Thank You For Your Patience
“ | Don't you dare touch a hair on Cid's head. |
” |
— Claire, Light Novel Volume 03 |
Claire Kagenou (クレア・カゲノー, Kurea Kagenō?) is a third-year student at Midgar Academy for Dark Knights and the heiress of the Kagenou Estate.[7][8] She constantly worries about her brother, Cid, due to his seemingly nonchalant attitude and disregard for his future.[9][10]Following the Red Moon Incident, she became Diablos' vessel.[11]
Appearance
Claire is a young woman with a tall, slender build, fair skin, and a voluptuous figure. She has long silken black hair that reaches down to her knees, and red eyes that evoke the representation of her brother. "Stunning" is the word that individuals use to describe Claire's appearance.[7] Her right-side bang is longer than her left-side bangs similar to her brother. She wears the Midgar Academy for Dark Knights uniform which consists of a gold-detailed blazer jacket with white cuffs on the sleeves with gold detailing, a white dress shirt, a navy-blue tie, a plaid pattern on the skirt, a navy blue waist belt with gold details, she wears black tights and knee-high heeled boots with crosscutting laces.[12][13]
After becoming the host to Aurora, she placed a magical seal on the back of Claire's hand. She would start to conceal the seal on her arm with a white bandage wrapping around her arm.[11] After having the severed right arm of Diablos forcibly bound to her body, the magic circle on her hand had taken another magic circle.[14]
In the past, Claire's long hair had reached down to below her shoulders, but then her hair had reach to her waist, Her hair would than later reach past her waist.[1][15]
Personality
“ | I'm going to become stronger. Then, once I'm strong, it'll be my turn to save you. |
” |
— Claire, Light Novel Volume 03 |
Being the heiress to the Kagenou family, she has to be uptight and stoic to maintain her family's reputation. She also possesses a sharp tongue and doesn't mind criticizing or insulting people including her own father, Mr. Kagenou, whom she (like many people) calls 'Baldy' due to his cowardice. Claire can also be hostile to people who have captured or threaten her.
Her biggest flaw is her reckless behavior which has gotten her in trouble on multiple occasions. This reckless side of her is often shown when she is worried about her younger brother, Cid Kagenou. Claire deeply loves her brother and has shown to harbor a deep brother complex, as she constantly worries about him. She feels the intense need to protect and care for Cid above all else, even at the expense of her own well-being.[7][11] Claire is overly protective of him, and willing to kill anyone if someone hurts him or intends to. Claire also bears some similar traits in stark contrast to her brother. Although Claire deeply loves and cares for her younger brother, she gets irritated by him when he avoids her, shows no knowledge of what's going on with her, disobeys her, and even breaking any promises with her - which being returning home with her for the holidays, which results in her punishing by straddling and throttling him, but she later forgives him. Claire also does as much as she can to spend time with him.[16][9] And if he avoids her, Claire will do whatever she can to find him even ask for his whereabouts. Claire also does as much she can for him, when she had symptoms of the possessed, believing that she wouldn't have much time left, she wanted to have Cid become more stern and tougher. After his rollement in the Academy, Claire wanted to enlist him in a good positioning where he could have a good career after his graduation at the Academy.
After receiving the mark from Aurora, Claire would come to believe that she has a special power that is dormant within her. She comes to believe that she is the chosen one who will work throughout the shadows while knowing the truth.[14]
Powers & Abilities
Claire has been stated to be naturally talented by everyone within the Kagenou Estates.[5] Due to having been trained since childhood, Claire possesses abilities far above the average Dark Knight. The Knight Order is very interested in recruiting her and even Iris herself wants her to join her Crimson Order after she graduates.[10]
Physical Capabilities
Claire is a prodigy, at the age of 6 she excelled in academics studies and combat training. And at the age of 8 she was able to win a youth tournament and was briefly able to go on par with dangerous criminals in the Scarface Gang. And at the age of 14, Claire was also able to win a tournament despite dealing with Demon Possession at the time.[17] At age 15, Claire has been shown despite being shackled to a wall, having her limbs restrained by Magic Sealing Chains, she can withstand a punch to the jaw from Grease despite being knocked back against a wall while still having her glare on him remain unchanged, Claire can also dodge the next punch. She was strong enough to easily break the chains that bound her, unleashing the full extent of her physical strength despite breaking her bones and tearing her skin and dislocated her finger in the process. She has a high pain tolerance as she barely reacted to the pain due to her intense rage towards Viscount Grease for the threats against her brother's life.[7][18][1] At age 17, she was capable to knock out a few students of the academy who were trying to stop her from saving her brother and dislocated Rose's shoulder, however she was subdued by a group of students and Rose in the end [ANIME ONLY][19]. She is also capable of fighting against members of the Knight Order from Zenon's faction who held a grudge against her brother.[GAME ONLY][20] She can also jump high enough into the air and smash through a glass window to barge into her brother's dorm without injuring herself.[MANGA ONLY][21] She could also decapitate a Ghoul with a single kick showering great strength.[22] Claire is also capable enough to withstand a punch into the face from Juggernaut.[23] Even if she was punched from a floor level.[24][ANIME ONLY]. She was also able to give him a small cut on his face even after she was knocked back.[25] Claire nearly has a strong enough body to use her brother's "I Am the All-Range Atomic" variant of his "I Am Atomic" technique but is unable to execute the technique due to being unable to endure the magical pressure exerted by the technique while being possessed by Aurora.[ANIME ONLY][26] Later while learning to control her newfound powers, she grew strong enough to briefly fight on par with members of the Cult of Diablos.
