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This is a page about the characters appearing in the [[Manga]] turned [[Anime]] [[Claymore]]. Just as a warning, this page probably contains spoilers.
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* [[Bounty Hunter]]: Their services to mankind do not come free of charge.
* [[Broken Bird]]: [[Dark and Troubled Past|Every.]] [[Break the Cutie|Single.]] [[The Woobie|One.]]
* [[The Corruptible]]: All Claymores are in danger of giving into their [[Super-Powered Evil Side]] whenever they tap into their yoma-half for a power boost.
* [[Dark and Troubled Past]]: Since the Organization usually picks up orphans and homeless kids to turn into warriors, and since the Claymore-verse is a [[Crapsack World]] to begin with, you can bet that every single Claymore has an angsty backstory.
* [[Demon Slayer]]: Well, yoma and awakened beings.
* [[Detect Evil]]: Claymores can sense yoki, which is what gives Yoma, Awakened Beings, and Claymores their power.
* [[Enemy
* [[Gray Eyes]]: Hence the name "Silver Eyed Witches"
* [[Half-Human Hybrid]]
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Number 47.<ref>Now former Number 47.</ref>
The main protagonist of [[Claymore]].
{{quote|Voiced by: [[Houko Kuwashima]] (JP), [[Stephanie Young]] (adult) & [[Cherami Leigh]] (child) (EN)}}
* [[Action Heroine]]
* [[Almighty Janitor]] - Clare after meeting {{spoiler|Irene}} until the climactic battle in the north. She's ranked dead last out of 47. Before then she's largely deserving of her rank {{spoiler|and, after then, she deserted, so she doesn't have a rank anymore anyway}}.
** Debatable whether she really deserved to be dead last. One of the characters notes that she seems to have optimized her fighting style for fighting high-powered Awakened Ones, which aren't what Claymores spend most of their time fighting and isn't how ranks are determined, so it could be the result of [[Crippling Overspecialization]] early on.
** Clare has been shown to have more power than many on the series. She's ranked 47 presumably due to the fact that she's only 1/4 Yoma, which is why she is perceived as weak. However, she's been shown to take out enemies that single numbered Claymores failed to successfully beat.
** Clare started out clearly the weakest of her cohort, from early training on up, and everyone assumed it was because she had only 1/4 Yoma. But it's unclear if her 1/4 Yoma really is the weakest (it is, after all, 1/4 of ''Theresa's'' yoma, and could well be stronger than 1/2 of some other youma. But it could be that being made from another Claymore and not a pure Yoma makes it harder for Clare to master/access your youki power, so she starts out weakest of all, but with training will get stronger. At present it isn't yet completely clear if her victories over various powerful Awakened Beings can be credited more to skill than to power. So whether she is more [[Almighty Janitor]] or more [[Weak but Skilled]], or some combination of both, isn't yet clear.
* [[Anti-Hero]]: Type II
* [[Awesomeness By Analysis]]: This girl practically has a passive ability to just non-stop come up with strategies and tactics on the spot to improve her odds of victory. Of course, since here people don't exposition [[Awesomeness By Analysis]], save the occasional one-liner, you'll have to pay attention to notice this.
* [[Badass]]: She starts off as a total badass, and ''then'' you realize that she is, in fact, the weakest warrior of 'em all (and no, not an almighty janitor).
* [[Badass and Child Duo]]: Clare is part of ''two''! Clare is the badass to Raki in a rare gender inverted example and it is later revealed that Clare herself was protected by Teresa of the Faint Smile in the same way in a same-gendered example.
* [[Badass Transplant]]: Her right arm is not her's, but Irene's. With it, she can use Irene's signature attack more efficiently.
* [[Bathing Beauty]]: In earlier chapters she was shown to have a habit of taking a bath after every mission in attempt to wash off the smell of yoma blood.
* [[Blade Spam]]: the Windcutter and Quicksword techniques she coppied. Windcutter has [[Iaijutsu Practitioner|other benefits]].
* [[Benched Hero]]: {{spoiler|During the rebellion.}}
* [[Being Watched]]: She sensed it when her team was being spied upon by Galatea.
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** You can, if you're Priscilla.
*** Priscilla ''is'' one of her Berserk Buttons.
* [[Bifauxnen]]: Deliberately invoked to {{spoiler|hide from the Organization. It doesn't last too long.}} Though it helps that she can alter her voice.
* [[Break the Cutie]]: Happened so many times to her in the backstory that it's kind of surprising that she didn't just lose it.
* [[Combat Pragmatist]]: Very much so.
* [[Cool Big Sis]]: At least Raki thinks so.
* [[Creepy Child]]: In the backstory.
* [[Creepy Monotone]]: From the get-go.
* [[Cute Mute]]: All part of being a [[Heartwarming Orphan]].
* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: It's rare behind her Stoic nature, but it comes out every now and again.
* [[Defrosting Ice Queen]]: Young Clare becomes this to Theresa.
* [[Determinator]]: This girl does not give up, ''ever'', save the occasional [[I Cannot Self-Terminate]] moment (but [[Super-Powered Evil Side|with good reason]]).
* [[Deus Exit Machina]]: She is absent during {{spoiler|the rebellion of the organization's warriors.}} Considering she is currently one of the two most powerful warriors alive her presence would have been very helpful.
* [[Distaff Counterpart]]: Many people consider Clare to be one of these to Guts from ''[[Berserk]]''.
* [[Dramatic Dislocation]]: Clare dislocates a shoulder during her training, and pops it back in by ramming her shoulder into a wall.
* [[Emotionless Girl]]: subverted. Clare only appears to be this.
{{quote|'''Irene''': ''You already appear calm on the surface. But your real heart is a whirlpool of passion''}}
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* [[Multi-Armed and Dangerous]]: Grows several bladed appendages when she partially Awakens.
* [[Plucky Girl]]: Clare was this when she was a little girl who followed Teresa around no matter what the former said to discourage her. Goes full-blown [[Determinator]] when she becomes a super human.
