Eda Clawthorne

Edalyn "Eda" Clawthorne is a rebellious and powerful witch, revered as the Owl Lady and the ex-wife of Stanley Pines.

## Overview

In the beginning, she used to attend Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry and was a good friend of Aloysius Crumrin before her expulsion from the school. Despite her expulsion, her skills were acknowledged by her superiors within Hogwarts and recommended that they instead have her study at the Hexside School of Magic and Demonics in the Boiling Isles.

After inadvertently bringing a human girl named Luz to the Boiling Isles, Eda agrees to help her learn witchcraft and becomes her mentor. It is also revealed that Eda is Grunkle Stan's ex-wife through a fake marriage that only lasted for forty-eight hours. Despite their "fallout," both Eda and Stan retained their feelings for one another.

## Appearance

Eda is a tall, thin woman with pale skin and golden eyes. Her untamed hair is thick and long and layered with two tones of gray. Her most notable features are a single gold fang, pointy ears, and orange claw-like nails. An amber oval-shaped jewel is embedded in her sternum, which changes to black in her cursed form similar to her eyes.

She wears a sleeveless maroon qipao-like dress with a jagged trim and gray leggings. Her jewelry consists of two golden spherical earrings and a ring with an amber gemstone similar to the one in her chest. For footwear, she wears maroon high-heeled boots.

## Personality

A confident and sassy witch, Eda is described as "rebellious." Her vast skills and aptitude in witchcraft give her a brash streak, as she proudly declares herself the powerful Owl Lady and is openly defiant to the authorities, going as far as to knock a guard unconscious with the Owl Staff and fly off to avoid getting caught. According to Luz, she is very foxy for her age. Many of the kids have even gone so far as to describe her as the "girly" version of Grunkle Stan which is not far from the truth as Eda displays many of Stan's qualities, which is no secret as to why the two were so enamored with one another.

Even in her youth, she was quite mischievous and rebellious, far more than she is now as a matter of fact to the point where the Headmaster of Hogwarts had to intervene numerous times in preventing Eda from being expelled. Despite this, she is quite renowned for her magical capabilities aside from her brash nature. In fact, her influence still lingers to this day and among the school grounds of Hogwarts and the Boiling Isles. Many of the students admire her for being a firecracker in a system so uptight on its rules and regulations while most, particularly wealthy pure bloods, look at her in disdain.

Unlike her sister Lilith, Eda is vehemently anti-authoritarian, having little to no respect for laws and authority in general. Her enormous power and skill make her a candidate to become a teacher, an Auror, or even a political figure within MACUSA or the Ministry of Magic. However, she refuses to join any of the covens or governing bodies of the supernatural world because she views them as crooked and 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, and reacts the same way in a later episode when Luz convinces her to teach new spells by appealing to her vanity.

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, and reacts the same way in a later episode when Luz convinces her to teach new spells by appealing to her vanity.

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. 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.

## Powers and Abilities

* **Magic**: Eda is extraordinarily skilled in witchcraft, proclaiming herself to be the most powerful witch on the Boiling Isles, and was even considered a prodigy during her youth in Hogwarts with immense potential. As such, she has enough expertise that she is qualified enough to educate others on the subject and, at one point, was even approached to be an Auror, though she declined. Since Eda never joined a coven, there is no seal limiting her to only one type of magic, allowing her to perform all forms of magic. She also claims to practice "wild magic," which draws power from the natural magic of the Boiling Isles itself.
	+ **Elemental Magic**: Eda is capable of conjuring and using elemental magic, allowing her to manipulate the elements themselves for a variety of uses and attacks. She could even perform light magic through her elemental power, although it is limited as she is lax when it comes to using it.
	+ **Portal Creation**: Eda could create portals that lead to other locations or, in some cases, even dimensions. At first, she required the use of a Sling Ring to open said portals but became advanced enough in the use of portals that she no longer required said Sling Ring.
	+ **Apparition**: Eda was extremely skilled in Apparition, capable of Apparating with pin-point precision and speed, even while in a quickly moving frame of reference, as shown by how Eda had little trouble dodging the violent attacks of Credence's huge Obscurus by rapidly Apparating.
	+ **Charms**: Eda was highly skilled in charm work and could perform all manners of feats with her level of charm work.
		- **Telekinesis**: So far, she has demonstrated the telekinetic ability to levitate objects and people with a mere gesture. Eda's skill was such that she could cast several minor spells both non-verbally and wandlessly to a great effect: disarming Lilith summoning her wands, as well as bringing Newt's case to her, levitating Dipper, Mabel, and Courtney, and slamming them down; summoning the magical orb containing the Obscurus from Newt's case; levitating Credence away and even levitating and throwing a car, all with mere gestures.
		- **Shield Charm**: Eda was capable of instantly conjuring up massive magical shields with ease. Indeed, Eda's force fields were powerful enough to repel a barrage of spells fired at her by Lilith and even several trained Aurors simultaneously without fail.
	+ **Dueling**: Despite her age and physique, Eda is remarkably skilled as well as dangerous in the art of martial magic. Her sister Lilith admitted, albeit begrudgingly, that Eda is a force to be reckoned with when she is angered as she is in the midst of mystical combat. When she was admitted to the Durmstrang Institute to practice, she has shown that even as as a teenager, that she was already highly proficient in magical combat, having been trained in duelling and all manner of martial magic at the institute.