Chané Laforet

Chané Laforet is the mute eldest daughter of Huey Laforet and Renee Parmedes Branvillier and the older sister of Leeza Laforet.

Appearance Chané is a beautiful pale-skinned young woman who bears a striking resemblance to her father Huey Laforet as she inherited his short black hair, golden eyes and lean build. However, her features are more angular than Leeza Laforet's and her muscles more pronounced. During her childhood, her hair was a little longer than shoulder-length and had bangs; as a young adult, she keeps her hair short like her father's and her bangs splayed on both sides. Chané is first seen wearing a black Spanish-styled spaghetti-strap dress with a small black rose on the left strap, long black gloves, and ankle-length black boots. When she is mistakenly kidnapped by Graham Specter on January 1932, she is wearing a custom white dress and matching boots that Claire Stanfield gifted her.

Personality As Huey Laforet's guinea pig from birth and his daughter—being herself to be his 'only family' until 1935—Chané is devoted to him and wishes to protect him despite knowing he is an immortal. Her devotion is tantamount to fanaticism throughout her childhood and into her early adulthood. For much of her young life she sees herself as and is content to be a mere tool for her father to use, never seeking or craving his affection. Chané's encounters with Ladd Russo and Claire Stanfield during the Flying Pussyfoot incident left her off-kilter. However, after joining Jacuzzi's Gang and getting to know Claire that she begins changing as a person—in living apart from her father, her world expands beyond him. For the first time, here is a man who sincerely loves her; for the first time, she is among people who offer her kindness and friendship without expecting anything return; for the first time, she is among friends who care about her for her sake and not as a means to her father. Chané usually communicates via the written word or through gestures, having never learned sign language. When acting as Huey's silent, watchful tool, her countenance is expressionless and indifferent—something which often led others to perceive her as frigid or distant While many still find her 'hard to read' or her changes in expression exceptionally subtle, she has become more expressive away from Huey and more of a brooder. Chané is fiercely loyal and protective of the people she cares for, willing to sacrifice herself and more than herself for their sake. One cannot know to what extent this is in her nature and to what extent it is the result of her calculated upbringing, though her upbringing is entirely responsible for warping her sense of purpose and self-worth. For most of her life, her purpose "in life" wasn't merely to be useful to just anyone. Her sole purpose in life was Huey, the only person for whom her life had any value, and she realized she was most valuable to him as a tool rather than a daughter. For most of her life, she has measured her worth in terms of how useful she can be to Huey specifically.

Abilities Chané specializes in knives and is one of the most capable combatants in the series. She's able to hold her own against powerful fighters such as Ladd Russo, Graham Specter, and Maria Barcelito. She is athletic and light on her feet as demonstrated when she fights on top of a speeding train with ease. The same fights also testify to her strength: she does not flinch when she accidentally deflects a bullet with her blade, and when Ladd kicks her off the train, she is able to rapidly ascend through arm strength alone. Her skills are such that she is personally responsible for numerous White Suit deaths aboard the Flying Pussyfoot with the Lemures considering her their trump card against the other faction.