Carmine Family/Synopsis

==History==
===Locust War===
Six weeks after the end of the Pendulum Wars, a race of subterranean creatures called the Locust Horde emerged into every major city on Sera to slaughter all of humanity, known as Emergence Day, the start of the Locust War. During the first twenty-six hours, 25% of the world population was killed. Anthony, his brothers, and his mother survived the initial attack, while a relative, Will Carmine, was one of the first humans to die on Emergence Day. As a child, Anthony had nightmares about Locust Emergence Holes in the aftermath of Emergence Day and the beginning of the Locust War.
===Gears of War===
Anthony would later join the Coalition of Ordered Governments army, along with his three brothers. After graduating from the academy, he was voted "most likely to get shot". However, he was also known as a major historical expert, as Anthony decided to model himself after the famed warriors of the Coalition of Ordered Governments, among them being Marcus Fenix who fought in the Battle of Aspho Fields.
Fourteen years after Emergence Day, Anthony was assigned to Delta Squad under the command of Lieutenant Kim during the Lightmass Offensive and was squad mate's with Private Fenix and Corporal Santiago, both Pendulum Wars heroes. While aboard KR Eight-Zero, Anthony fired his Lancer down at the Locust on the ground below, and had a brief conversation with Marcus. He asked him if he was the Marcus Fenix from the Battle of Aspho Fields, and was excited to discover he was.
After landing at Embry Square, Anthony and the other Gears fought off a group of Drones that attacked them, as Colonel Hoffman briefed Kim on Delta's mission to find Alpha Squad. After this, Anthony fought through the ruins of Ephyra alongside Delta Squad. They found a group of three dead Gears, but were unsure if they were from Alpha. As Kim contacted Command and Marcus and Dom talked, Anthony found and inspected a Geobot. Kim asked him if it was the Sonic Resonator, but Anthony told him it wasn't, and tossed the device into a sinkhole.
With Delta unsure of Alpha's demise at Embry Square, Stroud ordered Kim and Delta to search for Alpha inside the House of Sovereigns. Delta was then immediately attacked by a Troika and squad of Locust Drones down the freeway. Fenix flanked the Locust on the other side and Carmine continued with Delta down to the circle drive. There, four Emergence Holes broke around the circle drive, forcing Delta to find refuge in the center fountain and fight from there. After neutralizing the threat, Carmine commented on how the Emergence Holes gave him nightmares as a child.
With the road to the House of Sovereigns blocked, Delta split up to traverse an office building in ruins. Carmine went with Fenix while Kim took Santiago. The four managed to defeat the Locust presence inside the building and garage, but were then met with another Emergence Hole. Carmine and Delta were able to repel the forces and continue through the back of the building to the delivery area, where across the street was the House of Sovereigns. While passing the street, a pair of Reavers briefly hopped along the path.
Arriving at the House of Sovereigns, they were met by an additional Troika and Grenadiers. Fenix was then ordered by Kim to flank inside the House of Sovereigns entrance, joined by Carmine. While an Emergence Hole appeared, Carmine and Fenix were able to eliminate the enemy threat at the entrance, but the main street in front of the House emerged more Locust troops. Using the Trokia, Fenix assisted Carmine, Kim, and Santiago in eliminating the remaining Locust. However, Carmine's chainsaw bayonet mechanic kept jamming his gun.
After the squad cleared the entrance of the House of Sovereigns, Carmine joined the rest of the squad in the courtyard. Kim asked everyone for a status report and Carmine showed him his jammed Lancer. He was killed instantly after being shot in the head by a Locust Sniper, which fled before the rest of the squad could retaliate. While they briefly mourned his death, the surviving member's Delta Squad were forced to leave Anthony's body behind due to the importance of their mission.
===Gears of War 2===
Later that year, Benjamin Carmine turned eighteen and was conscripted into the Coalition army. During basic training, Benjamin payed close attention and tried to memorize all combat maneuvers. During his time in basic, he and others cadets spent time discussing the possible origins of the Locust Horde. Benjamin Carmine believed that the Locust were simply native to Sera and had been living underground forever. However, he also considered his comrade's theory that the Locust were aliens from Risea or one of Sera's moons to feed on Imulsion.
After Ben finished training at the academy, he was assigned to Delta Squad before Operation: Hollow Storm as Sgt. Marcus Fenix's new trainee. He flew on a King Raven along with several other Gears to Jacinto Med, and was dropped off outside the hospital. As he reported to Marcus outside of Jacinto Med, he dropped his gun on his foot, and Lt. Anya Stroud commented that he was "green as grass". Marcus and Cpl. Dominic Santiago decided to take Ben training, leading him to an alley behind the hospital, where they taught him how to use the Tac-Com, the Golden Rule of the Gears, how to reload and aim, and how to toss a Bolo Grenade correctly. As they trained, Dom offered his sympathy to Ben about his brother Anthony, whom Dom had served with when he was killed. Ben thanked him, and told him he was just glad that his brother had died a hero. They spotted several Wretches during the patrol, which Ben called the "monkey-dogs".
