Clara Lawrence

## Personal Information

### Allies

 Rodolphus Zhang, Bryce Lawrence, Kuvira, Baatar Jr, Faybelle Almandine (nee Lawrence), Fulcran Almandine, Thod, Thod's Disciples, Officer Lirin, Earth Empire Military, Anti-Wu Society, Guan (reluctantly; formerly), Iknik Blackstone Varrick, Zhu Li Moon, Korra, Asami Sato, Bolin Sansson, Mako Sansson, Jinora, Ikki (son's love interest), Pabu, Naga, Zaofu Citizens, Suyin Beifong, Opal Beifong, Lin Beifong, Toph Beifong, Wei Beifong, Wing Beifong, Huan Beifong, Baatar Sr, Metal Clan, Order of the White Lotus, Order of the Blue Rose, other 'Invisibles', the Resistance  (both United and Shadowland factions), Lindal of Broome, Gla-Thon, Fa-Glin, Pi-Ban, Ailsa, Bruna, Merin, Prin, Tenzin, Zeean of Tora, Torans, Kai, Bumi, Kya, Alliance of the Nations, Manus, Nanion of D'Or, Travellers, Ogden, Zeel, Perlain, Seaborn, Imlay, Asha, Katara, Fardeep, Orwen, Joanna, Fire Ferrets, Gers, Hellena, Claw, Brianne, Tonraq, Senna, Eska and Desna, Commander Iroh, Fire Lord Izumi, Fire Lord Zuko, Druk, Buttercup, Raiko, Prince Wu, Queen Cricket, King Blue, Lady Scarab, Lady Jewel, Sundew, Willow, Queen Sequoia, Zerry, Honey, Bella, Starlight, Swift, Tira, Steven, Queen Bee, Bede, Marinette, Ethena, Tom, Ava, Veritas, Forta ll, Hopian, Honora, Fortuna, Fidelis, Joyeu, and Team Avatar's allies

### Enemies

Korra, Asami Sato, Bolin, Mako, Iknik Blackstone Varrick, Zhu Li Moon, Opal Beifong, Wei Beifong, Wing Beifong, Baatar Sr, Suyin Beifong, Toph Beifong, Zaofu, Ikki, Team Avatar's allies (all formerly), Guan, Empress Darkness, Draconic Lord, Order of Shadows, Black Army, Ice Warriors, Red Lotus, Carindral Crime Cartel, Dark Ones

## Political Information

### Position

* Commander of the Earth Empire (formerly)
* Earthbending master
* High-ranking Zaofu citizen
* United Force commander
* United Republic prisoner (formerly)
* Member of the Order of the Blue Rose
	+ 'Invisible'

**Clara Alvah Lawrence** is a female master metalbender and earthbender who once served as a devoted commander in Kuvira's army, as well as the loving mother of Bryce Lawrence and adopted mother of Amber, Saffron and James Amore-Lawrence. A former Zaofu citizen and the head of a highly wealthy family, Clara and several members of her family eventually left Zaofu with Kuvira to begin uniting the fractured Earth Kingdom and became one of Kuvira's most ardent, enthusiastic and fanatical supporters (Clara and her relatives loyalties lay more with Kuvira than with the actual cause) and Clara dedicated herself to serving the Great Uniter. Though present with Kuvira in many of the Empire operations, including the Battle of Zaofu and the testing of the Spirit Cannon, neither Clara nor her husband were present in the Empire's Invasion of Republic City.
After Kuvira surrendered, Clara and her husband, Rodolphus Zhang, alongside their comrade, Guan, refused to give up, with Clara and Guan becoming co-leader of the remnants of the Earth Empire, with Clara leading a northern fraction and rallying many minor settlements to her way of thinking. However, their reasons where entirely different, as, though Guan saw Kuvira as a traitor, Clara and her husband remained fiercely loyal to the 'Great Uniter', choosing to believe that Kuvira had only stood down because she was forced to after the Avatar threatened the lives Baatar Jr. and her soldiers and to destroy the Empire and all its citizens and desiring to return Kuvira to power. After Guan fell, Clara assumed full leadership over the remnants of the Earth Military, turning all of the remaining soldiers over to their way of thinking and dedicating themselves to 'freeing' Kuvira, who she continued to believe to be a hostage and led a faction of high-ranking, influential individuals based mainly within Ba Sing Se that desired to see King Wu deposed of, arguing that the young ruler was to young to assume leadership of an entire kingdom. She eventually stood down on Kuvira's request and gave herself into custody in return for her soldiers, husband, son and step-childrens', safety, ending the Earth Empire for good. Because of these actions and her remorse, Clara was sentenced to house arrest, first in the Zaofu Estate and later at the Lawrence Estate in the Zaofu countryside. She retained a close friendship with Kuvira, acting as one of the former Great Uniter's closest friends.

