Claret Poe

"The Academy likes to preach about friendship and cooperation. But I know: in the real world, it's every man for himself."

- Claret Poe Claret Poe is a student at the Haven Academy in Mistral. She is a member of Team ECRU.

Appearance
Claret is a slim girl with a pale complexion. Her features are described as hard and bitter; her face is always set in either an expression of utter neutrality or a scowl. She is described as pretty but her attitude, demeanor, and composure all detract from her appearance. Her ears are pierced with bird skull earrings and she wears thick eye shadow.

Like other students at Haven, Claret typically wears the standard uniform when going to classes. When in battle or in the field, she wears a custom outfit which consists of a long brown duster over a dark red form-fitting shirt. She wears a black and red plaid skirt, with black stockings. On her feet, she wears a pair of black boots, worn and scuffed from years of wear and tear. She keeps her weapon, Black 13, in a holster slung across the small of her back. Additionally, she wears fingerless gloves and a bullet belt.

Her casual attire is usually dark in color, typically black. Her pajamas feature skulls and crossbones. Claret owns a long red dress but has never worn it: she skipped out on going to prom.

Weapon
Claret's weapon is a Single Action Dust Revolver (SADR) named Black 13. It is a large blackish silver revolver with an elongated barrel and a curved handle inlaid with a design of vines and flowers. It features a specialized chamber in which several samples of Dust can be loaded into. Black 13 only has one form, unlike other weapons which transforms, but utilizes a specialized chamber to load special Dust bullets that have different properties.
 * Fire: When using Fire Dust, Black 13 forgoes rapid fire. In exchange, it takes on the function of a flame thrower, shooting a steady stream of fire for a period of time. This firing mode is known to quickly drain the Dust reserves of Black 13, only granting a brief period of literal fire power.
 * Water: When loaded with Water Dust, Black 13's bullets become larger, somewhat explosive "water drops". This mode is used for area-of-effect, area denial, or when artillery is required to assault an enemy. While powerful, this firing mode can potentially be dangerous to any friendlies or civilians in the area, as Claret has no control over the radius of the blasts.
 * Earth: This firing mode is similar to a shotgun. The projectiles fired cover an area with a spread of sharp splinters of stone with each shot. The main weakness is the lack of range.
 * Wind: While loaded with Wind Dust, Black 13 stops firing standard bullets, instead resorting to smaller "Wind Bullets". This mode is similar to that of a machine gun or submachine gun, focusing on firing speed and the ability to put more bullets downrange over accuracy. Like the Fire Dust mode, Wind Dust is known to be depleted quickly by Black 13.
 * Lightning: The final kind of Dust known to be loaded into and used by Black 13. The rounds granted by the Lightning Dust fire much slower than the others or Black 13's standard bullets but have much more power. Claret used the Lightning Dust for long range engagements, where rapid fire doesn't matter as much. As such, when using Lightning Dust, Black 13 can be likened to a sniper rifle. While it grants the weapon enhanced range, other weapons, such as rifles or sniper rifles, still outrange Black 13, even with the Lightning Dust activated.

Trivia

 * Claret is a red wine produced in the Bordeaux region of France. Claret as a color is typically represented as a dark or deep purplish red. Her last name, Poe, is a nickname from Old Norse that means "peacock". As a color, peacock is typically called peacock blue, and is usually depicted as a greenish blue or teal color.
 * Claret is loosely based off of the character Roland Deschain, from Stephen King's Dark Tower series.
 * Additionally, her weapon, Black 13, takes its name from an artifact from the above mentioned series. Black 13 was also influenced by Myrtenaster, the weapon of Weiss Schnee.