Elaine Auclair

Elaine Auclair (エレイン・オークレール), also known as the Sword Maiden, is an A-rank bracer affiliated with the branches in Calvard. .

Appearance
Elaine is a young woman with long platinum blonde hair, some of which is tied back into braids. She wears a green bust dress with long tails, short white shirt sleeves attached to a collar, and black thigh-high stockings with white high-heeled boots. She also wears silver wrist guards with white gloves and carries a silver cruciform sword kept in a blue scabbard. Elaine wears a white handbag over her shoulder with a golden cross buckle.

Personality
Elaine has enough humility to decide she isn't yet worthy of A rank within the Bracer Guild. She doesn't like making things hard for other people but also doesn't like to be in the spotlight. As such she maintains a serious and dedicated personality to her profession as a Bracer, ignoring the attention and fanfare around her. Elaine is nostalgic about the old days when she hung around with her two friends that now have gone separate paths.

Background
Elaine is the daughter of Edmond Auclair, the CEO of the Quincy Company. She joined the Bracer Guild after graduating from high school. She was quick to earn a name for herself and amassed a fanbase. She received offers to star in a movie and model for a magazine. She has two childhood friends going back to her school days, Rene Kincaid who currently works for the CID, and Van Arkride who recently returned to Calvard's capital of Edith and taken up a dubious profession she disapproves of.

In March S.1207, she received the proposal to promote her to A-rank through her senior Zin Vathek from the guild's headquarters in Leman, breaking Sara Valestein's record as youngest to achieve that rank.. She turned down the offer, arguing she has neither the strength nor the achievements to be worthy to become A-rank.

In August S.1207, Elaine was assigned to a guild request to locate two ten-year-old siblings who left home and never returned. After reaching an impasse, she succeeded in locating the kidnappers the following month thanks to intelligence obtained to a childhood friend working for CID. The mafia responsible turned out to be a subcontractor for "A". When Elaine reached its leader, he and his subordinates were brutally murdered by their superior, wielding a cruciform blade. After a short duel, he teleported away and Elaine managed to bring home the children safely. The sight of death and the superior's massive strength shook Elaine significantly, resulting in her accepting her promotion to an A-Rank bracer.