Clara Lindhardt

Clara Lindhardt (b. 19 July 1999) is the oldest daughter of Dirch Lindhardt and a sworn magician of the Guild. She is the older of the Lindhardt twins, but as a daughter, she is behind her younger brother for the position of heir of the House. Despite this, she works hard to protect and help her younger siblings.

History
Clara was born to Dirch Lindhardt and Julia Zelle on 19 July 1999. Her parents were fully prepared for her birth, and she was welcomed into the family as a healthy baby girl. However, her little brother Aksel was born shortly afterwards, an unexpected child as all examinations of their mother had indicated the presence of only one child in the womb. Aksel had poor health at birth, but he quickly recovered, and both twins were taken home shortly thereafter. Julia died shortly after their release from the hospital from complications due to the difficult childbirth.

Clara and Aksel were raised by Sera Lindhardt following her marriage into the family. Although the twins were not her children, Sera raised them as if they were hers, and the twins were showered with love even after the birth of their younger sister Alyssa. The twins treated Sera like their mother and loved her in return.

Both Clara and Aksel got along well with Theodore Fletcher as he grew up in the family. She was taught that Theodore was like a younger brother to them, and the three children would often play together in their childhood.

The twins along with Theodore started attending the ASU Academy in 2004. Aksel soon drew the attention of bullies, older students at the school, but Theodore and Clara worked together to force the bullies to abandon their abuse of Aksel. Clara quickly gained a reputation of her own as a charismatic and aggressive leader, often getting into trouble over conflicts with other students and some teachers as well.

Clara met Randall Walker during her first year at the school. She was immediately suspicious of the strange, somewhat older boy, especially after the incident with Aksel and the bullies, but eventually her suspicions were settled, and they became close friends. Along with Theodore and Aksel, the 4 students became known as the 4 Musketeers.

Clara excelled at her coursework, rising to the top of her class by the time the group entered the middle-school section of the academy.

Following their graduation from the middle school section, Clara received the rank of journeyman magician, and although she still had 4 more years at the academy, she began her training to become a master magician. She dropped out of the ASU Academy to travel to New York to meet with a master magician sworn to House Neumann, and she received the rank of master magician in early 2019.

Education
Clara received a basic level of magical education from Sera Lindhardt as she grew up under the older magician's care. Even from an early age, she showed herself to have strong magical talent, and Sera worried that Clara would become a danger to herself and others should she not learn to be able to control her magic while young.

Most of Clara's fundamentals in her magical and mundane knowledge was learned during her time at the ASU Academy. She excelled at her coursework and proved herself to be a powerful magician. Although she gained a reputation as a troublemaker at the academy, she also showed that she was fully in control of her magic.

Clara dropped out of the ASU Academy to find a master magician who would train both her and her younger brother. She found a magician sworn to House Neumann who offered to train both of the twins, and despite the often difficult training, both she and Aksel passed their final qualification exams and became master magicians in their own right.

Clara is a strong magic craftsman and often creates focuses and other magic items to hone her skills. Both of the focuses that she uses were created by her for her own use, and she is able to create strong effects in protective clothing and other accessories.

Personal Life
Clara is the oldest child of Dirch Lindhardt and Julia Zelle. She never met her mother, as Julia died shortly after giving birth to both Clara and Aksel, and her relationship with her father can be strained at times.

She does have a good relationship with Sera, Dirch's 2nd wife. Sera took great care to ensure that both Clara and Aksel were loved as much as Alyssa, and in return, both of the twins consider her their mother.

Clara is close with Theodore, as they were raised together by Sera following Theodore's arrival in the Phoenix area and Benjamin's oath to the House. Clara treats Theodore as another brother on par with her own blood relations.

Although Clara is not the heir to House Lindhardt, she has gained the respect of many magicians sworn to the House. Her strong work ethic and charismatic nature have caused some to believe that Clara would be a more suitable head of House Lindhardt. She has attempted to put down any of these rumors that she comes across, but she is rarely successful and the rumors persist.

Focus
Clara has two focuses, one specialized and one general-use focus. Her general-use focus is a silver bracelet that she often wears on her right wrist. The bracelet does not have any gems or gold used in its construction, and the overall appearance of the focus is that it is a rather cheap-looking item. However, Clara crafted the bracelet herself for her own use, and the general-use focus is capable of creating more powerful effects for spells she casts using the focus. Her focus appears to be more durable that other general-use focuses. Arrays along the inside surface of the bracelet allow her to monitor her health including her mana level.

Her other focus, a specialized focus for crafting magic items, is a long, ornate hairpin that she wears in her hair. The pin is unusual in that it is crafted in a manner similar to that of the European wand: a wooden body with a magical core. The pin is held together with gold bands with magic arrays etched into the metal.

Grimoire
Clara is a master magician of the Guild, and as such, she possesses a grimoire. However, the grimoire is still immature and small. Its ability to catalyze magic is still negligible, and she prefers to use the grimoire to hold some materials using for crafting magic items.

Clara's grimoire is a small ice-blue crystal measuring .5 inch by 2 inches. It has a kite-like shape.