Description 

Clara was born to Birch Ambrose and Clara Ambrose in Nyköping, Sweden back in 1881. Her family had their own little bookstore in the city that everyone knew of, The Ambrose Bookstore. Clara always spent her days in the bookstore reading or borrowing a book to go read outside. Always ended up muddy and filthy from sitting or laying on the ground somewhere. Her freckles ended up covered in mud on her face, her blonde hair would look more brown-ish but her blue eyes always stood out from underneath her glasses. She tends to always keep her hair in a braid or bun since it's naturally very curly and poofy which makes it hard to maintain without putting it up.

Just like her mother Clara is very short and petite and they have the same positive and friendly personality, but Clara's appearance is actually more alike to her fathers than her mothers. Clara can be a bit introverted but when she warms up it’s hard to get her to stop giggling and enjoying herself. She is one approachable little lady who loves helping out. You’ll often find her exploring the wilderness with her notebook and bow, since she prefers a bow over a firearm.

Early Life 

Clara spent her life growing up in Sweden in her parents bookstore, loving her life and living like there’s no tomorrow. But one day something absolutely horrifying happened to her just a month after she’d turned 17 years old. A group of bandits broke into the bookstore and started burning everything down, killing Clara’s father in the process and slashing her straight across the face before she managed to get away with her mother with the help of their neighbouring Saloon’s owner, Alonzo Walker who saw it all go down. Since then Alonzo and Clara’s mother became very close and he felt like a second father to Clara. Alonzo and Clara’s mother ended up getting married just two years later. Alonzo was quite the wealthy man and took care of Clara and her mother for those two years and even let them stay in his house. Clara ended up getting to work at his Saloon while her mother became a stay-at-home mom, made food, cleaned, etc. Clara and her mother are forever in debt to Alonzo.

When Clara turned 18 years old she started attending the University of Lund, where she graduated with a masters degree in literature two years later. While studying in Lund she also moved into an apartment there for those two years since it's a long travel between Lund and her hometown Nyköping. Clara loved studying literature and only has fond memories of living there.

Clara did end up joining a small little group calling themselves the Wild Poppies when she was studying in Lund, they wouldn’t so to say do illegal things but they’d more so make their own elixirs, medicine, herbal remedies and other things of the same sort and sell it to people. The thing is they weren’t real, it was all a scam just to earn money but Clara didn’t know this at all, she thought they were all real products and when she figured out it was a scam she left them. They weren’t happy with her at all and said they’d do terrible things to her if she told the authorities, but she did so anyway and they swore when they got out of prison they’d hurt her. So when Clara turned 21 years old in the year 1902 she decided to leave her life in Sweden and move to New Alexandria all by herself, it was a long and tiring journey for Clara but she eventually made it to her new home.

Present Life 

Clara’s new life in New Alexandria started off with her accidentally buying a whole 50 cans of peaches. Luckily, a kind resident was gracious enough to buy 40 of those cans from her so she wouldn't be without any money. After that, Clara ran into someone who gave her a horse. She and the horse, Earl, quickly became inseparable. Clara also traveled all the way down to Armadillo, where she learned how to use a pickaxe to mine. This became her primary source of income until she got a job at a local press and printing company. She helped sell a book there made by the owner, she'd travel around state and advertise it, and once she was done with that job, she was offered a new position as a cleaner at a saloon.

At the saloon, Clara met a whole group of lovely people who became her closest friends. This included the owner, his sister who sings beautifully, and many others. While working at the saloon, Clara became known as "Lady Broom" because she joked about marrying a broom, named Broom Groom. Since her job involved cleaning. She enjoyed making everyone laugh with her silliness and jokes.

Her new life had started amazingly and Clara spends most of her days writing, reading and exploring the wilderness now which she delights in doing. She also started her own business in October 1902, called The Travelling Bookshelf that sells books that both her and other authors have written. Clara adores making books from scratch, writing them, printing them, finding the perfect cover for it and in the end selling them to people who will enjoy them as much as she has, hopefully.