Marcus threw a grenade in the garage to kill any potential Wretches; Ben soon followed, claiming that he had seen the monkey-dogs again. However, Ben did not throw his grenade high enough, and it bounced back, nearly killing the three of them. Marcus was irritated by Ben's incompetence, and threatened to give him a "unexpected" lesson in chainsaw training if he tried something like that again. After they scouted the building that the Wretches had been in and found nothing, they returned to the hospital to complete their patrol. They spotted several Ravens overhead heading somewhere very quickly, and Marcus ordered Ben to stay at the drop off point until called on his radio while they checked out what was going on.
Shortly after Marcus and Dom left, Jacinto Med was attacked by Locust and another squad of Gears rounded up Ben to help them fight to protect the hospital. During the battle, he had trouble reloading, and took cover inside the building's entrance to get his gun working correctly. He was found there by Marcus, Dom and Cpl. Tai Kaliso. He explained the situation to Marcus, while Marcus fixed Ben's gun, then they all headed outside, assisting the other Gears in fighting off the Locust that were attacking the hospital, forcing the Locust back from the entrance and down the street, where the Locust retreated once air support arrived. After the battle, Marcus told Ben that he did a good job. He was happy about being congratulated by Marcus, and tried, unsuccessfully, to get a high-five from Tai. Anya then came over the communication screen of JACK and informed Dom that her lead on his wife had gone cold. Dom lost control, smashing a car with his Lancer, and he asked the rest of Delta Squad to leave him by himself for the time being to collect himself. Ben followed Marcus and Tai away to give Dom the time he needed.
Soon after the attack on Jacinto Med, the COG began Operation: Hollow Storm. Ben went with Marcus and Dom aboard a King Raven to the COG Staging Grounds, asking them on the flight why they were heading to Landown for the assault, and why they couldn't dig through the ground in Jacinto. Marcus explained to him that the ground was the one place the Locust couldn't dig through, and that Landown was the perfect spot to hit them on their own turf. Once they arrived at the staging grounds, they were assigned to the Assault Derrick "Betty", driven by Pvt. Dizzy Wallin. They defended the rig from multiple attacks from Nemacyst, Brumaks, and Locust foot soldiers on the long road to Landown.
After they arrived at Landown, Ben and the rest of Delta, joined by Tai, whose Rig had been destroyed by Tickers, escorted Dizzy and Betty through the city streets. Ben saw several Tickers crawling through the street, and asked what they were, and Tai informed him that the Locust used them as landmines. After taking out a Locust base at a gas station, Delta reached a long dark tunnel. Ben wondered why they were not given flashlights for situations like this, and Tai told him "might versus light". Ben asked him what that meant, and Tai told him that he preferred having an extra gun over a flashlight any day. After escorting Betty through the tunnel and killing the Tickers infesting it, the rig was pinned by mortar fire at the exit. Ben went with Marcus to secure one side of a street while Dom and Tai took the other, taking out the Locust mortar positions and a Brumak. They arrived at the drill zone, a cemetery honoring those who fought in the Pendulum Wars, without further incident. Ben and the others defended the Rig while Dizzy prepared their Grindlifts for dispatch, but just when they were about to dig into the Hollow, Skorge attacked. Ben, Marcus, and Dom were already secured in their lifts, but Tai jumped out of his and Ben's lift to help Dizzy hold off Skorge. The pods then revved up, with Ben, Marcus, and Dom unable to unlock their lifts to help Dizzy and Tai, and the three Gears descended into the Hollow, leaving them behind.
Upon landing, Ben discovered his pod had gone off-course. He linked up with Echo-Five, and managed to contact Marcus and Dom, who told him to stay put, and that they were coming to get him. However, Ben and Echo-Five were attacked by a large group of Locust, and all of Echo-Five was killed, leaving Ben to fend for himself and hold off the attacking Locust. Ben was saved when Marcus and Dom showed up and helped him kill the attacking Locust. They then defended JACK from more Locust as he worked on fixing a nearby Grindlift to make their escape.
After successfully eradicating the Locust, they fired up the Grindlift to dig a tunnel through a wall. When Dom complained about all of the dust, Ben suggested he wear a helmet so he wouldn't have to breathe it in. Dom, annoyed, pointed out that he wouldn't be able to see snipers so well then, discreetly referring to how Ben's brother was killed during the Lightmass Offensive. Ben, unaware of what Dom was implying, did not catch on and Marcus told Dom to cool down before he said anything else. They then proceeded through the tunnel, and assisted Omega-One in fighting off a Locust attack. After leaving Omega, they continued through the Hollow, soon encountering a Rock Worm, and were informed by Anya that the creatures were immune to standard weapon-fire because of their rock-hard skin. Ben tested this out by firing on it a few times, and saw it didn't even pay any attention to him. Soon after, they destroyed a Locust staging area and a Locust Forward base. Shortly after assisting Alpha-Two, Ben had a brief conversation with the others on where they thought the Locust came from, and offered different theories. He soon got some hints to his questions when they found a carved doorway, guarded by a Kantus monk several Drones and Tickers. After fighting through another Locust position, they came across a large cavern, where Skorge, mounted on his Hydra, appeared and began chanting. Skorge and his Hydra then flew off, followed by the gigantic Riftworm, the source of the mysterious seismic activity. Ben was visibly horrified by the sight of this gigantic worm, exclaiming "Holy shit!" numerous times while Marcus was informing Anya of what they just saw. Anya then informed Marcus that the city of Ilima had just been sunk right at their position.
