Claire Redfield

**Claire Redfield** is one of the main characters from the *Resident Evil* games.

Chris's younger sister and a fiery young girl, she's one of the few characters without special training, yet she still holds up fairly well against the zombies. Presently she works for a human rights organization called Terra Save, which provides relief and aid to victims of bio-terrorism.

In the AWA fics, Claire is set to appear in a future AWA storyline.

## **Appearance**

Claire has long auburn hair and blue eyes. Claire's original outfit in Resident Evil 2 consisted of a black short-sleeved, short-legged cycling skinsuit worn under a pink vest with a "Made in Heaven" design on the back (which she gives to Sherry at the end of the game), pink-colored jean shorts, brown boots, and black riding gloves. Her special outfit in the game consists of a leather jacket and pants with a "Let Me Live" design on the back and a red bandanna. The "Let Me Live" design is also featured on a different outfit in Code Veronica. The "Made in Heaven" design seems to show her connection to Chris, who sported this on the back of his special outfit in the original game.

In Darkside Chronicles and Operation Racoon City, Claire has a two-piece suit, her pink vest has an extended collar. She wears blue denim short shorts with a brown side pouch and western style cowboy boots. She also has rider goggles on her neck. In the former game and Mercernaries 3D, Claire has fingerless gloves, and her jeans have holes in each sides.

In Resident Evil CODE: Veronica, her hair is tied in a high ponytail and her eyes are blue. She wears red denim vest with three flame design at the left side, and at the back it has a "Let me Live" design on her vest, underneath a black short sleeve low cut shirt that bares her midriff, blue jeans with a red belt and brown shoes. She also wears brown fingerless gloves and a pink choker on her neck. Since CODE: Veronica and onwards, Claire is depicted to have long auburn hair and blue eyes during cutscenes and her outfits are either pink or red.

In the movie Resident Evil: Degeneration, Claire's hair is red instead of auburn. She is dressed casually; an off white short sleeve button shirt with a dark pink turtleneck shirt, dark khaki pants with a brown belt to her waist and brown shoes.

In Resident Evil: Revelations 2, Claire wears a white long sleeve button-up shirt along with her signature red leather jacket, blue jeans with a matching belt and black biker boots. She also gains a nylon utility belt on her waist where she keeps her handgun and knife. Her Island default outfit is later worn by Ali Larter at the final installment of the Resident Evil film series which is Resident Evil: The Final Chapter only her jeans appear black instead of blue. At one point during Barry's story, her hair was cut short. She wears a red long sleeve v-neck shirt with black pocket in the left side, a black shoulder holster. She maintains her blue jeans with a matching blue belt and black biker boots. She also wears black fingerless gloves, a matching utility belt and black and orange rider goggles on her neck.

In the epilogue, Claire wears her Island default outfit as her short auburn hair is from her six months appearance.

In the manga version of Resident Evil: Heavenly Island which takes place after Resident Evil 6. Claire's short auburn hair has grown into a medium length and it was loose.

Her outfit is a combination between her film version in Resident Evil: Afterlife and her Sniper outfit in Resident Evil: Revelations 2.

She wears a red leather vest with a white sleeveless loose shirt with a knot tied at the left side on her waist, she maintains her pants, black biker boots and her nylon utility belt from her Sniper outfit in Revelations 2 and her belt is now brown and she no longer wears gloves but only wears a black watch on her left wrist.

Later she wears a similar outfit as the first outfit only her top is replaced with a dark blue tank top, her pants became pale blue and her medium auburn hair is now tied in a ponytail.

In Resident Evil 2 Remake, Claire retains her appearance in Resident Evil Revelations 2. Instead of wearing her cycling skinsuit in the original Resident Evil 2, she wears a combination between her red vest in CODE: Veronica and her jeans with holsters and biker boots in Revelations 2. She now wears a red leather jacket with an extended collar, a black tank top with a white undershirt beneath it, indigo jeans with a black belt along with a gun holster on her right leg, and black biker boots. The "Made in Heaven" logo is now on the same color as her jacket and wears a necklace with a sharp knife design. She later gives her jacket to Sherry, and from that part on, wears her tank top and her undershirt beneath it.

## **Personality**

Claire is strong-willed, having grown up confident with training from her older brother, Chris. Her bond with her brother is quite strong, as we first see her coming to look for him after he had gone missing from his home in Raccoon City. Immediately after the events of the outbreak, she passionately continues her search, which results in her infiltrating Umbrella's Paris Lab Facility just to find Chris, despite her being only nineteen years old and still in college. In the Resident Evil 2 remake Claire is more stoic and prone to bursts of swearing and anger as in her interactions with Annette and when she was attacked by Chief Irons. However conversely in the remake Claire does softens up and become affectionate when she was with Sherry or reuniting with Leon at fire escape, also despite Claire's initial anger towards Annette she was forgiving when the latter was dying in front of her and Sherry.