Swordsmanship
Claire is a sword and magic prodigy who is hailed as the future of her house. Born into a family that has a long tradition of training Dark Knights. Having learned the Bushin Style. At age eight; regular sparring sessions with her brother Cid became the norm. Having trained since childhood, Claire's abilities are superior to normal Dark Knights.[27] Through her training with Cid, Claire learned how to efficiently control her mana usage, allowing her to defeat an opponent whose mana pool is higher.
She is also strong enough to win the Bushin Festival tournament though she only won by default and never got to face likes of Iris Midgar, Annerose Nichtsehen and Mundane Mann who were all out for various reasons.[9]
Magic
Claire developed a good talent for handling the sword and magic, but soon after she began to practice with the sword with her brother Cid, although she saw that her brother was not progressing at all, at the level that his swordsmanship was partially equal and that his growth and development with the sword were normal, she discovered the way her brother advised her on how to use and handle magic instead of having more magic, it was very good and recommended more than what she had learned, compared to what they taught her and Cid. After a while, she began to follow the advice and teachings of her brother, which in the end made her more and better at knowing how to use her magic, at the age of 12, she became capable enough to cut a boulder with her sword haven channeled magic to strengthen her sword.[MANGA/ANIME ONLY] Even after Claire receives power from Aurora when her possession has been cured, her body can't withstand the strain when Aurora temporarily takes over due to Aurora's sheer prowess. Claire can even channel magic into her fist.[28]Claire has a fairly large reservoir of mana. A device that gives numerical values to magic displayed a 1917 (1825 [IN THE MANGA]).[29]
Healing Magic: During her encounter with Juggernaut, Claire tries to heal Mary when she was heavily injured from an attack from Juggernaut.[ANIME ONLY][24]
Magical Seal: During her battle with Elisabeth, Claire's body came into contact with the symptoms of Elisabeth's Blood curse that resurfaced her Demon Possession symptoms. Due to Demon Possession and Vampire Progenitor blood coming from the same bloodline before splitting off, the two separate bloodlines reuniting brought the magic in Claire's body to go out of control. And due to Claire not possessing the ability to control, Aurora would inscribe a magical insignia on the back of her hand, which was given to by Aurora to help her to learn how to control her powers while the two distinct bloods adapt within her body.
When in dangerous situations, Aurora's consciousness takes control of Claire's body to help fight on her behalf to protect her. In this state, Claire's eyes would become a Violet color.[11] However, Aurora lending Claire her power quickly burns up Claire's mana.[30] While learning to control her newfound powers. Claire eventually learned to access to Aurora's ability to control blood. Later she would have Diablos' right arm be forcibly bound to her body, her seal on her hand had taken on another seal.[14][31]
Blood Magic
Claire would later awaken Aurora's ability to manipulate Blood. Although she is not as proficient at using the ability.
