Lilith Clawthorne

Lilith is a tall, slender, middle-aged woman in her mid-to-late 40s (two years older than Eda). She has ivory skin, pointed ears, black lipstick, and mint green eyes. She also has dark claw-like nails. In her debut, Lilith has long straight hair which she dyed a dark-navy color. Her natural hair is curly and red, as shown during her childhood and the epilogue. After splitting the curse between herself and Eda in "Young Blood, Old Souls", Lilith's right eye becomes gray, and she obtains a gray streak on the right side of her hair. In the second season, Lilith's skin has gotten paler, and she has prominent wrinkles under her eyes. In "Follies at the Coven Day Parade", the lower portion of her hair becomes fluffy and curly. In "For the Future", her hair has been cut short by Eda, exposing her natural red hair. In the epilogue to "Watching and Dreaming", her hair is further grown out, maintaining its curls.

In contrast to Eda, Lilith is conservative, straight-laced, and generally law-abiding. She takes great pride in her role as a mentor and was initially surprised to see Eda at the latest Covention, believing she had finally decided to join a coven, only for her sister to laugh at the notion. She has a tense sibling rivalry with Eda due to them being almost equal in terms of power and on opposite sides of the law; regardless, she still genuinely cares for Eda.

Though first appearing to be everything her sister is not, Lilith is also not above cheating, having given her apprentice Amity Blight a power glyph from the Construction Coven to amplify her magic, knowing full well her sister would do something similar (although it could be argued that she was leveling the playing field). In "Agony of a Witch", she proves willing to do anything to achieve her goals, such as attempting to distract Eda by endangering her student Luz Noceda, and cursing Eda when she was younger. She later explains to Luz that she was acting on Emperor Belos' teachings of sacrifice (given this is Belos' teachings, it's unlikely she is misinterpreting his teachings so much as that is what he teaches). Lilith admits her jealousy stems from feelings of inadequacy, lamenting that she had to become stronger because Eda was better. However, despite this, she shows guilt and everything she did was in an attempt to save Eda. She is also shown to be quicker to anger and more impulsive and naïve compared to her sister, firmly believing Emperor Belos' false promise to remove Eda's curse.

Lilith seems to suffer from a severe lack of empathy towards others. She was unable to realize that cheating would hurt Amity emotionally, and easily dismissed Luz as just a "human pet" to Eda, not seeing the strong bond the two share. Perhaps the biggest examples of this are her constant attempts to make Eda join the Emperor's Coven, not seeing or understanding that Eda just doesn't want to be part of the Coven, or even after taking Luz as a hostage (although this was after a threat of execution by Belos), thinking that Eda will change her mind about the Coven upon joining. This also shows a somewhat self-centered side, holding on so strongly to her way of thinking that she refuses to accept others.

However, despite these flaws, Lilith is capable of seeing the error of her ways and will admit it. When Belos revealed that he had no intention of curing her sister, she rebelled against him and turned to Luz in order to save her sister, having realized that Eda was right about not trusting Belos. She also proved herself to be able to atone for her mistakes, as after she, Luz, and King rescued Eda, she cast a spell that allowed her to share Eda's curse to make amends.

After leaving the Emperor's Coven, Lilith has been trying hard to prove to Eda that she is trustworthy. Initially, she felt useless without a Coven, but after befriending Hooty, she gains a more positive outlook on her new life. She now enables her sister's trouble-making personality, encouraging her to pull pranks on the Emperor's troops, even if she still prefers to follow the rules herself. Lilith has also become much more empathetic and caring towards others, like Hooty, but still retains her prideful nature, stating that Emperor Belos' guards are clueless without her. After spending time with her parents, Lilith reveals an overeager scholastic side of herself and goes out of her way to prove she can be daring and cool, likely brought out by Hooty and Luz.

It would appear that Lilith has a compulsive need to please those she perceives as being superior to her in any way and search for their validation, with that bordering on some level of obsession. Though that was not seen much during her time in the Emperor's Coven, that trait became more evident after she left it. During her glyph magic lessons with Luz, Lilith acted like a teacher's pet, always craving for Luz's praises through her accomplishments or by making an ice sculpture of her as "extra credit". Through her interactions with her mother and Eda's memories, it was possible to see that Lilith would always try to get her mother's attention in any way she could. When she discovered that King was a Titan, she started to treat him like he was a god who deserved all the worship she could give him, seeing her own life as meaningless compared to his, even if they had known each other for a long time and she was legally his aunt. After King told her to stop that, he pointed out Lilith's need to please others.

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