Clem
(a.k.a. Clem)
"Appear weak when you are strong, and strong when you are weak." - General Sun Tsu
Clem is a very sweet person. They are kind, and loyal, and caring. They love their new family of drivers who flock to the garages in Yeast Avenue. They like driving the car which belonged to their deceased brother. They like the adventures involved in trading different goods far and wide. They like providing people with food and resources they normally couldn't get. They like helping others whenever they can.
But that's when they're unplugged.
Position yourself carefully in front of the drivers seat. Sink back into it. Stop when you see the metal stake come through your chest. Relax every muscle in your body and let it drink you in - just a little. Just enough to start the ignition. It stutters, it stutters, it stutters,, , it starts. The gravely tick of a thirsty engine gives way to a satisfied roar. You are here. You are now. You are out for blood.
Physical Description
General Physical Condition
Clem is relatively small, with a feminine figure. Their body is strong and used to the work required to hold their own in foreign districts. They also have a round, smooth scar from the stake they impale themselves with in order to drive. When they unplug themselves at the end of the day, no wound is left, just that strange, smooth marking from where the metal stake enters their back.
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Mental characteristics
Personal history
Born as a fourth child and the third daughter to a matriarch of one of the twelve sub-districts of The Brights, Clem was raised in a place of relative comfort and ease. They spent their early childhood playing in the lush fields of green, drinking tea with too much honey and eating fruit fresh from the vine.
As a daughter of the sub district, they were raised with a good education on how to help their sub district become even more successful. This included lessons in leadership as well as agriculture, trade, economics, history, and even the arts. Clem was an adequate student, but preferred to spend their time outside running around in the wilderness. A favorite pass time of theirs was to accompany trading caravans to the district border and watch them trade crops for different goods.
Loyalty to their sub district was something enforced time and time again, and as they grew, they began to take the charge more seriously. When Clem was eight years old, their older brother disappeared, seemingly overnight. Rumors flourished during this time, saying that the boy ran away from home and left The Brights altogether. Instead of mourning the loss of their brother, Clem instead grew a distaste for his decision and publicly admonished his decision to leave.
This cult-like dedication to their sub district lasted for another six years, until their mother Miere was elected as the new residing queen of The Brights. Consequently, she passed her family on to another capable matriarch in another sub district before taking on her new role. This destroyed Clem. They attempted to adjust to the new environment and new cause to dedicate themselves to, but it never really took.
Less than two years after their mother took the throne, Clem made the same decision their brother had made almost a decade prior. They joined the early morning caravans heading for the district border as they always did. Then, when the moment was right, they slipped away from the merchants and into bustling marketplace which existed right outside their home.
It didn't take long for them to come face to face with their brother. After years of fighting on his own, he had struck a deal with the drivers in the district to become a Thraller - a person synced with a car that ran on blood. Clem's brother was pale and sickly at this point - he had given too much of himself to the machine. They began to join him on his drives - hoping to keep their last family member safe, but his demise was inevitable. Less than two weeks into their escapades, their brother used the last of his energy to speed away from an attempted raid on their vehicle. Though his initial boost of speed helped the two get ahead of the oncoming intruders, the car needed a driver to make an escape.
Fueled by their grief and rage, Clem stabbed themself into the vehicle. The engine roared to life - a perfect match. From then on, they ran missions for the drivers in Yeast Avenue in their brother's name. They gave blood like their brother, but didn't let the vehicle consume them like it had consumed him. When unplugged, they are the sweet and kind and caring person that they were raised to be. When they are plugged in they allow the anger and defiance deep within their soul to awaken and demand the sacrifices they had always needed.
Gender Identity
Education
Given a basic education on how to help their sub district thrive
Employment
They currently operate as a Thraller for the garages in Yeast Avenue. The other drivers like their naturally kind and upbeat personality and admire the amount of work they do for their cause.
Mental Trauma
Their mother, the residing queen of The Brights, gave them and the rest of their family up when she was elected into power. Clem had been raised loyal to their sub-district. As the third daughter in the family, Clem was never going to be head matriarch of her sub district, but that didn't mean they weren't fiercely loyal to their family's cause. The fact that their mother abandoned their family and their home in a heartbeat when she was elected as the new queen completely destroyed Clem. The rest of the family was given to a different matriarch in a different sub district, a massive shift which effectively demolished Clem's faith in the system.
Personality Characteristics
Motivation
Dreams to one day establish a network of roads which reach out over the entirety of the Rocpocalypse. They hope that this will lead to everyone being able to talk to and trade with one another and maybe even lead to better relationships between the districts.
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