Carla Page

**Carla Page** is a journalist who works at PeakLife and lives in Los Angeles, California in the U.S.. She's the main protagonist of Murder by Choice.

## Physical Appearance

Carla Page is a young woman in her twenties, with brown eyes and brown hair long enough to reach her shoulders. She wears a long pink dress with a black neckline, sleeves, and hemline and with two pockets on her chest. She also dons black heels and briefly a black leather sun hat. Carla also wears her lucky paper airplane necklace and a silver watch and bracelet on her right hand. She also chooses to wear a pink raincoat whenever outside in the rain. She owns a modern phone and a brown purse with a long black strap with many white dots. Carla's blood type is O-.

By the end of Chapter 1, Ruben gives Carla a silver bracelet that says "Always and Forever" as a memento for Ruben and Marianne's original love. Carla continues to wear the bracelet on her left hand. At the very end of Chapter 1's ending cutscene, Carla is wearing a white shirt with a long pink jacket and blue jeans with a brown belt.

## Personality

Carla is intelligent and very curious and inquisitive (to the frustration of many people whom Carla investigates) as a journalist. She is capable of constructing theories on how and why murders happen with the right amount of proof and ends up almost always right. Carla is kind and respectful towards whomever she meets, although she becomes more stern when meeting less friendly people. Carla can also have a sarcastic sense of humor and is not afraid to scold people she knows for lying or being a jerk. Whenever Carla is in danger, she tries to stay as calm and logical as possible, but is evidentially freaked out being in danger for the first time, like when being approached by Q in the jungle where Carla can freak out to the point of shooting Lukas' gun at him but thankfully miss.

## Abilities

Carla is a skilled journalist for PeakLife with well-regarded articles among those who do read them, although Carla isn't as nearly popular as other celebrities she meets on Isla Esperanza. She speaks English and some Spanish, can drive a car, and can scuba dive.

Throughout the game, Carla also displays her skills in less everyday journalistic tasks, such as lock-picking (which she learned from her step-father, William), access electronic locks, and work with forensic tech (which she learned from a forensics course from her university).

## Biography

### Before Chapter 1

Carla's mother, Marianne Page, was secretly pregnant with Carla as she left London for the U.S. and left Ruben Navarro (who would become a massively successful billionaire with his company Navarro Industries) out of fear of their safety from The Overseers. Marianne gave birth to Carla more than two decades before Chapter 1, making Carla in her 20s during that time. Marianne was later re-engaged with William, and Carla accepted William as her father even knowing he wasn't her biological father. The family lived in L.A., and it's heavily implied that William passed away whose funeral that Carla attended. After attending and graduating a university, Carla now lives in her own apartment with landlord Brook and works for news magazine PeakLife with Bob as the editor-in-chief. Carla also befriended Emma at some point and got a cat, whom she describes having a complicated relationship with.

### During Chapter 1

#### Going to Isla Esperanza

A year before Chapter 1, Ruben found out that he had a daughter with Marianne named Carla through finding her with her articles and confronting Marianne about it, thus deciding to invite Carla to his annual soirée on his private island Isla Esperanza to both write an article on himself and his upcoming project and reveal to Carla about being her father. Carla accepted the invitation knowing that any journalist would kill to get a scoop on Ruben, though she didn't know why Ruben picked specifically her. Once security chief Lukas Matonis was found dead, Carla's curiosity had her investigate more into the death, realizing it was a murder. On the island, Carla met and befriended some other guests and staff, including Margot St. Germain (who owns PeakLife), Hollywood actor Jax Traynor, fantasy novelist Janet Lim, football player Freddie Wolf, TV host Dr. Katharine Bennet, Admiral Samuel Wilkinson, secretary Portia Frost, housekeeper Georgiana Bird, groundskeeper Joaquin Díaz, and Ruben himself. Soon, more events happened (like the poisoning of Ruben at his dinner party, the assault on the Admiral, the burning of the Admiral's boat, and the murders of Freddie and Portia) and Carla continued to investigate them and uncovered many of the people's secrets (like Portia blackmailing Janet over using ghostwriters and Jax sleeping with Margot the night of the fire). Here, Carla also learned over the Overseers from the Admiral and, along with the other remaining staff and guests, learned more about Ruben's Project Genetica first-hand in meeting Genie the chimpanzee rejuvenated by the project's serum down at Haven, hidden under the island's mansion. After confronting Ruben about a library photo with him and Marianne, Ruben will confess to Carla that he is her biological father, causing her to initially storm off thinking he abandoned her all these years but soon forgives him once he explained the entire story and how he only knew about Carla until a year ago.

