Michelle Clore

Michelle Clore
First Appearance Last Appearance Dudley did it! Answers
Character information
Age	Unknown (deceased)
Portrayed by	Valerie Cutko
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Michelle Clore is an artist world famous for her circle pictures. She is also a high ranking Elder in the Hymn of One and The Order.

Background

Enticing Kate

Michelle Clore is known to be reclusive, iconic and is very rarely seen in public. She has an American accent. She travels with two body guards, dressed in black with dark sunglasses. She claims that she is always interested in what young people are doing creatively and is particularly interested in Kate's dream interpretation videos. She told Kate at the exhibition at the Second Space Gallery that she has made some really fine work, that a lot of people are very interested in her and that she has caused "a lot of buzz". After the shooting incident she thanked Kate for saving her life. When Kate demanded to know what the shooter meant by the Order, Michelle Clore replied "let me show you."

Michelle Clore met with Kate immediately before Kate's disappearance. It is unknown what she told Kate, but Kate was visibly upset during their meeting and Kate's behavior changed dramatically afterwards. Kate assaulted Charlie and willingly got into a van with a man in a dark suit and sunglasses. Kate later returns and says that she has been studying art with Michelle, and adapts many of Michelle's practices, many of them brutal.

Dudley and Dr. William Griffin theorized that Michelle Clore was an Elder of the Order. It is soon discovered that her circle picture contains a stereogram of the Hymn of One symbol and her name is on the Hymn of One register. Later events seem to confirm the theory, as Michelle Clore is regularly seen with a Shadow and has a substantial amount of authority within the Hymn of One and The Order itself.

It was revealed in Coming Home for Xmas that Michelle duped Kate into believing that Kate was an Elder whose memory was erased. In actuality, Michelle was keeping an eye on Kate to make sure her trait positive levels became normal again. This implies that Kate was being prepared for the Ceremony. Once Kate found out, she ran off with a list of genetically altered trait positives and lived on the streets. Kate's friends believed that Kate defected back to Michelle, but Michelle admitted that she had a team trying to track down Kate and did not know her whereabouts.

Dealing with Terrence

On New Year's Day, Terrence sought retaliation on Clore and her Watchers for stealing Gavin & Tariq's software that he had invested in. As Terrence pulled a semi-automatic weapon on a defenseless Clore, a group of Watchers and Shadows stormed in and saved Michelle.

Following Kate's murder, Charlie sought Michelle for answers regarding Kate's final days. Michelle denied having anything to do with Kate's murder, and suggested that fault may lie with Steve. However, it is later revealed that she was well aware that Terrence was the actual culprit, and had sent him to retreive Kate as compensation for the attack on her. However, Terrence accidentally kills Kate, so Michelle and the rest of the Order have him take care of the Girls on the list in order to make up for his mistake.

While Charlie and Steve search the bunker for Terrence, they find a disk containing Michelle Clore speaking in Turkish. It is later revealed that she has put a hit out on the Los Angeles-based resistance group. She continues to keep a low profile until Gavin finds her and accuses her of conspiring with Kate to disrupt his life. She ignores him, and tries to lure Lauren into her grasp as she had Kate, but fails, receiving a slap instead.

Michelle Clore was reported to have committed suicide on June 6th, 2008, and was mourned by many artists and art critics. It was later revealed in Answers that she had been murdered by the FTO.

Notes

• Michelle has been given the nickname, "The Claw" by Charlie & Gavin.
• Michelle Clore may be named after the "Clore Gallery" at the Tate Britain.

See Also

• Elders

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