Character Notes: History: Because I like to keep pulling characters from their beginnings Clare is coming in around Extra Scene 4, which means, she'll be continuously, if not aggressively canon updated quite a bit. Of course, she will be bumped up to the first few chapters of Claymore until I deem her well enough with plenty of CR and development.
Not much is known about Clare. She doesn't recall her parents or her family -- she has a vague memory of perhaps a brother, but it's up in the air. The reason being for this, to be blunt, she's repressed a lot of her trauma. The point of this trauma is simple: Her family was murdered by yoma, much like anyone. But an exception was that Clare was taken with the yoma, dragged town to town, abused by them. As a result, she's gotten many scars and had shut herself off emotionally and physically, becoming a mute child. No one dared to come near her, in fear of yoma retaliation and in the fact Clare may have been a yoma herself, since they were known shape-shifters.
This kept up until a Claymore came to the village she was in and killed her tormentors, Teresa of the Faint Smile. From the get go, Clare felt compelled to latch onto her, because she felt Teresa was the same as her, wanting to comfort her. The urge was so powerful, it was the only thing that Clare knew and she followed Teresa, risking her life against both Teresa and bandits who had followed Teresa. She pushed herself to limits, dehydrating and starving herself. Eventually, Teresa realized she'd be blamed if anything happened to Clare. So she gave her food and water, and Clare became more attached. Eventually, Teresa even gave her the name "Clare", which may or may not be her real name all the long.
The bond grew stronger when on of the bandits who Teresa had severed an arm in self-defense attempted to rape Teresa, but it was Clare who snuck behind him and hit him with a tree branch. The bandit kicked her off and began to beat Clare, when Teresa interrupted him, basically telling him she'd kill him and disregard the Claymore cardinal rule of not killing humans. The man was spooked off. But Clare broke her silence and told Teresa why she followed her:
"Your eyes... they look like mine. You looked so sad. So, I..."
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History:
Because I like to keep pulling characters from their beginningsClare is coming in around Extra Scene 4, which means, she'll be continuously, if not aggressively canon updated quite a bit. Of course, she will be bumped up to the first few chapters of Claymore until I deem her well enough with plenty of CR and development.Not much is known about Clare. She doesn't recall her parents or her family -- she has a vague memory of perhaps a brother, but it's up in the air. The reason being for this, to be blunt, she's repressed a lot of her trauma. The point of this trauma is simple: Her family was murdered by yoma, much like anyone. But an exception was that Clare was taken with the yoma, dragged town to town, abused by them. As a result, she's gotten many scars and had shut herself off emotionally and physically, becoming a mute child. No one dared to come near her, in fear of yoma retaliation and in the fact Clare may have been a yoma herself, since they were known shape-shifters.
This kept up until a Claymore came to the village she was in and killed her tormentors, Teresa of the Faint Smile. From the get go, Clare felt compelled to latch onto her, because she felt Teresa was the same as her, wanting to comfort her. The urge was so powerful, it was the only thing that Clare knew and she followed Teresa, risking her life against both Teresa and bandits who had followed Teresa. She pushed herself to limits, dehydrating and starving herself. Eventually, Teresa realized she'd be blamed if anything happened to Clare. So she gave her food and water, and Clare became more attached. Eventually, Teresa even gave her the name "Clare", which may or may not be her real name all the long.
The bond grew stronger when on of the bandits who Teresa had severed an arm in self-defense attempted to rape Teresa, but it was Clare who snuck behind him and hit him with a tree branch. The bandit kicked her off and began to beat Clare, when Teresa interrupted him, basically telling him she'd kill him and disregard the Claymore cardinal rule of not killing humans. The man was spooked off. But Clare broke her silence and told Teresa why she followed her:
"Your eyes... they look like mine. You looked so sad. So, I..."