Later in the year 1902, Clara went back home to Sweden after getting a letter from a family friend that her mother and step-father had died in a boating accident. Clara stayed in Sweden for months trying to get her parents affairs together and of course, grieve their demise. After grieving and getting everything in order Clara returned to New Alexandria in May of 1903. Clara is truly overjoyed now that she's back and able to spend time with all her friends once again , like her closest friend Fredrik Andersen. And she hopes she's able to make many more friends as well. And of course she couldn't be happier about getting to run her business, The Travelling Bookshelf again. Ultimately, writing is her life's fervent passion.

In June, 1903, a lot of things changed in Clara's life. A lot of Clara's friends moved out of state or decided to leave state for a long period of time, so Clara decided to move out of Saint Denis, since it was a lot of her friends who kept her there. Clara is now living her dream book life wherever the paths take her, meeting new people everyday and travelling all over New Alexandria with her book business. Clara always wanted to be a traveller, someone who could camp out for the night anywhere with beautiful views all around, and now she finally is. She made a lot of new friends as well and tries filling her days with happiness and love.

Clara also decided to change her name from Meredith Ambrose to Clara Ambrose in late June, 1903. It's been a family tradition in the Ambrose family for the daughter's to take the mother's name when they pass away. So when Clara's mother passed away she thought long and hard about it before deciding anything, since she was afraid her friends might find it weird and not understand why she wants to do it. But it now having been half a year after Clara's mother passed away she finally decided that she wants to take her mother's name after all and continue the family tradition, she'd spoken to two of her friends about the whole name change and they made her feel much more confident about it. So she changed her name in honour of her family to Clara Ambrose. Clara could not be happier about changing her name and is so glad she got the confidence to do so with the help of her friends.

Affiliations 

Lund University (1899-1901)
Clara studied at Lund University for two years, graduating with a masters degree in literature. She even has the certificate of completion to prove it.

The Wild Poppies (1900-1901)
The Wild Poppies were a little group in Lund, Sweden that Clara was in for about a year, they sold medicine and herbal remedies that Clara thought were real but it was actually just a scam to make money, when Clara found out about the lies she left them and told the authorities.

The Four Horsemen (1902-1903)
Clara started working at The Four Horsemen Saloon in Saint Denis after meeting Lip Darmon who offered her a job there in September 1902. Since then, Clara found pleasure in the company of the group and soon became a valued member among the many friends within it. Finally feeling as if she's found her people. But in June 1903 Lip Darmon moved to France with his husband and The Four Horsemen seized to be.

The Order of the Third Stag (1903-1903)
A fraternity that Clara was invited to by her friends, they do hunting and also work as a charity organization. She joined and became Sister Frog by hunting frogs. Gideon Stott left state in late July 1903, The Stag seized to be when he left.

Department of Justice (1903-Currently)
Clara became a Judicial Clerk September 25th, 1903.

Quotes 

“Where there’s tea there’s hope.”
“Keep your spirit wild and look deep into nature's heart.”
“Glittering eyes in the wilderness is the poetry of nature in motion.”
“Sometimes all you need is a good cup of tea”
“Love is like wildflowers; it’s often found in the most unlikely places.”
“Extraordinary things are always hiding in places people never think to look.”
“I kept always two books in my pocket, one to read, one to write in.”
"Spreading love, one book at a time."
"I got tiny legs!"
"I love love"

Trivia 

Clara cannot handle alcoholic beverages well at all and gets quite drunk very easily, so she usually stays away from drinking too much or if at all. The only liqueur she likes is amaretto, she enjoys the almond flavour.

She prefers her bow over any firearm, she finds firearms to be loud and disturbing. When hunting she’ll always go with the bow.

Clara writes a lot in her free time and is usually out in the wilderness where she feels the most at peace.

She doesn't tolerate lying, for any reason.

Clara has a bloodhound named Tallulah whom she loves and cares for everyday.