After fighting through the sunken city, and encountering some Stranded survivors, they were ambushed at the crash site of KR Five-Four and Charlie-Nine. When the Locust came close to overwhelming them, Pvt. Augustus Cole arrived and rescued them, and joined the squad. They then worked their way toward Cole's two remaining squadmates', Cpl. Damon Baird and Tanner, last known location. They found Tanner dead, and Baird trapped in a Locust holding pod. They released him and learned that the Locust were capturing and torturing their prisoners on Torture Barges. The five Gears then boarded a Torture Barge to free any COG prisoners. When they reached the holding center, they found Tai in a holding cell, badly tortured and wounded. They let him out, but he committed suicide with a Gnasher Shotgun that Marcus handed him, being unable to stand the torture that had been inflicted upon him. Benjamin stared in shock at Tai's body, and couldn't believe what the Locust had done to drive Tai to such a point. After collecting Tai's COG Tags, the five of them then fought their way to the extraction point on top of a decaying building deeper in the Ilima sinkhole. As Delta Squad waited for the King Raven, they were attacked by many Locust soldiers. When the chopper arrived, Ben covered Delta's retreat and was shot in the shoulder. He fell against the chopper and was pulled in by the rest of the squad. As Ben lay on the chopper's floor, he revealed that the bullet that hit him did not pierce his COG armor. As he cheered that they had made it, the helicopter was hit by flying rubble from the approaching Riftworm, and the King Raven began spinning out of control. Ben, unable to grab a hold of something, plummeted into the creature's mouth, screaming in terror. The Raven and the rest of Delta Squad was also pulled inside the monster's mouth and was now also trapped inside the beast. The rest of Delta then began searching for Ben and a way out.
Ben survived his fall, but was attacked by Nemacytes, which overwhelmed him and knocked him to the ground. They began dragging him across acidic spikes on the stomach of the Riftworm and badly wounded him as he tried to fight them off. The rest of Delta arrived and chased off the parasites, but Ben's chest was burned to the bone by the corrosive acid. Before succumbing to his wounds, he spoke to Marcus, asking him to tell his brothers and his mom that he loved them, as well as something else, but Ben died from his horrific wounds, unable to finish his final words. Marcus collected his COG Tags, and a letter that he had written to his brother Clay, to deliver both to Carmine's family. Delta was forced to abandon Ben's body as a debris wall inside the Riftworm began to close in on them.
When Sgt. Bernadette Mataki was rescued from the Sinking of Jacinto, Marcus gave her a head count of the casualties. Ben was among those he mentioned. Like his brother, Anthony, he would be viewed as a hero for his sacrifice for the COG. Marcus also seemed affected by his death, as he had promised Ben that they would see the surface again while they were inside the Hollow just before entering Ilima City.
Sometime after the Sinking of Jacinto, Marcus gave the letter and COG tags he had picked up from Ben's body to his older brother Clayton. After reading the letter and learning about his younger brother's death, Clay decided to immortalize Ben, along with Anthony, in the form of a tattoo on his right arm. In 17 A.E., years later, Marcus had a nightmare about the Fall of Ephyra and his father's death. Ben and Anthony were both in his dream fighting alongside him and Dominic Santiago instead of Jayson Stratton and Tai Kaliso.
During the Swarm War, Lt. Delmont Walker discovered Ben's helmet still intact outside the town hall of the Riftworm Village, an Outsider village built within the remains of the Riftworm that devoured Ben. Lt. Delmont Walker had heard from his training sergeant, Chief Sergeant Clayton Carmine, about how much he loved Ben and how Ben fought more in his first day than most soldiers did in a year. Cpl. Kait Diaz then placed Ben's helmet alongside Anthony's helmet at the Tomb of the Unknowns, where both names were inscribed to remember their sacrifice during the Locust War.
===Gears of War 3===
Clay and the remnant of Jacinto relocated to Port Farrall. There, he learned of Ben's death and received his tags and letter from Sgt. Fenix. In his grief, Clay got a tattoo dedicate to his lost brothers Anthony and Ben on his right shoulder. His hatred for the Locust grew even larger, and would often kill Locust in the name of his brothers. Clay later moved to Vectes with the rest of the COG. During the evacuation of the island in the wake of many Lambent attacks, Clay would often stand and stare at the pigs, and murmur "bacon" at them. Clay evacuated Vectes aboard the CNV Sovereign, becoming part of the rapid response force of Gears aboard the ship.
