Carlo

*"Thank you for returning, Carlo."*
— Geppetto
**Carlo** is a character in *Lies of P*. He is the true son of Geppetto.

## Background

Carlo was the son of the famous inventor Geppetto. He grew up in the Monad Charity House boarding school as his father was consumed by his work. Here, a woman introduced him to a boy named Romeo and the two quickly became best friends. Both boys had dreams of becoming Stalkers when they grew up and frequently trained with one another. After a few years, Carlo became resentful towards his father for neglecting to spend any time with him. This grew to a boiling point when Geppetto failed to attend Carlo's graduation. Carlo told Romeo that he wouldn't be sad if his father died but was reminded that he was lucky to have any family at all. In a form of protest and resentment to his father, Carlo gave his necklace to Romeo as a gift to show his friend that he admired him. Sometime later, Carlo met a Stalker and pleaded with her to teach him how to use a sword. However, she found this request annoying and ordered Gemini to "get rid of him" as she left. Carlo and Romeo later contracted the Petrification Disease and died from it.

Geppetto was devastated over his son's death. After learning that puppets regained their humanity as their Ergos awakened, Geppetto sought to bring his son back to life. He invented the P-Organ which could absorb Ergo and transferred Carlo's Ergo into it. The puppet he created from his son's corpse, however, was too efficient with Ergo and potentially destructive. Geppetto stored the puppet away and created a new puppet named Pinocchio in a secret workshop within Krat Central Station. Transferring the P-Organ into Pinocchio, Geppetto knew that P would collect massive amounts of Ergo which would enable the P-Organ to withstand the original puppet's body. He also made P the only puppet unbound to the Grand Covenant so that he would be able to collect Ergo unhindered. Additionally, Geppetto gave P an appearance almost identical to Carlo so that the collected Ergo would be refined in such a way that P would have a personality as close to Carlo's as possible. Following P's completion, Geppetto departed and instigated the Puppet Frenzy so as to accelerate the collection of Ergo.

Following the defeat of Simon Manus, Awakened God, if Pinocchio allows Geppetto to take the P-Organ, Carlo will be resurrected, retaining the Ergo and power Pinocchio had gained during his time in Krat. Geppetto then orders Carlo to kill the remaining survivors in Krat and replaces them with puppets in a twisted effort to create the perfect home for his son. If Pinocchio refuses to give up the P-Organ, Carlo is effectively reborn as P becomes human.

## Trivia

* His name is a reference of the original author of the book, Carlo Collodi.
* If players choose to give Geppetto P's heart and resurrect Carlo, they will take control of him for the rest of the game. Carlo plays identical to Pinocchio and also has access to a Legion Arm. The survivors at Hotel Krat are also converted into obedient puppets who repeat the phrase "Your wish is my command Sir Carlo, what would you like to do?".
* Despite becoming human again, Carlo presumably still acts as a puppet due to his unwillingness to disobey Geppetto's order of killing the survivors at the hotel.
* Carlo and P share nearly identical physical features, with the sole distinction being that P boasts freckles and blue eyes, whereas Carlo lacks freckles and possesses brown eyes.