Clara Bergmann

**Clara Bergmann** is a member of the Bergmann Family, adopted and serving as a bodyguard to her sister Monika Bergmann. Unlike "Crosshair", Clara became "Jäger" or "Hunter", highly trained in close quarters combat and specifically anti-magic techniques in order to protect her sister and herself from rival magi in the Grand Order of Magi. Her adopted family has conducted multiple body modifications and experiments so that Clara could physically surpass even magi with Reinforcement Spells, turning her into a deadly assailant that's easily underestimated by most aristocratic magi who look down on what the view as someone who's basically an "Awakened Sleeper". Her resentment of her old family as well as the traditional magi she has encountered in the Order has made her greatly dislike most mage aristocracy with a passion, especially those who took part in an assassination attempt on her sister in the past. The Jäger hunts down those that pose a threat to the Bergmann family.

## Background

Clara was born into the Silva lineage of mages, a family that had come to South America during the colonial period. They were astromancers who took many opportunities in this new world including engaging in some experiments on themselves that led to the lineage losing pigmentation in its members. In the current generation, the Silvas had twins, Clara and her sister Cassia. Clara probably would have grown up studying the family alchemy and advancing its goals if it weren’t for one thing, she was born as a psychic rather than a magus.

This was discovered when she was about four. While psychics do have power of their own it is almost never related to alchemy and even if it were, Clara would be incapable of passing on a mana lobe as she lacked one herself and would also be incapable of advancing the family magic for the same reason. The Silva family was a very traditional and pragmatic lineage, if Clara would not contribute to the family then there was no reason to waste time and resources raising her. Due to this, she was sold off to the Grand Order's black market, specifically to the European covenants. Psychics caught a decent price, resulting in Clara being bought by the Bergmann family.

Instead of being used as magical materials, like the Silva expected, The Bergmann had an entirely different idea in mind. They wanted to experiment with the idea of a Psychic bodyguard, someone capable of surpassing human limits even if they have no mana lobes. The Bergmann were rather pragmatic and figured that adopting the girl as a daughter would increase her loyalty and efficiency as a bodyguard in the long run, and so they encouraged Monika, their biological daughter, to start treating Clara as her younger sister with the same privileges as her. Clara expected disapproval, seeing as the only child and heir would suddenly get a competitor, but Monika simply accepted it and began acknowledging her as her sister. Clara's first years with the family was rough, with her adoptive parents being distant from both her and her sister. They were always gone for Covenant business or personal projects that leave them isolated in their own workshops. Clara needs were tended to by homunculi servants, from food, clothing, and even education. She also had difficulty trying to understand her new older sister, who always spoke in either brief straightforward responses or long, heavily detailed tangents of overly-complicated things she hardly understood. She could see that Monika had a unique way of speaking, and even though her sister would sometimes not grasp her feelings, she could tell that Monika is at least trying her best. Their first meeting resulted in Monika giving her a tour around the Bergmann house, dutifully explaining the functions of each room, and soon enough each tool in her personal workshop within the household. Although her sister was cold and uncaring at first glance, Clara could see that she cared in her own way. But because of the difficulty in communicating, Clara maintained this distance between her in the family. When she was told that she would be trained to "unleash" her Psychic Ability to the fullest, Monika was always there either to train her with what magic magi would use in combat, simply to observe. Sensing that there was distance between them, her older sister would take more serious measures, probing her on her likes and dislikes and then "gifting" her every month with presents "based on data collected". This did ease up the relationship between the two a bit, but there was still visible tension between Clara and the Bergmanns.

It was only after Monika began teaching her how to speak German that the bridges were gapped between the siblings, especially during one session where Monika spoke in Brazilian-Portuguese and told Clara that while she never thought about having a sibling before, she now started thinking about it frequently after Clara was adopted and how she's making sure that she becomes a good sister. Despite her telling Clara that she does not know how to be a proper sibling yet, she has started prioritizing it in her studies, an idea that surprised Clara since the heir in a mage household should focus more on the arcane. The two would slowly grow closer as siblings afterwards as they grew up as a result. While she saw kinship in Monika, Clara still felt distance from her adoptive parents, who seemingly treat both her and Monika in roughly the same way, always business-like and transactional whenever they are asked the current state of their studies, their health, etc. They still provided Clara all the necessities she needed, so she realized that it was best to just let them do what they want to do to avoid any familial conflicts. As she reached her teens, Clara has received combat training from many hired tutors and trainers who visited the family estate, and this would result in her being highly skilled with the sword as well as hand-to-hand combat, augmented by her Psychic abilities she could match magi with Reinforcement spells and easily overpower them through technique. Complimented with enchanted items created by Monika that don't require magical energy to activate, she has grown to be quite the competent "Nachtklinge" or "Nightblade", the archetypal spell-and-sword style that the Bergmann followed.