Fourteen months after leaving Vectes, Clay went on a mission with Cpl.Damon Baird, Pvt.Augustus Cole, and Pvt.Samantha Byrne to the city of Hanover in order to search for supplies. As they flew to the city on KR Seven-Zero, Sam asked him if he was alright, because he had been quiet the whole way there. Clay told her that someone had to be, since Baird was yapping all the time. Sam laughed and said it would be her treat to gag Baird if Clay wanted her to. As they landed, Clay and the others jumped off of the Raven and began scouting the landing zone. They found an overrun Stranded outpost, and noticed several dead Lambent Stalks in the area. Cole told them they should keep moving, and on the next street they found another Stranded outpost that was still inhabited. The Stranded refused to trade with them unless they handed over Sam in exchange for bacon, causing Clay to mummer "bacon" to himself. Cole refused, and the Stranded said they could try trading with other groups in the warehouses and Cougars Stadium, if they could make it past the Lambent. As the Gears moved on, Clay remarked that the Stranded seemed anti-social, but Baird told him they were just assholes. As they entered a playground, a Lambent Stalk emerged from the ground, sending debris into the air, which nearly landed on Clay. The Gears engaged Drudges and Lambent Drones as they emerged from the pods on the Stalks, and fought their way through the park and the street to a grocery store. As they approached the store, more Stalks emerged, one of which sent a car flying through the air towards Clay. Cole shouted a warning to him, and he managed to stop and duck just in time to avoid getting hit. After they killed the Lambent outside the store, Clay said they should get in there quickly before more showed up, and they entered it and began looking for food supplies. They stopped for a moment as Cole stared at an old cardboard cutout ad of himself advertising cereal, and he asked them if it ever felt like they were dead, but nobody had told them. Clay and the others just looked at each other as Cole moved on, and then followed him. Sam wondered where they kept the coffee, but Clay was more interested in finding bacon. They fought through more Lambent until they reached the back of the store, where Clay found several crates of food, causing him to remark that they were in luck for a change. Cole used a Mechanical Loader to take the food outside, where KR Seven-Zero was waiting to pick it up. Clay and the others killed more attacking Lambent, and after the King Raven picked up the food, the Gears moved out to continue searching for more supplies.
Clay and the others began heading for the warehouses to meet with the Stranded there. They quickly ran through a collapsing tunnel that fell down behind them, and found a large Stranded fortification in the middle of a plaza that was under attack by Lambent, including a giant Gunker. Cole said it looked like they needed some help, and Clay responded that it was pretty obvious that they needed some backup. The Gears entered the plaza and engaged the Lambent, killing two Gunkers and dozens of other Lambent. As they approached the gates of the Stranded compound, a sniper shot at Clay, thinking that they were Lambent. The bullet bounced off his helmet, but Clay became extremely annoyed with the Stranded and began yelling at them. Sam yelled as well, telling them to check their fire and that they were Gears. The sniper apologized, and the Stranded's leader came out to talk with them. She thanked them for the help, and was excited to recognize Cole, and said that they didn't have any food to trade, but might have something else they needed. Clay, Cole, and Baird all looked at each other, and the Stranded leader laughed and said that wasn't it, and to come on in. As they entered the camp, Clay remarked to her it was a good thing he wore a helmet. The Stranded leader led them through the camp and gave them several crates of ammo, and warned them not to try going to the stadium because the leader there hated the COG. Cole told her they had to try to get some more supplies, and they called in KR Seven-Zero to pick up the ammo. Clay remarked that it seemed that his fans still loved him, and Cole said it was because his momma had raised him with some manners. Before they left the camp, KR Seven-Zero contacted them and said some Stranded on the Centennial Bridge had taken some potshots at them, and to keep an eye out for them.
Clay and the others began making their way across the docks towards the stadium, more stalks emerged, and the four Gears fought through another Gunker and other mutated creatures. As they fought, Clay remarked that the Lambent were really starting to piss him off. After finishing off the Lambent, they cut through a warehouse to reach the stadium. They discussed the hostile Stranded on the bridge, and Carmine was worried since the Sovereign was going to have to pass right under the bridge. Sam didn't think any Stranded would be crazy enough to attack a warship, but Baird thought they should blow the shit out of the bridge just to be sure. When they reached the doors to the stadium, Baird asked Cole to remind him what he had played again, and then said he remembered that it was ladies field hockey. Cole told Carmine that Baird was a Sharks fan, and had never gotten over Cole winning the Allfathers Trophy. They found that the gate was locked, and Clay and Baird began banging against it, trying to break it open. Clay asked Baird if he had any wire cutters, and Baird told him to wait one second before pointing at his Lancers chainsaw. Before Clay could respond, two stalks emerged from behind them, cutting off the path they had come from. After they killed the Lambent that emerged, Clay held the padlock while Sam cut through it, and they entered Cougars Stadium. Upon entering the Standed camp, Cole was mobbed by several fans, who were positive that their leader would be willing to trade with them. However, more Lambent attacked, and stalks emerged within the stadium. The four Gears split up, taking the lower and upper levels, with Clay going with Cole. As he fought, Clay yelled out that this was for Anthony and Benjamin, cutting down several Lambent. After killing another Gunker, the four Gears regrouped and advanced further into the stadium. The entered the players locker room, and gave Cole a few minutes to look around. When a stalk emerged in the middle of the playing field, Clay and the others covered Cole with the help of the Stranded as he placed a bomb on the stalk and destroyed it. He was knocked into the air by the explosion, and Clay and the others rushed to make sure he was okay. Clay and Sam turned him over, and he began talking about how he had first used those moves against the Eagles, but that they hadn't exploded. They helped him up, and headed to go find the Stranded leader. However, they were then contacted by Lt. Anya Stroud, who said that the Sovereign was under heavy Lambent attack and that they needed assistance. Clay was annoyed, and they rushed to find the leader to ask for assistance in getting back to the ship. More Lambent stalks emerged, and the Stranded leader refused to help them, telling them to leave while they could. Cole led them to a set of elevators that took them up to the top floor, where Clay and the others used grappling hooks to slide along some cable car lines to the Centennial Bridge.
