Clarisse de Lamont

## Personal Information

#### Appearance

Clarisse is incredibly vain and always 'dressed to kill'; glamorous clothes, carefully styled hair and makeup always on point. One might be forgiven for assuming she is Invictus on first glance, if they don't know who she is.

#### Personality

At first glance Clarisse seems far more interested in dressmaking than politics and appears frivolous and shallow, but beneath that is an astute woman with a talent for knowing how to use appearances to send the message she wants to convey.

#### Mortal World

Clarisse has made a name for herself and is now a relatively famous Haute Couturist, heading her own Fashion House, Château Maison, based in Paris

## Information Known by Kindred Society

#### Timeline

* **1984** - Born in Chateuneuf en Auxois, Burgundy, France
* **1991** - Moved to Paris with her family
* **1999** - Emigrated to England and settled near Birmingham
* **2001** - Graduated from school. Began an Apprenticeship in Fashion and Design
* **2004** - Completed her apprenticeship. Began working part-time as a dressmaking assistant
* **2010** - Secured a lease on a dilapidated shopfront and opens her own dressmaking shop after redecorating
* **2012** - Employed an assistant to run the shop. Returned to Paris for a year to study at the Ecole de la Chambre Syndicale de la Haute Couture
* **2013** - Returned from Paris to find her shop on the verge of bankruptcy. Fired her assistant and began intense negotiations with suppliers and creditors to try to save the business
* **2014** - Desperate to save cash and keep the business afloat, Clarisse forged business records to make it appear as though some fabric and supply orders were never delivered, then demanded a credit from the suppliers for the 'missing' deliveries
* **2015** - Clarisse's designs are featured in a catwalk show in Manchester, where she is confronted by one of the patrons over her illegal business practices and later Embraced. Her Sire is an old aristocratic Kindred who sells her on the Glamour and Prestige of joining the Invictus and she commences her Manumission under a strict tutor in London. Six months in she suddenly leaves for Paris without explanation
* **2016** - Returned to London, claiming to have completed her Manumission and earned a Title of Tribute while she was away. Clarisse is expelled from the Invictus and later banished when this is revealed to be false. She immediately leaves for Paris where she attempts to restart her career
* **2018** - Clarisse's work was unexpectedly thrust into the spotlight when a couple of Parisian celebrities wear her designs at exclusive events. She takes the opportunity to aggressively expand her business into a full-scale fashion house and truly make a name for herself in the highly competitive Haute Couture industry
* **2019** - Clarisse decides to join the Carthian Movement, though she still retains some Invictus mannerisms thanks to her strict early teaching.

#### 2023

* **FEB** - Attends Milan Fashion Week. Decides to prolong her visit to Italy by travelling down to Naples for a while
* **MAR** - Is raised to Recognised within the Carthian Movement for defending Antonio De La Rosa against threats by Mahmoud and Lazarus.
* **APR** - Is promoted to Prefect of the Carthian Movement in Naples. Publicly scolds Stone for attacking the city's Director and Antonio for attacking Stone, and is shown a document using Invictus titles for Marko Alexandrovich Ramius.
* **OCT** - Attempts to reconcile with her Sire after learning that one of her constituents, Persephone, has joined the Invictus in secret. Clarisse fears that Persephone has been tricked into making this decision and realises the danger the situation creates, and so works with Alder Marquis Henry, the local Carthian Movement, and local Changelings to have Persephone removed from the Movement.
* **NOV** - To celebrate her debut at Paris Fashion Week, Clarisse invites the whole Court plus Henry to the official Launch party for her latest collection. Celebration turns sour after a prized Carthian artifact on loan from Paris is destroyed and the attending Carthians' cars are torched. Clarisse becomes particularly upset after learning that her Herd, who were at the event to parade Clarisse's designs and provide refreshment should it be required, were Dominated without her consent, however her attempts to enforce her rights over this were ignored and squashed. Later in the month she travels to London where she is named Prefect Europa.
* **DEC** - Clarisse is blackmailed into accepting a Court position that she *really* doesn't want, and is initially horrified when she finally identifies her Sire's bloodline. She confesses the source of the blackmail to the local Movement, and is relieved when they offer to help her find a way out from under it. She accepts, with a number of conditions attached.

## Lineage

#### Known Sire

The Right Honourable Alder Henry Fitzroy, Marquis of Westminster, Councillor, Meister of the Rose Without Thorns, Knight of the Most Honourable Order of the Thorned Wreath, Advisor, Librettist, Soldier, Speaker

## Opinions Of Family Members

Clarisse’s relationship with her Sire has been extremely strained since her expulsion from the Invictus, with Clarisse often referring to him as “The Right Honourable King Dick” and on more than one occasion publicly accusing him of having tried to have her assassinated. She has recently made contact in an attempt to reconcile, acknowledging that it would be advantageous to be able to play the “do you know who my Sire is?” card from time to time.

Clarisse recently met Lady Elena Torrente, a younger brood mate of Henry and ‘Aunt’. She’s not quite sure what to make of the other woman yet.

## Quotes

#### Quotes By

I need to calm down. I'm going to bury myself in sewing until I can manage to not tear my own creations to shreds

So much of my Manumission actually makes sense now!

I just pulled the “do you know who my Sire is?” card on the Primus Europa and it WORKED!

#### Quotes About

She likes to pretend she's Parisian, but really she's just a Burgundian Rustic - Voivode Anastasie Villeneuve of Marseille

#### Conversations

> Clarisse: Your're mad at me, aren't you?
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> Marquis Henry Fitzroy: Why would I be mad?
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> Clarisse: Because I just publicly announced a time when the Carthians got one over on the Invictus?
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> Marquis Henry Fitzroy: You've put me in a really difficult position
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> Clarisse: But wasn't it just so much fun?
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> Marquis Henry Fitzroy: You're right. It was fun
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## Rumours

* Clarisse once signed an Oath of the Hard Motherfucker. When the Invictus kicked her out, they leaked this Oath to the Carthian Prince of London in order to get her banished as well

## Inspirations and Soundtrack

https://youtu.be/ON2\_e1HB1JM