Claude Wallace

Claude Wallace is the commanding officer of Squad E and the main protagonist of Valkyria Chronicles 4.

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History
Claude grew up in Hafen, a city in Gallia, alongside his friends Riley Miller, Raz, Kai Schulen and Leena Schulen. As a child he was extremely timid and earnt the nickname of scaredy-Claude, which Raz in particular bullied him for. One day, the Miller factory caught fire and Claude froze with fear, unable to help save Riley's family from the blaze, and preventing Riley from going in to help too. As a result of this the two fell out, and Claude became shell-shocked, just staring at the sky for days at a time.

Whilst staring at the clouds, the young Claude began to notice subtle changes in weather direction to the point he could predict if a storm or wind change was about to happen. He felt numb on the inside, racked with guilt, until Raz called him Scaredy-Claude again. Claude charged at Raz overwhelmed with emotion and was easily beaten down by the stronger boy, but kept getting up until Raz knocked him down again. Eventually after Claude refused to stay down Raz ended up putting Claude in the hospital with his injuries, which gave Claude time to think about what he wanted to do.

He decided he no longer wanted to be so afraid, and enrolled in Military school, meeting and befriending the tank genius Miles Arbeck, gaining a long term rival in the form of Minerva Victor and graduating as valedictorian. He was eventually put in charge of his own Federation army squad, Squad E, which housed two of his former friends; Raz and Kai Schulen.

Raz, disgusted that his commanding officer was 'Scaredy-Claude', refused to obey orders or co-operate with him, until Claude set a challenge that he would get the entirety of Squad E into the Ranger Corps, a notoriously difficult group to join within the Federation army. Raz continued to run off on his own recklessly, but Claude with the aid of Kai, used Raz's recklessness and turned it into a tactical pincer movement, impressing the higher ups and landing Squad E a role in the Ranger Corps. Impressed, Raz began to treat Claude with a little more respect, with the two rekindling their friendship and Raz even admitting that Claude really had changed into a more reliable man than he gave him credit for.

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