After landing, Clay and the others were immediately attacked by Lambent, including a Gunker. They killed all of the mutated creatures, and began working towards the Stranded encampment in the middle of the bridge. As the bridge began shaking, Baird commented he was more worried about the stability of the bridge than the trigger-happy Stranded, and Clay agreed with him. Sam told them to forget about that, and that if they lost the Sovereign, they would lose everything they had. Cole tried to contact the Sovereign but failed, and they decided that they needed to talk with the Stranded and try to get a better view of the ship before it passed under them. Baird said his unique charisma should do the trick, but Clay told him that he would have to lend Baird some of his. As they approached the Stranded gate, they were fired upon, and took cover. Sam spotted one of the attackers with her Longshot Sniper Rifle, and told them that it wasn't Stranded, but Locust. They engaged the Locust as several came charging out at them, and eliminated the snipers on the outposts walls. A second group of Locust emerged from the gate, including several Boomers, but they managed to cut them down. They began working their way across the bridge, cutting down all of the Locust they came across. Clay was worried the ship would be twenty klicks away by the time they crossed the bridge, and Sam observed that he was a glass-half empty man. Clay told her to buy him a beer and he would show her, but Baird said she wouldn't buy him anything since his name "was not Dominic Santiago", causing Sam to tell him to shut up. They then split up along a catwalk and the lower deck, and spotted the Sovereign. Clay went with Baird, and the Gears managed to see the Sovereign and observe that it was on fire. They reunited and broke through a gate, giving them a view of the Sovereign under attack from a giant Lambent Leviathan. They managed to contact Sgt.Marcus Fenix, who told them to find a way to kill it. Baird and Sam began arguing over finding a way to kill it, causing Clay to interrupt and tell them that one way or another, they had to find a way to help Sovereign, or else they were all screwed. Baird told them to find him some ordinance, and he could use it to find a way to make the Leviathan go bang. After they were attacked by some Tickers, Baird told them to find some more so they could drop them on the Leviathan. As they emerged back into open air, they came under attack by a Locust Mortar crew. Clay told them to use the containers on the bridge for cover, and they charged down the bridge and killed the mortar crew. They then took out a Gas Barge, and proceeded to proceed through the lower levels, fighting off Polyps and more Drones until they reached the upper level again. They found a crate of Tickers, and after killing the Locust guarding it, pushed it over the side and onto the Leviathan. As it began to explode, several of its tentacles attacked the bridge, collapsing the part Clay and the others were one. They began sliding off, and failed to hold on, falling into the water below.
They survived the fall, and Clay and the others emerged on the Hanover coast exhausted and wet, and collapsed onto the beach. Clay looked over at the wreckage of the Sovereign and the Centennial Bridge, both of which were scattered all over the coastline, and joked to Baird that he thought he had gotten the Leviathan. Baird told him that they had walked away in one piece, and that was what counted. They tried contacting the others but failed, and Clay spotted Brumaks and Siegebeasts advancing along the cliffs toward the main part of the wreck. He alerted the others, and Cole told them they needed to hurry and assist the survivors. They quickly gathered what weapons they could, and began making their way through the wreckage, fighting several dozen Locust who were searching for survivors to kill. They eventually reached the main wreckage, and saw the ship was almost completely destroyed. They spotted Marcus and Dom lying unconscious on the ground, and Clay rushed over to Marcus with Cole while Sam and Baird went to Dom. They turned them over and helped them cough up seawater. As they recovered, Marcus contacted Anya, who told him that she and Pvt.Jace Stratton were with Chairman Richard Prescott, who had been badly wounded in the attack. Clay and the others were shocked to hear Prescott was back, and Marcus told them that Captain Quentin Michaelson had been killed in the attack as well, and that Prescott had brought news that his father, Adam Fenix, was still alive. Anya contacted them again and said that a lot more wounded were coming ashore aboard the lifeboats, which were beaching just north of the ship, and that they needed help there as well. Marcus ordered Clay and Sam to head there and help out, and the two of them rushed off to assist the survivors.
After assisting with the lifeboats, Clay stayed behind at the crash site with Anya, Sam, and Jace to help with the salvage operation while the rest of Delta headed for Anvil Gate, in order to retrive data disc A2897 from Col. Victor Hoffman. The disc contained the location of Azura, where Prescott had been keeping Adam, and which had been taken by the Locust several days previously. After finishing with the salvaging operation, Anya and Sam took the first wave of Gears to Anvil Gate to provide assistance to the defenders there, with Jace and Clay following with the second wave. Clay regrouped with the others, and joined Baird and Cole in a mission to find reinforcements.
