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Clarisse Aldenshine, Private Detective

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Name: Clarisse Aldenshine
Age: 42
Gender: Female
Species: Human
Ethnicity: Serenian
Height: 5'11" when standing up straight, bad posture makes her look 5'10"
Weight: 167 lbs.
Occupation: Private Detective
Residence: Maestoso, Tirial
Favorite Food: Anything alcoholic
Alignment: Neutral Good

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Physical Description:
Clarisse Aldenshine is a tall, broad shouldered woman in her early forties. She has a bum leg, and she walks with a noticable limp. Her voice is low and gravelly, and she has dark bags under her eyes. Her long grey hair has ugly patches of pale green in it, and it looks greasy no matter how many times she washes it. People who don't like Clarisse sometimes caller her "Detective Moldengrime" behind her back because of this.
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Nobody likes Clarisse.
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Personality
The best term to describe Clarisse would probably be "self-loathing". She cannot forgive herself for the mistakes she made when she was younger, and she takes out her anger on others. Clarisse is blunt and foul-tempered towards everybody, and doesn't care how other people see her- in her opinion, she probably deserves their hatred anyway. Tirial's gossipy culture has spawned a lot of rumors about why Clarisse behaves the way she does, but none of them come close to the truth.

Clarisse rarely smiles or laughs, and when she does it's usually because she's drunk. She drinks heavily, and she spends the majority of her spare time at the bar. Clarisse claims alchohol helps her think clearly, but that's a lie- she drinks to forget.

Clarisse takes her job very seriously. When on a case her entire demeanor shifts, and she becomes much more determined and no-nonsense. Clarisse feels that catching criminals is the only way she can atone for her sins, and she happens to be very, very good at her job. She always works within the law, and will only take it into her own hands if somebody's life is in immediate danger. She has a good working relationship with Maestoso's city guard, although on a personal level most of them cannot stand her.

Relationships:
Clarisse's husband was murdered, and she blames herself for his untimely death. Apart from that, Clarisse has no meaningful relationships to speak of.

Magic/Abilities:
Clarisse is a chronomancer- a person with the ability to manipulate time. Her magic is very weak however, and she has only one ability- she can "replay" events that happened in the past. By using her power, she creates apparitions of people and items that were in her general vicinity up to six months ago. These apparitions do not make noise and cannot be touched, only watched.

It's a bit confusing, but think of it as being able to rewind a security camera. For example, if she was in a room with a man who'd been killed, she could "rewind" that room so she could see the murder taking place- but if the man and his killer had a conversation beforehand she wouldn't know what it was about.

This power is physically taxing, and Clarisse tries not to abuse it too often. She cannot "rewind" more than six months back without passing out.

Clarisse is skilled with a rapier, but her bum leg hinders her footwork. She also has trouble running at full speed, and the best she can manage is a brisk walk.

History
Clarisse grew up in Darken Vei, and joined the town guard when she was old enough. While she initially tried her hardest to be a beacon of justice, time caused her sense of morality to wither and die. Her job was thankless, and no matter how hard she tried Clarisse couldn't make a dent in the crime rates. She began letting criminal's bribe her into letting them escape instead of apprehending them, and she soon grew rich off of her ill-gotten gains. She was never caught doing this, and she's kept it a secret to this day.

At age thirty, Clarisse fell in love with an awkward botanical scholar. They married, and for a time, everything was happy. It didn't last however, and three years into the marriage Clarisse came home to find her husband dead on the floor with a knife in his back. Using her powers to to view her husband's murder, Clarisse recognized the killer- a woman she had let go free a few days earlier.

Wracked with guilt, Clarisse attempted to commit suicide by jumping off a bridge. The fall didn't kill her however, and she took it as a sign that she was meant to continue. After lingering in Darken Vei for a few years, she moved to Tirial- she couldn't bear to be around the citizens whose lives she endangered for so long. She now works as a private detective, taking on the cases that the Maestoso city guard cannot solve.

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