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|Title = Clan Kalderash
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|Image =
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|First = "[[Surprise]]"
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|Last = "[[Darla (episode)|Darla]]"
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|Name = Clan Kalderash
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|Status = Active
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|Leader = [[Kalderash woman|Elder woman (1898)]] <small>(former)</small><br/>[[Kalderash Elder|Elder]] <small>(former)</small><br/>[[Kalderash Elder Woman|Elder woman]]
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|Members = [[Kalderash girl]] <small>(former)</small><br/>[[Enyos]] <small>(former)</small><br/>[[Jennifer Calendar|Janna Kalderash]] <small>(former)</small>
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|Allies =
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|Enemies = [[Whirlwind]]
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|Base of operations = Romania
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{{Quote|This is not justice that we serve. It is Vengeance.|Enyos Kalderash|Innocence}}
 
{{Quote|This is not justice that we serve. It is Vengeance.|Enyos Kalderash|Innocence}}
 
'''Clan Kalderash''' is a clan of Romani people. Its members live across Eastern Europe, and their homeland is Romania. The Clan had many interactions with infamous vampires.
 
'''Clan Kalderash''' (also spelled as "Kalderaš") is a subgroup of the Romani people (generally known by the slur "gypsies," a collective term for various nomadic cultures). Its members live across Eastern Europe, and their homeland is Romania in the Angel TV Show. The Clan had many interactions with infamous vampires.
 
 
==Biography==
 
[[File:Kalderas.jpg|thumb|270px|Kalderaš women in Poland.]]
 
 
The name "[http://ling.uni-graz.at/~rombase/cgi-bin/art.cgi?src=data/ethn/groupsat/at-kald.en.xml "Kalderaš]", meaning "cauldron makers", was originally applied as an occupational designation. They were a subgroup of the [http://romani.uni-graz.at/rombase/cgi-bin/art.cgi?src=data/hist/modern/vlach.en.xml%7CVlach Vlach Roma], whose gypsies originating from Walachia and Moldavia whose dialects were strongly influenced by the local languages of those lands. Romanis originated in the Punjab region of northern India and they are nomadic people who entered Europe between the 18th and 19th century. The Romani arrived in the two principalities in the 14th century. By the 16th century, though the exact circumstances are still debated by historians, they were all already enslaved. Roma slavery was abolished in 1856, and the Kalderaš immigrated to other countries. Diverse subgroups, who speak various dialects, resided all over Eastern and Central Europe, from Russia to Austria, and there was a large population in the former Yugoslav states. Many of their descendants moved to Western Europe and America.
 
   
 
===Nineteenth Century===
 
===Nineteenth Century===
 
In 1898, [[Darla]] kidnapped a [[Kalderash Girl|Kalderash girl]] as a gift for [[Angelus]]. The [[Kalderash Elder|girl's father]], who was an Elder of the Clan, found them just after Angelus had drained and killed her. Angelus escaped, but the Clan had [[Kalderash Elder Woman (1898)|one of their members]] curse him through the [[Ritual of Restoration]]. The girl's father told Angel of the curse, taking a little satisfaction in the pain the vampire was suffering.
Sometime in the first half of the 19th century, the Clan came into contact with [[Dracula]]. He was impressed with the magical talents of [[Magda of the Kalderash|Magda Kalderash]]. She spent many years teaching him magic, while he protected the Clan.
 
 
In 1898, [[Darla]] kidnapped a [[Kalderash Girl|Kalderash girl]] as a gift for [[Angelus]]. The [[Kalderash Elder|girl's father]], who was an Elder of the Clan, found them just after Angelus had drained and killed her. Angelus escaped, but the Clan had Magda curse him through the [[Ritual of Restoration]]. The girl's father told Angel of the curse, taking a little satisfaction in the pain the vampire was suffering.
 
   
Hours later, as [[Darla]], [[Drusilla]], and [[Spike]] massacred the Kalderash encampment, although Darla had come to try to convince the Elder to have Angelus' soul removed, because Spike had already killed the rest of the family, she was left without leverage and had to kill him too. Magda left an image of the three attackers in her crystal ball. So when later that night, Dracula visited the campsite to find everyone dead, he knew who the killers were. He swore revenge on them, which started a centuries-spanning feud between Spike and Dracula.
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Hours later, as [[Darla]], [[Drusilla]], and [[Spike]] massacred the Kalderash encampment, although Darla had come to try to convince the Elder to have Angelus' soul removed, because Spike had already killed the rest of the family, she was left without leverage and had to kill him too.
   
 
===Twentieth Century===
 
===Twentieth Century===
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Jenny failed, however, and Buffy and Angel consummated their relationship, which caused Angel to experience absolute happiness and lose his soul. When Buffy asked Jenny to recurse Angelus, she stated it was currently beyond the Clan's ability as the ability to cast those magics was lost long ago. It was [[Passion|later revealed]] that what was actually lost was the ability to translate the curse into something that could be understood so it could be cast. Angelus subsequently tortured and killed Enyos and later killed Jenny, who managed to translate the curse once again. Months later, [[Willow Rosenberg]] and Buffy found a copy of the ritual translated by Jenny and Willow managed to recast the curse on Angelus, restoring Angel, as her first spell. With this, Angel was forced to suffer once more for his crimes against the Clan Kalderash and everyone else he ever hurt as Angelus.
 
Jenny failed, however, and Buffy and Angel consummated their relationship, which caused Angel to experience absolute happiness and lose his soul. When Buffy asked Jenny to recurse Angelus, she stated it was currently beyond the Clan's ability as the ability to cast those magics was lost long ago. It was [[Passion|later revealed]] that what was actually lost was the ability to translate the curse into something that could be understood so it could be cast. Angelus subsequently tortured and killed Enyos and later killed Jenny, who managed to translate the curse once again. Months later, [[Willow Rosenberg]] and Buffy found a copy of the ritual translated by Jenny and Willow managed to recast the curse on Angelus, restoring Angel, as her first spell. With this, Angel was forced to suffer once more for his crimes against the Clan Kalderash and everyone else he ever hurt as Angelus.
   