* [[Rape as Backstory]]: It was strongly implied that the yoma that took Clare captive as a child was at least molesting her. Some speculate that the yoma that killed her family and masqueraded as her brother [[Rape as Drama|took it a step further...]]
* [[Super Speed]]: When she taps way too far into the [[Super-Powered Evil Side]]. Unfortunately, unlike Miria's [[Flash Step|Phantom]], the Law of Conservation of Momentum ''is'' working, but she initially addresses it with a [[Blade Brake]].
* {{spoiler|[[Taking You with Me]]: After being absorbed into the Destroyer, Clare (and possibly some very, very small part of Raphaela) absorb and seal Priscilla into herself.}}
* [[Took a Level
* [[The Force Is Strong with This One]]: One of Clare's specialties, before she began mega-manning, was sensing auras.
* [[Unstoppable Rage]]: '''WARNING!''' Side effects of Unstoppable Rage include: Going completely [[Hot-Blooded]], tapping far, far deeper into the [[Super-Powered Evil Side]] than is conceivably safe, a one-track mindset (kill), a single-target mindset, and raising [[Determinator]] status from already ridiculously epic levels to fully-fledged [[Implacable Man|Implacable Woman]] status.
* [[Weak but Skilled]]: Theoretically, she's the Organization's weakest warrior besides Clarice. However, she has at least one inherent skill {{spoiler|inherited from her sort-of-mother, [[Badass|Teresa]]}} that she's ''VERY'' hard to top at. Oh and she [[Training
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Number 6.
{{quote|Voiced by: [[Kikuko Inoue]] (JP), [[Monica Rial]] (EN)}}
* [[Badass]]
* [[Batman Grabs a Gun]]: She breaks her one rule of never killing fellow Claymores during her battle against {{spoiler|Hysteria the Elegant}}, as that was the only way to end the fight before {{spoiler|a recently Awakened Cassandra}} killed all her allies.
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* {{spoiler|[[Dropped a Bridge on Him|Dropped A Bridge On Her]]: As of Chapter 107. Turns out that [[He's Back|she isn't actually dead after all.]]}}
* [[Flash Step]]: Her signature move — she moves so fast that she leaves after-images.
** In her battle with Hysteria, she has to push it even further, not quite reaching her [[Intangible Man]] status, but she does succeed at a more brutal version. Intentional [[Tele Frag|telefraging]].
* [[Genius Bruiser]]
* {{spoiler|[[Idiot Ball]]}}: {{spoiler|Miria is at her best in group combat, yet she decides to attack the Organization by herself because of her [[More Expendable Than You]] attitude and belief that she was the only one that could kill other Claymores or defenseless-yet-guilty human beings. She <s>dies</s> almost died in the process.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Ineffectual Loner]]: And it almost got her killed.}}
* [[Kill the Ones You Love]]: {{spoiler|Hilda}}, which prompted her to turn against the Organization.
* [[Magnetic Hero
* [[Mr. Exposition|Ms Exposition]]: She dons this role from time to time.
* {{spoiler|[[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero]]: Her rebellion against the Organization resulted in the birth of three new Abyssal Ones.}}
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* [[The Paragon]]: In chapter 123, Deneve reveals that Miria is this to other Ghosts and their allies: her self-reliance and independence from the Organization inspires others to make their own choices instead of remaining silent living weapons.
* [[The Perfectionist]]: Ibid, Deneve berates Miria for always striving for perfection (specifically never losing anyone under her command) and remaining suicidally virtuous.
* [[Rebel Leader]]: Possibly the first and only warrior of the organization to organize a covert following to eventually go against the organization's rule.
* [[Red Baron]]: [[Flash Step|"Phantom."]]
* [[The Strategist]]: Practically part of her job description, although in a partial subversion Miria is also one of the strongest combatants in the series.
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* {{spoiler|[[X Marks the Hero]]: Sports a ragged cross-shaped scar just slightly off the middle of her forehead after her skirmish with the Claymores still "loyal" to the Organization.}}
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Number 22.
{{quote|Voiced by: [[Miki Nagasawa]] (JP), [[Jamie Marchi]] (EN)}}
* [[Anti-Hero]]: Type II
* [[Heterosexual Life Partners|Asexual Life Partners]]: Helen and Deneve are for all intents and purposes inseparable. Of course, a lot of fans see this as [[Les Yay|something else...]]
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* [[Big Eater]]: Claymores can go for days on only a few bits of food but Helen will snack on several apples in the space of a day in the anime, making her one by Claymore standards.
* [[Can't Hold Her Liquor]]: Although it is a somewhat unusual example, since Claymores can ignore the effects of alcohol completely if they want to.
* [[Cool Big Sis]]: Once you get past that persistent layer of jerkass-ness, Helen can have a very sisterly attitude toward other warriors.
* [[Dynamic Entry]]: In the aforementioned [[Attack Hello]].
* [[Hey, It's That Voice!]]: For fans of ''[[Soul Eater]]'', you might recognize Helen's English voice actor as Elizabeth "Liz" Thompson.
* [[Hot-Blooded]]: Compared to most other [[The Stoic|Claymores]], Helen is very Hot Blooded.
* [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold]]: Is a complete and utter bitch to Clare when they first meet, mocking her low rank, calling her utterly useless and is mentioned to have come close to killing humans over disputes as well as being a natural born troublemaker. Despite being a bit of a bully, she's also one of the most selfless, loyal, caring friends anyone could hope to have.
* [[Oh Crap]]: Being one of the more emotionally expressive Claymores, she often has this.
* [[Plucky Comic Relief]]: She provides the only laughs in an otherwise somber series.
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* {{spoiler|[[This Is a Drill]]: After the timeskip, Helen has mastered the Drill Sword, which combined with her [[Rubber Man|Rubber Woman]] status currently makes her the most ridiculous ranged attacker in the series.}}
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Number 15.
{{quote|Voiced by: [[Hana Takeda]] (JP), [[Caitlin Glass]] (EN)}}
* [[Death Seeker]]: Until she met Helen and got some sense knocked into her.
