them and her dreams or imagination.

## Relationships

### Emilia and Vittoria di Carlo

Claudia is best friends with Emilia and Vittoria. The girls grew up together, and consider themselves sisters. After being selected to prepare the deceased by the brotherhood, Claudia used to share stories with the twins about how mummies came to be part of the monastery.