#### Stopping the Overseers

As the culprit steals all three Genetica files one-by-one to recreate the serum, Carla gets everyone together at the dining room and unmasks Margot as the culprit and an Overseer, resulting in Margot forcing everyone down at Haven and try to have them suffocate to death with a sabotaged ventilation system. When an emergency override allows everyone to live, Carla uses the vents to get out of Haven and fix the elevator to allow everyone else to leave Haven. Teaming up with Ruben, the Admiral, and either Jax or Q using an antique gun stored in the study and the Admiral's stun gun, Carla takes down Margot in the club room by knocking her out with the stun gun before she could hurt anyone else. After grabbing the attention of a cargo ship passing by with a flare gun, everyone alive left the island okay with Margot arrested. Carla was interrogated by the authorities to talk about Margot's crimes and gave Ruben's Overseers book to them, allowing the world to seemingly take down the Overseers once and for all. Carla was later deemed to no longer need government protection once Margot's trial and the other Overseers were punished, so after returning home, Carla soon wrote an article titled "Beautiful Mind of Ruben Navarro" detailing all the events on his island, becoming the most popular issue of the year.

## Relationships

### Ruben Navarro

Neither Carla nor Ruben Navarro knew Ruben was her biological father until, for Ruben, a year before Chapter 1 where Marianne revealed it to Ruben once Ruben confronted her about seeing Carla in a newspaper. Ruben therefore trusts Carla enough to be invited to Isla Esperanza both to reveal her being Ruben's daughter and to have her write an article about Ruben and his Project Genetica. Carla and Ruben get along with each other well, especially once Ruben becomes the culprit's real victim by being poisoned during the first night's dinner party. Ruben is shown to care deeply for Carla, which Carla returns but initially draws it up to him just being a nice person. Once Ruben reveals he is Carla's biological father, Carla initially gets angry at him thinking that he abandoned her for her entire life but soon gets along again after Ruben explains everything to her. By the end of Chapter 1, Ruben promises to have a better paternal relationship with her as he gives her a bracelet that was a memento between Ruben and Marianne.

### Georgiana Bird

Georgiana Bird is Ruben's housekeeper. She is very attentive to Carla and helps her investigation despite the threatening letter she receives from the culprit. For example, she helps Carla open the secret underground tunnel's lock and takes the initiative to snoop through everyone's suites for Carla just to find out who owned the earring left at the Admiral's suite. Carla and Mrs. Bird, whom Carla sometimes calls Mrs. B, trust each other heavily, somewhat developing a kind of maternal relationship as Mrs. Bird never had children on her own. If Carla chooses to withhold information about her investigation (like the earring and poison ring's importance), her trust in Carla is slightly strained but not too damaged.

If Carla falsely accuses Mrs. Bird of being the culprit, Mrs. Bird will reasonably get angry at Carla for mistrusting her this badly but comes to understand her once they're all in Haven because of Margot, although Mrs. Bird will say it will take some time to forgive Carla. If Carla instead correctly accuses Margot as the culprit, Georgiana will thank Carla for trusting her and tells her that she can continue to count on her.

### Portia Frost

Carla does not get along with Portia Frost, Ruben's secretary, well from the get go. Because Portia already knew Carla is Ruben's daughter, Portia is already colder to Carla than anyone else out of jealousy. Portia gets very critical and impatient with Carla in basic tasks (especially when the player clicks on Portia), with Carla being frustrated with her in turn. Portia grows to slightly accept Carla's competence more when she helps her out with the second dinner party and when Carla saves Portia from falling down the jungle's wooden bridge. If Portia is chosen with Jax to help Carla find Freddie, Portia does show genuine care for Carla even for a moment, hesitantly telling her to be careful.

Once Carla finds photos of herself on Portia's laptop, which Portia put to research into Ruben's daughter more, Carla distrusts Portia more in stalking her and considers the possibility that she could be responsible for the crimes on the island. When Portia and Janet fight over Janet's letter to Ruben, Carla can side with either person. If Carla sides with Portia, Portia simply sends Carla back to Dr. Kat with no shown gratitude. If Carla sides with Janet, Portia claims she'll no longer support Carla.