* [[Dual-Wielding]]: {{spoiler|After the timeskip, Deneve carries Undine's sword as a tribute.}}
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* [[Survivor Guilt]]: Deneve's main reason for being a [[Death Seeker]].
* [[Team Dad]]: A [[Rare Female Example]]. When {{spoiler|Clare and Miria}} go AWOL for various reasons, Deneve steps in and [[Only Sane Employee|keeps the other Ghosts from doing things they'll regret]], even disciplining one when she considers a [[Stupid Sacrifice]].
* [[Too Many Belts]]: Out of all of the Seven Ghosts, Deneve's outfit has the most belts.
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Number 3.
{{quote|Voiced by: [[Ai Orikasa]] (JP), [[Colleen Clinkenbeard]] (EN)}}
* [[Beauty Equals Goodness]]: C'mon, just ''look'' at her.
* {{spoiler|[[Blank White Eyes]]}}: as a result of her becoming a...
* {{spoiler|[[Blind Seer]]}}: which is also played straight, resulting in...
* {{spoiler|[[Disability Superpower]]}}
* [[Dissonant Serenity]]: during her introduction, she uses this to confuse Dauf.
* [[Enemy
* [[Friend to All Children]]: Takes care of the orphans under the church's care.
* [[Genius Bruiser]]
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* [[Team Mom]]: In the crisis of Rabona, to the other Claymores.
* [[Red Baron]]: "God Eye."
* [[The Force Is Strong with This One]]: Her specialty, sensing energy over long ranges.
* [[He Knows Too Much|She Knows Too Much]]: This is what {{spoiler|made her desert}}
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Number 4 at the beginning of the series, eventually replaced by Miata. Has some serious issues.
{{quote|Voiced by: [[Emi Shinohara]] (JP), [[Luci Christian]] (EN)}}
* [[Affably Evil]]: She's quite charming until she starts hacking your limbs off.
* [[Ax Crazy]]
* [[Blood Knight]]: Especially towards Awakened Beings, although it's not like she's gonna turn down the chance to kill other things.
* [[Dark Action Girl]]: Oh, God!
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* {{spoiler|[[Famous Last Words]]}}: {{spoiler|"''I'll see you in the next world... We'll be together again...''" (speaking of her brother as she lay dying)}}
* [[Four Is Death]]
* [[Freudian Excuse]]
* [[Giggling Villain]]
* {{spoiler|[[Go Out with a Smile]]}}
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* {{spoiler|[[Villainous Breakdown]]}}
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Number 9.
{{quote|Voiced by: [[Kotono Mitsuishi]] (JP), [[Laura Bailey]] (EN)}}
* [[Defiant to the End]]: After her other comrades were killed at the hands of Riful's torture, only Jean was left. Riful gives her one last chance to just give in and join her side. Jean's response?
{{quote|'''Jean''': "[[Precision F-Strike|Fuck you.]]"}}
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* [[This Is a Drill]]: The Drill Sword, which fan parodies like to cross over with [[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann]].
* {{spoiler|[[Obi-Wan Moment]]: Her last moments are spent reassuring Clare.}}
* [[Unusual Eyebrows]]: Of the "no eyebrows whatsoever" variety.
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Number 7. One of the captains at Pieta.
* [[Blade Spam]]: The first part of her Wind Cutter technique.
* {{spoiler|[[Half the Man He Used To Be|Half the Woman She Used to Be]]}}
* [[Iaijutsu Practitioner]]: The second part of her Wind Cutter technique.
* [[Lady of War]]
* {{spoiler|[[Sacrificial Lion]]}}
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Number 11. One of the captains at Pieta.
* [[Amazonian Beauty]]
* [[Bokukko]]: Speaks very rudely to hide her insecurities.
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* {{spoiler|[[Sacrificial Lion]]}}
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Number 14. One of the Seven Ghosts.
{{quote|Voiced by: [[Miho Miyagawa]] (JP), [[Anastasia Munoz]] (EN)}}
* [[Combat Medic]]
* {{spoiler|[[Death Seeker]]:}} Hides it well but it's there.
* [[Girlish Pigtails]]
* [[The Pollyanna]]: Taking into account all that's happened, she's quite cheerful.
* [[Screw the Money, I Have Rules]]: Was implied in chapter 83 that the reason why Cynthia was sent to the Northern Campaign was because she was doing her job without charging for it, since she was considering the safety of the civilians more than getting paid. And that, apparently, was justifiable reasoning to send her on a [[Suicide Mission]]...
* [[Stepford Smiler]]: Of the "hiding her angst" variety.
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Number 31. One of the Seven Ghosts.
{{quote|Voiced by: [[Akeno Watanabe]] (JP), [[Michele Specht]] (EN)}}
* [[Enemy
* [[The Force Is Strong with This One]]
* [[Undying Loyalty]]: Has no other plans for her life other than assisting [[The Captain|Miria.]]
* [[You Are in Command Now]]: {{spoiler|After Miria's [[Unexplained Recovery|"death"]]}}, Tabitha leads the team.
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Number 40. One of the Seven Ghosts.
* [[All of the Other Reindeer]]: Thinks she's this out of the seven survivors. She's the only one who thinks so.
* [[Can't Catch Up]]: Subverted. She thinks she's the [[The Load|useless one]] among the seven, but later realizes that this is far from the case. She was just [[Overshadowed by Awesome]].
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* [[How Dare You Die on Me!]]
* [[Improbable Aiming Skills]]: [[Throwing Your Sword Always Works]]... except you have to [[Reality Ensues|be able to get it back too.]]
