Charlie (Serious Sam)

Charch-gach-zrallma Gchhuck-iargh, simply called Charlie, is a supporting character in Serious Sam 4.
She is an arachnoid resistance agent working from within Mental's Horde, stationed on Earth to act as an informant for the French resistance and the Earth Defense Force during Lord Achriman's invasion of Earth.
She is voiced by Okezie Morro.
==Appearance==
Charlie looks nearly identical to the hostile adult arachnoids encountered by Sam Stone throughout his journey, being a large alien with the lower body of a scorpion and a humanoid torso with clawed hands. The only visual difference between her and the other arachnoids is the yellow and orange hue on her traditionally red armor grafted onto her carapace. Like the other adult arachnoids, she wields one gatling gun in each hand into battle.
==Personality==
In contrast to the highly aggressive arachnoids Sam has to fight throughout the series Charlie is exceptionally polite, holding no grudge towards Sam for his hostile reflex upon their first meeting. An understandable point of frustration however is with the fanatics that currently rule her homeworld, calling them the arachnoid language equivalent of "assholes" for having destroyed much of their culture. She also has a fondness for her brood mother and practical jokes, being ecstatic at the prospect of helping Sam pull a prank on one of his friends.
==Biography==
Charlie was born on the arachnoid homeworld Scorpius, where alien overlord Tah-Um had helped fanatical sects overthrow the High Council and ruined over a thousand years of culture, leaving their civilization a theocracy worshipping him as their god and savior. Despite this, a small resistance movement still continues to sabotage his operations from within, managing to convert a few Arachnoid hatchlings to their cause before they could be indoctrinated. When Mental started to draft more and more younger Arachnoids into his armies due to the war with humanity draining his ranks, the resistance took its chance to plant agents inside the Horde and disrupt his conquests.
Charlie was sent to planet Earth when the human species was on its last legs to aid the Earth Defense Force, acting as an informant in contact with the French resistance in Carcassonne, France. The Alien Artifact Acquisition team was tasked with finding the legendary Holy Grail, believed to actually be an alien device capable of healing all wounds, to help turn the losing war around. They discovered that the Grail was hidden inside a church in the castle above Carcassonne and were separated on their way there. AAA leader General Brand instructed them to meet up with the French resistance cell to help them gain access to the castle and regroup. Sam Stone encountered resistance leader Michelle, who took Sam to their informant to get into the castle.
When Sam initially met Charlie he mistook her for an enemy and pulled out his pistol while warning the others, but Michelle stopped him in time and told him that the Arachnoid was actually their informant, much to Sam's surprise. Charlie explained that she wasn't one of Mental's fanatical servants, after which he begrudgingly put away his gun. He asked her for her name, to which Charlie gave her extremely long real name. Sam then asked her if he could call her Charlie, which she happily agreed to as it was also the name her brood mother called her by when she was a little hatchling. Despite a rough first impression, Sam quickly became more relaxed and sympathetic towards Charlie after she recounted what happened to her people and how she got to Earth, showing him that they aren't that different.
Charlie led the squad through a dried out canal leading to a castle entrance, pushing open a large metal door blocking the way and slaughtering some of Mental's goons on the way there. On the bridge in front of the castle Sam wanted to ask Charlie to help him with a prank on his friend Carter, which Charlie was delighted to partake in, but unfortunately their plans were cut short when an Octanian Raider attacked them. Charlie shot down the attacker, but this caused it to smash into the bridge and separate them. The Horde had taken notice of their advance towards the castle and increased their attacks on the city, so Charlie and the French resistance members went back into the city to repel the invaders while Sam continued ahead towards his goal.
It is unknown what happened to Charlie afterwards, but it is possible that she was wiped out with the rest of humanity at the end of Serious Sam 3: BFE.
==Gallery==
Dooropener Charlie.jpg|Charlie pushing open a canal door for the group.
Charlie In-game.jpg|Charlie in-game.
==Trivia==
*While not the first Horde member to be polite (that would be Cecil), Charlie is the first one shown to have defected and directly aided Sam.
*Sam calls Charlie a "he" in-game, but cut dialogue from the game revealed that Charlie and all arachnoids on Earth were female.
*A pathfinding error causes Charlie to start turning from left to right while standing on one spot, making it look like she's dancing to pass the time.
*Charlie is the only plot-important NPC in the game to not have a NETRICSA file. This is likely because most members of the EDF are not aware of her existence.
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