Rarity: ★★
33歳。エレゼン族。
ガレマール帝国第IV軍団「魔獣大隊」所属の百人隊長。
Race: Elezen
Age: 33
高慢な物言いなどから外連味が強くキャラの濃いクラリシーだが、それは彼女の表層的な外的側面、いわゆるペルソナである。
クラリシーが第IV軍団の一員となって約10年、獣王ライアンが認める魔獣使い・ビーストテイマーのひとりが彼女である。魔獣を意のままに操る彼女を皆は「魔女」とも呼んだ。噂によると、彼女はこの世のものとは思えぬ不思議な発音で人外の言葉を語り、その言葉で魔獣を使役しているのだという。いやいや、それは彼女のアンチが流した悪意ある噂だと別の者は語る。クラリシーは「魔女」どころか「聖女」。傷ついた兵士や魔獣のために身体を張って戦うその姿は伝説の軍神にして女神であるグラーディアその人だというのだ。事実、彼女が戦場で挙げた武功は数知れない。
どちらの噂も本当かもしれない。仲間のために誰よりもその身をさらし戦う姿はまさに「聖女」、一方、魔獣を操り容赦なく敵を狩るそれは「魔女」そのものに違いない。いずれにしても、彼女の瞳を視た者はその妖艶な眼差しに魅了されるか、恐れを抱き震え上がるかどちらかなのだ……。
彼女の過去を知る者は極めて少ない。
クラリシーは国境をまたいで旅する流浪の民であるエシュワ族出身である。帝国支配下では定住政策が進められていたが、エシュワ族はそれを拒否。軍団長ガブラスは折衷案として一定期間兵役に就く者を差し出せば今までの生活を続けて良いと提案。エシュワ族はその条件を呑み若い男性数名を差し出した。クラリシーの夫もそのひとりだ。獣王ライアン配下の魔獣大隊の一員として彼女の夫も参加したが初陣であえなくその命を落としてしまう。結婚からわずか数ヶ月後のことであった。ガブラスに代わりライアンが彼女の元を弔問し、死なせたことを謝罪した。未亡人となったクラリシーは夫の代わりに兵役に就くことで一族からこれ以上の男手を奪わぬよう嘆願し、ライアンはそれを承諾した。以来、彼女は「魔女」と「聖女」の仮面を被りつつ、亡き夫の鎮魂と一族の平和のため戦いを続けている……。
Notorious among both friend and foe for her ostentatious presence on the battlefield, the true nature of this centurion of the IVth Imperial Legion's contingent of beasts remains shrouded in mystery.
Two facts are certain: Clarricie joined the ranks of the IVth Imperial Legion some ten years ago, and is one of the few beastmasters recognized for her talents by the “Beast King” Lyon rem Helsos. Beyond this, countless stories are told. Some call her a witch, saying they have observed her speaking to her pets in unholy, bestial tongues the likes of which have never been uttered by mortal mouths─indeed, that the monstrosities in her charge obey her every command because she herself is one of them. Others claim this is but a lie spread by those looking to smear her name, and that Clarricie is rather a saint, a figure of surpassing compassion and charity who tends to her wounded pets and comrades with self-sacrificing love and devotion, fighting to protect them as if she were the warrior goddess Gradia herself.
Perhaps both tales are true, and whether Clarricie appears as a witch or a saint depends only on the eye of the beholder. What cannot be denied are the nigh-countless triumphs she has claimed in war, and the profound fear she strikes into the heart of any foe unfortunate enough to meet her dangerously alluring gaze on the battlefield.
Little is known about her origins, save that she was born as one of the Eschva, a nomadic people that wandered across borders in the olden days. When the Empire came, they refused to settle, leading Legatus Gabranth to propose a compromise: they could maintain their itinerant lifestyle on the condition that they volunteered a dictated number of their strongest men to serve in the imperial army for a fixed period of time. The Eschva accepted these terms, and Clarricie's newlywed husband was one of those chosen to serve. A formidable beastmaster in his own right, he was recruited into Lyon's contingent, but tragically and suddenly lost his life on his very first mission─just months after he and Clarricie swore their vows. Feeling a strong sense of responsibility and pity for the poor girl, Lyon personally paid her a visit in Gabranth's stead, apologizing for causing her beloved's death under his watch. Lamenting the thought of any other Eschva women being widowed as she had been, she entreated Lyon to accept her into his ranks in her husband's place, a petition which the Beast King was all too happy to accept. Since that day, Clarricie wears the masks of both a witch and a saint, fighting for her husband's honor and memory, and to achieve an era of peace for her people that her beloved will never see...