* [[Took a Level
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Number 5, former Number 2. {{spoiler|Originally from a generation or two before Teresa's, made as part of an experiment to control an awakened being, eventually perfected with Alicia and Beth.}}
{{quote|Voiced by: [[Satsuki Yukino]] (JP), [[Kate Oxley]] (EN)}}
* [[The Exile]]: She was temporarily kicked out of the organization and sent to live as a hermit outside of towns surrounding the organization's headquarters, in order to {{spoiler|lessen the chance of her awakening after Luciela.}}
* [[Eye Scream]]: There's a patch of scar tissue where one of her eyes used to be. She could have healed it but chose not to {{spoiler|[[My Greatest Failure|as a reminder of what she must one day do.]]}}
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* {{spoiler|[[Taking You with Me]]: It's implied that she's the other part of the [[Buffy-Speak|"Destroyer lump"]] that's trying to keep Priscilla sealed, besides [[Determinator|Clare]].}}
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Numbers 1 and 2 in the Organization, were already ranked before their training was complete. {{spoiler|Part of a project by the Organization to create their own, controllable Awakened Being. As such, they have one mind.}}
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* {{spoiler|[[One-Winged Angel]]}}
=== Teresa ===
[[File:72669Teresa 4432.jpg|thumb|200px]]
▲== '''Teresa''' ==
Former Number 1.
{{quote|Voiced by: [[Romi Paku]] (JP), [[Christine Auten]] (EN)}}
* [[Action Mom]]: To Clare, [[Defrosting Ice Queen|eventually.]]
* [[Anti-Hero]]: Type IV ---> Type II
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* [[Tall, Dark and Bishoujo]]: She had the personality, and she used to have the looks before becoming a Claymore.
* [[There Was a Door]]: Quite literally. Apparently found cutting a door in half easier than simply opening it when [[Not a Morning Person|roomservice came knocking]].
* {{spoiler|[[Surprisingly-Sudden Death]]}}: The way that Teresa {{spoiler|[[Off with His Head|was killed]] was so sudden and traumatizing for both [[Alas, Poor Yorick|Clare]] and [[Tear Jerker|the audience.]] She didn't see it coming at all - and neither did we.}}
* [[Unstoppable Rage]]: Those bandits ''reeeeeeally'' shouldn't have pushed her...
* [[Worth Living For]]: She refuses to be executed because Clare is this to her.
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Former Number 2.
{{quote|Voiced by: [[Minami Takayama]] (JP), [[Wendy Powell]] (EN)}}
* [[Badass]]: Like nearly everyone else.
** [[Handicapped Badass]]: {{spoiler|Losing her arm}} didn't do much to slow her down.
* [[Blade Spam]]: A Nearly Hyper-Sonic version: Quicksword.
* [[Impossibly Cool Clothes]]: It's not that Irene's post-organization outfit is particularly impractical, but how the hell does she manage to put it on with only one arm???
* {{spoiler|[[Mentor Occupational Hazard]]: Assumed. It hasn't been confirmed whether or not Raphaela killed her or not.}}
* [[Older and Wiser]]: Since she knew Teresa, who was a mother figure to Clare, Irene definitely knew Clare in a way any other mentors she would ever have could not.
* [[Our Elves Are Better]]: Irene's not a real elf, but she does have this air around her that makes her appear very [[J. R. R. Tolkien|Tolkien]]-esque, something that sets her apart from other claymores. [[Pointy Ears|Her ears,]] [[White-Haired Pretty Girl|flowing platinum hair,]] [[The Stoic|stature,]] and the fact that [[Can't Argue with Elves|you just can't seem to argue with her]] help a lot.
* [[Pointy Ears]]
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* [[The Stoic]]: So far, Irene's face has showed three expressions: Angry/frustrated for when she's in battle, Slightly pleased in her final scenes where she gives Clare {{spoiler|her right arm,}} and for all other times, completely blank.
* [[Unusual Ears]]: Is she supposed to be an elf, or something?
* [[White-Haired Pretty Girl]]: Her hair is so blonde, it's practically white.
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Former Number 2. Was Number 1 Before Teresa was ranked.
* [[And Then John Was a Zombie]]
* [[Attack of the 50-Foot Whatever]]
* [[Curb Stomp Battle]]: She never stood a chance against {{spoiler|Teresa}}.
* [[Green-Eyed Monster]]: Look at her brief bio. Yeah.
* [[One-Winged Angel]]: Think the [[Aliens|Alien queen]] combined with the [[Star Trek: First Contact|Borg queen.]]
* [[You Monster!]]: To {{spoiler|Teresa}}, not that she can talk.
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{{quote|Voiced by: [[Junko Takeuchi]] (JP), [[Leah Clark]] (EN)}}
* [[Red Baron]]: "Stormwind," for her speed and agility.
* [[She Fu]]: Her fighting style.
* [[Tomboy and Girly Girl]]: Is the tomboy to Sophia.
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{{quote|Voiced by: [[Megumi Toyoguchi]] (JP), [[Trina Nishimura]] (EN)}}
* [[Glacier Waif]]: She's not especially slow but she's much more renowned for her strength than her speed.
* [[Red Baron]]: "Muscular," for her immense strength.
* [[Tomboy and Girly Girl]]: Is the girly girl to Noel.
=== Clarice ===
▲== '''Clarice''' ==
▲[[File:claymore-clarice-official_6463.jpg|frame]]
Number 47.
Post time-skip, she is the new number 47 Claymore, taking Clare's position. She is most definitely ''not'' an [[Almighty Janitor]] and is showing no signs of becoming one anytime soon.
* [[All of the Other Reindeer]]: Treated as such by pretty much every other Claymore since her hair is brown rather than some shade of blonde. Clarice claims its because she had very dark hair before she was turned into a Claymore. Everyone else thinks its because she's a failed attempt at making a warrior and only admitted to the Organization because of the shortage of numbers.
* [[Badass and Child Duo]]: A bit of an inversion since Miata is more of the badass, [[Took a Level
* [[The Chick]]: Although she is a Claymore, she's a very ineffectual fighter and mostly serves as a mother figure to Miata, which is the only reason that Clarice (and, by extension, the Organization) can exert any control over her.
* [[Kid with the Leash]]: Not exactly a kid but definitely the one holding Miata's leash.
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** She even has a [[Mama Bear]] moment against ''Agatha'' of all people.
* [[Overshadowed by Awesome]]: Let's be honest here, if she were hanging around [[Muggles]] as opposed to the likes of Miata and the Seven Ghosts she would probably not be considered a wimp by any stretch of the imagination.
