Egon

Egon
Egon
VIZ Media name	Egon (en-us)
Variant	Egon (de, es-es, es-mx, id, it), Эгон Egon (ru)
Original name	エゴン Egon (pronounced egg-on)
Region	Unknown region. Possibly Lautrec
Status	Inhabited
Geographic entity	Village
Ties	Unknown
Place name allusion	Egon Schiele
First mention	Scene 3, Anime Scene 1
First appearance	Scene 3, Anime Scene 1

Etymology

エゴン transliterates from "Egon," from medieval Germanic element eg (edge or corner), meaning someone from a corner town of a crossroads. "Egon" and "Mount Shire" (Schiele) allude to Austrian Expressionist painter, Egon Schiele (1890–1918).

Description

Village in an unknown region. Possibly in the western region of Lautrec. Clare and Raki are last seen in the Lautrecian village of Doga. Anime depicts Egon as a walled village on a plateau adjacent to a mountain.

History

Yoma's trap

After completing an assignment in Strah, Clare rescues Raki in a desert. She carries him to Egon village, where she deposits him unconscious at an inn.

When Raki awakes in a strange bed, the innkeeper greets him with a tray of food. He tells Raki that a Claymore brought him here.

After bolting down the food, Raki races outside to find the Claymore. On the street, a stranger accosts Raki and tells him that a Claymore is looking for him.


Stranger from Egon

Later, when Raki searches for Clare, he meets a "Claymore" in the wooded outskirts of the village. But Raki has just walked into a trap.

The "Claymore" awakens into a Yoma. Then takes Raki hostage. She demands that the real Claymore show herself. When she does, the Yoma orders her to throw away her sword.


Raki meets a "Claymore"

From the subtext of the Yoma's dialogue, Clare has been tracking the Yoma for some time. Unknown if client order for Yoma suppression originated from Egon or elsewhere.

Clare's trap

When Clare throws the sword over a cliff, the Yoma punches her arm through Clare's abdomen. But Clare jumps off the cliff, carrying the Yoma with her.

At the cliff's bottom, Clare grabs her sword and cuts off the Yoma's arm, then skullcap.

Additional details

• In the anime, Clare finds Raki and brings him to Egon before going to Strah

References

Tankōbon Claymore volumes cited are VIZ Media (en-us) editions, unless otherwise noted. Manga scenes (chapters) not yet translated cite Shueisha tankōbon (ja) editions. Manga scenes not yet published in tankōbon form cite Jump SQ (ja) editions. Fragments of Silver Omnibus (総集編 銀の断章 Gin no Danshou) 1–3, Shueisha, are only available in Japanese. Anime scenes (episodes) cited are FUNimation (en-us) editions, unless otherwise noted.