===Twenty-First Century===
 
By 2005, some members of Clan Kalderash, including [[Natalya Kalderash]], the only living descendant of Magda, were actively fighting against the regime. It was during this time that Angel, after [[Destruction of the Circle of the Black Thorn|destroying the Circle of the Black Thorn]], visited Romania to find Clan Kalderash to ask them to amend the Ritual of Restoration to allow him happiness. Although he was successful in overthrowing Brasov's regime, Natalya, the only one who could remove Angel's curse, was turned into a vampire in the fighting and Angel was forced to stake her.
 
   
 
==Members==
 
==Members==
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*[[Kalderash Girl|The Girl]]
 
*[[Kalderash Girl|The Girl]]
 
*[[Kalderash Elder|The Elder]]
 
*[[Kalderash Elder|The Elder]]
*[[Magda Kalderash]]
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*[[Kalderash Elder Woman (1898)|The Elder Woman]]
   
 
===Twentieth Century===
 
===Twentieth Century===
 
*[[Kalderash Elder Woman|The Elder Woman]]
 
*[[Kalderash Elder Woman|The Elder Woman]]
 
*[[Enyos Kalderash]]
 
*[[Enyos Kalderash]]
*[[Jenny Calendar]] <small>(aka Janna)</small>
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*[[Janna Kalderash]] <small>(A.K.A. Jenny Calendar)</small>
 
===Twenty-First Century===
 
*[[Natalya Kalderash]]
 
*[[Petru Kalderash]]
 
*[[Ion Kalderash]]
 
*[[Lupo Kalderash]]
 
*[[Chivu Kalderash]]
 
*[[Bela Kalderash]]
 
*[[Laszlo Kalderash]]
 
*[[Marko Kalderash]]
 
*[[Natalya Kalderash]]
 
*[[Gheorge Kalderash]]
 
   
 
==Appearances==
 
==Appearances==
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*"[[Awakening]]" {{Om}}
 
*"[[Awakening]]" {{Om}}
 
*"[[The Girl in Question]]" {{Om}}
 
*"[[The Girl in Question]]" {{Om}}
*"[[The Curse, Part One]]" {{FBA}}
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*"[[The Curse, Part One]]" <small>(noncanon) </small>{{FBO}}
*"[[The Curse, Part Two]]"
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*"[[The Curse, Part Two]]" <small>(noncanon)</small>
*"[[The Curse, Part Three]]"
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*"[[The Curse, Part Three]]" <small>(noncanon)</small>
*"[[The Curse, Part Four]]"
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*"[[The Curse, Part Four]]" <small>(noncanon)</small>
*"[[The Curse, Part Five]]"
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*"[[The Curse, Part Five]]" <small>(noncanon)</small>
*"[[Spike vs. Dracula, Part One]]" {{FBO}}
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*"[[Spike vs. Dracula, Part One]]" <small>(noncanon) </small>{{FBO}}
   
 
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[[fr:Clan Kalderash]]
 
[[Category:Magic practitioners]]
 
[[Category:Magic practitioners]]
 
[[Category:Organizations]]
 
[[Category:Organizations]]

Revision as of 14:53, 27 November 2019

This is not justice that we serve. It is Vengeance.
―Enyos Kalderash[src]

Clan Kalderash is a clan of Romani people. Its members live across Eastern Europe, and their homeland is Romania. The Clan had many interactions with infamous vampires.

Nineteenth Century

In 1898, Darla kidnapped a Kalderash girl as a gift for Angelus. The girl's father, who was an Elder of the Clan, found them just after Angelus had drained and killed her. Angelus escaped, but the Clan had one of their members curse him through the Ritual of Restoration. The girl's father told Angel of the curse, taking a little satisfaction in the pain the vampire was suffering.

Hours later, as Darla, Drusilla, and Spike massacred the Kalderash encampment, although Darla had come to try to convince the Elder to have Angelus' soul removed, because Spike had already killed the rest of the family, she was left without leverage and had to kill him too.

Twentieth Century

In 1997, the Elder Woman sent Jenny Calendar to Sunnydale to watch over Angel in order to ensure he kept suffering. In 1998, she sensed that Angel's pain was lessening and sent Enyos to investigate. Enyos demanded a report from his niece, Janna, and was enraged to know that Angel had fallen in love with Buffy Summers, the Slayer. Regardless of the fact that Angel was a force of good thanks to his love for the Slayer, Enyos demanded Jenny break the two apart so Angel would suffer again, though he neglected to tell her of the loophole in Angel's curse.

Jenny failed, however, and Buffy and Angel consummated their relationship, which caused Angel to experience absolute happiness and lose his soul. When Buffy asked Jenny to recurse Angelus, she stated it was currently beyond the Clan's ability as the ability to cast those magics was lost long ago. It was later revealed that what was actually lost was the ability to translate the curse into something that could be understood so it could be cast. Angelus subsequently tortured and killed Enyos and later killed Jenny, who managed to translate the curse once again. Months later, Willow Rosenberg and Buffy found a copy of the ritual translated by Jenny and Willow managed to recast the curse on Angelus, restoring Angel, as her first spell. With this, Angel was forced to suffer once more for his crimes against the Clan Kalderash and everyone else he ever hurt as Angelus.


Members

Nineteenth Century

  • The Girl
  • The Elder
  • The Elder Woman

Twentieth Century

Appearances