** [[Took a Level
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Number 4.
Current Number 4 in the Organization and makes the previous Number 4 Ophelia look positively ''sane''. Clarice is the only one who can get her to do anything and only because Miata has latched onto her as a mother figure, including mock breastfeeding which Clarice has threatened to withhold as punishment.
* [[Badass Adorable]]: Once she becomes more stable and her hair is moved to the side, Miata is quite the adorable child. Just make sure you keep her that way, or...
* [[Four Is Death]]
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* [[Wild Child]]: Shown as feral and completely uncontrollable before assigned to Clarice as a partner. Still doesn't like taking baths though.
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Number 3.
* [[Combination Attack]]: With Rachel.
* [[Lady of War]]
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* [[Waif Fu]]
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Number 5.
* [[Bifauxnen]]: Despite not dressing like a man at all, she somehow manages this.
* [[Bokukko]]: So much so that some suspect she's really a hermaphrodite.
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* [[Tomboy and Girly Girl]]: Is the tomboy to Audrey.
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Number 7.
* {{spoiler|[[I Owe You My Life]]: Joins the Ghosts after they save the lives of her and her squad.}}
* [[Nakama]]: Treats her teammates as this.
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* [[You Shall Not Pass]]: Tries to do this, but is joined by Nike.
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Number 8
* {{spoiler|[[Defector From Decadence]]: Joins the Ghosts after she learns that the Organization controls the Yoma}}
* [[Girlish Pigtails]]: With [[Hime Cut]] bangs.
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* [[Will Not Tell a Lie]]: Much to the aggravation of Helen and Deneve.
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Number 10.
* {{spoiler|[[Defector From Decadence]]}}
* [[Hunter of His Own Kind]]: Made specially for keeping the other Claymores in line.
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** [[Mind Rape]]: What a [[Blatant Lies|delightfully]] charming ability.
* {{spoiler|[[You Are Not Alone]]: Despite being created specifically to kill them, the young trainees support Raftela when she decides to use the last moments of her life to help defend the claymores fighting Roxanne, Cassandra and Hysteria.}}
* {{spoiler|1=[[You Have Failed Me...]]/[[You Have Outlived Your Usefulness]]: The Organization attacks her when they realize she allowed Miria to live.}}
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Number 15.
* [[Hot-Blooded]]
* [[Nakama]]: She's in Anastasia's team, so that is a given.
* [[No One Gets Left Behind]]: Why she accompanied Anastasia.
==Other generations==
▲=== '''Hysteria''' ===
Number 1. Deceased. {{spoiler|Resurrected.}}
* [[Attention Whore]]: [[Catch Phrase|She hates being ignored more than anything]], and she proved it by {{spoiler|refusing an implicit [[Enemy Mine]] because the potential ally has the nerve to strike the common foe without taking care of her first}}.
* {{spoiler|[[Back
** {{spoiler|[[Came Back Wrong]]: As with the other two resurrected Claymores, awakens shortly after being resurrected.}}
* [[Braids of Action]]
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* [[Earn Your Title]]: She's called [[The Magnificent|"The Elegant"]] because of the precise and efficient way [[Flash Step|she moves and kills.]]
* {{spoiler|[[Even Evil Has Standards]]: having become an Awakened Being with Miria's sword still jammed through her neck (she's unhappy about that because she cant [[I Am a Humanitarian|eat]] as long as it's there), she promises to spare the life of the Claymore who pulls the sword out. One takes her up on the offer and does just that. Just when you think a cruel "[[You Have Outlived Your Usefulness]]" moment is about to go down, Hysteria casually reassures her that she always keeps her word, leaves her alone, and goes after the other Claymores.}}
* [[Flash Step]]: Miria's leaves copies; ''hers'' feels like ''[[Intangible Man|she's walking through you.]]''.
** {{spoiler|Taken [[Up to Eleven]] by her Awakened form, which possesses numerous spider-like legs than ramp up her agility.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Ghost Amnesia]]: Doesn't remember her name or know how long she's been out of action.}}
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* [[Red Baron]]: [[Dissonant Serenity|Hysteria]] [[Flash Step|the]] [[Lady of War|Elegant.]]
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Number 1. Deceased. {{spoiler|Resurrected.}}
* {{spoiler|[[All of the Other Reindeer]]: Even her fellow warriors tened to look down on her ugly-but-effective fighting style, and those that had seen it usually shunned her.}}
* {{spoiler|[[And Then John Was a Zombie|And then, Cassandra was an Awakened Being:]] As of 120.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Anti-Villain]]: [[Sliding Scale of Anti-Villains|Type]] [[Tragic Villain|2]].}}
* {{spoiler|[[Back
** {{spoiler|[[Came Back Wrong]]: As with the other two resurrected Claymores, awakens shortly after being resurrected.}}
*** {{spoiler|[[Gone Horribly Right]]: According to Dae, that was his intent all along.}}
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* [[Big Eater]]: After {{spoiler|her Awakening}}, she's constantly munching on something ( {{spoiler|[[The Dog Bites Back|Roxanne]]}}, to be exact, though she also chows down on Hysteria). She does eventually eat her fill and wander off.
* {{spoiler|[[Cluster F-Bomb|Cluster S Bomb:]] She started saying "shit" a lot after she awakened.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Dead Sidekick]]: Was best friends with a #35 who accepted her Dust Eater Technique. Said #35 was brutally murdered by a weak Awakened Being while Roxanne of Love and Hate stood back and watched. When Cassandra [[Unstoppable Rage|found out]]...}}
* {{spoiler|[[Deadly Dodging]]: Starting with her head bobbing, which makes her posture lower until she's literally hacking at your shins. The only way to get away is to have extremely good reflexes and sword aim.}}
* {{spoiler|[[The Dog Bites Back]]: After she awakens, she bites off Roxanne's arms and legs. It's awesome.}}
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* {{spoiler|[[Even Evil Has Standards]]: Roxanne seems to be the only person she's got a bone to pick with. Everyone else she either avoids or is completely confused about why she has to fight and kill them.}}
* [[Foe Yay]]: Between her and Roxanne. Not surprising, considering it's the latter's bread and butter.
