A short trim woman with chocolate brown hair. Her brown eyes are spaced slightly too far apart giving her a perpetually curious look. A little to gawky and awkward to be conventionally attractive her cheerful face and absolute enthusiasm for whatever she is currently working on combine to give her a certain wholesome appeal.

Her skin is pale with a dusting of freckles and frequently peeling due to sunburn incurred during field work. She dresses conservatively for the most part striving to project a professional and knowledgeable demeanor.

As a result of a drunken mistake during her early twenties, Clara has a tramp stamp in a celtic trefoil design.

Clara is the daughter of a Baptist Minister, she grew up in Missouri but has worked hard to eliminate any trace of a southern accent. She grew up in difficult circumstances with a controlling father who was both physically and mentally abusive to both her and her mother. She sort refuge in books and managed to find some measure of peace in burying herself in the pages of her father’s extensive library as well as the local public library which became a sort of sanctuary for her.

As Clara matured the abuse became sexual. This was too much for her mother who made plans to take the girl away with her. When her father caught wind of the scheme he confronted her mother who, after enduring a terrible beating, shot her father to death with a handgun and was afterwards imprisoned despite it being a clear case of a battered spouse.

After this tragedy Clara was sent to live with her Aunt in Araminta. Aunt Eveylyn was everything her father hated, a former hippie and member of the communist party, atheist, lesbian, flag burning, Obama voting, abortion having liberal. Clara loved her immediately. Everylyn also recognised and fostered the girls scholastic abilities, providing her with tutors and access to the best schools and programs.

Clara graduated second in her class and studied History at Columbia, eventually earning a Phd in History with a focus on Alchemy and its role in the Christian Occult traditions. She has returned to Araminta to care for her aging Aunt and is currently working as an adjunct professor at the local university teaching history and comparative religion.

Though she is in outlook entirely secular Clara’s long association with the history of the occult has left her longing for something in it to actually be true. The strange occurrences in Araminta have fired her imagination. Although terrified by the apparent serial killings she has been conducting interviews with witnesses and individuals that have seen the Black Shuck using her skills to conduct an amateur paranormal investigation. She saw the swarm of moths first hand when her prius was involved in the pile up, though at some distance from the epicenter. Though she is afraid, she finds something exhilarating in this proximity to the bizarre.

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Author of Rosicrucianism in America.
Author of Paracelsus from Alchemist to Chemist.
Author of Folk Belief and Alchemy in the Ozarks.
Author of Transmutation - Folk Magic in the Catholic Tradition
Briefly a member of a Wiccan Coven, unfortunately, there was more sex in the sex magic than there was magic.

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Anything else? Themesong? Random notes? Foreshadowing???

A short trim woman with chocolate brown hair. Her brown eyes are spaced slightly too far apart giving her a perpetually curious look. A little to gawky and awkward to be conventionally attractive her cheerful face and absolute enthusiasm for whatever she is currently working on combine to give her a certain wholesome appeal.

Her skin is pale with a dusting of freckles and frequently peeling due to sunburn incurred during field work. She dresses conservatively for the most part striving to project a professional and knowledgeable demeanor.

As a result of a drunken mistake during her early twenties, Clara has a tramp stamp in a celtic trefoil design.

Clara is the daughter of a Baptist Minister, she grew up in Missouri but has worked hard to eliminate any trace of a southern accent. She grew up in difficult circumstances with a controlling and abusive father surrounded by those who felt their pastor could do no wrong. She sought refuge in books and managed to find some measure of peace in burying herself in the pages of her father’s extensive library as well as the local public library which became a sort of sanctuary for her.

As Clara matured ... well lets just say that it was one of those situations on the news where where a pious man might be charitably described as 'not living up to his ideals'. The situation put so much stress on Clara's mother that she eventually snapped and shot her husband and then herself. The situation and the communities reaction to it poisoned Clara against the faith of her childhood forever.

After this tragedy Clara was sent to live with her Aunt in Araminta. Aunt Eveylyn was everything her father hated, a former hippie and member of the communist party, atheist, lesbian, flag burning, Obama voting, abortion having liberal. Clara loved her immediately. Everylyn also recognized and fostered the girls scholastic abilities, providing her with tutors and access to the best schools and programs.