Despite this, Clara was rather active, serving as part of Bolin's Breat Eight against the invading Darkness, though in the subsequent conflict, she has her soul absorbed, leaving her a lifeless floating body, but is later saved by Opal and Queen Crystal. Claea eventually becoming a member of the Order of the Blue Rose, a underground fraction of the White Lotus that served as the eyes behind enemy lines, acting as an 'Invisible' of the Blue Rose who spied on the Black Army from behind alongside three others. She later journeyed to Republic City, where she attended the Dragon Lord's Rally and participated in the following skirmish, although she could only watch as her sister, Faybelle, joined the Dragon Lord. Afterwards, Clara traveled to Zaofu with her comrades and founds Team B Avatar, a group unofficially lead by Bolin and (to some degree) Asami and particapated in the Second Global Magicar War before aiding in protecting the land with the rest of the team after Korra and many influential leaders are incapacitated and helps thwart an invasion from the Shadowlands. After the Dark Ones conquered Republic City, Clara became a major founding member of Bolin's resistance. Clara, alongside the White Lotus and several of the Lotus's allies, participated in the liberation of Lux Aurea.

Clara is also the current host of the Spirit of Recollections, thus making her the Guardian of Memories and the Protector of Thoughts

## History

Clara was born into the Lawrence family, a extremely wealthy clan that carried vast amounts of influence and prestige within the Zaofu Defence Force and Zaofu politics. Because of this, Clara was raised in the lap of luxury at the ancestral home of Lawrence Manor in the countyside in what would be Zaofu; a magnificent mansion that had been in her family's possession for around a thousand years. Clara's father and mother had both been one of the city's original inhabitants and had sponsored its construction. Clara would eventually gain two younger siblings: a brother named Morgren and a sister named Faybelle.

Clara's family, the Lawrences, were initially loyal followers of the Royal Family, but eventually grew disillusioned as the monarchy dissolved into tyrants and weak rulers. Their faith in the Royal Family ended with King Kuei, who, after Ba Sing Se was conquered, the Lawrences perceived as a foolish, idiotic ruler to weak to think for himself and developed a resentment towards the ruling family, which by the time of Clara's birth and the crowning of Hou-Ting, had sunken to deep loathing, believing the idea of passing the crown down was arachidic. This hatred was taught to Clara and her siblings by their anti-royal parents at a young age and Clara took such teachings to heart.

Clara eventually developed feelings for and began dating a young man named Rodolphus from the similarly wealthy Zhang family, a clan who shared the Lawrence's dislike for inherenting the seat of power . Though the two suffered at least one breakup, during which they left Zaofu Plinth Square Island in a ruined state, they eventually reconciled and, when they were old enough, Rodolphus proposed to Clara and the two married, though Clara kept her maiden name, and would given birth to a son with Rodolphus in 153 AG who they named Bryce.

Being independently wealthy with control over various businesses, Clara never needed to seek employment and the family continued to live in Clara's family estate; Clara free to enjoy full-time the creature comforts that their ancestral home had provided her throughout her privileged upbringing. Heir apparent to a long line of wily beneficiaries of political patronage in the Earth Kingdom community, Clara also wasted little time in carrying on the family tradition of frequenting the headquarters of Zaofu and Republic City, where she successfully used her family name and fortune, as well as her friendly and likable aura, to curry favour with a number of high-ranking men and woman, and became a very well-connected woman. She also provided the best education for her son and often allowed him usage of the family wealth, although she also taught him to be modest. Clara also enjoyed special time with her son, cooking stews and sweets (in which Bryce acted as the taster), playing games, buying food together and dressing up on rainy days, which created a close bond between mother and son. The family also made a tradition of going on a picnic on the shores of Silver Veil Falls on Mother's Day and often sketched the various animals around the waterfall. Once during winter, Clara and Bryce went sledding down Hobnail Hill, a vast hill slightly beyond Zaofu, which both viewed as fun.

Among her many companies, Clara also founded AlvahCorp Industries, a technological company she started after creating a tracking device that could be implanted onto a pet's skin to locate lost creatures and eventually expanded into one of the largest tech companies in the kingdoms. As well as AlvahCorp, the Lawrence family controlled many silk, food and supplies industries, as well as a major amount of trade between Zaofu and Republic City.

Despite living in luxury, this was not all Clara wanted to do with her life and Clara was also an extremely skilled warrior and became a volunteer member of the guard force and rose to the rank of a lieutenant under Captain Kuvira Beifong in the defense force. During her time as a lieutenant under Kuvira, Clara began to admire her superior and eventually grew to idolize the adopted Beifong and growing fiercely loyal to Kuvira, who in turn trusted her a great deal.

