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Clara |
We do not know where she was born, but as a young woman she lived in a village in North Germany, near the Baltic coast. There she was accused of a terrible deed. Whether she was innocent or not is uncertain, but she was found guilty by the mob and drowned in a pool. She was found shortly after that by a young man named Koblenz. Whether he was still a student we don't know, but he would be a Doctor later on. He took her body to his laboratory and somehow brought her back to life.
Probably because of her having been dead, or even in maybe heaven, Clara was of an unearthly purity. The horrors of the world couldn't hurt her anymore. It appeared that through (or with the help of) Koblenz Clara was able to function as a medium that could travel through time and space.
Clara stayed with Doctor Koblenz and they took residence somewhere on an island. She even loved him although the doctor always kept a certain distance between them. She became his assistant when they started a bureau of investigation. They solved problems, mysteries. With the extraordinary powers Clara was gifted with the could reach time and places that were unreachable for any other person.
Koblenz had mysteries too that he kept hidden for us and perhaps even for Clara. He somehow lived on borrowed time, or perhaps more accurately on postponed time. The payment for his help in solving mysteries were years. Like a vampire he lived on the years of others.
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Artwork taken from album 1 De wanhoop van een geest (Le Désespoir d'une ombre) and 2 Tijdens een maanloze nacht in Carthago (Marcher dans Carthage une nuit sans lune)
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