Clea Strange

Introduced in Strange Tales #126 (1964), Clea is presented as a human-appearing figure with maternal ties to the other-dimensional Faltine race through her mother Umar and as the niece of Dormammu. Her parentage includes Umar as mother and Orini as father in storylines that situate her between human-taught sorcery (as Doctor Strange's pupil) and the other-dimensional legacy of the Dark Dimension; across decades of serialized comics her precise familial and political status is revealed and contested in multiple story arcs.

Consistently described in sources as human-appearing and initially introduced as a 'mysterious silver-haired girl' or 'captive female'; comic visuals emphasize a silver-haired visage. She has been depicted in live-action concept art and appears in the MCU mid‑credits scene of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (portrayed by Charlize Theron).

Clea is portrayed as a powerful sorceress able to engage in large-scale mystical combat, lead rebellions in the Dark Dimension, perform high-level restorative magic (including a resurrection that caused Annabelle Riggs and Valkyrie to share a body), and employ sorcerous tactics such as spirit cohabitation (Doctor Strange's spirit once cohabited her body to defeat an enemy). The 'Flames of Regency' is a named investiture phenomenon in the Dark Dimension that appeared on her head and empowered her to defeat and banish Umar and Orini, enabling her to claim rulership. She later inherits the office of Sorcerer Supreme after the Death of Doctor Strange event and stars in a 2021 solo series.