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My Resident Evil Respect Threads continue, this time with the younger sister of ex-S.T.A.R.S. operative Chris Redfield, one Claire Redfield.

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Claire Redfield, from Resident Evil Code: Veronica X

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from left, Claire Redfield (Ali Larter), Carlos Oliveira (Oded Fehr), and Alice (Milla Jovovich)

Claire's Bio

Appearances: Resident Evil 2, Resident Evil 3 Nemesis (Epilogue only), Resident Evil Code Veronica
Nationality: American
Date of Birth/Age month unknown, 1979/19 in RE2 and CVX
Height: 5'6"
Weight: 116 lbs
Hair: Brown
Eyes: Brown (in the S.D. Perry novels, her eye color is Gray)
Blood Type: O
Family: parents unknown, probably deceased; Chris Redfield, brother
Occupation: College student
Portrayed By: Alyson Court (voice, both games), Adrienne Frantz (Resident Evil 2 commercial), Ali Larter (Resident Evil: Extinction)

During the initial development of Resident Evil 2, a character named Elza Walker was to be the female lead accompanying Leon S. Kennedy. When Capcom decided to scrap an 80% completed build of the game (later dubbed Resident Evil 1.5) and restart development, the female lead was redesigned and became Claire Redfield. Like Elza, Claire was also a college student and motorcyclist, with the main difference being that Claire is the younger sister of Chris Redfield, whereas Elza had no relationship with any established character. To heighten the resemblance between the siblings, Claire was given auburn hair instead of blonde, blue eyes and an outfit that resembles Chris' S.T.A.R.S. uniform (including the presence of a knife sheath).

Resident Evil 2 revolves around Claire's search for her missing brother. She arrives in Raccoon City to find the town being overrun by zombies. She seeks refuge in the city's police station, and learns that Chris has already left for Europe in order to investigate the activities of the Umbrella Corporation, the company responsible for the viral outbreak in the city. The rest of the game focuses on Claire's attempt to escape from the city alive. She maintains radio contact with Leon and teams up with a young girl named Sherry, while fighting against the various creatures infesting the precinct, including a mutated William Birkin. Claire eventually found a secret passage that leads her from the precinct into a sewer that takes her into Umbrella's underground lab. In the aftermath of the game, Claire escapes from the lab along with Leon and Sherry and eventually the three of them manage to destroy the mutated Birkin. As revealed in the epilogue of Resident Evil 3: Nemesis, Claire left the city by herself in order to continue her search for Chris, while Leon and Sherry were retrieved by the U.S. Military.

In Resident Evil Code: Veronica, Claire is the player's character for the first portion of the game. After an unsuccessful infiltration of Umbrella's medical branch in Paris, Claire finds herself imprisoned on Rockfort Island. She escapes and teams up with fellow prisoner Steve Burnside following another viral outbreak, this time caused by a rival corporation of Umbrella's. The pair escape from the island, only to find themselves in another of Umbrella's secret labs, this time in Antarctica, before they are taken captive by Alexia Ashford. The second half of the game follows Chris trying to save his captured sister from Umbrella. He finds his way into the Antarctic lab and rescues a captive Claire before the final battle with Alexia. The siblings escape from the facility via jet during the game's ending and they vow to put an end to the Umbrella Corporation's activities.

Chris gets mad respect, but his little sister gets squat? For shame.

Here's Claire's revised Bio.

Nationality: American
Date of Birth/Age: month unknown, 1979/19 years old (RE2, Code: Veronica); 26 years old (RE: Degenration) 29-30 years old (as of RE5)
Height: 5'6"
Weight: 115 lbs
Hair: Reddish-brown
Eyes: Gray
Blood Type: O
Family: Parents deceased - killed in a car accident; Chris Redfield, older brother
Allies: Chris Redfield, Leon S. Kennedy
Enemies: Albert Wesker; bioterrorists
Occupation: College student (RE2 - unknown if she graduated); member of the Anti-Umbrella movement; currently a member of the human rights organization Terrasave
Portrayed By: Alyson Court (all games, Degeneration); Adrianne Frantz (RE2 Commercial); Ali Larter (RE: Extinction)
Background:

Claire Redfield is one of the main characters in the Resident Evil series appearing in Resident Evil 2, Resident Evil Code: Veronica, Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles and the CGI film Resident Evil: Degeneration. The younger sister of fellow main character Chris Redfield, Claire is an avid motorcyclist, and a member of Terra Save. She was present in Raccoon City during the t-Virus outbreak, and was a fundamental figure in the Anti-Umbrella movement.

