Clare Langtree

Clare Langtree
Clare thanking Udonna for believing in her
“I'm just not sure why the
Xenotome showed five
warriors and not four…
maybe I'm the fifth warrior!”
Played By Antonia Prebble
Position Sorceress-in-training
The Gatekeeper
Age Unknown
First Appearance 14-01: Broken Spell
Last Appearance 14-32: Mystic Fate pt. II
Appeared in # of Eps 26

Background

Clare having mistakenly turned herself into a sheep Clare is a young, naive girl currently living with Udonna in Rootcore, having been under the sorceress's adoptive care for around two decades. During her time training under Udonna, Clare has aimed to become a powerful sorceress of her own someday, just like her mentor. As a result, Clare works under Udonna, performing housekeeping tasks around the base, as well as learning new magic spells from her.

Unfortunately, though she apparently seems to have been training under Udonna for some time now, her spellcasting skills weren't initially as up to speed as her ability to follow Udonna's orders. She tried her hardest, but managed to screw up most, if not all, of the spells she casted. To date, she's cracked a crystal ball, dried up a lake, turned herself into a sheep and a goldfish, conjured up a swarm of bumble bees, turned herself totally bald, grew a beard, turned pieces of herself invisible instead of all of her, and even turned her hair to whip cream. One of her potions came dangerously close to turning Xander into a tree for good. It's worth note, however, that the antidote potion for that worked perfectly, unlike most of her potions and spells, and that her invisibility spell successfully worked one time out of three, proving that she does have skill hiding behind her mistakes.

It seemed like it will take forever for Clare to grow into her powers, and she's admitted her concerns to Udonna in the past. Udonna, however, would never give up on the girl, and assured her that she'll become a full-fledged sorceress one day. That assurance came true when Clare learned of the fate of her mother, Niella, and accessed her mother's powers to become the new Gatekeeper. With Clare's help, the Rangers were able to reseal the gate locking the Underworld, though Clare lost her lunar-based powers in the process. However, knowing that her own mother was bumbling much like her, and yet became a powerful sorceress of her own, has given Clare hope for the future that she can do the same, with or without the Gatekeeper powers. Her spellcasting ability has had a much better track record since then, seemingly as a result of newfound confidence in herself.

After the Gatekeeper incident, she continued her sorceress training at Rootcore. However, her role as of late had shifted more to taking care of Fire Heart, the dragon retrieved by the Rangers, who seems to believe Clare is its mother since she hatched the egg it came from.

Clare definitely knows the story of Udonna's lost husband and son, now that all the Rangers have learned about it. It's likely that she already knew of the story long before that however, even if she didn't realize Koragg and Nick were the husband and son in question.

More secure in her abilities as a potential sorceress, she decided to travel with Udonna to search for her once more missing husband. Unfortunately, the most recent appearance of Clare involved her being knocked unconscious by Hekatoid as he kidnapped Udonna. What will happen to the two of them now is up in the air.

Clare's exact age is unknown, since she wasn't shown, as an infant or older, in any flashbacks involving her mother. However, it's unlikely that she's too much older than her 19 year old cousin, Nick.

Abilities

The Gatekeeper

As the Gatekeeper, Clare's abiilities are based around the power of the shining moon. To transform into her Gatekeeper persona, Clare donned the tiara originally worn by her mother, which would then make the rest of her robes appear.

  • Lunar Staff - For her weapon, Clare used this staff which was capable of many abilities. Its main attack was an energy blast that could both trap enemies and hurt them, and could also counter an enemy's attack or powers, as it did with Necrolai's new abilities temporarily given to her by Koragg. Clare could also use her staff to create a clear shield to block attacks, and the staff could stretch to an incredible length, allowing her to attack an enemy on the ground from midair. Her staff had a finishing move available to it where the staff head is slammed into the ground, creating an arc-shaped shockwave that could easily destroy an enemy, although Koragg's strength left him unharmed from it.

Clare in Ancient Mystic Mode

  • Ancient Mystic Mode - Clare, like the other Rangers, could use her Gatekeeper powers to grow to Titan size. Interestingly enough though, her enlarged form was actually an Ancient Mystic Mode, much like the ones Leanbow, Daggeron, Calindor, and her mother could change into; in fact, Clare's mode is identical to her mother's in every aspect. Niella used the mode in the bulk of the fighting against the evil forces before her death, but Clare never got a chance to try out the mode in its default human-sized version, only using it zord-size before losing her Gatekeeper powers. While enlarged, she had several new attacks available to her, including a Laser Rope that could easily entangle her opponents, and a Full Moon Brace attack that sent a sparkling disc of energy to finish off its target.

Spells

Clare has used the following spells:

Neutral Spells
Spell Name Incantation First used by Clare in episode Description
Paralysis Corum Oviat Ditrum 01 Freezes the target in their tracks. When fumbled, however, this spell turned Clare into a sheep.
Flower Picking Florum Xylo Copa 03 Makes the task of picking flowers a bit easier. When fumbled, however, Clare released a swarm of bees with this spell.
Levitate Object Hilarium Shenolia 05 Allows the caster to make an object float in the air. When fumbled, however, this spell turned Clare completely bald.
Evil Banishment Malorium Orvis 14 An attack spell that sends energy at its target to banish them. Casted successfully, but Imperious was too powerful to be affected.

The previous information was taken from Merlin's Magical Library with the owner's explicit permission.

Known Relatives

Niella - Mother; deceased.
Udonna - Aunt; master sorceress, White Mystic Ranger, and adoptive mother.
Leanbow - Uncle; disappeared during the war and turned into the evil Koragg.
Nick Russell - Cousin, Red Mystic Ranger; disappeared during the war and landed with an adoptive family.

Notes

  • Clare's last name is given as Langtree on the official UK website. This wiki assumes last names given by promotional material or official websites to be legit.

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