Claire Deverill



Claire Deverill was the sister of Jayne Deverill and one of the antagonists in Raven's Gate.

Claire was a dark witch like her sister and sought to free the Old Ones but she was left to orchestrate business matters in the community. Claire was the principal of the primary school, which Jayne threatened to send Matt to because of how she saw his "delinquent" nature.

Claire Deverill resembled Jayne physically but she had a horrible orange birthmark on her cheek, and it disfigured her face. It had the bad effect of being darkly appealing as well, so one was forced to look at it.

Jayne's sister Claire made two very brief appearances in the novel, but she was a leader of the dark magic cult that wanted to kill Matt. Claire first appeared at chapter three, when Matthew was ill and had critical pneumonia, and he woke up, wondering if it was a dream or hallucination, and saw two women standing there. One had a bad mark on her cheek. Matthew was repulsed when they gave him snake's blood to drink in dark magic rituals. But somehow he ended up feeling better.

Claire made her second appearance in the village itself, when Jayne sent Matt to get a poison from the chemist's. Matt got into town but found the village square hostile and unnerving; every single villager came out and smiled evilly at Matthew, as if they knew something bad he didn't. Matthew backed away but then Claire came up. She greeted him pleasantly enough, and said she'd met him before. Now Matt knew the ritual wasn't a dream. He remembered Claire, who introduced herself and said he may be at their school soon.

This is the last appearance Claire really makes; she points out the shops to Matt and then she goes off. She does make her final appearance at the Omega One power plant which is breaking up because Matt is escaping from his murder. Claire gets out when she can and runs, screaming in rage. However, the air is too full of acid and burns her to death.