Priscilla



Priscilla rose through the ranks very quickly to #2 shortly after joining The Organization. She was so powerful that she could fight with her Yoma power almost entirely suppressed, allowing her to conceal her presence from Yoma and fellow Claymores even in the heat of battle.

Appearance
Human: She is small, thin and has short brown hair with brown eyes.

Claymore: Her hair turned light blond and her eyes turned silver like other Claymores.

Awakened One: Priscilla is a winged humanoid about 2m tall, with a single horn on her forehead. Her hair is light and more toused. Her skin is darker and, in the anime, it is purple.

Early Life
Priscilla was the youngest out of three children. She was very close to them, especially her father. When a Yoma posing as her father proceeded to eat her family before her, she took an axe and cut off its head from behind as it was eating her sister.

Employment as a Claymore
After Priscilla joined the Organization, she quickly rose up the ranks to Number 2 in just a few months, resulting in the demotion of other warriors. Due to her being a novice, she is the subject of ridicule for Noel for a while. Her unparalleled strength frightened warriors who saw her fight. Priscilla was assigned to fight Teresa with Irene, Noel and Sophia and, due to her ability to fight with her Yoki nearly completely repressed, she was at first meant to stab Teresa from behind. However, Priscilla refused to do it and proceeded to question Teresa about why she broke the rule of killing humans before attacking her.

She wanted to fight Teresa one-on-one but was stopped by the other three. When she released her Yoki, however, she was easily defeated along with the rest of them. When Teresa attempted to kill her, Priscilla was too scared to move and cried. After Teresa left, Priscilla lost control of both herself and her Yoki and pursued her, not listening to Irene. She kept releasing more and more of her Yoki as the second fight with Teresa went on, regardless of warnings from Teresa. Despite the vast amounts of Yoki she released, she was still defeated by Teresa. Priscilla unknowingly passed her limit and begged Teresa to help her. She seemingly submitted to Teresa's planned action to kill her before becoming a Yoma. However, she chopped off her hands when Teresa was off guard and then, cut off her head. Whether she was deceiving Teresa or whether she had actually lost her mind is unclear.

As an Awakened One


After killing Teresa, her Yoki went out of control and she awakened, losing her mind in the process. Priscilla pulled off Irene's arm seemingly unwittingly when Irene clashed with her. Noel and Sophia attacked her, detaching her arm but it reattached almost at once and her fingers extended to kill the both of them. She used her sword to apparently kill Irene and then flew off, not touching Clare who was nearby.

Priscilla flew to the North, destroying four villages in her hunger for entrails, eating every human except young girls. In the process, she ate Ophelia's brother. Soon, her rampant behaviour was spotted by Isley and Rigardo was sent to kill her. However, Priscilla easily defeats him and Isley takes over. Initially, he seemed to defeat her by piercing her, taking both her arms and stamping on her. However, her powerful regenerative abilities came into action and she used this regenerate her arms, destroying half of Isley's Awakened Form. When she was about to deliver the final blow, she regressed back to her human form, crying about her dead family. Isley pledged his allegiance to her and she followed him south, seemingly losing her memory of being a Claymore afterwards.

Priscilla was not very attached to Isley and often wandered off. When she wandered through a destroyed village, Raki pushed her away from a falling stone. As soon as she saw him, she is immediately attached to him, saying that he had a nice smell. She made a habit of clinging physically to him, even when fast asleep. Priscilla wandered off only once more and stood naked on a cliff-face when the Northern Campaign ended, shedding tears for the disappearing Yoki of the fallen Claymores.

When Isley battled Luciela, she was worried about him and came to the battlefield when he emerged victorious though injured to stop Riful from attacking him.

Seven Years Time Skip
Priscilla took to following Raki around, pointing out Yoma for him to slay. She did not eat human flesh in a long time and so reverted to a child's form. When Raki was being threated by Renee, she scared her away with her Yoki alone. She is still traveling with Raki.

Personality
Priscilla is an extremely childlike character. The event of a Yoma killing her family left her emotionally unstable and disturbed. She sees everything as black and white with rigid morals, seeing Teresa as completely evil for breaking the Organization's rule. She seems to have little control over herself with her Yoki as a Claymore and her appetite as an Awakened Being. However, she forms strong bonds of love with Isley and Raki, depending wholly on them.

Abilities
Unparalleled Amount of Yoki: Her body channels so much Yoki that she can defeat Yoma with her Yoki completely suppressed. According to Irene, this makes her the perfect candidate to fight with Teresa since she specializes in Yoki sensing. Unfortunately, this lack of practice with Yoki leads to her losing control once it is released. As an Awakened Being, her Yoki power outstrips any of the Abyssal Ones.

Regenerative Abilities: It is never specified whether she is an Offensive or Defensive warrior but, as an Awakened Being, she has amazingly fast regenerative abilities.

Family
Priscilla was extremely close to all her family, especially her father. Seeing him as a Yoma eating her family traumatized her very badly. She killed the Yoma out of an act of mercy-killing.

Irene, Noel and Sophia
Priscilla saw Irene, Noel and Sophia as her superiors, taking Irene's advice and being frightened by Noel threatening her despite her higher power level. However, she is not very close to them since she attacks them after she Awakens without hesitation.

Teresa
Teresa was an object of fear for Priscilla. She saw her as pure evil for breaking the Organization's rule and fought her. When she realized that Teresa was more powerful than her, she grew terrified of her, crying when she thought she would die at her hands. Her fear drove her mad and led in her losing control. In the anime, she is still what she fears when she feels her in Clare.

Isley
Priscilla initially feared Isley when he harmed her. Then, when he pledged allegiance to her, she was flattered and agreed to accompany him. However, she wasn't very attached to him and she wandered off many times, resulting in meeting Raki. However, she did defend him from Riful, meaning she has some feelings for him.

Raki
She is much closer to Raki, claiming it is because he smells of the South, where she came from. She wanted to be with Raki always, even when fast asleep. After seven years, she stopped eating human entrails for him and followed him around to aid Yoma-killing.

Etymology
Priscilla is of Latin origin meaning 'ancient, venerable'. It was a popular name for Puritans in England. This is perhaps referenced to with Priscilla's extreme views of right and wrong.

Behind the Scenes

 * Priscilla's Japanese voice actor is Aya Hisakawa and her English voice actor is Brina Palencia.
 * Priscilla has a song on the Claymore Intimate Persona CD called 'Henbou', meaning 'transfiguration'.
 * In the anime, Priscilla regains her memories after sensing Clare, mistaking her for Teresa, and transforms into her Awakened self. She fights Clare and defeats Miria, Helen and Deneve. She fully awakens into a bigger, stronger form but Clare manages to defeat her. Raki stops Clare delivering the final blow after Priscilla turns back into her human form and Isley takes her away. She is last seen in the anime with Isley.

Appearances

 * Claymore Manga Volume 4
 * Claymore Manga Volume 5
 * Claymore Manga Volume 10
 * Claymore Anime Episode 7
 * Claymore Anime Episode 8
 * Claymore Anime Episode 19
 * Claymore Anime Episode 20
 * Claymore Anime Episode 21
 * Claymore Anime Episode 22
 * Claymore Anime Episode 23
 * Claymore Anime Episode 24
 * Claymore Anime Episode 25
 * Claymore Anime Episode 26