===Judgement: Aftermath===
Clay, Baird, and Cole drove to the city of Halvo Bay, hoping to find a ship and join the Gorasni fleet, who were gathering with the remaining COG forces to retake Azura. Upon arriving at the outskirts of the city, Baird remarked that he hated the city, and Clay asked Cole what Baird's problem was. Cole informed him that it was a long story, but they were interrupted when Garron Paduk came up behind them with a Snub Pistol and remarked that COG soldiers were noisy. Clay trained his Lancer on the new arrival, but lowered it after Paduk put his pistol away and shook Baird's hand. After Baird asked for help and a boat, Paduk told them to follow him into the city, explaining that it had been deserted for years except for his people, who had taken refuge in and around an Imulsion rig that had washed ashore shortly after Jacinto City had been sunk. As they entered the city, they encountered Locust forces, and Clay eagerly joined the others in engaging them.
After wiping out a small group of Locust, they were forced to run for their lives when the Locust set off explosions on a hillside that caused a landslide to fall along their route. After finding shelter in an old service station, Baird wondered why they wore so much armor if it just slowed them down, but Clay remarked that at least they were not dead. After exiting the service station, Clay wondered if the heavy fog was normal, but Paduk informed him that nothing in Halvo Bay was normal. They fought through a pack of Tickers in an old junkyard and then encountered a group of Locust snipers guarding a long street. However, the fog obscured both sides vision, and Clay wondered where the Locust had gone. The Locust then burst out and engaged the Gears in heavy close-quarters combat, but the Gears prevailed and continued on. They entered the Halvo Bay Shopping Plaza and took out a large group of Locust, but Clay spotted mortar fire coming in. They located the mortar crews and killed them, along with their reinforcements. Clay stated that he thought that was all of them, but a massive group of Locust then arrived, causing Baird to tell him not to say that again unless he was sure that was all of them. After finishing off the last of the Locust, they exited the shopping plaza and Paduk guided them to the gates of his compound.
Upon entering Paduk's camp, they discovered that it appeared deserted, which caused Paduk to be confused along with the lack of a guard. Clay asked if his people were Stranded, but Paduk told him that everyone there had fought for something, and that they were not Stranded. Paduk grew increasingly concerned as they moved through the camp and did not find anyone, and Clay questioned him about the boat he was going to give them. Paduk told him to shut up and that they needed to reach the Imulsion rig to try and find someone. Upon entering a small courtyard, they were attacked by a pack of Formers, revealing that Lambency had spread to humans. They entered a nearby building and fought through more Formers, fighting to the roof to take a lift up to the Imulsion rig. Paduk informed them that the control deck was at the top of the rig, and they began their search for survivors. They entered a room full of Imulsion vapor, and fought their way through Formers swarming among the catwalks and Imulsion filled floor towards lockers that had gas masks. After they had put on gas masks, Paduk told them that they needed to reach a stairway in the far corner, but had to go down onto the ground floor to reach it. Clay did not like having to go down where the Formers had been emerging from. Paduk remarked that he would have thought a Gear with "Grub Killer" on their armor would be braver, but Clay retorted that they were not fighting Locust, and Paduk conceded his point. After fighting through a few more Formers, they reached the main deck and found a flare to signal for evac. Clay wondered what would happen if nobody saw their flare, but another one shot up in response. However, the Locust also say the flare, and Reavers arrived to attack the Gears as ground forces scaled the rig. Clay eagerly engaged the Locust until they saw a King Raven approaching, but Clay noted that it was not moving very quickly. Paduk told him that it was going as fast as it could, and they continued to fight the Locust forces and more Formers until the Raven landed, and they ran to the helicopter and successfully evacuated on the Raven.
They flew to another part of the city, where Paduk pointed out a Union of Independent Republics vessel that had been beached by a giant tidal wave on top of the Regency Hotel. He informed them that they needed explosives to get it down, but Clay asked if they could have his King Raven instead, which Paduk to incredulously tell him no. After being dropped off, they started heading for a police station where Paduk's people had stashed explosives. After exiting a bookstore and killing a group of Locust, they used a truck to make a bridge across a stream of Imulsion. Clay asked what the plan was after getting the boat, and Baird told him they would head for Azura with whatever COG and Gorasni forces could join them. Paduk was surprised they knew other people from the Republic of Gorasnaya, and Clay asked if he wanted them to say hi to anyone for him, but Paduk declined the offer. They entered the police station and began gathering explosives, but Clay was annoyed at having to carrying more equipment. Paduk retorted that they would get them one step closer to having a ship, and they began fighting their way out of the police station and towards the Regency Hotel. As they walked through some allys, they explained to Paduk about what was going to happen, and he asked if it would be as big as the Hammer of Dawn Counterattack and when they flooded his coast. Clay enthusiastically said it would be bigger, leading Paduk to sarcastically mutter "great".
