Clarence Roland

Clarence Matthew Roland is one of the principal protagonists of As The Orb Turns. He lives in Wacovia, DW, Orbin Federation with his mother and younger brother, and attends Wacovia Middle-High School.

Bio
Clarence was born on August 29, 1973. He is the grandson of Isaiah Roland, a noted Orbin artist, and his father was also an artist, and he aspires to be one as well.

In third grade, he met Lorelei Finch, who was in second grade, after making a bully who was picking on her for her weight leaver her alone ("saving her"). She instantly developed a crush on Clarence, and followed him arround everywhere. The final straw was when she claimed that she was his wife and signed her assignments "Mrs. Lorelei Roland", and Clarence told her to go away. However, he felt bad about it, and later called her up to apologize, and the two have been close friends ever since.

In 11th grade, Clarence painted a mural on the side of Wacovia High School. He was eventually discovered to be the culprit, be due to the excellence of the work, he was let off with a warning.

That same year, his heart was stolen by one Marie Herzeleid. They eventually became a couple, albeit an uneasy one, due to their vastly differing personal ideologies--the Rolands are a freewheeling family of Unitarians; the Herzeleids are ultra-conservative (by Orbin standards!) family of evangelical Protestants.

Clarence could be described as often having his head in the clouds, just musing. Paradoxically, he is also one of the most in-touch characters in the series.

Eventually, however, Marie would dump Clarence, stating that she was afraid that because he was "unsaved", he would condemn her to hell, too. This broke Clarence's heart, and put him into a rather sullen state for the next couple months.

After Lorelei's boyfriend Bruce was bad to her, Clarence challenged him to a fight, blowing his secret preferrence for overweight girls in the process, and destroying his reputation. Shortly after, Clarence and Lorelei went to senior prom together, and realized that they loved each other, and have been a couple ever since.

Clarence is stated to be a fan of the band Chapterhouse.

He is good friends with Henry Clerval and his girlfriend Ophelia.

Meta-info
Clarence first appeared in "To Shun an Artist", an episode of Aluminum Siding, where he was depicted as a sort of "starving artist", struggling to gain acceptance. His characterization in As the Orb Turns is vastly different in that he is much more self-relient and has a social life.