### 171 AG

#### Defending Zaofu

In 171 AG, Clara and the other members of Suyin Beifong's dance troupe rehearsed a routine for an upcoming recital. The rehearsal ended following the arrival of Avatar Korra and her friends.

Several days later, Clara, under the command of Kuvira, accompanied Suyin's family and Team Avatar to a rooftop where they bade farewell to Opal, who left Zaofu for airbending training at the Northern Air Temple. After the airbender's airship left the city, Kuvira used her radio to command the other guards to begin securing Zaofu for the evening and ordered Clara to ensure the city was secure, which Clara nods her acknowledgment too and obeys. Later that night, Clara is alerted to the presence of Zaheer and his cohorts and joins the guards in attacked Zaheer and his group after the four managed to infiltrate the city in an attempt to kidnap Korra. She helped the other members of the Metal Clan trap the criminals in a makeshift metal prison. Following the group's escape, Clara and the other guards searched the city, albeit to no avail, as they were unable to find any traces of the four benders.

Clara was questioned by Aiwei, along with the rest of the city's guards and volunteers, in an attempt to determine the identity of Zaheer's accomplice. When Aiwei's involvement in the attempted kidnapping of Avatar Korra came to light, Clara and Kuvira were ordered by Lin Beifong to search the city for the truth seer and determine where the tunnel underneath his home led, which they eventually traced to a dead end with no signs of Aiwei.

### Leaving Zaofu

Both Clara and her husband were enthusiastic supporters of Kuvira, believing her to be a hero of Zaofu and the Earth Kingdom after insurrection of the Red Lotus. After the Earth Queen fell, the couple believed that someone strong should set up to take her place, more specifically; Kuvira. The two would therefore become one of Kuvira's earliest and most devoted supporters and aided her in spreading word of her cause to other wealthy Zaofu citizens, often with very prominent results.

Clara eventually successfully several other high-ranking Zaofu aristocrats and most of the Lawrence manor's staff to Kuvira's side. Clara and Rodolphus would also allow Kuvira to use their countryside manor's private landing pad to construct the fleet of airships she planned to use to transport herself and her followers from Zaofu and contributed not only money to aid it the fleet's construction but also added their own private blimp to the growing air navy. Finally, when all was ready, Kuvira summoned her followers for a meeting and upon collecting their possessions, Clara, Rodolphus, their now five-year old son and Clara's sister and brother-in-law gathered for departure alongside Kuvira's other supporters. As Clara, Baatar Jr, Rodolphus and Kuvira finished preparing the airships for departure, Suyin confronted her protégée alongside Clara's brother, Morgren, and Clara watches as Kuvira boldly told Suyin that they were leaving Zaofu to restore order in the Earth Kingdom. Threatened to be banished from the city if they were to leave, Kuvira and her supporters remained unfazed, with Kuvira declaring that when she chose to return, it would be on her own terms. Clara and her family would then depart with Kuvira, Baatar Jr., Varrick, Zhu Li Moon, a large part of the city's security force, a random number of simple Metal Clan members and a few of its wealthiest citizens for Ba Sing Se. As the airship took to the air, Clara, a half-asleep Bryce cradled in her arms, locks eyes with Morgren as he watches the fleet leave through a window. Narrowing her eyes, after several seconds of eye contact, Clara turned her back on Morgren and, singing softly to Bryce, walked deeper into the blimp.

The rebels left for Ba Sing Se, which was on the brink of political collapse, with its three rings being in various states of chaos. What was once the lower ring had been almost completely destroyed in the fires and riots following the fall of the government, so it was easily paved over and rebuilt with massive, monolithic apartments meant to house almost half of the city's entire population. The middle ring was kept mostly intact aside from a few additional buildings, and the upper ring was almost completely rebuilt to be the central business district and governmental headquarters for the Empire. Finally, the rebels fully rebuilt and stabilized the capital, an action that earned Kuvira the trust of the world leaders, who appointed her as the nation's provisional leader. During their quest to reunite the kingdom, Clara assisted Kuvira assembled a massive army, which included modernized airships, mecha suits, and other tanks. Clara and Rodolphus both became members of Kuvira's inner circle. Clara and Rodolphus accompanied her in the military of the Earth Empire and traveled through the nation by train or their private blimp, which, when not in use, was often placed in the army's magnet train, gathering the fractured states under Kuvira's banner.

Clara and Rodolphus both doted on Bryce, as he was their only child, and got him whatever he wanted if he asked, though Clara would continue to manage a high education for her son. Despite living in a military campaign, Clara, Rodolphus and Bryce were a happy family and loved each other deeply, converting their airship into a luxurious home for themselves. Clara and Rodolphus cared greatly for their son's wellbeing, and, whenever the couple's leader set her sites on a particularly dangerous and violent state, the two left Bryce either in one of their already conquered states or with a part of the army not accompanying them. usually in the company of Clara's sister, Faybelle. At some point in time, Clara, believing her son, living in a life of such constant movement, required a permanent companion, acquired a young white bear dog named Silver for her son, Bryce, as a companion for his birthday.

