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Claremont AcademyClaremont Academy
The Claremont Academy is a prestigious private school in the Bayview Heights area of Freedom City. Although its numbers have dwindled in the past decade as other, more modern private schools have opened up nearby, it still maintains considerable grounds and facilities due to the support of private donors.
The Academy occasionally provides scholarships to those who could otherwise not afford to attend it; these scholarships are offered individually, by order of Academy Headmaster Professor Xenon.
Aja Shiro
Aja Shiro is a cousin of Vincent Shiro who is currently traveling with him during the winter break, and may enroll in the Academy for the next semester. That she and Vincent are related is clear, as they bear a striking resemblance to each other.
Ang Da-wa Norgay
Ang Da-wa Norgay is a new exchange student from Tibet who will be studying at the Claremont Academy. His first course of study will be English.
Brian Tufala
Brian Tufala, the "Samoan Superman," is a student at the Claremont Academy. He has the typical Samoan dark brown eyes, black hair, and stocky build. What isn't typical about this teenager is that he can also fly and lift things like 18-wheelers singlehandedly.
- Family
- Brian Tufala suffered tragedy recently when his entire family - parents Malavai and Onosa'i and both sisters (older sister Kayla, middle sister Ali'itasi) - died in a plane crash into the Pacific ocean. Although Brian inherited his family's property in Freedom City, he has chosen to board with the Claremont Academy until his memories become less painful.
- Facts About Brian
- He broke more than a few hearts when he went on a radio talk show for people seeking romantic advice, looking for a girl who could see past his powers to the man inside.
- The World Wrestling Entertainment once approached his parents about recruiting the then-eight-year-old for a series of "super-bouts." His parents rejected the offer, citing their desire to give their son as normal a childhood as possible.
- Brian considered becoming a superhero, but after one ill-fated attempt at finding a suitable team to fight with, decided instead to use his powers in the more profitable field of business. In a ground-breaking move for superpowered humans, he became an entrepreneur at age 16, launching suborbital flights for private interests.
- He is fluent in English, Samoan, and Pidgin (the Samoan slanguage).
- Trivia
- Blood Type: O.
- Drinks: ?.
- Smokes: Not at all.
- Likes: Surfing, video games, hanging with his bros.
- Dislikes: Bullies.
Gwynn Scott
Gwynn Scott is a student at the Claremont Academy. She has the quintessential Celtic red hair and green eyes.
- Family
- Daughter of Roderick and Lily Scott (both deceased). Gwynn's parents and younger sister, Carlie, died tragically late last year when their house was the target of an IRA bombing. Gwynn, currently an exchange student in Freedom City, and her older brother Thomas, who had recently moved to Wales, were the only members of the immediate family to survive.
- Facts About Gwynn
- She likes to volunteer her time in hospitals and nursing homes.
- She advanced to the third tier in her sophomore tennis competition.
- Professor Xenon has assigned her, along with Nikolai Ivanovich Volodya, to tutor some of the newer international students such as Jules X and Ang Da-wa Norgay, to bring them up to speed before the semester resumes.
- She is fluent in English and Gaelic, and familiar with most European languages.
- Trivia
- Blood Type: A positive.
- Drinks: Maybe a little whiskey now and then.
- Smokes: Not at all.
- Likes: ?.
- Dislikes: Pollution.
Jules
Jules X is a teenager of indeterminate Caucasian origin who apparently fell into a fissure in the earth when the Mauna Loa Volcano erupted and was trapped there for almost a week before hikers discovered and rescued her. She is reportedly a student at the Claremont Academy in Freedom City who was visiting relatives in Hawai'i.
Marlene Stingray
Marlene Stingray is a student at the Claremont Academy. She has strawberry-blonde hair and blue-grey eyes.
- Family
- Marlene's father is the famous Austrian Dr. Erik Stingray, world renowned for his work on androids and artificial intelligence. Her Danish mother is Dr. Lisbet Pedersen, also famous in the same field, but less renowned. They are currently missing. The Stingrays have another daughter who is also missing.
- A few years ago, Stingray Enterprises was bought by an as-yet unidentified party.
- Facts About Marlene
- Marlene was raised in Japan.
- Marlene is a model student, learning quickly and obedient to her teachers.
- Marlene also has a keen interest in fashion.
- She currently does not have a boyfriend.
- She is fluent in Japanese, German, and English.