When they got within sight of the Regency Hotel, a large Locust force armed with One-Shots opened fire on them. They weaved through the buildings for cover, fighting through some Locust before reaching the front to the hotel and taking out the Locust defending the entrance. Before entering, they scavenged some supplies, and discovered a statue dedicated to Col.Ezra Loomis, who Clay excitedly recalled hearing about as the "Hero of Halvo Bay". Cole remarked that that was one of putting his role in the battle there, and Baird told Clay that while Loomis had been a man of principal, he had also been "kind of a dick". They then entered the Regency Hotel and began planting charges on four support pillars in each corner of the ground floor. Clay, Cole, and Paduk covered Baird as he set and primed the charges and then repelled a Locust attack once all the charges were set. They then moved a safe distance away and after Cole was contacted by Anya and told her that they had transport and would meet her at Azura, Baird detonated the charges, but it failed to knock down the building and free the ship. Clay sarcastically told Cole that he better call Anya back to let her know, which Cole retorted by telling him that he should call her. A few seconds later Baird told them that he had a new plan.
They entered a nearby building and began climbing up the stairs to the roof, and Baird explained that they would get to the boat from that building’s roof. Clay asked how they were going to do that, and Paduk agreed with his question. Baird told them he would figure it out when they reached the roof, and they continued climbing several more stories. When they got to the twentieth floor, they exited the staircase and found three Stranded exchanging fire with Locust in another building. One Stranded was killed, but Clay and the other Gears were able to defeat the Locust. They then climbed up another floor and reached the roof, where they engaged more Locust and fought towards the ship on the roof of the Regency Hotel. After reaching the Regency rooftop, they cleared out the Locust and Baird told the others to follow him into the restaurant below them.
When they entered the restaurant, Clay asked if anybody remembered when they last took a girl to a place like it, and said that he did not. Cole told him that he had eaten there once, but that the food had just been okay. The building then began shaking, and Clay was worried about the stability of the building. After clearing out a group of Locust from the dining area, they entered the kitchen, where they engaged an Armored Kantus and its Savage Theron guards. After killing them, Baird ordered Clay and the others to locate the kitchens gas lines and activate them. After turning the first one, two more Armored Kantus attacked with Ragers supporting them, but Clay and the other Gears were able to defeat them and activate the other two gas lines. Baird then revealed his plan was to use a Bolo Grenade to set off the gas and bring the building down, while they escaped using hooks to slide down a gondola line. As they slid down the lines, Clay enthusiastically yelled out as he watched the ship start sliding off the falling Regency Hotel and across multiple other buildings towards the bay. They took out several gondolas on their path with their pistols, and safely landed on a building next to where the ship had come to a rest within the water. Clay joined the others on the ship, where they set about getting ready for departure. Paduk parted ways with them to return to his own people after explaining to Baird and Cole the fate of their friend Sofia Hendrik and asking them to never come find him again. They then departed Halvo Bay and rendezvoused with the rest of the assault force heading for Azura.
===Gears of War 3 Ending===
Clay joined in the assault to retake Azura, with the combined COG and Gorasni forces being led by Commander Miran Trescu. Clay was part of the force that attacked the island after the Maelstrom device was shut down, providing air support for other Gears from a King Raven. When Marcus, Anya, Cole, Baird, and Adam arrived at the top of Pinnacle Tower to activate the device that would kill all the Lambent and Locust, Clay arrived aboard his Raven and contacted them, saying he would provide air support for them. He cut down several Lambent creatures and Palace Guards that were attempting to stop them, but then Queen Myrrah arrived aboard her Tempest. Clay's Raven began circling the beast, and he opened fire while yelling insults at Myrrah. The Tempest attacked the Raven, hitting it with an energy blast from its mouth, and the Raven was lit aflame. As it lost control and began heading towards the ground, Clay called for help on the comms as the rest of Delta watched, unable to do anything.
Clay survived the crash which had knocked his helmet off his head. After retrieving his helmet and cleaning it off a bit before putting it on, he assisted another wounded Gear and directed several other Ravens to come in to land on the beach. The Imulsion countermeasure device was activated and Myrrah was killed, but Adam lost his life in the process. Clay joined Sam, Jace, Pvt.Dizzy Wallin, and dozens of other Gears in greeting the rest of Delta after they descended from the tower, and talked with several of the other Gears. However, he and the rest of Delta noticed that Marcus and Anya were sitting on the beach, both devastated over the loss of Dom and Adam, and he and the others looked at them and joined them in wondering what would happen next.
===Gears of War 4===
Gary Carmine was born sometime after 17 A.E. into the Carmine Family. He was considered the "black sheep" of the family for being fiercely independent and critical of the Coalition of Ordered Governments. Despite his criticisms of the COG, he idolized his family member, Clayton Carmine, as a hero. Gary Carmine eventually joined a group of Outsiders at Fort Umson, led by Reyna Diaz. Reyna's brother-in-law, Oscar Diaz, taught Gary everything he knew about combat. Gary became so skilled that he began giving lessons in combat to other villagers.