* {{spoiler|[[Ghost Amnesia]]: Now recovered from as of chapter 119.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Heroic BSOD]]:When she realized Roxanne set her friend up to be killed and then set up Cassandra herself.}}
* [[Lonely
* [[Luminescent Blush]]: When she saw [[Les Yay|Roxanne]].
* [[One-Man Army|One-Woman Army]]: As with all Number Ones.
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* {{spoiler|[[Tragic Villain]]}}: {{spoiler|Out of the three resurrected #1s, Cassandra is the only one to stop and think, "Why am I attacking other Claymores? This is wrong." Her backstory indicates that she was not a bad person, but was understandably driven to violence by Roxanne's treachery. if it it weren't for the fact that she [[Came Back Wrong]], maybe she could have become an ally.}}
** {{spoiler|And then [[Tragic Monster]].}}
** {{spoiler|Even after awakening, compared to all the other Abyssal Ones, she has done the least evil. Indeed it is arguable if she has done ANY truly evil acts yet, as even after Awakening, so far the only thing she has seemed to care about is getting revenge on Roxanne, which is completely justifiable. It is even possible that she might go on to subvert the [[
*** {{spoiler|Chapter 127 reveals she's on her way Rabona to free Priscilla, in part due to [[Puppeteer Parasite|Priscilla's will influencing her]].}}
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Number 1. Deceased. {{spoiler|Resurrected.}}
* {{spoiler|[[A Plague on Both Your Houses]]: "Keep eating shit for the rest of your life." to Cassandra.}}
* {{spoiler|[[All Your Powers Combined]]: She has Uranus's Ugly Sword technique, Nadeen's youki perception, and Elizabeth's Beautiful Sword technique.}}
* [[Ascended Fangirl]]
* {{spoiler|[[Back
** {{spoiler|[[Came Back Wrong]]: As with the other two resurrected Claymores, awakens shortly after being resurrected.}}
* [[Beauty Mark]]
** [[Beauty Is Bad]]: And she's also the leading candidate for most evil Claymore shown yet.
* {{spoiler|[[Combat Tentacles]]: In her Awakened form she has a biomechanical appearance with numerous blade-studded tentacles.}}
* [[Dark Action Girl]]
* [[Dark Is Evil]]: {{spoiler|Particularly in her Awakened form, which is dark colored.}}
* [[Deceptive Disciple]]: {{spoiler|Roxanne of Love and Hate has elements of this trope crossed with [[Mega Manning]] and [[Psycho Lesbian]]; her rise from the low 30s in the organization to one of its most powerful #1s involved forming [[Les Yay|EXTREMELY]] close bonds with several Claymores she admired, learning their secrets inside and out and incorporating into her fighting style to the point she surpassed them. Shortly afterwards, her "teacher" would die mysteriously.}}
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* {{spoiler|[[Irritation Is the Sincerest Form of Flattery]]: Besides stealing the technique of the Claymore she was emulating, she would occasionally mimic their appearance somewhat. It did not take long for this to freak out the Claymores.}}
* [[Jerkass]]: What it all comes down is that Roxanne is nothing more than a bully who psychologically torments Cassandra mainly [[For the Evulz|just for the kicks.]]
* {{spoiler|[[Karmic Death]]: Although her first death hasn't been elaborated on, after being resurrected and awakening she is killed and devoured by Cassandra, the very person she killed herself the first time.}}
* [[Make It Look Like an Accident]]: Warriors whose techniques she copied and surpassed, died on awakened being hunts soon after.
* [[Manipulative Bitch]]: For all her flaws, Ophelia was a lot more straightforward in messing with people's heads.
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* [[One-Man Army|One-Woman Army]]: As with all Number Ones.
* {{spoiler|[[Our Zombies Are Different]]: Type R.}}
* [[Power Parasite]]: It's what made her so powerful to begin with. She copies the powers of every other high-ranking partner that she's met and left them to die through "[[Make It Look Like an Accident|accidental]]" circumstances.
* {{spoiler|[[Psycho Lesbian]]: Implied. She seemed to develop crushes on the Claymores whose techniques she stole. It ended with said Claymores' deaths.}}
* [[Red Baron]]: [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast|"Love and Hate."]]
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* {{spoiler|[[Yandere]]}}
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Number 5. Deceased.
* [[Lady of War]]: Her sword technique was called "Beautiful" at least.
* [[The Stoic]]
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Number 9. Deceased.
* [[Disability Superpower]]: Had poor depth-perception for obvious reasons but used her youki perception to compensate.
* [[Eyepatch of Power]]: Lost her eye when she was still human.
* [[Handicapped Badass]]
* [[Hot-Blooded]]
* [[The Force Is Strong with This One]]
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Number 31. Deceased.
* [[The Brute]]: Her style of swordplay, not her demeanor.
* [[Combat Pragmatist]]: Her "Ugly Sword" technique wasn't graceful at all but [[When All You Have Is a Hammer|it was effective.]]
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== Awakened Beings ==
===
[[File:
Former Number 2.
{{quote|Voiced by: [[Aya Hisakawa]] (JP), [[Brina Palencia]] (EN)}}
* [[Badass]]: Yes, the majority of characters are this, but holy ''crap'' does she deserve special mention after the latest{{when}} chapters! {{spoiler|By ''herself'', and ''without'' shifting to her Awakened form, she ''utterly dominates'' both Alicia ''and'' Beth, who ''are'' in their Awakened forms, and this is after the former has demonstrated that she is at ''least'' as powerful as Riful. Hot. ''Damn''.}}
** {{spoiler|Not surprisingly, she hits Clare with [[The Worf Effect]] in [http://www.onemanga.com/Claymore/100/11/ Chapter 100.]}}
* {{spoiler|[[Big Bad]]: She was always a contender for the position, being the [[Arch Enemy]] to Clare and later established as the most powerful Awakened Being ever, and every other possible [[Big Bad]] became a [[Disc One Final Boss]] soon enough so she is most likely the [[Big Bad]].}}
* [[Butterfly of Death and Rebirth]]: Her Awakened form features what look suspiciously like butterfly wings.
