Clarissa Waverley

Clarissa, a character in The Haunting of Braidwood Manor book, is the second child of the Waverley children. She is first seen in Chapter 2.

Appearance
Clarissa has brown eyes and fair skin. Her hair is long, brown, and wavy. She wears a blue dress.

Personality
Clarissa is a cheerful, well-mannered, and optimistic teenager. In Chapter 3, it's revealed that she enjoys poetry and she fancies a boy in town named Edmund. She wishes to send a poem to express her feelings to him however lacks the courage to. Clarissa is the only younger sibling that is conscious of how long they've been in the manor. She comments in Chapter 3, that she hasn't seen the mailman in forever.

Your Character
Like Simon, she greets Your Character to the manor warmly, thrilled to have another lady in the house whom she can converse with. In Chapter 3, Your Character assists her with writing a poem to Edmund. If Your Character says they prefer girls, Clarissa is not scandalized by it and still asks for help nonetheless.

Eleanor, Thomas and Simon
Eleanor is Clarissa's elder sister, however she views her more as a mother figure. Thomas and Simon are her younger brothers.

Edmund
Edmund was a boy from town that Clarissa likes. It is revealed in Chapter 3 that she writes him poems to express her feelings toward him, however has difficulty finishing them or decides against sending them.

Rose Waverley
Rose Waverley is Clarissa's mother. She poisoned her own daughter along with her two younger sons in order to protect them from the pain of losing their father to the war.

William Wavereley
William was the father of Eleanor, Clarissa, Thomas, and Simon. After returning from the war, he found Clarissa dead along with her siblings and mother.