Gary was manning a Troika Heavy Machine Gun on the main wall when James Dominic Fenix, Kait Diaz, Delmont Walker, and Oscar acquired a Fabricator from Settlement 5 and brought it back to the village. First Minister Mina Jinn sent her Command Bot, accompanied by a Kestrel, to talk with Reyna, not because of the raid on the Settlement 5, but the kidnapping of Jinn's people, accusing Reyna of taking them. After Jinn's negotiations turned to threats, Reyna destroyed the Command Bot and ordered Gary to destroy the Kestrel before it could do any damage. In preparation for Jinn's DeeBee assault on the village, Gary met with Oscar and another Outsider just outside the main building. Oscar complimented Gary on hitting the Kestrel. They were then joined by Reyna, who ordered Gary to go back and man the turret again on the exterior wall. Once the COG forces started to arrive, he destroyed the first Condor that came in. During the Battle of Fort Umson, a second Condor flew overhead, dropping DeeBee pods directly onto the wall, which hit Gary, seemingly killing him.
===Gears of War 5===
For his heroic actions during the Battle of Azura, Clayton was promoted to Chief Sergeant by the newly constructed Coalition of Ordered Governments, now led by First Minister Anya Stroud. During this time, Clayton's only surviving brother met a woman and gave birth to Clayton's niece, Elizabeth Carmine, affectionately known as "Lizzie". He also had another family member, Gary Carmine, born. Both Lizzie and Gary grew up admiring Clayton, with Gary becoming obsessed with him. However, Gary grew to distrust the COG and resented it, unlike the entire Carmine Family that embrace the COG and military - making him a black sheep in the family. Out of the ruins of Ephyra, Damon Baird, now CEO of DB Industries, used a recycling, three dimensional printer called the Fabricator and automated workers named DeeBees to construct the new capital of the COG, New Ephyra. Sgt. Carmine was then appointed to trained the next generation of Gears at the Coalition of Ordered Governments Military Academy.
In 39 A.E., James Dominic Fenix, first and only son of the late Anya Stroud and Marcus Fenix, and childhood friend, Delmont Walker, joined the academy and was trained by Sgt. Fenix. Sgt. Carmine trained JD Fenix and Del Walker, along with his niece, Lizzie, and Fahz Chutani and used the experiences he learned during the Locust War and the cause of his brothers' deaths to teach his cadets how to fight and avoid the same fates as his brothers. He taught them to correctly reload, keeping their heads under cover, and to always check their surroundings. He also talked in admiration about his youngest brother, Benjamin, and how he did more fighting on his first day that many Gears did in a lifetime. JD, Del, Fahz, and Lizzie graduated in 39 A.E., meanwhile Gary left the COG and joined the Outsiders, former Stranded who reject the new COG jurisdiction and live off the Wilds, at Fort Umson. Lieutenants Fenix, Walker, and Chutani were posted on security detail in Settlement 2.
In Thaw 41 A.E., the citizens of Settlement 2 felt the COG was enforcing heavy-handed laws and displaying favoritism toward New Ephyra rather than allowing the Settlements to develop their own culture and independence as they promised. Gears and security DeeBees were called to Landa Square to deal with them, which then increased the aggression on both sides. By the order of First Minister Mina Jinn, Lt. Fenix ordered the DeeBees to open fire on the civilians. The massacre caused Del to become so disillusioned with the COG that he abandoned it. Not knowing that JD was responsible, Del asked JD to come along with him. JD and Del then joined Gary Carmine at Fort Umson, becoming Outsiders and enemies of the state. After this incident, First Minister Stroud appointed Sgt. Carmine to be chief Settlement 2 security.
Six months later, it was discovered that the Locust Horde did not die from the Imulsion Countermeasure Weapon, but instead formed a chrysalis in which they evolved into Scions during their twenty-five year hibernation. In order to rebuild their army, the Scions created a bio-organism called the Swarm to transform humans and other forms of life into soldiers for their army. A former Locust burial site near Settlement 2 began to show activity, prompting First Minister Jinn to evacuate Settlement 2 in preparation of large Swarm offensive and ordered Chief Sgt. Carmine to lead the evacuations.
Soon after, the Swarm began their attack, calling First Minister Jinn for backup. He was stationed at the Settlement 2 Construction Hub and was later joined by his former trainees JD, Del, Fahz and along with his former teammate Augustus Cole, in addition to his niece, Lizzie. They soon find themselves under attack by the Swarm. After a brief fight with a Flock, Clayton flees with the rest of the team. JD later radios Baird asking the status of the rest of the group, Baird responds by telling him that Clayton managed to find a Raven and was able to get out of the Settlement.
Five months later, Clayton met with Delta-One and instructs them on where to plant the targeting beacons. Along with Delta-One he and his squad help protect the entrance to New Ephyra by using the Hammer of Dawn. Later, Delta-One regroups with Clayton joining him on the New Ephyra wall rail gun battery alongside a squad of Onyx Guards to fight off the Krakens advance. He assist the squad up the ladder and assists Kait in firing the Railgun at the Kraken. After blowing off the Krakens mandibles and being pushed back into a corner by the creature, JACK turned himself into the final beacon - sacrificing himself so the Hammer of Dawn could destroy the Kraken. Clayton, along with the rest of the group, was able to survive the Hammer of Dawn blast.
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