- Blood Manipulation: Claire can an manipulate or control the blood coming from her own body, capable of extending it from her limps like her foot and arm. She can use the tendril to swat away people. And wrap it the tendril around her right hand and extending the tendril.[28][29][14]
Martial Arts
Claire has shown that she can perform hand-to-hand combat, resort to brute force and fight with her bare hands and elbow, and her leg to kick or strike with her knee. She would learn how to maneuver her body to strike with her elbow and knee that she accquired from Cid.[32][28]
Intelligence
Before her enrollment in Midgar Academy for Dark Knights despite her beating Cid in their training section, she's been the one learning from him. After her enrollment in Academy, Claire maintains high grades and aptitude her grades making her an honor student.[7] Becoming one of the top students of the academy, shadowing over the members of the Knight Order.[8]
Other Capabilities
Strong Intuition: Claire has demonstrated a keen ability to sense and understand Cid's thoughts. In the light novel, she quickly realized that Cid was contemplating going limp and taking a nap.[10] Meanwhile, in the manga, she instantly knew he was thinking that dealing with her was a hassle and decided to let her pin him down and sleep. As she sat on top of him while she was strangling him.[21] Claire states that she always figures him out as she can read his thoughts, making it impossible for him to deceive her.[33][34]
Posture Recognition: Claire has shown that she can recognize the way how Cid stands. Even finding his posture and stances in his Shadow persona to be similar to each other.[23]
Weapons and Equipment
- Broad Sword: Claire wields a regular-sized broadsword as her main weapon.
Trivia
- The name Claire (klɛər) means "clear or bright" in French.
- Claire's surname Kagenou (カゲノー, Kagenō?) has the word カゲ in her surname means "shadow" in Japanese.
- Claire is the only non-Shadow Garden member to be cured of Demon Possession by Cid.[17]
- Claire is the only one known out of Cid's family members that has been given titles and references as signs of respect by Shadow Garden.[7][23][35]
- While in the Light Novel, Web Novel, and Manga, Claire Kagenou, upon being possessed by Aurora, only changes the color of her eyes from Red to Violet[11][36][37], in the Anime and Game, Aurora causes Claire's entire body to change completely to an appearance equal to her with magic.
- Claire's magical seal, given by Aurora to control her powers, differs in versions of the story; While in the Light Novel, Web Novel and Manga,[11][36][26] it is a magic circle placed in her right hand, in the Anime and Game, the seal is in her left hand, and is a kind of geometric pattern with a chemistry sequence that would reach down to her forearm.[26]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Episode 2
- ↑ Volume 3 Auxiliary Chapter: Field Notes on a Little Brother—by Young Claire!; Flashback
- ↑ Volume 3 Auxiliary Chapter: Field Notes on a Little Brother—by Young Claire!
- ↑ Manga - Volume 1 Chapter 1
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Volume 1 Prologue: Preparing the Perfect Stage!
- ↑ Seven Shadows Chronicles - Chapter 26
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 Volume 1 Chapter 1: Starting the Shadowbroker Tutorial!
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Volume 1 Chapter 3: My Official Beginning as a Mastermind in Action!
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 Volume 3 Prologue: Heading to the Lawless City over Fall Break!
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 Volume 2 Chapter 7: Showing Off a Smidgen of My Strength!
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 11.4 11.5 Volume 3 Chapter 3: Pursuing the Blood Queen!
- ↑ Volume 1: Color Insert
- ↑ Volume 3: Character Profile
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 14.3 Volume 5 Epilogue: I’d Let the Whole World Burn, If That’s What It Took!
- ↑ Manga - Volume 1 Chapters 1 & 2
- ↑ Volume 2 Chapter 6: A Mastermind Always Plays Piano Under Moonlight!
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 Manga Special I Searched Everywhere for a Mythical Eight-Headed Serpent and Never Found It
- ↑ Manga - Volume 1 Chapter 2
- ↑ Episode 4
- ↑ Character Stories - Uniform Claire: My Brother, the Man
- ↑ 21.0 21.1 Manga - Volume 6 Chapter 23
- ↑ Episode 21
- ↑ 23.0 23.1 23.2 Volume 3 Chapter 2: Storming the Crimson Tower!
- ↑ 24.0 24.1 Episode 22
- ↑ Manga - Volume 7 Chapter 30
- ↑ 26.0 26.1 26.2 Episode 23
- ↑ Character Stories - Uniform Claire: my Brother, the man
- ↑ 28.0 28.1 28.2 Volume 5 Chapter 1: Claire’s Back, and Her Symptoms Are Worse Than Ever!
- ↑ 29.0 29.1 Volume 5 Chapter 5: Terrorists Attack the School…Again!!
- ↑ Volume 5: Aurora's Character Profile
- ↑ Manga Chapter 66.1
- ↑ Volume 5 Prologue: The Case of the Missing Students and the Not-So-Peaceful Academy!
- ↑ Volume 5 Chapter 2: Morning Comes, and There’s an Impaler on the Loose!!
- ↑ Manga Chapter 59
- ↑ Seven Shadows Chronicles: Chapter 16
- ↑ 36.0 36.1 Web Novel - Volume 5 Chapter 108
- ↑ Manga - Volume 8 Chapter 31
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