At the end of Revelations 2 during her contact with a BSAA member, she also shows her deep concern towards her brother Chris after being informed that he is in China. She then tells him to let Piers take care of him, her concern for her older brother still coming through. Though Claire cares for her older brother and there are times when the siblings don't get along, as revealed when Moira Burton complains about the times Barry bossed her around, Claire responds "My brother was like that growing up too". In the remake Claire shows how proud she is of Chris as when Irons holds her hostage, Claire threatens the corrupt police chief that her brother is a officer of S.T.A.R.S. Claire later becomes friends with Barry Burton, due to his strong friendship with her brother, and became best friends with his daughter, Moira

She is initially deeply emotional and having a great compassion, being one of the few heroes to display rash and strong emotions ranging from fear, anger, and sadness. Claire shows her caring nature in her protection of Sherry and Rani and putting their safety above her own. By the time of the attack on Harvardville airport, Claire demonstrates more professionalism and level headedness when faced with drastic situations. Claire still occasionally allows bursts of emotion shine through her more adult exterior usually a result of anger at people that mindlessly or selfishly cause harm to others, as seen when Claire slaps Senator Ron Davis for endangering Rani's life. Later in life, Claire became more hardened and serious, shown by her almost never losing her cool in the incident at Sushestovanie Island.

When she was younger, Claire showed an interest in biking, she is seen driving her Harley Davidson into Raccoon City though she left the bike after the zombie encounter and meeting Leon. Claire also wore her bike vest with a picture of an angel (goddess) with bombs and the words "Made in Heaven" on the back. Claire gives this vest to Sherry to keep, Claire in the remake claims her jacket is a good charm. This style of wardrobe is likely inherited from her older brother as Chris keeps a jacket with the same insignia by his desk. Years later, Claire seems to have given up on her biking life after joining TerraSave, evident by the epilogue of Revelations 2. She didn't ride a bike to Barry's house but went in a SUV.

Claire is quick to draw opinions on people, whether it be when she feels someone is hiding secrets, or even when someone is wholly untrustworthy (as mentioned when she tries to warn Sherry about her feelings on Derek C. Simmons). Claire in the Resident Evil 2 remake quickly became angry with Annette for her poor treatment of her daughter Sherry and swore at the scientist. Subsequently, she easily establishes connections with people, despite sometimes seeming aloof and sarcastic as she initially treated both Leon S. Kennedy and Steve Burnside. However in the remake Claire does lightly flirt with Leon and even joked that Raccoon City incident would've been "one helluva first date" and outright returns the romantic affections Steve Burnside gave her. Claire tends to more responds positively to the young girls she meets, Sherry Birkin, Rani Chawla, and Moira Burton, and becomes protective of them. While Claire and Leon have mostly drifted apart after the events of Raccoon City, Claire remained in contact with Sherry (with the approval of Sherry's government handler) and it would seem that even Sherry, Rani, and Claire have all spent time together - or at the very least would like to.

Claire seems to act as an inspirational figure to some of the younger girls she meets. Although Sherry follows Leon's footsteps as a government agent, Sherry acknowledges that both Claire and Leon helped her form her personality as someone who does not give up and sees the good in people. At some point, Claire also establishes a connection to Moira Burton, the older daughter of Barry Burton and is the eventual inspiration for Moira to join TerraSave. Though Sherry demonstrates Claire's knack for occasional sass, Claire, having been one of very few people she was allowed to interact with in her life.

Like Chris and Barry, she dislikes Albert Wesker and later Alex Wesker, known to them as the Overseer, because of Alex's experiments on fear taking the life of her colleagues. In the climax fight against Monster Alex, Claire manages to shoot her with an RPG-7 as instructed by Barry mirroring how her older brother Chris and his partner Sheva Alomar kill Albert with the same weapon as Jill instructs them to use it.

## **Abilities**

Claire was trained by her older brother Chris in combat and firearms to protect herself. She has efficient skills in weapons and combat (being able to shoot a barrel to take out armed enemies). Claire is quite strong for her size being able to kick zombies heads off, and in the *Resident Evil 2 remake*at full healthshe can physically repel the G-Creatures in the sewers and the hulking T-00. In *Revelations 2* Claire has a identical roundhouse kick to Leon from *Resident Evil 4*which is strong enough to send enemies flying.

## **Trivia**

* When Claire is almost squished by a booby trap, she tells Moira that she was almost a "Claire sandwich", a reference to Barry's famous joke about "a Jill sandwich".
* In Code Veronica, Alfred accuses Claire of sending "her people" to attack Rockford Island, even though she insists that she had nothing to do with it. Alfred doesn't buy it and spends the rest of the game trying to kill her without knowing that Wesker was the one behind the attacks.
* Claire *Red*field is a redhead with a fondness for red clothing.