Clarisa Gunnarsson

Clarisa Martinez was born and raised in Córdoba, Nueva Argentina on the planet Azul. She was unaware of her special, inactive lycan genetics for the vast majority of her life. However, after her son Max became a full-fledged Primulus she was drawn into his world and enhanced to a fully-active lycan. At the time she was in her late sixties, and this transformation caused her to regain her youth. She now maintains the appearance of a woman in her late twenties. It is for this reason she poses as Lili's aunt, and not the girl's grandmother.

A former professor at the University of Córdoba, Clarisa taught English at all colligate levels, and even had Saint Mary's Headmistress, Loretta Harrison, as a student at one time.

She was married to Charles Gunnarsson, a fellow university professor, until his death shortly after Max received his own PhD. She was unaware that Charles was not Max's biological father, and only learned this fact when she was enhanced to her full lycan form and reunited with Michael, her memories restored.

Clarisa's duty is to help raise her son's adopted daughter Lili, while the girl's parents on away on missions, whether they be for the Prīmulī or the ADF. Clarisa is a stern woman, and finds herself at odds with the strong-willed Lili on various occasions. She married her former lover (and Max's biological father), Michael, after the Vrol War.

As Clarisa Gunnarsson she is believed to have died during the Vrol War, where she was held captive by the Johnson dictatorship in "guest housing" in New Sydney. As Clarisa Gatto she poses as an immigrant from New Switzerland, as well as Lili Gunnarsson's aunt.

Completely fluent in English, Swiss-German and Castilian Spanish, she uses a mild Swiss-German accent when in public to support her new identity.