Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 culminates in a shocking twist ending that has unbelievably wide-ranging implications for its painted world. The story of Clair Obscur follows the titular Expedition 33, a group of warriors, researchers, engineers, and more, as they set out to destroy the mysterious entity known only as the Paintress. Stakes are personal: each member of the expedition has lost someone to the Paintress in years prior, and most of them are 32 years old - in other words, they'll fade to dust at the end of the year, when she paints the number "33" on her Monolith.