Clair Lasbard (クレア・ラーズバード, Kurea Rāzubādo?, lit. Clair Lasbird) is a major character in Star Ocean: Till the End of Time. One of Queen Aquaria XXVII's Crimson Blades, Clair is a commander of the Aquarian runological corps. She is the childhood friend of Nel Zelpher and the daughter of Adray Lasbard, a former Crimson Blade himself.
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- Birthplace: The Sacred Kingdom of Aquaria, Elicoor II
- Birthday: March 20th, 750 S.D.
- A woman active in the war between the Kingdom of Aquaria and its neighboring nation of Airyglyph. She also goes by the name of Crimson Blade and directly serves the queen.
- Nel constantly finds herself worried sick about Nel, who in the name of duty, always puts herself in grave danger.
- She is the daughter of Adray Lasbard. It is from him that she has inherited her Crimson Blade title.
Story[]
Fayt and Cliff first meet Clair when Nel successfully brings them to Arias, a war-torn city where some members of the Queen's forces have set up base. Clair is relieved to see Nel's safe return and wastes no time in trying to convince Fayt and Cliff to help them end their war with Airyglyph, albeit with persuasive tactics that are gentler and more patient than Nel. But Fayt is still uneasy about helping to create their weapon.
The next day, Fayt and Cliff discover Nel's disappearance and Clair mentions that Nel singlehandedly went back to Kirlsa Training Facility to free her captured subordinates, Tynave and Farleen, from execution. Cliff and Fayt chase after her, rescue her and her subordinates, and luckily make it back to Arias after defeating Shelby and having a close encounter with Albel Nox.
If the party chooses to bring Adray Lasbard with them before the battle with Duke Vox, she will make some comments about how her father would never back down from fighting alongside Aquaria and how she asks that they take care of him. Clair leads the troops when Airyglyph decides to pull out a final attack against Aquaria before their weapon - the Thunder Arrow - is completed. But the onslaught between the two countries ends after the Vendeeni arrive and start attacking both sides. Clair manages to successfully withdraw most of her forces and they return to Castle Aquaria. Clair plays no real part of the story from here on out other than wishing Nel luck on her missions.
She appears in both of Adray's endings, in which Adray attempts to marry her off, much to her chagrin. In Adray's solo ending, he tries to marry her off to any of her subordinates who can endure his physical training the longest. In Adray's ending with Fayt, he asks Fayt if wants to marry Clair, with Clair proceeding to attack her father for interfering in her private life. She is also mentioned in Nel's ending with Fayt, where Tynave accidentally reveals how jealous Nel got when she saw Fayt talking with Clair.
If Adray is Fayt's companion who appears in Urssa Cave Temple, Adray attempts to rope Fayt into retrieving a gem for the latter to give to Clair as part of a marriage proposal, and (presumably referencing Nel's ending) mentions that he saw Fayt and Clair talking together for over six hours. Whether or not Clair has any feelings for Fayt or if it's Adray projecting onto the situation remains ambiguous.
Profile[]
Though minor in terms of plot, Clair remains a prominent character regarding Elicoor's conflict and the backstories of two party characters as Nel's childhood friend and colleague as well as Adray's daughter. She's first introduced as the commander of the Aquarian army defending the besieged Arias, her close bond with Nel and their contrasting demeanors immediately evident. Where Nel is "frank" and coolly withholds emotions that might get in the way of missions, Clair's approach to the captured Fayt and Cliff is polite and extremely diplomatic, and she openly expresses anxiety regarding Nel's wellbeing.
Other characters throughout Aquaria make note of her gentle demeanor but also her intelligence and competency as a commander, undercut only by Aquaria's lack of military power compared to Airyglyph. Both Nel and Clair are said to be admired throughout the continent—as commanders and also for their beauty. Clair herself is also said to be something of a workaholic, much like Nel, which prevents her from settling down, and that she's also a poor cook compared to her friend. Shortly after the Vendeeni attack during the battle, Clair will express outrage and comment that the outcome of the battle is "unacceptable" and that she saw the war with Airyglyph as mostly a religious war of ideals. Her interactions with her father imply that she can be fierce when angered, particularly when someone interferes with her personal life.
Clair's closeness to Nel (particularly their hug after Nel survives the Kirlsa facility) and the emphasis on her lack of interest in marriage prospects via Adray's scenes has led to speculation that she might be a lesbian, and/or harbor romantic feelings for Nel—something the non-canon manga adaptation emphasizes by also playing up the ambiguity of Nel's own sexuality and the romantic undertones of the scenes in which they are together. All of this remains possible subtext, and both characters are implied to have some romantic interest in Fayt depending on the ending or Urssa companion achieved, making them possibly bisexual if nothing else, but nothing has been confirmed or denied. Anamnesis appears to depict both characters as interested solely in the Captain, likely for audience appeal.
Anamnesis seems to alter her character somewhat compared to the third game, as well as expand upon it. She's shown to be a little more immature and upbeat as opposed to her original personality, possibly for the sake of fanservice/comedic moments, and her strained relationship with her father seems to go unmentioned in favor of her viewing him as a mentor and inspiration. She's said to be skilled in espionage in regards to her Maid variation, and mentions a belief in spirits for the Halloween event—one of the rare times her religious upbringing is noted.
Gameplay[]
Originally a non-playable character in Star Ocean: Till the End of Time, Clair makes her playable appearance in the spin-off game Star Ocean: Anamnesis. She currently has eight variants: "Clair", "Girly Clair", "Devil Clair", "Maid Clair", "Bride Clair", "Holiday Clair", "Empress Clair", and "Summer Clair".
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- Clair's pedigree (that is, her percentage of royal blood) is 34%, same as Nel (as indicated in the Star Ocean Till the End of Time: -Eternal Materials- book.)
- If Magistrate Lasselle is spoken with prior to leaving Aquios for the battle in Arias, he mentions that the war council refused his idea to burn Arias down as a means of winning against Airyglyph by way of attrition, saying that their people have suffered too much already. Given Clair is Aquaria's only named general in the game, and the head of the Aquaria's army, it's very likely that Clair was among those who rejected the Magistrate's idea.