Claire Russell

Claire Russell is a bartender at the Afterlife in .
==Biography==
Claire was a former Militech engineer before eventually quitting and opening her own autoshop in Arroyo. Here she worked on various vehicles and eventually came up with her own called "Beast". At the same point, she took a night job as a bartender for the infamous Afterlife club. She was very friendly with both staff and customers, and even memorized their drinks. She was also responsible for naming many of the drinks on the menu after solo legends of Night City. These drinks were usually the personal choices of the people who ordered them.
At one point in her past, Claire was close friends with a man named Dean Russell, who supported Claire through her transition from male to female, bringing her daffodils as she was recovering from the surgery, "to new beginnings." Eventually, their close friendship became even closer, with the pair tying the knot as husband and wife.
Dean also had a love for street racing, with Claire joining him in the many races he took part in, with Dean driving and Claire handling the shooting. However, during the 2076 championship race against an old corpo rival, Peter Sampson, the couple got into an accident and Dean was killed. Despite car crashes and fatalities simply being a part of the deadly races, Claire became distraught over losing Dean and blamed Peter for her husband's death, vowing to take him out in hopes that it would bring her some peace.
===2077===
In 2077, Claire met two new mercs who had just been hired to work for Dexter DeShawn: Jackie Welles and V. Jackie gave Claire his personal choice and recipe for a drink, and told her to remember it for when he became a legend. After Jackie's death, Claire officially put his drink on the Afterlife menu.
: V agreed to join her and raced through each race winning and getting to the next round. As they continued their success, Claire opened up with V and explained her past and what racing meant to her, including what happened to her late husband and the man responsible, but left out how it'd been fair game by the race's rules. She then revealed before the championship race the real reason she was participating this time: she wanted to get revenge on Peter Sampson.
:: Claire became angry at them for not allowing her to get her revenge.
:: V followed Peter as he left the race's route and after he wrecked his car, V and Claire confronted him, with Claire ultimately executing him there on the street. After the two got back to her shop, she then gave Beast to V, as she was done racing after exacting her revenge. The following day Claire wrote a text message, saying that she was sorry to get V mixed up in her vendetta and that she started to feel guilty.
:: V followed Peter as he left the race's route and after he wrecked his car, V and Claire confronted him. However, after listening to V's comments, Claire dropped her desire to kill Peter in retaliation for Dean's death and let him go. She then gave Beast to V, as she was done racing, having been Dean's hobby and wasn't the same without him.The Beast in Me: The Big Race
==Database Entry==
==Associated Quests==
*The Beast In Me
**The Beast in Me: City Center
**The Beast in Me: Badlands
**The Beast in Me: Santo Domingo
**The Beast in Me: The Big Race
==Notes==
*Claire was first seen in the 2020 gameplay video, where she serves both Jackie and V drinks at the Afterlife.2020 Gameplay Video
*Although there is no mention in , game files indicate that the Forlorn Hope bar was going to appear in the game and Claire was involved. The id of the quests shows she was initially named Marianne. game file: onscreens_final All this suggests she was originally going to be Marianne Russell Freeman, co-owner of the Forlorn Hope. Moreover, Claire looks very similar to how Marianne was depicted in the 2020s.
*Claire has a cameo appearance in #4.
==Gallery==
Claire Russell Photo.png|A framed photo of Claire and Dean.
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Edgerunners Claire and Rogue Cameo.jpg|In 
===Concept Art===
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==References==
Category:Cyberpunk 2077 Characters
Category:Cyberpunk Edgerunners characters
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