### 174 AG

#### Helping reunite the Earth Kingdom

En route to the state of Yi, Clara is seen studying a digital I-Pad clipboard when Bolin reported that two more states had joined Kuvira's cause, which brought their goal ten percent away from completion, which she shows delight to, reporting to Kuvira how soon the Empire would be united under her great banner, which she states was how nature intended. She was about to celebrate their achievement with Baatar Jr, her husband, Varrick, Zhu Li, and Bolin by drinking some celebratory tea, though when Kuvira stated that she refused to celebrate until the Earth Kingdom was reunited completely, she digressed and returns the cup to her plate. However, the contents ended up being spilled on her clothing when their train suddenly halted due to an earthen obstruction on the tracks caused by bandits, causing her to lurch as the ship came to a halt. After Kuvira cleared their path, they continued on to the state of Yi, where Clara disembarks and surveys the town, hands on hips, before wrinkling her nose at the sight of the governor who had rejected their cause several times already, whispering something to her sister, Faybelle, who nods in agreement. She then notices Opal and Kai with Bolin and approaches them, hand just next to her face in a considering gesture, stating if it wasn't her favourite couple with a smile on her face. When Opal greats her, she sarcastically claims to be flattered Opal remembered her before pausing to watch as Kuvira and the Yi Governor enter the train. As the two disappear from sight, Clara returns to the conversation, asking if Opal recognized her darling son, Bryce (who was travelling with them), beckoning Bryce and Silver over to them. Their conversation in cut short by the departing Governer of Yi and Kuvira orders all her people to return to the train. After assuring her son inside, Clara remains next to her leader as Kuvura hands Kia the contract needed to be signed by the Governer (which would give her authority over the state) in return for the Empire's help and protection.

Clara and her comrade returned to the state capital after the governor acquiesced and signed the contract, immediately following Kuvira's orders to deploying soldiers and modernized mecha suits as well as assigning Bolin to distributing parcels of food. Clara then stands at her leader's right as the Great Uniter declared Yi to be under the Earth Empire's protection and cheers to her mistress.

#### Establishing the Earth Empire

Clara arrived at Republic City together with Kuvira and the rest of the army a day before Prince Wu's coronation as the new Earth King. As the train pulls into the station, Kuvira asks Clara, who is sitting next to her, if the preparations she had ordered had been completed, which Clara confirms with a node, telling her that the presidential suite had been reserved for the great honour of her usage before returning her gaze to the window, stating with a smile that she could not wait to see Prince Wu's face when he heard.

Upon checking in to the Republic City Four Elements, Clara halts a waiter and politely asked if their was anything for her son to drink, which the waiter responds to with a nervous nod. After a moment of silence, she asked where she could get something for him in a fierce quite voice, only to be stopped when a maid carrying a cup of glittering orange juice rushes to the butler's aid. Clara then notices a familiar figure and curtly greets her brother, Morgren. Upon being greeted as "Clar" in return, she ushers her son away, telling him to find his father and find something interesting to do so he didn't die of boredom from the "stuff adult-stuff", which Bryce happily complies to and runs off with Silver, which Clara watches with a loving smile before turning back, the smile wiped of her face, to haughtily corrected Morgren by saying she went by just "Clara". She started to gloat about Kuvira's accomplishments, believing that her brother felt regret about passing up on the opportunity to be a part of the movement. Displeased that her brother denounced their accomplishments as something good, she asks if Morgren would rather had Wu, who she views as a royal imbecile, as the king before turning her back and rejoining the group of senior commanders brought by Kuvira. After Kuvira finally finishes giving a group of young fans her autograph, she is approached by Wu, who begins to flirt with her, to Clara and Rodolphus's shocked disgust. When Kuvira informing the prince that she had already reserved the Presidential Suite, Clara nods in conformation to this, a smile gracing her face as she watches the Prince lose his confidence. She is then distracted by Cam, who apologized for the fact that two king-size bedrooms had been set aside for her. Clara replied that the reservation had not been a mistake since she had set aside the same luxuries for her son, who she gestures to. When a startled Cam asks that she and her husband had really reserved a expensively luxurious set of rooms for a boy, Clara flies into a rage, advancing and grabbing ahold of the butler's collar, asking if he thought she would not spare any expense for her precious little angel of a son, which the butler hurriedly denies.

After the Grand Welcome, Clara and her comrades enter the Presidential Suite, Clara singing a half-awake Bryce to sleep before placing him in a bedroom and bidding him and Silver goodnight.