* [[Curb Stomp Battle]]: Any fight she joins in post-awakening is pretty much this.
* [[Dissonant Serenity]]: Talks and looks utterly at peace - even bored - whenever she transforms into her [[One-Winged Angel]] form.
* [[Dojikko]]: Prior to Awakening. First seen tripping over a loose cobblestone when meeting up with the other assigned to hunt down Theresa.
* [[Even Evil Has Standards]]: Doesn't kill young girls on her feeding sprees.
* [[Evil Feels Good]]: Says this after Awakening.
* [[Honor Before Reason]]: Priscilla's world view is so naive that she believes that even yoma - a group of monsters that she hates above all else - deserve a fair fight against a Claymore.
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* {{spoiler|[[Sealed Evil in a Duel]]: Courtesy of Claire and the Destroyer.}}
* [[Selective Slaughter]]: As mentioned above, she does not kill young girls. However, some of those girls - namely Clare and Ophelia - didn't feel that grateful.
* [[Skilled but Naive]]: What it all came down to when she was first introduced. She was a warrior of remarkable skill and perception, but was too naive to weigh-in certain repercussions maturely.
* [[The Juggernaut]]: Pretty much what she becomes post-awakening. Though usually she lacks any focus or clear goal and just wanders around randomly eating people, once something catches her interest even multiple Abyssal Ones barely manage to slow her down {{spoiler|[[Curb Stomp Battle|at the cost of their own lives]]}}.
* [[One-Man Army|One Claymore Army]]: Even prior to Awakening, she was powerful enough to slaughter hundreds of yoma without her allies - who were only a few yards away - noticing.
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* [[Winged Humanoid]]: Her Awakened form.
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[[File:
Abyssal One. Formerly the first female Number 1.
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{{quote|Voiced by: [[Nana Mizuki]] (JP), [[Brittney Karbowski]] (EN)}}
* [[Affably Evil]]: She really wants to be your friend, she's only torturing you horribly so you'll awaken and join her side.
* [[Combat Tentacles]]: Riful's awakened form is composed entirely of these.
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* [[We Can Rule Together]]: She makes this offer to Claymores that she comes across in order to get them to join her side. If they decline, well, [[Cold-Blooded Torture|she has other methods of ''persuading'' them...]]
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[[File:
Former Number 3 of the male generation.
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{{quote|Voiced by: [[Kenji Hamada]] (JP), [[Chris Ayres]] (EN)}}
* [[The Brute]]
* [[Cold-Blooded Torture]]: Forcing the poles his Awakened form makes naturally through the stomachs and spines of the soldiers he and Riful capture.
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* [[You Are Number Six]]: Dauf was the #3 of the generation of men.
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[[File:
Abyssal One. Formerly the Number 1 of the male generation of Claymores.
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{{quote|Voiced by: [[Kouji Yusa]] (JP), [[John Swasey]] (EN)}}
* [[Badass Long Hair]]
* [[Bishonen]]
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* [[Shirtless Scene]]
* [[White-Haired Pretty Boy]]
* {{spoiler|[[Worf Had the Flu]] (... sort of. The only reason he died ''at all'' is that the Abyss Feeders had spent the last several ''years'' relentlessly wearing him down. The reason it's 'sort of' is that even with these wounds, he hardly went out without a fight; dominating Helen and Deneve with only a fraction of his power and killing five of the eleven Feeders sent against him. And made even worse by the fact that he would've survived a bit longer had he been able to kill just a single one more than he had in the end, because the Feeders defense mechanism is to retreat when a set number die in battle.)}}
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[[File:
Silver Lion King. The former Number 2 of the male generation.
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{{quote|Voiced by: [[Hiro Yuuki]] (JP), [[Vic Mignogna]] (EN)}}
* [[Apologetic Attacker]]: Clearly finds his work distasteful and even apologies to the Claymores before engaging them.
* [[Badass]]
* [[Bishonen]]
* [[Combat Pragmatist]]: Immediately analyzes his enemy, determines the strongest of them and then releases his full power to kill each swiftly and efficiently. Rigardo does NOT treat battle like a game.
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* [[You Are Number Six]]: The former #2 of the male generation.
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[[File:689px-
Abyssal One.
Luciela is the ruler of the south {{spoiler|and one half of a failed spirit aligning experiment, the other being Raphaela.}}
* [[Animal Eyes]]: Her eyes resemble a cat's.
* [[Affably Evil]]: Makes nice small talk with Isley before transforming and leveling the landscape.
* [[Battle Ballgown]]: The dress she was wearing before she transformed.
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* [[We Hardly Knew Ye]]: Dies a few chapters after she is truly introduced.
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[[File:claymore-agatha-
Bloody Agatha. Former Number 2.
* [[Attack Its Weak Point]]: {{spoiler|Her hair, which connects her fake and real body.}}
* [[Attack of the 50-Foot Whatever]]: Her [[Spider Tank]] body is BIG.
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== Black Coats ==
All of the Black Coats tend to be [[Mr. Exposition]] for the various Claymores in regards to their missions and other plot elements.
* [[Theme Naming]]: The Black Coats are named after various museums: Louvre, Hermitage, etc.
===
[[File:
Clare's handler, who assigns Clare her missions.
{{quote|Voiced by: [[Hiroaki Hirata]] (JP), [[R Bruce Elliot]] (EN)}}
* [[Anti-Hero]] (Type IV or V)
* [[Cynical Mentor]]: Not Clare's mentor by far, but he is awfully cynical toward her.
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* [[Mysterious Watcher]]: Although he and Clare actually know each other rather well, he otherwise fits the role to a T.
