Carmen Castellona

**Carmen Castellona** is a supporting character in Season 1 of Ward University. She is portrayed by starring cast member Penyln and makes her debut in episode 13, Date Night.

## Carmen Castellona

### Affiliation

Venessa Jeong
Kaci Reign
Jake Lang
Derek Fraser
Diego Lobo

## Early Life

Carmen grew up in a foster home. During her time there, she established a deep bond with her foster siblings, and being one of the oldest kids staying at the facility she soon developed something akin to a motherly instinct: she would've done anything to protect what she perceived to be her family, and that hasn't changed.

After leaving the foster home, her and her foster siblings sticked together - all but Venessa Jeong, who had bigger plans and ambitions. Struggling to adapt to a world who had failed and rejected them all, Carmen and her foster siblings resorted to petty crime to survive, eventually moving into an abandoned factory after Venessa died and couldn't support them anymore.

## Throughout the Series

* Season 1
* Season 2

Episode 13: Date Night

Carmen and her foster siblings help Derek break out of police custody. Later, as he's running towards the abandoned factory where they live, Carmen can be seen looking out one of the windows - waiting for him.

Episode 16: Rags To Riches

During a flashback, we see Carmen welcoming Derek at the abandoned factory after he's escaped police custody. She tells him Reese - the man who had been his cellmate - was planted there by her as a way to communicate with Derek: she knew he might be interested in joining her cause, but she wanted to make sure before she helped him break out of jail. She then informed Derek that she and her crew were trying to bring down some of the people in power at the moment - George Flint being one of their main targets. She then assigns Derek the nickname of "Crispy" - an abbreviation of his newspaper name, "The Christmas Pusher".

During a second flashback detailing Kaci's past, Carmen is seen at the foster home where she grew up. We discover she's currently working to discover the real reason of Venessa's untimely death in an attempt to avenge her and bring the people responsible to justice: after discovering George Flint's ties to the police and his part in the tampering of the police station's security system that led to Thorne's escape, Carmen and Kaci decide to investigate the people close to George, and Judith Ward almost immediately becomes a suspect.

Episode 17: Boys Will Be Boys

After Derek comes back from his mission at Ward University, Carmen is seen comforting him for not being able to kill Ryan Flint in cold blood like he'd meant to do, stating that Derek not being a murderer is "not bad news". Derek questions her about what he should do with his life now, and she replies that he needs to figure that out for himself. Carmen then chastizes Kaci for going after Ezra and blowing up her cover at Ward University to follow a false lead.

TBA.

## Personality

Carmen is a very strong-minded, grounded young woman. Despite taking her big sister role very seriously, she has an aura of levity around her: one of the main ways she takes care of her foster siblings is making sure everyone is having a good time despite the hardships, and she does this by letting them blow off steam when they need to and by reassuring them when they fail - not before a good scolding session, though.

## Relationships

* Venessa Jeong
* Kaci Reign
* Derek Fraser

Carmen and Venessa were the oldest kids at their foster home, so they naturally used to spend a lot of time together and had the deepest bond. Carmen was heartbroken when she found out about Venessa's death.

Carmen sees Kaci as her messy young sister. She has very little patience for her chaotic ways, but she lets her get away with her shenanigans more often than not.

As soon as Carmen met Derek, she took a liking to him. He reminds her of her younger foster siblings a lot, and she's already automatically assuming a caretaker role in their relationship.

## Notes and Trivia

* Carmen is a Virgo.
* Carmen's sim was created by wildhippiechick. Her being BFFs with Venessa was actually written in her backstory.