The following day, Clara attended Wu's coronation, sitting on the bleachers facing the podium with Bolin, her husband, son, sister, brother-in-law, Varrick and Zhu Li, arms crossed, an uninthusiastic look on her face as Wu was crowned the fifty-fourth earth monarch with the Royal Brooch. When Kuvira denounced Wu's authority and usurped power over the Earth Kingdom, which she renamed "Earth Empire", for herself, Clara stands up and loudly applauded and cheered for the army leader with many of her comrades, as well as her son.

After the ceremony, Clara retired with the other officers to the Presidential Suite in the Four Elements, where she was enjoying a cold beverage while talking to a nervous Bolin and a likewise confident Varrick. Upon being asked if Kuvira's declaration would not turn all the world leaders against them, Clara nods in agreement as Varrick brushed off the lavabender's worries, stating that there was nothing the other nations could do since the nation was under Kuvira's control and Republic City was desperate for the metal they were mining, reassuring Bolin that the world would understand that what they were doing was for the greater good. She later rises as Kuvira enters, bowing her head with Rodolphus before leaving with Bolin, Baatar Jr. and her husband as Kuvira and Suyin confront each other.

### Conquering Zaofu

With all of the Earth Kingdom but Zaofu now under Clara's mistress's Earth Empire's control, Clara, alongside the rest of the Army, proceeded to march on her home city.

When a shock rattled their train, Clara, Baatar Jr. and Kuvira swiftly made their way down to the last cart where Varrick was conducting his experiments on spirit vines. As the inventor shut down his project, wary of the destructive possibilities of the spirit energy, Clara wondered why the engineer suddenly cared about the consequences. After Kuvira threatened to kill Varrick if he did not resume his testing, Clara left with her and Baatar back to their own cart, where they summoned Bolin to have a meeting with them.

*TBA*

### Refusal to Surrender and Re-Assembling the Earth Empire

After Kuvira surrendered, two significant camps chose to hold out: the northern and southern camps under the command of Clara and Commander Guan respectively. However, though, like Guan, Clara and Rodolphus refused to obey Kuvira's command for all of the Earth Empire to stand down, their reasons for continuing to hold out were very different from Guan, the couple choosing to believe that their leader had been *forced* to surrender by Korra after the Avatar threatened to kill Baatar Jr and the other soldiers captured after Varrick and Zhu Li knocked out their mechs and too destroy the Empire, its lands and all of its inhabitants, martyring the 'Great Uniter' and campaigning to reassemble the Earth Empire to free a "imprisoned" Kuvira, with Clara taking command of the northern faction until they achieved their goal of freeing their mistress, after which she planned to step down for Kuvira to regain her role as Great Uniter. Despite their alliance, both Guan and Clara, though partners in their cause, disliked each other, united only in their devotion to the Earth Empire, with Guan, who's loyalty was to the cause rather than the woman, seeing his fanatical Kuvira-supporting ally and her goal as weak, while Clara despised Guan for his lack of dedication to their 'mistress' Kuvira. Despite their 'partnership' being made because they both commanded strong forces, Clara commanded a far larger force than Guan, who's force numbered only around a hundred, while Clara's army numbered near thousands, Clara commanding not just far greater forces, but also the influence and financial support Guan needed, making the traitorous Earth Empire commander a simple pawn in Clara's plans. Knowing that her ally was not be trusted, Clara implanted a network of spies within Guan's camp who reported to her on a daily basis. Clara also continued to preach Kuvira's words not just to her troops, but also to various isolated villages, who held little to no love for the crown, prompting many to join Lawrence's forces. Clara also drew many of an Earth Empire army that Kuvira had stationed across the Empire and who Wu had been trying to dissolve. Many of these camps, like Clara, were still loyal to Kuvira and they gained an animosity towards Wu and the Avatar, who they believed were trying to obliterate the Empire completely, many soldiers feeling threatened by the fact that their way of life was changing and believing that, should the nation fall under Wu's rule, it would soon descend once again into the poverty it had suffered under Hou-Ting's rule, a belief Clara recoperated, causing many soldiers from other outposts to join Clara's ideology. She also recruited the families of many Earth Empire soldiers, who hated Korra for causing the captured or deaths of their relatives.

As well as Earth Empire soldiers, relatives of imprisoned or killed Earth Empire troops and Kuvira loyalists, Clara also recruited people, including Alex's parents, who believed that Wu was a traitorous usurper who did not have his people's best interests at heart. Eventually, while Guan kept Wu and Team Avatar's attention in the south, Clara continued to implant agents in isolated settlements to successfully convert many to others. Clara's cause was aided to by the fact that many minor states wished for the Earth Empire to return because they were treated far more fairly when Kuvira was in control and had gained a much better life under the Great Uniter's reign, causing many minor isolated states to secretly gain an animosity towards the central government, who was led by the man (Wu) who's allies had caused isolated nations like them to lose fortune and who's family had caused the Earth Kingdom to fall into chaos an suffering. By the beginning of the new year, Clara had secretly assumed control of the states that made up the Kingdom's northern border. Indeed, Clara's message was highly seductive among many of the Earth Kingdom communities, who had come to believe that it was their birthright to rule not only the lands of the Earth Kingdom but Republic City as well.

