Benedict Carter

Benedict Carter was a character in QIA. He served as the main antagonist for the short story, "And All That Could Have Been". 
==Biography==
Benedict Carter came from over two hundred years into the future, along with Cassius and the rest of the high-ranking members of Novus who, by the year 2029, had taken control over most of the world. 
Carter was an operative who in 2029 was sent to test Gaby Marshall, the last known Natural. After having her take them both to 2002 to demonstrate her abilities, Carter returned to take her into custody. After her parents Andy and Enid Marshall enabled her escape, he had them both arrested and taken to a Novus detention centre. Enid was tortured during interrogation but she refused to give up any information on where Gaby had gone, so Carter had her brought to Andy's cell and proceeded to further torture her, including shooting her in the kneecap, before finally murdering her. He then had Novus operatives create a cover story in which Andy was portrayed as a FM operative who murdered his own wife, allowing Carter to have Andy executed. 
Not long afterwards, Novus caught up with Gaby as well, and Carter began grooming her as a high-level, ruthless operative for Novus, at the same time developing a creepy and obsessive infatuation with her. 
At some point, Carter also got involved with Ida Trent in the past, even going so far as to (allegedly) be willing to give valuable information to the Washington Field Team. 
After Gaby learned the truth about her parents, she began hunting Carter through earlier time periods, including in Canada in 1993 and Cuba in 2021. In an alternative timeline, Gaby caught up with him meeting with Ida Trent in Cuba and tried to kill him, but instead killed Trent. However, after Gaby then subsequently killed Trent a second time but in an earlier timeframe, she returned to Cuba to find Carter still there but alone. Carter then taunted her, telling her that all her efforts to stop him and the future (including her causing the Blinding) had been predetermined and orchestrated by The Divine. Carter then proceeded to try and kill her, but was shot in shot in the head by a mysterious one-eyed man. 
==Appearances==
===Season Two===
"And All That Could Have Been"
Category:Characters