Lilia Calderu was a 450-year-old Sicilian divination witch and clairvoyant who had fallen on hard times and was looking to change her fortunes.[1]
History
Born as a noble in Sicily around the late 1500s, Lilia Calderu was a powerful divination witch and clairvoyant from a young age.[1][3] As a child, Lilia experienced her life out of sequence, experiencing flashes of her future and past along with gaps in her memory. With training from her maestra, Lilia learned to hone her craft and manage her divinations. Unfortunately, despite receiving a vision warning her, Lilia was unable to save her maestra or their sister witches of their coven from dying of a fever.[2]
Lilia studied the zils and pan flute when she was younger.[4] As an adult, Lilia was chased away from many villages simply for "accurately predicting tragedies."[1] At some point, Lilia was bitten by a vampire before knocking out one of his teeth.[4]
Tired of being ostracized, Lilia settled into performing "psychic readings" under the moniker Madame Calderu, and eventually settled in New Jersey (in or near Eastview).[1] In fall 2023, Lilia was hired to read palms at William Kaplan's Bar Mitzvah, where she saw Billy's future and cast a sigil on him.[5]
In search of a coven to walk the Witches' Road, Agatha Harkness and Billy located Lilia to recruit her. Although she was initially reluctant to join, the temptation of reversing her fortune and gaining power was too alluring, and when Lilia received a premonition about the witches needed for Agatha's coven, her own name was on the list.[1]Attributes
Powers
- Magic[1]
- Divination[1]
- Palmistry[5]
- Clairvoyance[1]
- Chronoskimming[2]
- Spell Casting[5]
- Advanced Longevity[6][2]
- Flight: Lilia was able to fly using a broom.[7]
- Divination[1]
Abilities
Paraphernalia
Equipment
Transportation
Notes
- Patti LuPone portrayed Lilia Calderu in the Disney+ limited series Agatha All Along.
- In the episodes "Through Many Miles / Of Tricks and Trials" and "Death's Hand In Mine", "Young Lilia" was portrayed by Chloe Camp.
- Lilia has stated a particular disdain for stereotypes of witches like the beliefs that they eat babies,[1] speak to goats,[4] have green skin and warts, and wear pointed hats.[3]
Trivia
- As a side hustle, Lilia also sold leggings as Lilia's Leggings.[1]
- Lilia studied the zils and pan flute when she was younger.[4]
- Lilia has identified most of the tarot cards shared in promotional material including:
- Immediately after receiving a vision of who would join the coven in "Circle Sewn With Fate / Unlock Thy Hidden Gate", she calls out the Three of Pentacles. This was also related to the eviction notice from Three Star Rentals being what she wrote the witches' names on.
- When she first met Jennifer Kale in "Circle Sewn With Fate / Unlock Thy Hidden Gate", Lilia immediately identified her as The High Priestess.
- Seeing Agatha's pain over "Teen" being seriously wounded in "If I Canʼt Reach You / Let My Song Teach You", Lilia recognized her as the Three of Swords.
- As she stepped in to save Agatha and lose her own life in "Darkest Hour / Wake Thy Power", Lilia identified Alice Wu-Gulliver as the Knight of Wands.
- Three years before forming the coven, Lilia read William Kaplan's palm at his bar mitzvah, saw Billy's future, and identified him as The Tower reversed in "Familiar By Thy Side".
- Beginning her final tarot reading in "Death's Hand In Mine", Lilia identified herself as the Queen of Cups. However, the imagery on her tarot card was more reminiscent of the Rider-Waite-Smith classic Four of Wands card.
See Also
- 7 appearance(s) of Lilia Calderu (Earth-199999)
- 1 mention(s) of Lilia Calderu (Earth-199999)
- 47 image(s) of Lilia Calderu (Earth-199999)
- 8 quotation(s) by or about Lilia Calderu (Earth-199999)
- 7 victim(s) killed by Lilia Calderu (Earth-199999)
- 1 item(s) used/owned by Lilia Calderu (Earth-199999)
Links and References
- Lilia Calderu (Earth-199999) on the
References
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 Agatha All Along S1E02
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Agatha All Along S1E07
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Agatha All Along S1E03
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Agatha All Along S1E04
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Agatha All Along S1E06
- ↑ Agatha All Along S1E02–3
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Agatha All Along S1E05