Clarence (Penumbra)

*- Clarence's most famous quote.*

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*- Clarence after gaining consciousness in a physical body.*

## Evil-Doer

**Clarence** is a major antagonist and deuteragonist of the 2008 horror game *Penumbra: Black Plague*.

Once a nameless entity in the Tuurngait hivemind, Clarence started to develop his own identity and twisted sense of humor when he chose to separate from it. Later along the story he met and manifested inside of Philip Buchanon's mind as the result of an abnormal reaction to his infection with the Tuurngait virus.

He is voiced by Robert Pike Daniel.

## History/Biography:

Clarence was originally another nameless member of the Tuurngait Hivemind, later on he named himself while going through the "space" in Philip's mind when he came about a section devoted to film titles. He states that Philip has not only seen 3,103.5 movies, but also that Philip only watched the first half of "It's a Wonderful Life" and states that he now will never know how the movie ends. This is where he gets the name Clarence from as he states he is somewhat of a guardian angel.

He is first heard in the sewers, where he transports Philip to a dream world where he must solve some puzzles. After that, he constantly taunts Philip throughout the game, calling him a "monkey" and insulting the human race, hinting that the Tuurngait's "hive mind" intellect is superior to mental individualism. Twice he calls enemies to attack Philip, once with Dr. Eminess in the computer room, and once with an Infected that bursts through a door in one of the hallways. Residing in Philip's mind, Clarence apparently has the power to manipulate or even block out vision, which he uses to trick or frighten Philip with imaginary enemies. Though originally he seems to be solely dedicated to "freeing" himself by getting Philip killed, he eventually switches gears and decides to try to convince Philip to at least share control of his body with him.

Eventually Phillip manages to force Clarence out of his mind when the cure is injected as a nearby machine transfer starts up, Clarence's consciousness get's force-injected into a nearby infected corpse. He revives the body and declares that he must try to get revenge on Philip for attempting to kill him and erase him from his mind. Eventually after enough hiding and running, Phillip fends off against Clarence enough to tire him out, as a result Clarence's new body wasn't enough to keep him alive thus Clarence dies, and the any other Tuurngait Members stop attacking Phillip all together and mainly just leave him alone. After Clarence's death, Phillip mentions to himself how he and Clarence were very related in terms of their personalities.

## Personality:

For most of the game, Clarence comes off as a sadistic and sarcastic wise-cracker. He constantly wishes for Philip to die, so that Clarence can be released from his mind - even to the point of convincing Philip to kill himself in crude ways or yelling at an infected to come get him. Clarence constantly berates Philip's life for being quiet and banal. This is because Clarence comes from an alien hivemind where all beings share thoughts, unlike mankind's separate, individual minds.

Clarence also shows extreme cowardice in most situations. This is most seen when Philip is on the verge of curing himself of Clarence forever, but Clarence does everything in his power to fearfully talk Philip out of it, or just straight up sabotaging Philip to stop him.