Clara's supporters were not unique to the out reaches of the kingdom however, and, together with several influential Ba Sing Se citizens, Clara and Rodolphus formed a small faction within Ba Sing Se that desired to see Prince Wu deposed of, the faction being a small but vocally persistent opposition group. The group conspired to politically unseat Wu and set Clara up as Earth Queen until they could "free" Kuvira and set her up as the new empress. The Anti-Wu Faction consisted mainly of influencial Earth Kingdom's citizens who's power had flourished in the Earth Empire's rise to power, but crumpled after Kuvira's surrender and the families of members of the Earth Empire Military who had developed a intense hatred of Korra for her role in their relatives' captures or deaths and who loyally supported their relatives and Kuvira's goals, many of whom Clara knew personally and some of whom Clara was even related to through her family's various influential marriages. The faction argued that Wu was to young to rule a kingdom properly and desired to set up a council (which would consist mainly of their own members), who could elect a regent (most likely Clara herself). However, if they were successful, the faction planned to begin slowly undermining and destroying Wu's credibility until they had enough support to elect a new, permanent leader.

Clara also continued to maintain vast influence within Republic City, owning several dozen companies within the City that held vast amounts of property and were greatly needed in the wake of the Evacuee Crisis. Similarly to her strategy of taking control of northern states, Clara also infiltrated dozens of agents within Republic City to gather more followers and convert as many citizens as they could secretly to their cause.

### Beginning Progress

One night, in an enormous skyscraper overlooking Republic City, Clara examines a enormous map of the Earth Kingdom and its neighbors as she continues to absentmindedly shape and reshape a meteorite when a soldier nervously and respectfully enters her quarters. Turning expressionlessly, Clara coolly asks what the soldier wanted, which the soldier quickly responds to with the report that a spy from the Gaoling Camp had returned. With a still unconcerned expression, Clara walks over to her desk, which stood in front of a picture of Kuvira as the Great Uniter, curtained off like an altar and runs a gloved hand over the desk, quietly tells her minion to show the spy in, which the soldier immediately complies, ushering in the rugged, mud-stained woman before slipping out. Observing her follower, Clara tells her soldier to seat herself and take a drink of water, which her spy gratefully accepts, before questioning why her follower was here. Bowing her head, the spy tells her leader that she has traveled all the way to Republic City, travelling ahead of her fellow spies to report to her that Guan and his soldiers had fallen and Guan been incarcerated. Turning to look back at her map, Clara mutters "Good", to her spy's confusion. Turning around, Clara tells her spy that Guan's ambitions had begun to overcloud his loyalty and assures her that she would have deal with Guan (who she refers too as "a miserable worm") soon, but only after the Empire had fully assured its dominance over the south, though she admits to be relieved that Gaun was out of the way and his brainwashing technique had been abolished after the spy informs her of the commander's attempt to seize control. The spy also informs her of the rumour that Kuvira had taken Guan down and attempted to order Guan's troops to stand down in Avatar Korra's presence, which Clara, touching her portrait of Kuvira, remarks is further proof that Kuvira is a hostage of war and declares that Guan's troops would soon learn that the Earth Empire was formed by Kuvira and did not exist without her. She then turns and uses her metalbending to turn on a holographic image of the press interviewing Korra as she and her comrades return from Gaoling and scowls as she watches the person she hates for "imprisoning" her mistress welcomes by many. Turning of the image, Clara takes a deep breath and looks out over Republic City as her follower asks her what their next move was to be, now that their soldiers in the south had been uprooted. Twisting her head to look at her soldier, Clara replies that they needn't do much for the time being in the southern Earth Kingdom area, telling her spy how nearly all of the upper northern Earth Kingdom area was under her control and their organisation of agents were spread across the kingdom and city. At her words, her spy asks her what should be done to Guan's troops. Clara replies that their was still hope that Guan's followers could be redeemed, considering how many agents she had implanted within them and tells her spy to contact their soldiers to round up the escapees of the Gaoling camp, while, at Republic City, Avatar's return would force them to accelerate their plans.