It was her dedicated training since childhood that saved Monika from an attempted assassination. She and Monika were able to fight off the assailants, who were later discovered to be hired by other Covenant of the Rhine members to oust her from her newly gained position in the Rhine's Covenant Court. The battle was short but deadly, resulting in both siblings being heavily wounded by the end, with Clara losing both her eyes in the fight, as well as suffering broken bones, and worst of all muscles organs in her body literally disintegrated after an assailant tried to fire a spell that destroyed at a molecular level. Monika and her parents immediately started experimenting for better replacements for the body parts. After a month of being under anesthesia, Clara woke up to find that she could see again, but her eyes was now a shade of blue, a side-effect of the new eyes given to her that could perceive the mana in the air upon command, as well as act as let her access a neuro-computer in her mind's eye . She also felt that her senses were heightened, she could hear the quietest of noises and smell the burning alchemical ingredients from the next room. But her immediate reaction after waking up was whether Monika was alive, she got her answer when her sister stood by her side and embraced her tightly while apologizing to Clara profusely.

*"I should have been more careful. I nearly lost you. I will never let that happen again."*

Monika repeated over and over again, and Clara could only listen in stunned silence. This was the first time she heard her sibling be this emotional, let alone hear someone be so worried about her. Clara would soon promise that she too would ensure the safety of her sister, in a display of sisterhood they vowed to keep each other safe and fight by each other's side whenever a threat appears. With her body modifications, Clara became the Jäger that disposed of the threats that tried to follow up on the previous assassination, and would even lead a counterattack "honor raid" on the families that were responsible for the attempt on her sister's life. Currently she continues to serve as Monika's bodyguard, and has grown even more resentful of the inhumane side of mage culture, be it how they treat children or how magi are at each other's throats instead of focusing on the systematic problems of the culture.

## Appearance

Concerned JägerAngry JägerSaddened JägerConfused Jägerdie VerärgerungJoyful ClaraStrict Professionalism"Du bist absolut ekelhaft"Casual Clara
## Personality

Similar to Crosshair, Jäger is very untrusting of most people due to her original parents' abandoment and her later experiences with how aristocratic magi culture was practiced in the Grand Order. Her caution certainly aids in her job as her sister's bodyguard, and even when people aren't a threat to her and her sister, she continues to keep them at a swordarm's length. Everyone is a possible threat unless proven otherwise.

She is typically described by Order members as the stoic guardian of the Bergmann heir, many not even acknowledging her as a member of the family due to her lack of magical ability. Many traditional magi she has met refuses to accept the idea that a prominent lineage would do something as to adopt a non-magus and treat them as a daughter. At first Clara expressed hatred for these kinds of people, but the more she realize their minds were never going to change, she simply ignores the comments the aristocrats would throw at her. She channels her anger into the idea that those people would one day be the aggressors to the family and she "disposes" of them for the greater good.

The only person she trusts is her sister, someone who she can call her only true friend in a world of ruthless magi. She hates it when others call her Clara, but Monika is the exception. Everyone else is expected to refer to her by her alias of Jäger . Her adoptive parents are also technically the other two people who she does not mind using her name, but her parents remain distant even to this day that they rarely even refer to her by Clara. She shows them respect as thanks for giving her a home and the bare necessities, but she prefers that they remain distant as she barely even knows them personally, only relying on Monika to know what her parents are actually like. Monika does not even have that much personal experiences with them in the first place. Clara does not even consider herself a daughter of the Bergmanns but she does truly believe that she has a bond of sisterhood with Monika.

While she has no need for most magical knowledge, she has absorbed much second hand knowledge just by listening to Monika whenever she shares her thoughts and trivia about the magic she is using, or when she overhears her discuss theoretical and arcane jargon with her colleagues in the Order. Clara knows the exact steps on how to make a homunculus even though she can't really make one herself, but her ability to listen and absorb information relayed at a rapid pace (due to Monika's way of talking at times) has benefitted her greatly whenever she is gathering information against potential plots or dangers.

Her bond with Monika is a special one, she is the only one that has ever seen Clara genuinely laugh and smile, the first was when Monika said read a corny joke with such a deadpan voice that Clara could not help but giggle. She has grown very protective of her as a result, and Monika returns the sentiments as well. The two have private communication channels through mind-link and have their own code phrases for a variety of situations. The recent increase of suitors hoping to marry Monika and gain connections with the Bergmann family has made her increasingly cautious of every gift and visit made by these mage bachelors and bachelorettes are exposed to the ever cautious eye of the Hunter.

