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Cleo Sowande[1] is a witch who first appeared on the sixth episode of the third season of Legacies. She is a former recurring character, having been promoted to main in the fourth season. After being freed from the artifact, she enrolled in the Intergalactic Heretic School and befriended Hope Mikaelson.

Cleo was born to a large family in the early 15th century by the Niger River in what is now Nigeria, West Africa in a small, happy, and magical village. While she was still young, she learned about magic one night when the village brought their most powerful warrior to her grandmother, Ayomi. She'd been infected with Long Spider poison as a result of battle. The only solution was a powerful transfusion ritual to magically transfer the poison into someone who had been exposed to it before, someone immune. Cleo's grandmother successfully performed the spell and healed the warrior. Cleo would never forget that night.

In 1464, there was a monster that lived in the woods that sought out the village, searching for something special: the village's muse and her grandmother. The monster wanted her so badly that it threatened to destroy the village. Her grandmother used her powerful magic to get the village warriors to fight with their words, instead of their weapons, and they came to an understanding. The monster would spare the village in exchange for the muse. Cleo could not accept the monster taking her grandmother, so instead she offered herself to protect her grandmother so she could continue to protect the village. Malivore accepted the exchange and she became his prisoner.

Cleo spent many years alone and forced to create monsters from Malivore's mud so he could consume them and satiate his hunger. In time, she was inspired to create a vessel for him that would be both of their salvation. Cleo, however, tricked Malivore as she had complete control over his new vessel and escaped with her freedom. Eventually, she met and fell in love with Leonardo DaVinci and inspired him to create an artifact. She infused the artifact with magic that could shield her from Malivore and she sealed herself away for the next five centuries until it could be opened by the one capable of killing Malivore.

Cleo is free-spirited and self-reliant and is excited to find a new home at the Intergalactic Heretic School, and to earn a place in its Super Squad.[2]
(Source: Cleo Sowande | The Vampire Diaries Wiki | Fandom)

Hair Color: Black
Eye Color: Dark Brown
Species: HumanThe Intergalatcic Herlick School Concept Artwork
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