Carmine Family

The Carmines are side characters in the games. Clay, Ant, and Ben were voiced by , who's best known for voicing Saddler in , and most male Nords in . Gary was voiced by Charlie Hewson, while Lizzie was voiced by Sarah Elmaleh, co-founder of the games conference gamedev.world.
== History ==
In the Carmine family, military service was simply an ; they didn't do it for a sense of duty or honor or patriotism, but they "simply loved to shoot guns, blow stuff up, and never turn down a knock-down, drag-out fight". At some point in time before Emergence Day, a member of the Carmine family set up a life insurance shop near Halvo Bay Military Academy. The sign for the store read “Carmine Family Life Insurance – Protecting the ones you love”.
The known members of the Carmines consisted of four brothers. The eldest member of the four children was Clayton Carmine, who was followed by Anthony, and then the youngest Benjamin. The fourth brother's name and age is unknown. The Carmine family cared greatly for each other, as shown by Clayton who immortalized his brothers in the form of two tattoos with both their names, along with practicing with what caused them to die sometime after their deaths. Clayton survived the war and aided in taking down Queen Myrrah and her Tempest mount during the final battle, was continuing service in the reorganized COG by 42 A.E. The fourth unknown brother also survived and later married, having a daughter known as Elizabeth Carmine. All three known Carmine brothers served in Delta-One during the war and each fought in one of the three pivotal battles of the war.
Fredo Carmine was an extended member of the Carmine Family. He was probably a cousin to the four brothers. He lived in the city of Halvo Bay and worked as a reporter for the newspaper Gears & Brains. A short while after Emergence Day, he interviewed Colonel Ezra Pound Loomis about the Locust and his military career.
By 42 A.E., in the post-Locust War era, Gary Carmine had joined the village of Outsiders led by Reyna Diaz. Gary, whose precise relationship with the Carmine family is unknown, manned one of the machine guns above the village's main gate. He was killed when a Condor dropped several DeeBee drop pods directly on the gate during First Minister Jinn's assault on the village. Corporal Elizabeth Carmine was a Gear soldier and considered to be one of the best drivers in the COG army. She was present during the Evacuation of Settlement 2 and lead a convoy of trucks to help evac civilians. She was unintentionally killed by a Hammer of Dawn strike after she was trapped in her truck.
== Trivia ==
* It is unknown if Gary is Clayton's brother, son, or nephew.
*In the optional tutorial of Gears of War 2, Ben states there were four Carmine siblings; Ben's last words confirm that his unnamed sibling is male.
** Although the unnamed Carmine brother has yet to be named or introduced, he survived the Locust War and had a daughter, Elizabeth.
* One member of the Carmine family has been killed in each Gears of War game, except Gears of War 3 and Judgement.
* Rob Auten discussed the Carmines in Judgment: "But really we felt like their story had been told. We did have an idea I liked about the family elders. Next time."
* Clayton is the only Carmine to have survived the events of not just one video game, but two: Gears of War 3 and Gears 5. During the development of Gears of War 3, Epic Games allowed fans to vote on whether or not Clayton would survive the story.
* All Carmines that have appeared in a Gears of War game have never been seen without wearing their COG Combat Helmets. Will Carmine, who appeared in the comic series Gears of War: The Rise of RAAM, was the only Carmine depicted without a helmet.
* In the Gears of War: Judgment guidebook, it lists a "D. Carmine" and "W. Carmine" as deceased Gears that player would need to recover the COG Tags of. However, these name were swapped out for N. Grachev and S. Dascher before the final release of the game, though W. Carmine's name would later reused for Will Carmine in The Rise of RAAM comics.
== Licensing ==
This article contains content derived from the "Carmine Family" article on the Gears Wiki, licensed under CC-BY-SA.
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