Regardless, once Portia is killed, Carla does feel sad for her and says Portia didn't deserve to die like this.

### Joaquin "Q" Díaz

Carla and Q get along well and help each other, like with Carla helping out Q commemorate Lukas and Q helping Carla find a sketch of Miraculus. However, once Carla asks if Q fought with Lukas shortly before his death, Carla and Q's friendship is strained to the point where he tries to go out next morning to find Miraculus himself instead of waiting for Carla. Q also tries to lie to Carla about not seeing the Admiral during the time of Portia's death, although he feels remorseful once Carla calls him out on his lie.

By the end of Chapter 1, Carla and Q have decent relations, with Q, now knowing Carla is Ruben's daughter, noting how Carla really is his boss' daughter as both don't complain despite the bad circumstances.

### Lukas Matonis

Carla sadly never got to actually interact with Lukas Matonis before his death. However, Ruben later mentions that Lukas was a fan of Carla, reading her PeakLife articles.

### Margot St Germain

Margot St. Germain likely knew that Carla was Ruben's biological daughter before going on the seaplane to Isla Esperanza similar to how Ruben found out through a newspaper, hence why Margot takes a special interest in Carla and befriends her on the seaplane. Because Margot owns PeakLife through WorldWide Media, Carla is inspired by Margot and idolizes her, so Carla and Margot get along together quickly. Once Margot is caught snooping around in the dining room, Carla questions her trust in Margot and does interact with her less afterwards, intentionally or not. How much Margot actually wanted to genuinely be friends with Carla is questionable given that she goes out of her way to complicate Carla's investigation and to assault and kill Carla multiple times, including from cutting the rope she was climbing, to sniping her from the lighthouse, to leaving her in Haven to die. While it appears Margot is very open to Carla, Margot does try to manipulate Carla to trust her more, whether by trying to get her to open up about Ruben's condition after being poisoned or pretending she's afraid of the culprit.

Once Margot is captured and tied up in the club room, it appears that Margot was also somewhat genuine in trying to befriend Carla, given that she's genuinely offended if Carla expresses her new distaste for her.

### Katharine Bennet

Given that Dr. Katharine Bennet is already a nice person, Carla and Dr. Kat trust each other entirely and help each other progress the investigation into the ongoings on Isla Esperanza. The only time Carla's trust in Dr. Kat is strained is when Dr. Kat tries to sneak out a paper on Genie from Haven but gets caught, although Carla can defend her.

Dr. Kat even manages to see similarities between Carla and Ruben before Margot reveals Carla is Ruben's daughter to everyone else. Once Dr. Kat knows Carla is Ruben's daughter, she cares enough to check in on Carla on how she feels. Dr. Kat also reassures Carla when she's about to use the vents to get out of Haven, telling her to be brave but especially be safe. Once everyone is about to leave the island later, Dr. Kat trusts Carla enough to tell her that she no longer has to refer to Kat by her honorifics.

### Freddie Wolf

Carla grows to dislike and distrust Freddie Wolf, especially as he continues to annoy Carla by calling her "Nancy Drew" and flirting with her and downs a lot of alcohol to Carla's distaste. Once Carla learns that Freddie's girlfriend Elena was killed in an accident, she understands Freddie's hedonistic life more but, after bringing up Elena to Freddie, has a strained relationship with Freddie, with Freddie refusing to talk to Carla anymore.

When Carla and the Admiral discover Freddie was lying about Q fighting with Lukas by the pool and if Carla hands Lukas' gun to Q, Carla still cares enough about Freddie to warn the Admiral that she won't forgive him if he shoots Freddie. Once Carla and the Admiral discover Freddie's notebook with his scribblings claiming Lukas' death was an accident, Carla will think Freddie is far gone in killing Lukas. However, once Carla discovers Freddie dead in the abandoned house's well, Carla is shocked and thinks that regardless of what he's done, he didn't deserve what happened to him.

