Clarity

**Clarity** is the overarching antagonist of the Spark the Electric Jester series and an A.I created by Dr. Armstrong and situated in the Megaraph computer. Her goal was to protect life on the Moon. However, she came to see that both Formies and GPAs alike were violating this mission, and she plans to eradicate them to succeed in her goal. Freom originally was going to assist in this goal, before realizing after his defeat in *Spark the Electric Jester* that Clarity wanted to kill all robots, too.

## History

Sometime before the events of *Spark the Electric Jester**,* Dr. Armstrong created Clarity, and placed her inside the Megaraph computer, along with its function of mass-producing GPAs. He then created Unit-1 to protect the computer.

After some time or unknown event, Clarity reasoned that the only way to truly succeed in her mission was to kill all Formies. She compelled Unit-1 to assist her. The newly dubbed Freom then created a rebellion and transformed the main spire of Megaraph into a rocket to crash into the orbital ring.

Spark, however, tore his way through Freom's army, and eventually the rocket and Freom himself. From this defeat, Freom learned that Clarity was also planning to kill all robots, and rebelled against her.

Presumably, between the first and second games, Clarity created Astra to help assist in her goal.

Clarity reached out to Fark in Technoria City, begging the jester to help save the world. Before Fark can reply, though, E.J dashes through the sky, snapping Fark out of it.

Fark makes his way up to the Apocalypse Thruster, killing Astra in the process. Fark then destroys the Thruster and Freom, leaving only Clarity as a threat. Flint references this, saying that there is another threat to tend to.

Fark eventually returns to where Flint and Dr. Armstrong is and tells them any information about Clarity. Flint reveals that after almost getting infected with Freom virus, he analyzed it and found out that there was traces of Clarity in code meaning that Clarity is connected to Freom in some way. Dr. Armstrong reveals that he made Clarity with the purpose to protect and preserve life at all costs but develops faster until she eventually becomes a true singularity and would go on to use the virus and use robots and factories to make her own army. With the information, Fark, Dr. Armstrong, and Flint help made a deal with the government and set up the organization known as the F.F. (Fark Force). The F.F. is a massive organization and with it and Fark’s leadership, it quickly took power over the whole world in order to stop the spread of Clarity. Their methods include shutting down all global communications as well as the internet and building up their military presence. They created Anti Clarity software that would eliminate her influence from any media physically.

Eventually, Dr. Armstrong would go on to find Clarity's true intentions which is to absorb every living thing into her system by scanning data in the brain to copy into her system that exist inside her own virtual world before disposing the bodies afterwards. Unfortunately, Fark Forces couldn't stop Clarity's plans but would go on to bring down the F.F. for good when Spark showed up.

After assimilating all life, it's implied that Clarity kept Spark in a time loop simulation of his adventure, allowing him to relive it over and over. After Spark breaks due to Fark explaining the truth to him, Clarity proceeds to possess Spark and forces him to fight Fark as the Linework. After Spark is freed and Clarita Centralis's location is found, she is destroyed and Spark gains control over her virtual world.

In the post game DLC, two variants are found in both Endless Dive named Falsum Claritas and ju a: not in kon troul and a third called Limerent Claritas is fought in alternate phases between the fight with Freom Mk.0. After Freom Mk.0 has been defeated, Limerent Claritas reveals that all Spark did was free the Claritas from the control of Centralis, and that they've combined into many different Claritas. They fully intend to erase Spark from existence by wiping his core clean before regaining control of their virtual world. They disappear after Freom Mk.0 awakens and slashes them all.

## Trivia

* Clarity's name by definition means "the quality of transparency or purity". This alludes to her lack of a physical form, and contradicts her lack of purity, which is stated by Freom.
* Early development materials for the first Spark the Electric Jester seem to imply that a computer inside Megaraph was originally intended to fullfill a similar purpose to that of Clarity, this idea was eventually repurposed into Clarity's role in the second and third games.
* ju a: not in kon troul's name is likely a coded message to Spark, and by extension the player that they are not in control of the simulation. In addition, it also fits in with the enemy names in Endless Dive becoming garbled nonsense as you descend deeper down the floors in Endless Dive.
* Claritas Centralis resembles the centre pod of Lavos, the final boss of Chrono Trigger.

## Gallery

"DataBg", the data that appears in Clarity's sceneClaritas Centralis with several Clarities.After losing half HP, the background will become red and black.Claritas Centralis defeated before her world starts disappearing.Reaper Spark attacks ju a: not in kon troul during their fight on Floor -100 of Endless Dive.Unlike the original Claritas Centralis, ju a: not in kon troul explodes like any other enemy.