Clyde Matthews

**Clyde Stanly Matthews** is a vampire and a main male character in the Ruby Creek Secrets Universe.

Clyde is the only child of Amelia and Ronald Matthews. He has two lines of decedents: one of his son David and the other of his daughter Margaret. Clyde was married to Vivienne when he was human, but he had to leave the family after becoming a vampire. In 2022 Clyde married his long-term love interest Rose Lang. From 1969 to 1974 Clyde had dated Rebecca Bowler and helped her raising her adoptive daughter, Cate.

In 2010 Clyde came to Ruby Creek undercover as an FBI agent invesigating the misterious death of a high school student Jensy Roboz who was drained of blood and left in the woods. However the girl's death was not the real reason of his arrival: all this time he had been serving to the Vampire Committee and had to arrest Daniel Gilbert for his "crimes against vampire population". Unfortunately for him, he met new friends and felt alive again in this town and decided to stay and help local policemen and vigilantes fight supernatural crime. Clyde fell in love with Rose Lang, and Daniel became his good friend. By the end of the "Ruby Creek Secrets" Clyde was kidnapped by the Committee.

Only Clyde knows that Ruby Creek residents' lives are mostly ruled by a mysterious storyteller, Fabulist, who's also known in town as Vincent Powell who lives there with his wife, Anneke. Clyde and Fabulist know each other for many years. Fabulist tries to give Clyde the life he deserves but every time he lets go his chances.

**Clyde** is a member of the **Matthews Family.**

## "Ruby Creek Secrets"

### Pre-vampire life, suicide and 150-years sentence

He was born January 7, 1817 in England. He became a vampire in 1844 when he was 27 years old.

He had been working at a construction site and fell from the 3rd floor and was paralyzed from the waist down. Ella, a nurse, made him drink her blood and he was healed. When Dr Nixon learned that Ella was a vampire, he killed her and wounded Clyde when he run to help her. The doctor run away and left Clyde bleeding to death on the floor right next to the body of Ella, who saved his life this morning. He woke up underground and panicked because he couldn’t breathe. Fortunately, the grave was not deep and he undug himself. It was night or a very late evening. Covered in mud, he climbed the hill where the hospital located. All his body was aching and he was really hungry. He entered the hospital and bumped into a nurse who tried to help him but he couldn’t fight an urge to suck into her neck and drink her blood. The woman died and he was scared and run away.

When he learned he could compel people he came to his wife Vivienne and made her believe he died after the accident at the contraction site and was buried in his hometown. He was heartbroken but he couldn’t live with her and their two kids when he couldn’t control his urges.

In 1885 he killed a higher vampire figure and was centenced to serving for the comittee for 150 years.

### 20s century: Serving to the Committee, Rebecca

When he served in U.S. army during Vietnam War in 1964, he met Rebecca, a young nurse who volunteered helping soldiers. They fell in love but when she saw him curing his friend with his blood, she confronted him and told him that a vampire killed her parents and that’s why she wanted to go to the war and die here a hero. He assured her he was a good guy and never had intentions hurting her. It took him three years to make her believe him and finally she could trust him. They got together in 1969. Becca refused to be a vampire.

In 1987 Becca adopted Catelyn, daughter of the Cillian Dowson, whp used to be a police officer in New Adam and who got killed by a vampire.

In 1990 Cyde's sentence was canceled. However, in 1991 he was attacked by vampire hunters and decided it was a good time for actions.

### The First Vampire Riot

In 1991 Clyde became a leader of the first vampire riot that went unseccesful. In 1995 he was senteced to death but the head of the Committee agreed to renew and tightened his sentence.

In 2005 Clyde met Cate again who was a vampire. Turned out she supported his views and wanted to fight with him. Clyde appreciated her help but asked her to take care of Rebecca.

### Phase 1

Clyde appears in the story as a representative for the **Vampire Watch** who is looking for **Daniel Gilbert** for his violations against **Supernatural Code**. In 1885 Clyde was sentenced to serving the Vampire Committee for 150 years. After the end of the term in November 2035 he is free.

His appearance is not “Hollywood-like” but he is definitely “handsome”, “calm” and “charismatic”. He has a beard, dark hair and eyes; he’s tall and strong, even muscular. He speaks with an English accent.

In the first book his persona is more like a secret even though he doesn’t hide his participation in the Vampire Watch or “Supernatural police” and his vampire nature. He knows that **Daisy** is a newly turned vampire and that Daniel is a **Vampire Committee** (part of the **Supernatural Assembly**) refugee. Daniel is being judged for killing his ex-girlfriend **Anne Lewis** in 1998. The actual killer was Dan’s ex-wife **Vera** but he didn’t want to turn her in so he run to **New Adams** and hid there for almost ten years. New Adams is a search-free area so a lot of criminal vampires live there.

When Clyde meets **Rose,** he likes her but tries to keep distance because she has a boyfriend, **Albert**. Clyde doubts their relationship but he never makes more than a friendly move towards her. She likes him a lot. They spent some time together and Clyde tells her that he is a representative for Vampire committee because he’s a supernatural criminal as well as Dan and that his trial is 50 years of searching for vampire criminals.

However, a year later they meet Clyde’s adoptive daughter **Catelyn** who asks him to come to the hospital where his wife **Rebecca** is dying of cancer. Rose confronts Clyde about having a wife and he rudely says that he didn’t have to tell her anything so she realizes she must not feel anything for him and that this is wrong.

When Rose is pregnant, Clyde can hear a double heartbeat inside of her but he doesn’t tell her anything.

Clyde spends in Ruby Creek three years until another representative is sent to town. Clyde kills him and being arrested by the Committee in April of 2013. By the day Daisy dies and Rose becomes a vampire Clyde is still missing till the Book 2.

## Redemption

After killing himself in 2035 Clyde's soul went through challenges to find peace.

## Relationships

### Romantic

* Rose Lang - the main love interest of Clyde's. They met in 2010 and their relationshhip developed through many years and had their ups and downs ultil their marriage in 2022.
* Vivienne - Clyde's first wife who he was married to when he was a human. They had two children but Clyde decided that they would be better without him.
* Rebecca Bowler - Clyde's ex-girlfriend who he met during the Vietnam War.

### Friends

* Daniel Gilbert - despite their disagreements and constant bickering Dan and Clyde became very good friends.
* Daisy Lang - after meeting Daisy Clyde liked her personality. After Clyde and Rose broke up, Daisy missed Clyde and called him from time to time. When Cyde was kidnapped she wanted to save him but died too soon. Clyde was sad after learning about her death.
* Albert Lieberman - Clyde and Albert hated each other at the first time but before Rose got pregnant with Albert's child he was the one who told him about it and was really supportive. After Albert's moving to Birmingham with Iris and in later years they kept good relationship.