### The Revelation

"*My brothers. My sisters. My friends. The clock is ticking fast. The great gift of your applause is not for me. No! It is for yourselves. You came here today because of a craving, and a knowledge that the old ways serve us no longer. You came because you crave something new. Something different. It is said that I hate The Avatar. The Bridge Between Spirits and Humans. And that I despise those who follow her. I do not hate them; I do not. For I do not fight out of hatred. I believe that those who stand with the Avatar are not lesser, but other. Not worthless, but of other value. Not disposable, but of different disposition. Dedicated determination to make a difference bloom only in rare souls. It is granted to those who live for higher things. Oh, and what a world we could make for all humanity, we who live for truth, for freedom... and for love. But sadly, the Avatar and many of her allies' viewpoints are painfully limited and if they were here, they would tell you that the separation of the nations brings balance to the world. But she is wrong. The only thing separation has brought to the world, is suffering. It has been the cause of every war in every era. But that is about to change. Oh, my friends, think of a world united. A world without wars, where all are equal, and no nation is above. Think of a world where all live in one community, benders and non-benders. Earthbenders, Firebenders, Airbenders and Watebenders. All living in equal harmony*"
— Clara delivers a speech in the Underground Mausoleum
The first of this accelerated plan was to secretly schedule out and call a secret Earth Empire members and supporters assembly at a secret mausoleum built underneath one of Clara's companies' skyscrapers, summoning supporters of all social classes, nations and bending and nonbending arts to attend, including several of her fellow wealthy Republic City businessman and woman and members of Wu's Royal Council. For this purpose, she had her soldiers kidnapped a few Triple Threat Triad members and their leader Lightning Bolt Zolt from their headquarters. As the rally begins, an announcer calls for the crowd to give applause to the follower of their saviour Kuvira as Clara enters. Rising from a trapdoor built in the center of the mausoleum in a cloud of smoke with her husband and a row of Earth Empire soldiers, Clara was welcomed with incredible enthusiasm and raucous applause from the crowd, which she welcomes with spread arms. Greeting her watchers as brothers and sisters, Clara declares that their applause is not for her, but for themselves and describes how the men and woman had attended her gathering because they craved a way different from the failed old ways. Giving a rousing speech where she denies the general belief that she hated the Avatar of her allies, proclaiming that she did not rebel out of hatred and, despite being in the presence of several anti-Avatar believers, she did not reciprocate their belief that the Avatar and those who supported her were 'vermin', but that they would have their own place in the new world she intend to build from Kuvira's original vision. But for the greater good, the Avatar's importance must be suppressed and made equal to others. Announcing how the dedicated determination that prompts some to act only bloomed in rare souls like herself and her audience, who lived for higher things and addresses her followers about her vision of a future where all nations are united and ruled as one, which one leader, creating a world where wars are a thing of the past, claiming that the separation of nations "had only brought suffering" and blaming the diversion of the states for being "the cause of every war in every era". Describing how her leader, Kuvira's, vision would soon be a reality, Clara informs the audience how Kuvira's ambitions were the founding of her beliefs and determination to built a world where humanity could like for freedom, truth and love and declares how soon, the 'Great Uniter' (who she describes as a person imprisoned by those who cling to power for expressing her belief in a truly pure world where all are equal and none are left cold and inferior and where benders and nonbenders are equal which draws cheers of adulation and loyalty to her and Kuvira from the crowd) would soon behold her vision finally come true.

*TBA*

### A Strange School Tour

Wanting their children to be able to have a normal school life and believing they should make friends to help and support them, Clara and Rodolphus considered enrolling their three children into Zaofu Pine Prep. However, the Clara was confident in her three adopted childrens' social skills, she was unsure if Bryce would be able make friends easily due to a vast among being on the move with the army. Because of this, she requested that she and Bryce were given a private tour by the school's headmistress Flora Menra.

As they arrive at the school's main building, Bryce questions whether this meant he had to be inside one place all day, which Clara, leaning down so she is at eye level with Bryce, responds to by suggesting her son thinks of it as a "grand indoor adventure" and straightening up as she informs the headmistress that the whole concept of a school was new to Bryce because of most of his early life being one of constant travel, explaining that the whole world had been like Bryce's classroom. However, as Flora goes on to explain the various activities that the high school had to offer, Bryce catches sight of a baboon with a peacock's tail, but when the teacher and Clara look over, the lawn is empty. Eyebrows raised slightly at her son for a second, Clara turns her attention back to Flora as she assures the Lawrences that the school wouldn't have any such thing and that it was probably just a student before guiding them towards the lunch-in hall, Clara following them immediately while Bryce hangs back a second before following his mother.

Later on, as the touring group exit the greenhouse, Bryce wonders at the sight of a "flying rabbit" and a "hopping dragon", but once again, when Clara and Flora look, they see no sign of any such creatures. Concerned, Clara leans down and asks her son if he was simply making up reasons not to like the school. Flora then attempts to distract the head of the House of Lawrence and her son by suggesting that they move on the gymnasium, which Clara nods in agreement to, glancing with concern at her son before letting the headmistress usher her and Bryce along.

