Welcome to Air and Mankies, Captain of Curiosity's, a production of I Heart Radio and Grimm

and Mild.

Our world is full of the unexplainable, and if history is an open book, all of these

amazing tales are right there on display, just waiting for us to explore.

Welcome to the Cabinet of Curiosity's.

Clara Gazzoul was a person of many interests.

She was born in September of 1803 in France, although she was of Spanish descent.

Her parents were both painters, and her father was also a prominent teacher at a local polytechnic

school until he became secretary of the Academy of Painting and Sculpture.

The family was successful, and Clara grew up quite comfortable.

When she wasn't learning new languages or traveling in England, she was digging into

more eccentric topics, such as magic.

Clara eventually graduated from secondary school, having focused mostly on classical languages,

but once she entered university, she pivoted to law.

Her goal was to secure a position within the Royal Administration.

And in 1822, she got one step closer by passing her exams and earning her law license,

but there was still one thing bothering her at the back of her mind.

It was her other passion, literature.

Clara loved to read, both local and foreign authors, and even went as far as to begin

translating certain works into her native tongue.

Pretty soon, Clara found herself inside prominent literary circles, rubbing elbows with

the likes of writer and politician Chateau Breon and Henri Bale, otherwise known as Stendol.

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