Clara graduated second in her class and studied History at Columbia, eventually earning a Phd in History with a focus on Alchemy and its role in the Christian Occult traditions. She has returned to Araminta to care for her aging Aunt and is currently working as an adjunct professor at the local university teaching history and comparative religion.

Though she is in outlook entirely secular Clara’s long association with the history of the occult has left her longing for something in it to actually be true. The strange occurrences in Araminta have fired her imagination. Although terrified by the apparent serial killings she has been conducting interviews with witnesses and individuals that have seen the Black Shuck using her skills to conduct an amateur paranormal investigation. She saw the swarm of moths first hand when her prius was involved in the pile up, though at some distance from the epicenter. Though she is afraid, she finds something exhilarating in this proximity to the bizarre.

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Author of Rosicrucianism in America.
Author of Paracelsus from Alchemist to Chemist.
Author of Folk Belief and Alchemy in the Ozarks.
Author of Transmutation - Folk Magic in the Catholic Tradition
Briefly a member of a Wiccan Coven, unfortunately, there was more sex in the sex magic than there was magic.

The young explosively energetic woman is Amanda Blackmore, who usually walks with a skip to her step and is willing to strike a pose on the dot. Yeah, it's easy to tell from her demeanor that she's a drama queen. Much like her older brother, Drake; she is a ball of energy, but her energy is more childish. She's very easily excitable and doesn't try too hard to hide her emotions. Now, in terms of Amanda's body-type, she is very skinny and well-toned with the body of a gymnast - because she is one. Her body is kept fit through stretches and other exercises such as jogging and hitting the gym. She worked hard for her flat stomach. She has an hour-glass build with wide hips but a thin waist. She doesn't know how she does it, but she has quite a big chest at 38F and a nice butt she got from hitting the gym. It's like what far that she should have goes straight where it matters. Amanda doesn't have any bulging muscles, however, and that's one thing that she works on. Amanda has plenty of scars from gymnast related injuries and other such events. Amanda has a couple of tattoos, that she has gotten recently. On her right shoulder she has a dragon that goes all the way down to her elbow. Right in between her breasts she has the tattoo of sun and moon. Right on her back, that encompasses her entire back, is a tattoo of flaming wings. Finally, she has a tattoo of a phoenix on her left shoulder. In terms of race; Amanda is part British and part Japanese, with her father supplying the British, and her mother giving her the Japanese. She leans on her father's side of the family looking no different from a regular white woman at first glance until you look at her eyes. They are somewhat slanted, but she still identifies as a Caucasian woman. Her hair is black color and it's straight, she keeps it in a long ponytail.

Amanda always wears very loose clothing, because she has an aversion to super tight articles of clothing. Sorry boys, but she hates wearing clothing that strangles her. She, like her brother, is a fan of jackets... but she didn't bring any to Florida. So she wears an assortment of jean shorts, cargo pants, sweat pants, and a T-shirt of her choice. She isn't afraid to show a little skin so some of her outfits can be quite revealing. But, Amanda isn't the skirt and dress kind of gal - she always wears anything but those things to the point where some people say she dresses like a boy. Though that's mitigated by the jewelry that she wears, she's a fan of necklaces, bracelets, and even sometimes wears colorful rings. Sometimes Amanda can be seen carrying around a guitar. Though, in the gym, she dresses in "gym clothes" or her gym-wear which consists of yoga pants and a sports bra.

Amanda's father was Adam Blackmore, a man that was governer of Pennsylvania and her mother was Lisa Takahashi, a Japanese woman born in the states. They eloped got married, and then eventually started having kids. She spent her early years in Philadelphia before she ended up moving to Araminta. That was where the esteemed Blackmore estate was located. She was the middle child of three other siblings, first came Victoria, then Drake, then she and the youngest was Charles. Adam made sure the Blackmores could live comfortably. And out of all the Blackmores, she was probably the closest to their father, and she always considered herself daddy's little girl. She was always going to him for questions and asking him for guidance and she was the one that was hit the hardest when he had to go away. Of course, this meant that Amanda fell into spirals of depression when he was gone. For comfort, Amanda went to sweets and other such goods, in order to make it easier and what happened was that she gained a lot of weight throughout the years. She was mocked and bullied throughout school for being so overweight, that she was almost afraid to go out.