### Samuel Wilkinson

Carla has a complicated but still fairly amicable relationship with Admiral Samuel Wilkinson. The Admiral initially distrusts Carla as a reporter from PeakLife, even suspecting Carla of being behind the events on Isla Esperanza to get a juicy story. However, once the Admiral gets knocked out and Carla helps him out with Dr. Kat and helps him recover with aspirin, the Admiral begins to trust Carla more and work together more to move the investigation forward. Because the Admiral is a meticulous man, he still gets frustrated at Carla if she doesn't do as he says, like refusing to give Lukas' gun to him, or suggests an idea he doesn't approve, like how Q doesn't have a motive for killing Freddie or how the public should know about Project Genetica. The Admiral still trusts Carla enough for tasks like leading a search party to find Freddie and joining Ruben and the Admiral in taking down Margot. If Carla gives up on saving Jax and Margot after the antidote vial is destroyed, the Admiral will be surprised by how easily Carla gave up and says he never wants to see Carla give up so easily again. By the end of Chapter 1, the Admiral admires Carla's dedication to uncovering the truth and stopping Margot, calling her a great journalist.

### Jax Traynor

Originally a fan of Jax for his villain role in the movie 11 Hours, Carla is excited to interact with Jax more. However, because of Jax's hot-headiness and recklessness and because of Carla's snooping, Carla and Jax's friendship fluctuates from strained to friendly throughout Chapter 1. For example, Jax gets angry at Carla for inquiring about his "business associates" but can apologize to Carla later for lashing out. Likewise, if Carla chooses to confront Jax on her own about the USB in his suite, Jax will snap at Carla and kick her out of his suite, going off to tell Ruben about Carla's behavior. However, Carla and Jax can still work together, like agreeing to not tell each other to Portia when they catch each other in her suite. Once Margot forces Jax to confess working with the Texan mafia to earn money by himself, Jax has Carla in his suite to have a full peaceful discussion about Jax's criminal ties.

Because Carla is Ruben's daughter (unbeknownst to Jax) and Ruben is protective of her while on Isla Esperanza, Jax gets frustrated at both Ruben and Carla as Ruben appears to trust Carla as a stranger more than Jax, his long-time best friend. However, once Ruben tells Jax that Ruben is Carla's biological father privately, Jax will act calmer with Carla for Ruben and even has no hard feelings for her when she either forces or encourages Jax to confess to Janet that he slept with Margot. By the end of Chapter 1, Carla and Jax are on good terms, though Jax has to make sure Carla doesn't report about Jax's money laundering.

### Janet Lim

Carla is also excited to talk with Janet as a big fan of her novels, though like with Jax, Carla has an on-off friendship with Janet because of Janet's sensitivity and Carla's snooping. While Carla is friendly enough to give tea to Janet to calm her down, Janet can also get angry at Carla later for eavesdropping on her and Jax arguing over their relationship. Janet can also be frustrated at Carla if she sides with Portia during their fight with each other, saying that she thought Carla had her back, and again when Ruben and Carla confront Janet about hiring ghostwriters for her recent novels, thinking Carla was a journalist hired by Ruben to look through Janet's belongings. However, Carla and Janet also can work together from time to time, with Janet trusting Carla to find Janet's letter to Ruben and Carla wanting to do Janet justice by getting Jax to tell Janet that he slept with Margot.

By the end of Chapter 1, Janet takes the time to apologize to Carla about getting angry from her looking through her stuff, saying she understands Carla needed to do what she did to catch Margot.

## Trivia

* Carla's surname "Page" refers to her journalist occupation in creating pages of articles.
* Carla parallels Anna Myers, the protagonist of Murder in the Alps, a game also developed by Nordcurrent:
	+ Both work as journalists who actively seek the truth.
	+ Both have similar personalities in their intelligence, courageousness, and occasional sassyiness.

## Quotes

* "A chosen family is just as real."
* "I dreamed of becoming a journalist since I was eight years old. Digging for the truth and fighting for the underdog—that's what makes me tick."
* "I know how you feel. Everything that happened... all the people who died... I’ll never forget it."

## Gallery

* In-Game Emotes
* Scrapped Emotes
* Cutscenes
* Sales
* Promos
* Other

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With her father William and mother Marianne as a child.As seen on Portia's laptop.As further seen on Portia's laptop.During Chapter 1's ending cutscene.

In front of a bulletin board.Holding an Energy drink.Holding her phone.Holding coffee.In front of Lukas's body.Holding an Energy flask.At the beach with a friend (potentially Emma)

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Carla's selfie with Margot.Seen when beginning Exploration Mode.