Upon arriving at the gymnasium, Clara, hands clasped in delight, watches as several students practice Tri-State Volleyball. However, she notices Bryce's downcast eyes and tells the teachers that though it all looked wonderful, she could only consider sending Bryce it the Academy if she knew her son was happy their. Just then, as Flora inquires if their was anything specific Bryce might be interested in, Freedo (aka the Peacock-Baboon), explodes into the gym, to Clara's shock. Bryce, excited by confirmation that he spoke the true of his sightings, tells his mother he had told her their was a baboon with a peacock tail, though it hadn't been the gigantic size he was now, causing the former Earth Empire commander to turn to her son as he exclaims how great it all is, Clara quickly ushers her son to the stands with the volleyball playing boys and girls and out of danger as Freedo continues to knock equipment over. She stands with her son, hand half-way poised to metalbend and holding the other protectively around a grinning Bryce, as Freedo is subdued by his owner Jake and his friends and reverted back to his true form with Clover (the flying rabbit), Cracke (the hopping dragon) and Praline. As Bryce picks up a stray ball, Clara is profoundly apologized to by Flora, who assures the Lawrence family head that such events like the ones that had just transpired would never happen again, only to be interrupted as Professor Popov dives through the room as he finally captures the runaway magic tap shoes. However, Clara, smiling, dismisses the teachers apologies, stating to the headmistress with a small chuckle that she did not mind it when mishaps occurred so long as people learned from them and it also made things much more interesting, asking her son if he agrees, which he does enthusiastically. Clara beams when Bryce decides that the school was indeed something he would like and soon afterwards, Clara and Rodolphus happily enroll their son and adopted children into Zaofu Pine Prep.

### Attempting to Recapture Dangerous Foes

After Suyin, who was still recovering from the Battle of the Storm Spire, received word of the escapes of Vathek, General Venomfang and Selma, which had been orchestrated by Darkness and the rest of the Order of Shadows, she temporarily released Kuvira, Clara and Baatar Jr. from house arrest, as the three Earth Empire commanders had some of the most experience in the power the escapees and their liberators possessed.

The trio proceeded to visit Selma's volcanic prison, where, as Kuvira and Baatar Jr. questioned a sentry, Clara observed the defences before rejoining her comrades as the sentry informed Kuvira of Vathek's newly gained airbending, which disturbed all three of the Zaofu citizens, Clara, staring at the cage that formerly held the Serpentine Waterbender, asks the soldier if he had any idea of the power the Order possessed, remarking that alone, any of the Dragon Lord's followers could take out anyone, together, they could potentially conquer the world. The three proceed to travel to the North Water Tribe, joining with Lady Scarab, Tonraq and Zuko to ensure that the last and most dangerous of the four imprisoned ones, Orazira, the Dragon Lord's deputy was kept locked away. Meeting Desna and Eska, they alerted them that they needed to check up on a secret ice prison in the western tundra. While traveling down the elevator to the bowels of the prison, Clara only stood in silence as Kuvira interrupted Scarab and Audrey's conversation on their attempts on Ex-Queen Wasp and Night Light's life, respectively in favour of their undivided focus on keeping Orzaira in prison. Arriving at the cell, Clara contradicts Desna's belief that no one could escape such a place with a retort that they had thought the same about Vathek, Venomfang and Selma's places of imprisonment. Arriving, Clara coldly tells Orazira not to get use to visitors, but exchanges fearful glances with Zuko as Orazira shows confidence in her belief she will be freed soon.

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### Liberation of Lux Aurea

Clara was summoned alongside all of the Order of the White Lotus and their allies (including Suyin, Kuvira and Baatar Jr) to the Black Army-captured city of Lux Aurea by Princess Fader to join the Order's effort to liberate the city from Darkness's control. The group camped out within the vast pine forests beyond the city and Clara, alongside Baatar Snr, Rodolphus, Toph and several others, searched for a way to enter the city below ground to avoid innocent citizens getting hurt.

### Attending Bolin and Opal's Wedding

Finally, after eight years of more-or-less house arrest, Clara was released from her sentence and she and her family were reunited. Soon afterwards, Clara, Rodolphus and Bryce all attended the wedding of Bolin and Opal, during which they sat with Suyin, Baatar Snr, recently-reengaged Kuvira and Baatar Jr and a smiling Lin Beifong. As Bolin and Opal had their hands joined in marriage, Clara was mentioned to be laughing with delight as she clapped to the couple.

Clara later attended Kuvira and Baatar's wedding as well several years later.

## Trivia

* Clara is the third person to be both a chi-blocker and a bender, the other two being Amon and Hundun.