Carol Tea

Torque

Neera Li

General Gong

Royal Magister

Pangu

General Serpentine

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> "*You're stuck with us buddy, whether you like it or not.*"
> ― Carol
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**Carol Tea** is a tomboy wildcat and the secondary protagonist of the Freedom Planet games. She lives in a forest in Dragon Valley in a treehouse with her best friend Lilac. When she was younger, she was a member of a gang called the Red Scarves along with Lilac. During her time with the Red Scarves, she would learn how to fight, but she and Lilac left the scarves after they began crossing lines that they refused to.

In Freedom Planet, she and Lilac meet a stranger named Torque, who would later reveal himself as an alien on a mission to stop the galactic warlord Brevon from taking the Kingdom Stone. Although she faces several doubts over her ability to accomplish the mission, she pulls through and helps her team stop Brevon and save her planet.

Carol was originally designed by Ziyo Ling as a Sonic the Hedgehog fan character who was the best friend of Lilac.

## Appearance

Carol is a 12-year-old green wildcat with a striped pattern all over her body. The end of her ears and tail are black, and the inside of her ears are white with yellow edges.

Carol wears a black tank top that shows her midriff and dark green cargo shorts. She also wear black biker gloves, black and green boots with yellow laces, and a red bandana.

## Personality

Carol is a tomboy with a habit of getting into trouble due to her impulsiveness. She is intensely loyal to her friends, even if she disagrees with what they're doing. She sometimes doubts her ability to accomplish her goal, but always tries pull through in the end, even when things don't completely work out. She can be rather lazy, sleeping for half the day.

## Abilities

* **Martial Arts**: Carol is very skilled at martial arts, having won numerous martial arts tournaments. It is debatable that she is better at martial arts than Lilac, as she is able to effectively fight while riding her motorcycle.

* **Agility**: Carol is very nimble. She is able to hop around from place to place very quickly using jump pads and can climb up walls. She can also hold onto her motorcycle with her legs while hanging off something with her hands, although it appears that she struggles to do this.
* **Motorcycle Skills**: Carol can ride her motorcycle when she finds a fuel tank. She can use it to ride up walls and to perform a double jump that does damage.

## As a Playable Character

Carol is a close-range fighter. Most of her attacks on their own don't do tons of damage, but she can attack quicker than any of the other characters. She has an energy meter for some of her attacks. When she finds a fuel tank, she can summon her motorcycle.

## Relationships

### Sash Lilac

When they first joined the Red Scarves, Carol and Lilac were rivals. however, they eventually became best friends and competed in martial arts tournaments together. Carol can be reluctant to go along with Lilac on her heroic missions, which caused her to get into a fight with Lilac after Torque was captured by Brevon. When Lilac runs off to Brevon's hideout on her own, Carol decides to go to the hideout to save Lilac and Torque, and upon seeing Lilac barely holding onto consciousness she bursts into tears and tells her that she should've never let Lilac go on her own. They become friends again and beat Brevon together.

### Milla Basset

Carol was saved by Milla after a cave-in deep in the Relic Maze. Carol is at first not crazy about Milla's mannerisms, such as Milla wanting to touch Lilac's hair or waking her up early in the morning with a bark, but she gradually warms up to Milla over the course of their time together. Carol asks Milla about her past and promises to one day Milla about her own past. When Milla cries from the thought of how she almost hurt Lilac and Carol, Carol herself begins to cry as Lilac comforts her.

### Torque

Carol first met Torque after he was rescued by Lilac, where Torque initually mistakes her as being a guy. When Carol finds out that Torque is an alien, she panics and alerts Lilac, but when hearing of his mission to stop Brevon, she joins with Lilac in assisting him. When Torque is captured, she considers giving up on the mission, but overcomes her self-doubt to rescue her captured friend. Carol playfully wrote "CAROL WUZ HERE" on Torque's rocket.

### Spade

Carol was introduced to Spade when she was a member of the Red Scarves. She initially thought he was cool, but as time when on she grew a dislike for him as he began crossing line that she wouldn't cross (likely murder). Ever since Carol left the Red Scarves, her relationship with Spade has been negative.

## Quotes

*"Can't you be Little Miss Heropants some other time?"* -to Lilac when she goes to check on the crash site in Dragon Valley

*"Well, they sound like they know what they're doin'. Why don't we just charge up and go home? Whaddya say?"* -to Lilac when Neera Li tells them that Shang Tu's army can protect the Kingdom Stone just fine

*"I'd rather be called a traitor than a murderer."* -to Spade, scorning him over the bad things that he has done as the leader of the Red Scarves

*"If she's gonna go for it, then I am too! If we can beat up a giant praying mantis thing together, then who knows what else we can do?"* -to Torque after Lilac promises to help him with his mission

*"We should go on a space adventure someday! Don't you think that'd be SO cool??"* -to Lilac about the idea of exploring other planets

*"What are we supposed to do? I like Torque, but... this is so much bigger than us. We're just kids."* -to Lilac as she begins to doubt herself

*"But I don't wanna do the right thing! I just wanna spend time with my best friend! If the only way I can do that is by risking my life... maybe we shouldn't be friends anymore."* -to Lilac before she runs off in frustration

*"I'm sorry I ran off without you! I'll never do it again!"* -to Lilac when she finds her injured and unable to move

*"You're stuck with us buddy, whether you like it or not."* -to Torque when he tries to go into Brevon's dreadnought alone

*"No... you gotta be kidding me."* -to Milla, who is unconscious after Brevon mutated her

*"Hey, we're buds! That's what buddies do."* -to Torque after he thanks them for helping to stop Brevon