Claire Field Symphonia (シンフォニア・フィールド・クレア), usually known as just Claire (クレア), is a noble that hails from the high-ranked Symphonia House. She is a Knight who serves as escort, alongside Rain, for Princess Iris of the Kingdom of Belzerg.
Appearance[]
Like most nobles, Claire has beautiful blue eyes and blonde hair with a blue lock. Her hair is short and mostly free-flowing, with the exception of a single braid on the right side of her head; she has side swept bangs that cover her right eye. Kazuma has noted that Claire is very beautiful and she has the kind of voluptuous body he prefers, although not as voluptuous as Darkness.[2]
Claire usually wears a full white suit with gold trimming designed for males and a blue necktie, even when going on adventures, which has earned her the nickname "White Suit". However she will wear a less conspicuous blue knight outfit whenever she is travelling incognito. She always carries a short sword around her waist. Sometimes she wears gold earrings with a diamond.
Personality[]
Claire is, according to Kazuma, a competent, but "too serious" woman.[3] She is so rigorous at her job as Iris' escort that Claire overreacts to defend Iris' honor (even from a noble of equal standing)[2] and to her own mistakes.[3] She also overdoes her tasks when Iris asks her something,[4] and was very overprotective too, until Iris convinced Claire to be more flexible (with great regret) after the Princess proved to be able to take care of herself.[5]
As a noble, Claire tends to be condescending, as while she is polite with prominent figures of the kingdom, like Mitsurugi[6] or other nobles and the royalty, Claire looks down on people with low social status, like the plebeians. She also tends to be judgmental, showing hostility to people Claire has deemed delinquents, like Dust[7] and particularly Kazuma. She has no common sense too, given that Claire never interacts with the commoners.
Claire, however, gets carried away when the subject is Iris, for who she is infatuated and puts on a pedestal. Moved by the Princess' positivity and innocence,[8] Claire often tries to spend as much time with Iris as possible (even wanting to bath and sleep together with the Princess),[4][9] overreacts to Iris' opinion about herself[5] and pays undue attention to the Iris' mannerisms,[9] and even tries to pamper the Princess as much as she can.[4]
While Claire is very strict with Iris, she is very possessive of her too, since Claire believes no one can measure up to somebody as talented, sweet and beautiful as Iris, going so far as planning to poison the prince of Elroad just because he is the Princess' fiancé, in order not to give Iris to anyone else. However, Claire is willing to befriend and entrust the Princess' safety to anyone who also cares about Iris' welfare.[10]
History[]
For Claire's history, see her History tab.
Abilities[]
According to Iris, Claire is one of the most talented people in the Kingdom of Belzerg, and one of her most prided retainers alongside Darkness.
- One-Handed Sword: Claire uses a one-handed short sword in the novel and game. As a member of the House of the Sword, one of the two noble families (alongside Dustiness House of the Shield) that have protected this kingdom through the years, she is renowned by her swordsmanship skills.
- Oath: In Fantastic Days game, Claire can strengthen herself by swearing to fight for the sake of Iris.
Trivia[]
- According to Rain, Claire started to act "weird" about Iris after she bathed with the Princess.[4]
- According to Vanir, the reason why Claire doesn't make a move on Iris is because of her sense of loyalty.[8]
- According to Cecily, Claire's passion for Iris is similar to her own passion for "li'l sister" types.[11]
References[]
- ↑ KonoFan Twitter Account
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 KonoSuba Light Novel Volume 6, Chapter 1
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 KonoSuba Light Novel Volume 6, Epilogue 1
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Consultation Light Novel, Chapter 2
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Explosion - Bonus Story Volume 2, Chapter 1
- ↑ KonoSuba Light Novel Volume 6, Chapter 3
- ↑ Explosion - Bonus Story Volume 1, Chapter 3
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Limelight Light Novel Volume 3, Chapter 3
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Explosion - Bonus Story Volume 1, Chapter 1
- ↑ KonoSuba Light Novel Volume 10, Chapter 2
- ↑ Explosion - Bonus Story Volume 1, Chapter 2