Claire is the younger sister of Chris Redfield, who was one of the main characters from the original game. She comes to Raccoon City in search of her brother, but finds something much worse. After she is saved from nearly being eaten alive by a virus carrier, Claire and Leon S. Kennedy hatch a plan to get out Raccoon City as soon as they can. After they are separated, Claire explores the deserted police station, eventually running into the corrupt Chief Irons and Sherry Birkin, the daughter of two important Umbrella researchers, William Birkin & Annette Birkin.

Claire meets Annette on at least one occasion, during which she accuses Claire of being a spy. As Sherry and Claire look for a way out of the city, they are stalked by the mutated Birkin. While inside of the sewers, Sherry and Claire are separated, during which time Sherry is found by Birkin and infected with the G-Virus. Upon reuniting, Claire attempts to find a cure for Sherry within Umbrella's underground labs. While in the laboratory, Claire runs into Annete one more time, before William arrives and fatally wounds his former wife. Before dying, Annette gives Claire the instructions for creating the G-Virus antidote, DEVIL.

Soon after creating the antidote, Claire attempts to make her escape, having Leon take Sherry to an escape train before the lab self destructs. Her escape, however, is thwarted once again by Birkin, forcing her to fight the monster and incapacitate it. Claire then rushes to the train, joining Leon, and successfully administering the vaccine to Sherry. Unfortunately, Birkin, now a gigantic, amorphous blob, attacks the train, thus triggering another self-destruct sequence. Claire, Leon, and Sherry escape moments before the train explodes, destroying Birkin once and for all. Not long after their escape, Leon urges her to leave them and go search for her brother.

Three months after her escape from Raccoon City, Claire headed over to Europe to finally find her lost brother Chris. Having no luck, she even got imprisoned at a small island far off in the sea. Due to her strong will to survive and to find her brother she is able to again find her way through the island once it has been attacked by an unknown enemy. Another viral outbreak happened on the island. During her attempt to escape, Claire runs into Steve Burnside, another prisoner on the island, and the two eventually join forces. During this time, Claire also encounters Alfred Ashford, who insists that Claire had led enemy forces to the base, and who then releases multiple B.O.W's to stop her. Claire also has a run-in with her brother's old rival, Albert Wesker, who decides to leave her as "bait" to get Chris to arrive at the island. As all of this happens, Claire soon finds out about Alexia Ashford, and has a supposed run-in with "her", only to be saved by Steve, who then shoots "Alexia", revealing that it is none other than Alfred. As the two find a cargo plane to escape the island, Alfred then sends out the T-078 Tyrant to deal with the two survivors, and also has the plane's auto-pilot redirected, sending the two survivors directly to Antarctica. Upon arriving at the base, Claire and Steve find that the entire facility has been infected by the t-Virus. They manage to locate an Australian research base nearby. After having one last showdown with Alfred, she and Steve use a snowmobile to escape the Australian base, but are forced to deal with Nosferatu before leaving. Things seem fine as the two head for the base, until a dying Alfred manages to awaken the REAL Alexia from stasis, who then holds them captive.

When Chris finally arrives at the Antarctic facility, he manages to rescue Claire, but is separated from her once again by Alexia. To make matters worse, Claire soon finds Steve, who has been infected with the t-Veronica virus, thus causing him to mutate. Claire is forced to escape from the monster, only to be nearly killed by a giant tentacle. Steve suddenly comes to his senses, and frees Claire, only to be mortally wounded in the process. As he reverts to his human form, he confesses his love to Claire, and dies by her side.