* {{spoiler|[[The Mole]]}}: His first appearance post time skip and he reveals that {{spoiler|The Organisation is responsible for not only creating the Claymores but the Youma as well as part of a superweapon project and he has been assigned to infiltrate it}}
* [[Sinister Shades]]: He is [[Sunglasses
* [[The Un-Smile]]: Is it a grin? Is it a smirk? Whatever it is, the enigmatic expression simply never leaves his face, and it just ''doesn't look right''.
* {{spoiler|[[Wild Card]]: post [[Time Skip]]}}
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Handler of Galatea, Ophelia and Miria
His face is almost completely wrapped up, leaving only his eyes exposed.
* [[Cunning Like a Fox]] - Referred to as such. Has yet to display it.
* [[Jerkass]] - Claims to care about his Warriors like they were his children, but adds "I didn't raise any monsters" for any that awaken.
===
Teresa's Handler. Wears a hooded cloak.
===
Clarice and Miata's Handler. Has a long black psuedo-hood on the back of his head.
===
Head of the Retrieval Squad.
* [[Bring It Back Alive]]: He laments being unable to do this with The Destroyer (!!)
* [[Evil Makes You Ugly]]: Obviously has [[Science Is Bad|ill-intent in mind with his experiments]], so half of his face is fucked up.
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* {{spoiler|[[The Starscream]]: He lied to the Organization about the revived Claymores' likelihood of awakening and declares the Organization done for in Chapter 120, wanting only to lure "their greatest masterpiece" Priscilla to the battlefield to get a glimpse of her.}}
* [[Two-Faced]]
* [[We Have Reserves]]: When his men were worried about transporting a {{spoiler|Destroyer Infected Raki}}, he told them the organizations goals were more important than the risk of them losing their life (because he obviously would take another path).
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The Leader of the Organization and head of its council.
* {{spoiler|[[Big Bad Wannabe]]}}
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== Humans ==
===
[[File:
One of the few important human characters in the claymore universe. He winds up becoming Clare's traveling companion.
{{quote|Voiced by: [[Motoki Takagi]] (JP), [[Todd Haberkorn]] (EN)}}
* [[Armor Is Useless]]: Averted. Raki actually puts his armor, his gauntlets specifically, to good use when deflecting an attack from a yoma when he is reintroduced after the time skip.
* [[Badass Boast]]: He does this a lot after the time skip. Trust us when we say that he has every right to now.
* [[Badass Normal]]: Post-time skip. He has no youki to release to enhance his speed or strength, and thus can't pull off any of the [[Ki Attack]]-like moves of the Claymore elite, but he appears to be a match for the weakest Claymores, while possessing only the regular skills and abilities a human could conceivably gain. Later, he holds off the next two (incomplete) #1 and #2 twin duo, while they were holding back. This has caused quite a bit of [[Wild Mass Guessing]] in regards to his status as "Normal".
* [[Badass and Child Duo]]: The Child to Clare's Badass, though he's grown into quite the badass himself recently.
* [[Berserk Button]]: Insulting or hurting Clare is a one way ticket to a [[Groin Attack]]. Nowadays, [[Took a Level
* [[Big Brother Mentor]]: Of sorts, to {{spoiler|the trainee Claymores}}.
* [[The Chick]]: He serves as Clare's [[Defrosting Ice Queen|defroster.]] Then, he [[Took a Level
* [[Crying Little Kid]]: Pre-time skip Raki is the embodiment of this trope. Slightly more emphasized in the Anime.
* [[Determinator]]: Between his stubborn refusal to leave Clare's side, to picking up enough knowledge to ''easily'' kill regular Youma by training with a series [[Disc One Final Boss]], well, it's fair to say he qualifies.
** And now that trait is being tested because {{spoiler|he's resisting Luciela's yoma infection.}}
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* [[Morality Pet]]: Isley started seeing him as family.
* [[Non-Action Guy]]: Face it, he's a human in a world of superpowered monsters...
** [[Took a Level
** Made relative by Renee {{spoiler|after he killed a yoma in his hometown}}, she says that trained humans defeating rank-and-file yoma is not that surprising. Humans ''detecting'' yoma, is. {{spoiler|He actually can't do that, Priscilla does it for him.}}
* {{spoiler|[[The Rest Shall Pass]]: Holds off some of the Organization's men so the trainee Claymores [[Thou Shalt Not Kill|don't have to.]]}}
* [[Shaming the Mob]]: He does this when people in his home village accuse him of being a yoma.
* [[Shirtless Scene]]: When he {{spoiler|gets captured and [[Bound and Gagged|tied up]] by the Organization.}} [[Mr. Fanservice|It's still worth looking at though.]]
* [[Sleeves Are for Wimps]]
* [[Team Chef]]: He was this while traveling with Clare.
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** {{spoiler|However, she did save him from [[The Virus]] before leaving when she didn't have to, making this more of a strange [[Pet the Dog]] moment.}}
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A priest of Rabona who calls Clare to the Holy City and later serves as an aid for other rogue Claymores that come there.
* [[Good Shepherd]]
* [[I Don't Want to Die]]: A man of the cloth, and he don't wanna die - [[Cruel and Unusual Death|at least from a yoma attack.]]
* [[Reasonable Authority Figure]]: Disobeys the Robonan Law against Claymores entering the city when a Youma appears there and thus helps get the law repealed/laxed.
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A knight of the holy city and captain of the guard.
* [[Determinator]]: Allows himself to be stabbed by a Youma through the chest so he can hold his claw-tentacles in place so Clare can get a good shot at him.
* [[I Owe You My Life]]: To Clare.
* [[Lightning Bruiser]]: He's a normal human who jumps around on rooftops ''in full plate armor!''
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Galk's right hand man.
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* [[Handsome Lech]]: Sid might have had his prejudices about claymores at first, but he's not above flirting with them.
** {{spoiler|He refuses to be seduced by Agatha, though.}}
* [[Knife Nut]]: His weapons of choice are throwing knives.
* [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold]]
* [[Sacred First Kiss]]: He steals Clare's, to Raki's horror. Clare [[The Stoic|doesn't seem too bothered]], though.
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