Clive

**Clive** was a royal guard for the Kingdom of Lucifenia and a loyal follower of Princess Riliane Lucifen d'Autriche. After the events of the Marlon Revolution, Clive became the princess' personal protector as she solidified Lucifenia's control over the island nation.

## History

### Early Life

Born as a citizen of the Kingdom of Lucifenia in EC 483, Clive became a soldier of the Lucifenian army in EC 499. A year later, he was brought on as Princess Riliane Lucifen d'Autriche's personal guard once she had annexed Marlon as a Lucifenian territory, living with her at the royal castle.

Several months after Riliane declared war on the neighboring nation of Beelzenia in EC 505, Clive reported that Captain Arkadi Rogze had returned from the warfront in Retasan. Afterwards, he led Arkadi to the audience hall at Riliane's request. Two weeks later, Clive accompanied the royal on a trip to Lucifenia as she attended a banquet at the merchant Evens Corpa's mansion. There he waited in the banquet hall until Riliane was ready to depart, upon which they returned to Marlon.

### Visitors

When Yukina Freezis visited the next day, Clive stood on standby as Riliane greeted her and her two Almoga Mobarez bodyguards. When Yukina left the hall after being allowed to stay the night, Clive was told to notify the castle guards about her visit and send a messenger to her father, the merchant Keel Freezis.

Later that night, he was awakened by a guard notifying him of an explosion that came from Yukina's room and how Riliane had gone to investigate it. Hearing from other guards that Yukina and her bodyguards had disappeared, Clive rushed to his master to report his findings. Riliane then ordered him to lock down the castle and have all the guards search for their missing guests, specifically told to kill Yukina's guards but leave the girl alive.

Once he had delegated the princess' orders, Clive accompanied Riline as she searched the palace. Ultimately coming up empty, they doubled back on themselves; as they discussed potential hiding spots, Clive brought up how Riliane's room had likely not been checked. As another explosion went off in the princess' room, Clive and the royal rushed to her room and found one of Yukina's bodyguards facing off against the Special Maneuvers Task Force.

Clive then watched as Riliane confronted the masked bodyguard, who revealed herself to be Germaine Avadonia. Silently watching as the two bickered, he was shocked as Riliane suddenly collapsed and accused Germaine of having done something to him. Clive was then ordered to aid the task force with killing Germaine and prevent the Venom Sword from being stolen; when the swordswoman escaped out the window, Clive pursued her with the task force.

Later during their chase, the guard discovered that Riliane had disappeared and blamed their fugitive guests, Germaine, Yukina, and Lich; he then continued pursuing them for about two weeks. Soon after, Riliane returned and took the intruders off the Witch Hunt list, leaving Clive to help manage Marlon while the princess returned to Lucifenia.

## Skills and Abilities

As a trained soldier, Clive was a decent swordsman and was trusted with serving as Princess Riliane's bodyguard and aide because of this. Additionally, he was knowledgeable on scouting tactics, utilizing this when hunting down certain people on the princess' orders.

## Character Connections

Riliane Lucifen d'Autriche: Clive's ruler and charge. He was dedicated to protecting and serving the princess, carrying out his orders obediently and confronting any preceived threats against her. Clive was extremely loyal to Riliane and was seen as trustworthy by the monarch as a result.