Clara Mullner
| Clara Mullner | |
|---|---|
| Type | Villager |
Clara is Alex's late mother and the daughter of George and Evelyn. She is seen only in a memory, yet her loss shapes much of Alex's story. She died of an illness about twelve years before the farmer arrives, sometime in Summer, shortly after Alex's father walked out on the family. Her death is the reason Alex moved in with his grandparents at 1 River Road. The farmer meets her only through Alex's memories and through a farewell letter she left behind, which makes her one of the quiet emotional threads of Pelican Town.
Lore
Alex remembers his mother as the one person who truly cared for him while his home life fell apart. His father was a heavy drinker who was cruel to the boy and later left. Clara fell sick soon afterwards and passed away. Alex still regrets never thanking her for raising him, and he keeps her music box as his only keepsake.
Alex lets the story out in pieces. The first piece comes in town once friendship with him reaches four hearts. He is found talking to Dusty, the family dog, and that is where he says out loud that his father drank, that he was treated badly, and that his mother is gone. Nothing in the farmer's reply shifts how he feels afterwards, so the scene is simply his to tell.
In Alex's eight-heart event, the music box plays and a vision of Clara appears. She sings softly while cradling baby Alex in her arms. She has brown hair tied with two blue hair bands and wears a purple shirt. The baby is wrapped in a blue blanket stitched with the letter "A".
That scene waits for a sunny Summer day at the beach. Alex is sitting there in tears, and he says his mother died on that same day twelve years earlier. The song comes first and the vision opens out of it. A second half of the scene follows on the next visit to the Stardrop Saloon, where Alex has pulled himself back together.
Her farewell letter sits on the nightstand in George and Evelyn's bedroom. In it she tells her parents she loves them, asks them not to grieve too much and says she is with Yoba. Her last wish is that they take care of Alex and give him a stable family. She calls him a good kid. That letter explains why Evelyn and George took the boy in, and why Alex feels such deep loyalty to his grandmother.
Notes
The letter is easy to find early. It lies in the open, so a farmer who steps into George and Evelyn's bedroom on an ordinary visit can read Clara's last words long before Alex says a single thing about her. Reading it first turns the eight-heart scene into a second look at something already half known.
The surname Mullner comes from a few spots in the game that use it for George and Evelyn, so Clara is often called Clara Mullner. Penny addresses George as "Mr. Mullner" in her two-heart event. Secret Notes call George "Mr. Mullner" and the house "The Mullners'". After a marriage to Alex, Pam remarks that the farmer married "the Mullner boy".
One of those notes goes further and calls Evelyn "Granny Mullner", which fixes the name to the whole household rather than to Clara on her own. Since the name only ever reaches her through her parents, plenty of farmers simply call her Clara and leave it there.
All Villagers
Every entry in this group, with its key details.
| Name | Image | Birthday | Lives In |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abigail | 
|
13 Fall | Pelican Town |
| Alex | 
|
Summer 13 | Pelican Town |
| Birdie | 
|
- | Ginger Island |
| Bouncer | 
|
- | The Desert |
| Caroline | 
|
Winter 7 | Pelican Town |
| Children | - | - | - |
| Clara Mullner | - | - | - |
| Clint | 
|
Winter 26 | Pelican Town |
| Demetrius | 
|
Summer 19 | The Mountain |
| Dwarf | 
|
Summer 22 | The Mines |
| Elliott | 
|
Fall 5 | The Beach |
| Emily | 
|
Spring 27 | Pelican Town |
| Evelyn | 
|
Winter 20 | Pelican Town |
| Fizz | 
|
- | Ginger Island |
| George | 
|
Fall 24 | Pelican Town |
| Gil | 
|
- | The Mountain |
| Governor | 
|
- | - |
| Grandpa | 
|
- | - |
| Gunther | 
|
- | Pelican Town |
| Gus | 
|
Summer 8 | Pelican Town |
| Haley | 
|
Spring 14 | Pelican Town |
| Harvey | 
|
Winter 14 | Pelican Town |
| Henchman | 
|
- | Witch's Swamp |
| Jas | 
|
Summer 4 | Cindersap Forest |
| Jodi | 
|
Fall 11 | Pelican Town |
| Junimos | 
|
- | Community Center |
| Kent | 
|
Spring 4 | Pelican Town |
| Krobus | 
|
Winter 1 | The Sewers |
| Leah | 
|
Winter 23 | Cindersap Forest |
| Leo | 
|
Summer 26 | Ginger Island |
| Lewis | 
|
Spring 7 | Pelican Town |
| Linus | 
|
Winter 3 | The Mountain |
| Marlon | 
|
- | The Mountain |
| Marnie | 
|
Fall 18 | Cindersap Forest |
| Maru | 
|
Summer 10 | The Mountain |
| Morris | 
|
- | Pelican Town |
| Mr. Qi | 
|
- | The Calico Desert |
| Old Mariner | 
|
- | The Beach |
| Pam | 
|
Spring 18 | Pelican Town |
| Penny | 
|
Fall 2 | Pelican Town |
| Pierre | 
|
Spring 26 | Pelican Town |
| Professor Snail | 
|
- | Ginger Island |
| Robin | 
|
Fall 21 | The Mountain |
| Sam | 
|
Summer 17 | Pelican Town |
| Sandy | 
|
Fall 15 | The Desert |
| Sebastian | 
|
Winter 10 | The Mountain |
| Shane | 
|
Spring 20 | Cindersap Forest |
| The Merpeople | - | - | - |
| Vincent | 
|
Spring 10 | Pelican Town |
| Willy | 
|
Summer 24 | The Beach |
| Wizard | 
|
Winter 17 | Cindersap Forest |
| Yoba | - | - | - |