|BASICS|
Name: Clarissa Ray Burke
Age: 16
Birthplace: Omashu
Current Residence: Omashu
Rank: Bender
Occupation: Landscaper
Element: Earth
Pets: orange fox named Ranger. He has a dark orange coat with brown ears and paws. Ranger is about 4 years old.
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Weapons: None
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Birthday: May 26, 404
Blood type: O-
Hobbies: Listening to music, making people believe she can see, acting like she's reading.
Quirks: Blind.
Family: Mother (Mary Burke) died in bending accident, Father (Joseph Burke) Abandoned family when Clarissa was 4.
Character Theme: My Immortal: Evanescence
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Hair: Clarissa has long brunette hair that curls just slightly, it has begun to get gradually lighter since she was younger.
Eyes: Her almond-shaped Nordic blue eyes have a slight white haze over them from her blindness.
Height: She is 5'8
Clothes: Clarissa tries to embrace what she calls 'her own style' by wearing a white tank top and dark black shorts until she has to change into something 'more girly'. Because of her blindness, she doesn't choose what she wears based on colors but more on the fabric's feel. Most of her clothes are soft and warm, or just plain comfortable.
Skin: Caucasian with tattoo of blue jay on lower left back.
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Body Type: Slim and skinny, not very athletic.
Image: Younger
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Older
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|CHARACTERISTICS|
Personality: Clarissa is extremely shy against new people and hates to talk with someone she doesn't know well. This leads to her being untrusting of others and not wanting to get attached to other people easily.
Personal Strengths:
- Refuses to allow her sight to control her
- Gifted with instruments
- Manipulative
- Persuasive
- Intellegent
Personal Weaknesses:
- Lacks hand to hand combat skills
- Shy
- Un-trusting of others
- Will second guess herself before making choices
Hamartia: Blindness, stubborn
Personal Hero: None
Dreams and Ambitions: Someday, Clarissa hopes to find her father and find out why he left them so many years ago.
Likes:
- Listening to music
- Playing her violin
- Ease-dropping on people's conversations
Dislikes:
- Speaking to people she doesn't know
- Listening to books on tape
- Liars
- Anyone who hurts other poeple
Brief History:
Clarissa was born in perfect health and her parents were thrilled to bring her into their home. However, when she was 2 she fell ill to a disease that took away her sight. Her parents routinely fought over who was at fault for her being sick and they slowly began to ignore their little girl. She grew up listening to music and trying to keep up with the other kids in her grade, but the lack of sight held her back. Her teachers would get frustrated that she couldn't see the math problems or read the English sentences and she was placed in a specialized class for struggling students.
Clarissa was proud of her improvement and went to tell her mother about it. She searched the whole house for her and still couldn't find her mother. She ran to her neighbors house and asked where her mother was, but they didn't give her the reply she wanted. "Clarissa, we thought someone would have told you by now." her neighbor said, pulling Clarissa into a hug. Her mother never came home from work that day. A fellow bender and her were working on building a new temple for a celebration when the other bender overpowered Mary and the stone fell on her, killing her almost instantly. Clarissa was taken care of by her neighbors, but she never trusted another person or smiled again.
One of her teachers introduced the violin to her and she caught on quickly, using the sound of the notes to determine if her fingers where in the right place. Playing the violin soothed her and allowed her to relax for a little bit, she would close her eyes and let her violin's music take her wherever she wanted to go. For the rest of her life, Clarissa stayed away from other people and would be very shy when forced to talk to others. A Earth bender friend of her mother's began to teach her about bending and she learned quickly, letting the Earth flow with her like her music." />