Carla

## Background Information-

Former outlaw turned bodyguard, Carla is one of Alex's most trusted and dependable Number.

## Plot-

Due to fantastically poor deal-making the deal for her life only included service, secrecy and loyalty. She then bartered her name for actually being paid for being a guard.
Two was instrumental in Alex avoiding abduction during his wife interview balls, as well as the capture of Valeria, and Holly Lin's interview. (FF1 Ch10-13) This established her competency as a bodyguard, and garnered her the respect of the regular guardsmen.
Between the capital visit and the Tanulf campaign Two bargained with Alex (drunkenly) to add another bodyguard, inadvertently starting the 1 and 1 standard for other Numbers and leading to the recruitment of Nannie. In addition Alex began to educate her in reading and writing.
During FF1, Carla slowly changes from being hostile, resentful, and angry about her service to affectionate, and happy. By the Ridge campaign she has moved beyond just guarding Alex to working with the other Numbers to accomplish his ultimate goals, even going so far as to start training Riley to fight.
Two's personality is a bit like a wolf. She is protective of her pack, and has no compunction at using her capacity for violence to that end. She is especially protective of Anna Ulles who won her over in their first encounter by telling Two she was pretty.
Two has family in the capital who receive a portion of her pay, although more details are not available until book two.

She arrives in Xer towards the end of the campaign and takes charge of the recruitment of any prisoners for service to Brit. During the same events she exhibits an awareness of Alex's weaknesses that shows the depths of her feelings for him.
Of all the Numbers, she seems the most affected by Alex providing homes and security for her family. She shows her appreciation enthusiastically for a number of days.
Unfortunately, it's Carla's untimely illness which leads to her separation from Alex at the start of the Siege of Terk. She remains with Anna, Regina, and Mary in Brit until such time as Regina's ambassador is able to arrange for her and the rest of the Numbers to join him in Gael.
Carla has the gruesome and painful task of breaking Alex's leg to save him from being killed along with Clark Jr. at the Winterveil bonfire.
Of the Numbers, Carla has spent the most time with Alex and is probably the most devoted to him although she does not demonstrate it as openly as the others.

On a personal level she realizes that she loves Alex and desires to have children with him. She swears her soul to him in this life and beyond with Leah's blessing. As part of her new focus she even starts refusing to share herself in bed with anyone other than Alex. She is also the first Number to state openly that she will follow Alex to his next life.
In her role as Alex's bad girl and bodyguard, she willingly takes on the jobs Nannie and Eleanor either prefer to avoid, or aren't suited to do. She regularly volunteers for guard duty in the nursery. She handled the kidnapping, interrogation, and disposal of Amy Ridge after her betrayal is discovered. When meeting with the underground in Hefen, her skill with her mace and violence quickly brings the criminals under Alex's control.
Carla is unique among the Numbers in that she alone seems to understand when Alex is experiencing his own emotional turmoil, and is able to help him navigate those issues.
Carla is the first of the Numbered to be seen by Rike, and her redemption is the catalyst for Rike's attraction to Alex.
Carla is the only Number to see Leah during one of her visits, which causes her anxiety as she expects Leah to take her soul for failing her oath when she broke Alex's leg in FF2.

## Appearances in other Novels-

Fostering Faust 2

Fostering Faust 3