Elaine Clairn

The adopted ward of Jonathan Ambrose. Much to Ambrose's chagrin, she developed considerable sorcerous powers.

Elaine Clairn was introduced in the Death of a Darklord novel, where she is one of the main protagonists. She was later mentioned for the first time in a game product in Ravenloft Gazetteer I.

Background

Elaine Clairn is the twin sister of Blaine Clairn and the adopted daughter of Tereza Ambrose and Jonathan Ambrose. She received at least some training in arcane spellcasting from Gersalius, an outlander wizard, after her sorcerous powers became too much for her to handle by herself. Elaine is a clairvoyant, able to receive visions of scenes happening from far away. In addition, Gersalius taught her the art of mind reading. The development of her magical powers caused numerous incidents of conflict and even periods of estrangement from her father.

During the investigation of the Zombie Plague of Cortton, Elaine discovered her magical abilities included that of healing. Having received training in how to magically heal from Silvanus Brilliantine, Clairn used her powers to heal the injuries of some outlander adventurers. She later attempted to resurrect Averil Brilliantine, the attempt backfired, resurrecting her as a screaming, incoherent monster. Soon thereafter, the adventurers she healed began sprouting monstrous growths. Much to her horror, she discovered she enjoyed working the flesh, even the aberrant flesh created by the twisted nature of her magic However, she resisted all Marland Ashe's attempts to corrupt her by forcing her to resurrect her deceased brother (see below.)

Elaine's brother Blaine sacrificed himself to help her escape from the zombies plaguing Cortton, particularly the intelligent Zombie with no name. With the help of Gersalius, Elaine cleansed Cortton's poisoned water supply that was responsible for causing the zombie outbreak.