She expresses that she has no time for hobbies, and spends most of her free time training, sparring with homunculi trainers, sharpen her blade, and occasionally go through the family's arsenal to see if she can think of a new piece of equipment for certain scenarios. Items like the Blinding Ring, the Banishing Amulet, and the Shotgun Glove were all made after Clara was brainstorming .

## Abilities

### Auge des Jägers

Auge des Jägers or "Hunter's Eyes" is a Psychic Ability that Clara was born with instead of magic. Most other versions of herself only specialize in firearms and other ranged weapons, thus they assume that the ability simply boost their aim and timing. In fact that is only a part of it. The true power of their ability is to possess an innate understanding of movement, angles, trajectory, force, etc. The misunderstanding comes from the fact that this ability becomes stronger when applied to disciplines that the user has actually mastered. The traditional combat style of the Bergmann focuses on spell-and-sword, but due to her Psychic nature, Clara has focused primarily on swordsmanship and unarmed combat, combined with firearms to compensate her lack of magical firepower. It is similar to Clara Ikeda's Mind's Eye, but with a heavier emphasis on melee. Combined with her bio-augmentations allows Clara to go up against foes who would otherwise be stronger physically and those who had the advantage of Reinforcement.

### Martial Arts

Clara is highly skilled in "Nachtklinge" or "Nightblade", making her dangerous duelist with a sword. Instead of using her own magic, she compliments the Nightblade fighting style with firearms or enchanted equipment made by Monika that does not require magical energy from the user to activate. Clara is also skilled in unarmed combat, as she trained to be combat-ready in all situations, with or without a weapon. She takes pride in her ability to overpower overconfident magi after she closes the gap and "beats the living scheiße out of them". Although she is not as technically skilled compared to her other versions when it comes to long range firearms, she is nevertheless still a deadly shot due to her Psychic Ability and Body Enhancements.

### Body Modifications

Clara's body has been heavilly modified and recreated after a percentage of it was destroyed at a molecular level. As a result, her skin, muscles, and bones have all been alerted with magical bio-engineering to be extremely durable to survive immense trauma as well as be so sturdy that Clara herself could use them in an offensive manner. Her spine was also remade with magic to be a pseudo-mana-lobe that draws mana from the surrounding air which allows her entire nervous system to be accelerated to a point where all of her senses are enhanced beyond their human limits, which would further enhance her Psychic Ability and combat efficiency. She can also just bring mana-battery type equipment disguised as clothing or accessories to allow for this acceleration of senses. Finally, her eyes were replaced with bioengineered eyes that are capable of perceiving mana in the air as if like thermal vision once willed to do so by Clara. They also provide her with "Truesight", the ability to perceive through both illusory and physical invisibility in order for her to catch possibly sneaking assailants or spies. As a final feature on her new eyes, they also allow her to connect to a data bio-computer added to her brain which allows her to record information and even take pictures of what she sees, store it in the bio-computer, and let her see the data in her mind's eye once again, a convenient tool for keeping information on several people. This feature is similar to Monika's glasses, and was added by her sister for her. Her original eye color was changed to blue as a side-effect of the enchantments and functions of her new eyes.

### Equipment

Clara keeps an assortment of magical and mundane equipment, from phones, pistols, amulets, hidden darts, etc. Because she loves to be armed to the teeth, she always carries a variety with her at all times.

#### Magebane

Disguised as a ceremonial sword catalyst, Magebane is in fact a dedicated weapon against magi. The blade itself is enchanted so that any wounds dealt will also have the victim's magical energy begin to "leak" through the wound. It is an Anti-Mage weapon given to Clara in order to give her a further edge once she closes the gap between her and a magical adversary. The Magebane has a secondary ability, which allows Clara to deal immense neurological damage to a target depending on how much magical energy their body has lost by thrusting the sword into the target's neck. The resulting enchantment assaulting the body causes a malfunction in one's Mana Lobe, making it implode and possibly permanently leave a mage unable to use magic again unless they make pseudo-mana lobes.

#### Rhine Regalia

The Covenant of the Rhine uniform given to its members, enchanted with hidden runes and sigils that aid the wearer to survive all sorts of environmental conditions. Although they are only given to higher ranking members of the Covenant, Monika has provided Clara with her own set in order for her to both blend in within the Order and provide the benefits of its enchantments.