Of course, she wasn't alone, she had the support of her many siblings that helped her get through school but she wanted more. She wanted to improve herself and lose this weight, so that's what she did. She lost weight through exercise and eating right... in addition taking up gymnastics. It was originally something that her gym teacher suggested that'd help her lose weight, that she immediately took up as a passion. Amanda saw it as something that came naturally to her as riding a bike, and even though she was overweight, she loved it. Once she lost all of her weight in about a year, she decided to take it seriously. She forwent social events to practice either alone or at the gym, and because of that dedication she came home with the trophy after trophy. Even if she didn't win, she gained the motivation to win.

After moving up to high school she met her sweetheart, Matthew Detmer, and suddenly everything changed for her. She got to know him, and they started hanging out, starting out as friends but the more they hung out the more Amanda realized that she had growing affections for him. One day, she decided to let it all out and admit that she had feelings for him that he returned. Though it was difficult for Amanda to balance gymnastics, which she was still very passionate about, and her relationship with Matt. What threw another wrench in her home life was her relationship with her cousin, Nikki. You see, Lisa wasn't the only Takahashi, there was also Pamela who went on to marry a man named Kota Watanabe and birth two children, Micheal, and Nikki Watanabe. Due to the strained relationship between Lisa and Pamela, the two families rarely met, but Amanda was the only one with a close tie to their family, namely Nikki. The two were polar opposites but were the closest in the world.

They got into trouble of all kind but after high school, they drifted apart. Nikki went into the military and Amanda, well, didn't know what to do with herself after high school. The rest of the Blackmores were sent to college but Amanda didn't want any of that. She stuck around in Araminta partying and going to the gym and she got the rockin' bod that she always wanted, and then some, and enjoyed the looks from the horny guys. Eventually, Amanda settled on her career path and ended up heading to the police academy. It was her dream to be a cop or in law enforcement, so why not? So Amanda set off to the police academy in Allentown where she spent the next few months of her life training to be a police officer. It wasn't easy for her to do but she ended up graduating and protected and served in Araminta.

It was a bit hard since it was obvious that her coworkers looked down on her for being a woman. However, all she wanted to do was make her father proud of her, as she tackled each crook to the ground. Unfortunately, Araminta was a very boring town... but things changed for Amanda when Adam suffered a massive heart attack. She was on the job and by the time she got off, Adam was dead. This was the low point in Amanda's life as she took a few weeks off to collect herself. She talked to her cousin Nikki during this time a lot and went to the gym. The Blackmore siblings drifted as they could barely speak to each other without bringing up their father's death. So they just didn't speak. Each of the Blackmores had left Araminta except Amanda, after all.

It was a month before Amanda went back to the force but things were different. She was letting her coworker's rude comments get to her as she felt a failure. She tried much harder to prove herself as an excellent police officer and got a bit ruder and dismissive of people. She acted far more haughty when people tried to provoke her only because there was one thing on her mind. However, Amanda ended up slipping up when Matthew came back into her life... a drug dealer. It didn't take much talking before she was in his bed, and not much more before it became three times a week occurrence. She missed him and the sex was amazing... she didn't mind that he was a drug dealer at first but now the guilt was getting to her.

However, things changed a few nights before the start of the story. She was returning home from work and was already in bed when she heard a scream... her first instinct was to grab a gun and run towards it. When she got there, there was a woman hacked to pieces and a person with orange eyes behind a mask and a leather jacket. He had a switchblade in hand... he charged Amanda and she emptied her clip into him. She managed to drive him off... but the victim was already dead. She reported it but nobody believed her, but after asking around quite a few people have laid eyes on this oddity.

Amanda is making it her goal to catch this serial killer.

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