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A secret killed your father and you know what it was.

—Calla, to Ronan when giving a reading.

Calla Lily Johnson is a psychic who lives at 300 Fox Way. She is one of Maura Sargent's best friends.

Biography[]

Calla met Maura and Persephone when all three of them were younger and hitchhiking to Henrietta. Calla especially refers to the boys by nicknames. Gansey is "the pretty one," Ronan is "the snake," and Adam is "Coca-Cola shirt." Out of all the women living at 300 Fox Way, Calla is the only one who has a job besides being a psychic. She works in the administration at Aglionby Academy.

Personality[]

Calla is fierce, cunning, confident, and outspoken. She will not accept insolence from anyone. She is judgmental and rather hostile towards strangers. Calla is definitely abrasive, but ultimately she is a good person who loves those around her. She makes any room she is in seem smaller. Calla is described as an "irascible, sedentary creature of habit."[1]

Calla has a special psychic ability called psychometry, which allows her to touch an object to reveal its origin, feel its owner's thoughts, and see places the thing has been. She is also fond of kickboxing, aerial yoga, and yelling.

Physical Description[]

Calla's skin is dark brown. She has four tiny coyotes tattooed running along her spine. She is very muscular from practicing self-defense. Her hair is purple, though it is presumably the result of dye. Calla enjoys wearing lipsticks in unconventional shades, primarily plum.

Possessions[]

  • Tarot Deck: The cards in Calla's tarot deck are described as "lush and oversaturated, the cards overflowing with detail."[2]

Appearances[]

Trivia[]

  • She likes bacon and sausage.
  • When she has a bad work day, she gets herself a burrito.

Gallery[]

References[]

  1. The Raven Boys: page 117
  2. The Raven King: chapter 10
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