Blanc Claymoore

"Can you save yourself from your own descent?"

Blanc Claymoore is an original character created by Aldrasos.

Appearance
Blanc has a short, petite figure, with short snow-white hair which reaches down to her shoulders, and light blue eyes. While she has a naturally 'cute' appearance, she has large red burns running down the right side of her face which she does her best to hide, and which she is greatly embarrased about.

Her combat gear consists of a streamlined armoured white suit with black stripes, which is of modern and high-tech design. It is designed to be light and comfortable, while also giving full-body protection from the elements. Notable components of the armour comprise of a wrist-panel for computing, and electromagnets in her gloves, boots and on her back for sticking to metal and for holding her weapons. Additionally, she often wears a white helmets with a large visor which can made opaque or transparent at will.

Personality
Blanc is a very shy and withdrawn person who is not evil in nature, but is easily manipulated into doing bad things. She has a tendancy to run away from the things that hurt her rather than confront them, which gives her a reputation of being a bit of a coward, even though she is quite capable and brave in combat. She is also very emotional in the sense that she is an open book in terms of her opinions and outlook on things, except in certain situations.

She is very loyal and trustworthy, meaning that she is often tasked with carrying out important tasks, as the notion of failure is one that she finds completely unacceptable. Despite her shy nature, she sometimes has bursts of determination and, as a result, can be very unpredictable at time. Diaboli, her 'guardian', often describes her moral compass of being a 'roulette wheel' at times, and finds her difficult to manage due to his inability to a grasp of who exactly he is dealing with.

Blanc's greatest interest is knowledge, and she usually spends her free time reading and learning new and exciting things simply because she can. As a result, her knowledge is vast and random, and her ability to remember strange snippets of information on obscure topics, and also to understand things with extrodinary ease is perhaps her greatest asset.

Background
Blanc was born to powerful crime boss and his wife in Mistral. Her father was a big name in the criminal underworld, and while he wasn't a bad father, he was very strict and watchful of his daughter, and was careful not to spoil her as a child. This prevented her from becoming like the 'spoilt brats' that she was often forced to mingle with when she was younger.

Being the daughter of powerful crime boss, it is unsurprising that there were attempts made to kidnap her in the frequent power struggles that arose throughout her life. While she was kept safe from harm most of the time, there was one particular incident which her father could not protect her from.

When she was eight, she was kidnapped while on her to school by a dangerous gang which her father had been skirmishing with in a minor turf conflict which had suddenly balooned up. Peaceful negociations quickly broke down, and a shootout occured at the hostage exchange which had been organised. She was lucky to escape with her life, but did not do so unharmed, and for the rest of her life she bore a large burn on the right side of her face from where one of the vehicles had exploded in front of her.

Blanc stayed away from society for most of her life after that. Self conscious of her scars and afraid that people would take her as a freak, she lost the ability to communicate with the outside world, which inevitably left her behind, as did her childhood friends.

Then, one day six years later, everything changed. Her family's mansion was stormed, and her father, along with all of his gang's members, were brought to their knees by a young man and his followers - a rapidly expanding and power-hunger gang of thieves named 'The Patched'. And at their head, a criminal mastermind by the name of Decadere Diaboli, who had a tendency to flip people's lives upside down.

Diaboli made a deal with Blanc's father - he would work for Diaboli as his subordinate, and in exchange he could keep his head on his shoulders. However, one of the conditions were that Blanc would become Diaboli's ward to ensure his loyalty. Mr Claymoore had no choice but to accept.

At first Blanc was worried that the life of a prisoner and a plaything was ahead of her, but that turned out not to be the case. Surprisingly, Diaboli proved to be a very nice person - something that she had not been expecting in the slightest. After all, why should he be? He was kind and thoughtful, and with his vast wealth, gave her the best education, and a life that she never would have dreamed was possible - and for once in his life, he did it for no ulterior motive.

Soon, however, she realised that she had no real goal in life. If she wanted to, she could live out the rest of her life without a care in the world. But she didn't like the thought of that - a life with no drive to it, and with no goal to reach. Until, Diaboli offered to take her on as a member of the Patched, and to train her to become a thief and fighter, just like he had.