Distraught, Claire manages to give Chris instructions for initializing a self-destruct sequence, before eventually reuniting with him. After Chris kills the mutated form of Alexia once and for all, he attempts to escape with Claire, only to be interrupted by Wesker. Once their confrontation is over, Chris and Claire evacuate in a jet, determined to bring Umbrella down, once and for all.


Claire had joined a non-government organization called Terra Save, which campaigned against Bio-terrorism. She arrived in Harvardville Airport to meet a friend who too was part of Terra Save, but was caught up in a Bio-terrorism event herself after an outbreak of the t-virus occurred within the airport.

Stuck in the airport, Claire tried to find a way to escape with the others in her party, which included Rani Chawla, Ron Davis, and an airport employee. After calling 911 and waiting for help, a sudden scream followed by gunfire give Claire the knowledge of other survivors. Maneuvering into the hallways to find them, wielding only an Umbrella, she eventually came into contact with Leon and his party.

After escaping the airport, Claire headed to WilPharma with Frederick Downing. Once there she learned that the G-Virus was being held there. As she called Leon, a time bomb set off, causing a shard of glass to embed itself within her leg severely affecting her mobility. While escaping WilPharma, Claire tried to help Leon and Angela Miller from Curtis Miller, who had mutated due to an injection of the G-virus, behind the scenes.

Once Curtis was disposed of the three survivors cornered Frederick, who had been involved with the attacks in India and Harvardville, and arrested him. With the threat of any further outbreaks temporarily subdued Claire and Leon opt to meet again under more normal circumstances as Leon rushes off to his next mission.

Trivia:

* In Resident Evil 1.5 (the original prototype version of Resident Evil 2), a blonde-haired motorcyclist named Elza Walker was featured as the heroine of the game instead of Claire Redfield. She was unrelated to Chris Redfield and was instead a college student attending Raccoon University and wore a red and white leather suit with the Raccoon University logo (probably a uniform). Otherwise, the character was identical to Claire Redfield and the two even shared the same personal data. According to Research on Biohazard 2: Final Edition, Elza's backstory was similar to Claire's, in which she comes to Raccoon in search for a missing person. In Resident Evil 1.5, Elza's supporting characters were Sherry Birkin (like in the released version) and an early version of Robert Kendo (the gun shop owner). The reason for transforming Elza Walker into Claire Redfield was done to create a greater tie between the original game and the sequel without reusing an old character.

* In the Nintendo DS game Viewtiful Joe: Double Trouble there is a picture of one of the enemy foot-soldiers dressed as Claire.

* Although it is assumed she was trained in self-defense by her brother, there is no actual mention of Claire receiving any kind of military training prior to the events of Resident Evil 2. She appears to be the only protagonist in the series to be thrown into the events of the games with no formal preparation to defend herself. It seems that she is able to adapt to the situation. This makes her the most "normal" protagonist of the series (aside from the Outbreak series protagonists).

* Leon kept in touch with Claire Redfield through the Anti-Umbrella movement.

* Despite Claire taking on a 'protector', it is revealed through Resident Evil 5's Viral Video entitled "Claire" that she trains with Chris, which somewhat explains her fancy moves in Resident Evil: Degeneration.

* Claire is the only character within the entire RE franchise to maintain one voice actor (Alyson Court) throughout all of her appearances within the series.

Originally posted by Snafu the Great


* Claire is the only character within the entire RE franchise to maintain one voice actor (Alyson Court) throughout all of her appearances within the series.


Ada Wong also kept the same voice actor from RE2

I always thought her and Leon was gonna hook up, they should. She's the sorta girl you wouldn't expect to know how to use a gun. I think outta all the characters, she was like the only "citizen".

Its in the Redfield genes.

Claire Redield in Code Veronica:
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Alice stole 2 scenes from Claire. uhuh

Claire Redfield kicking ass in RE: Degeneration

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She sure knows how to kill the hell outta people wit one gun.

Originally posted by I am who I am
She sure knows how to kill the hell outta people wit one gun.

She trains with her brother on occasion. And my guess is prior to RE2, Chris taught her how to shoot a gun.

She got good fast.