Claire Russell

Claire was a former Militech engineer before eventually quitting and opening her own autoshop in Arroyo. Here, she worked on various vehicles and eventually came up with her own called "Beast." At the same point, she took a night job as a bartender for the infamous Afterlife club. She was very friendly with both staff and customers, and even memorized their drinks. She was also responsible for naming many of the drinks on the menu after solo legends of Night City. These drinks were usually the personal choices of the people who ordered them. At one point in her past, Claire was close friends with a man named Dean Russell, who supported Claire through her transition, bringing her daffodils as she was recovering from bottom surgery, "to new beginnings." Eventually, their close friendship became even closer, with the pair tying the knot as husband and wife. Dean also had a love for street racing, with Claire joining him in the many races he took part in, with Dean driving and Claire handling the shooting. However, during the 2076 championship race against an old corpo rival, Peter Sampson, the couple got into an accident, and Dean was killed. Despite car crashes and fatalities simply being a part of the deadly races, Claire became distraught over losing Dean and blamed Peter for her husband's death, vowing to take him out in hopes that it would bring her some peace. In 2077, Claire met two new mercs who had just been hired to work for Dexter DeShawn: Jackie Welles and V. Jackie gave Claire his personal choice and recipe for a drink and told her to remember it for when he became a legend. After Jackie's death, Claire officially put his drink on the Afterlife menu.