- Trivia
- Blood Type: A positive.
- Drinks: Not at all.
- Smokes: Not at all.
- Likes: Shopping, chess, reading, tinkering with robots and computers, dressing up nicely, cute boys.
- Dislikes: Paisley, mismatched colors, rudeness.
Nikolai Ivanovich Volodya
Nikolai Volodya is a student at the Claremont Academy and son of the late Ivan Alexseiovich Volodya. He has blonde hair and green eyes.
- Family
Nikolai's father was killed last year in a terrorist bombing at the Freedom City embassy. His mother, Anya Petrova Volodya, is currently attaché to the Russian ambassador in Paris. His parents divorced when he was little, and to date Anya has made no effort to regain custody. The only other living "relative" he has, Uncle Misha, is actually just a friend of the family, General Mikhail Borodin Yurikov. Under the terms of his father's will, Nikolai is currently a ward of the Russian embassy.
- Facts About Nikolai
- As an ambassador's son, he travelled frequently, and has lived in Minsk, St. Petersburg, Leningrad, The Hague, Kyiv, and Madrid.
- He nearly died from the mumps when he was eight.
- His favorite band is the International Gang of Criminal Bastards.
- He currently does not have a girlfriend, nor is he looking for one.
- He is fluent in Russian and English.
- Professor Xenon has assigned him, along with Gwynn Scott, to tutor some of the new students such as Jules X and Ang Da-wa Norgay, to bring them up to speed before the semester resumes.
- Trivia
- Blood Type: O.
- Drinks: Vodka.
- Smokes: Sobranie Blacks.
- Likes: Motorcycles, mystery novels, basketball, European industrial and techno music.
- Dislikes: Hypocrisy, stupidity, spoiled princesses.
Sanje Gupta
Sanje Gupta is a student at the Claremont Academy. He is Hindu, raised in Britain, and has dark brown hair and eyes.
- Family
- The son of Abhinava and Paravai Gupta (both deceased). His parents were killed when a gang shoot-out in one of the lower-class neighborhoods of London spilled out into a nearby political rally.
- Facts About Sanje
- He was elected president of his class at his last school.
- He was once used as a hostage/shield by notorious criminal The Crush. She later showed up at his presidential campaign party, but only to dance with him.
- He is currently dating Cassandra, another student at the Claremont Academy.
- He is fluent in Hindi and English.
- Trivia
- Blood Type: AB Negative.
- Drinks: Not at all.
- Smokes: Not at all.
- Likes: ?.
- Dislikes: ?.
Vincent Shiro
Vincent Shiro is a student at the Claremont Academy, currently spending a semester studying abroad.
- Family
- Vincent is the only child of Katsuya and Takiko Shiro, and grandson of noted occult researcher Mototsugu Shiro.
- Facts About Vincent
- Vincent grew up outside the Japanese area of Hokhaido, near Sapporo.
- His grandfather paid for the scholarship that sent him to Freedom City.
- Before he went abroad, Vincent was juggling two girlfriends, Mai and Jessica.
- Vincent's first name is actually Aya.
- He is fluent in Japanese and English.
- Trivia
- Blood Type: A positive.
- Drinks: No.
- Smokes: No.
- Likes: Esoteric knowledge, magic, and girls.
- Dislikes: Jealousy.
Yvette Jones
Another student at the Claremont Academy. She has long black hair and blue eyes, and is known for her "Goth" style of dress. She is a gifted student, earning top marks on projects and exams, but she is sometimes disobedient and cuts class with some frequency.
- Family
- Yvette is an orphan. She states that her parents were killed when she was very young, but says little else about her family. She has Emancipated Minor status, granting her a degree of latitude that most teenagers lack.
- Facts About Yvette
- She is somewhat aloof, spending little time with anyone outside her clique.
- Yvette earns excellent marks in school, in spite of her disciplinary problems.
- She often acts as though she knows more about even advanced subjects than her instructors.
- She used to be in a Goth band, but left the band during a performance, apparently in a fit of pique.
- She is fluent in English, Japanese, Mandarin Chinese, and Spanish.
- Trivia
- Blood Type: O negative.
- Drinks: Occasionally.
- Smokes: Cloves.
- Likes: Origami, knitting, cooking, 80s "Goth" music, reading, chess, black clothes.
- Dislikes: Classes, conservatives.