Lana Escobar

**Lana** **Escobar** is Matt's ex-girlfriend within his main story route and the main catalyst of Matt's tragic past in the first season. She was later revealed to be alive on the second season where she reveals to Daryl that she was responsible for instigating the accident and faking her death to avoid getting involved with the gang. She was secretly the gang leader and the sister of Caesar Escobar. In Giorgio's mini-series, she plays a supporting antagonist who leads her family's drug cartel to negotiate with Giorgio Maccini and the Occulti.

*"I'm at home here. it's my gang and I had to take control again. I'm not afraid of my brother or the police."*

-Lana

## Appearance

Lana is a slender, tall woman with a matte skin complexion and shiny dark yellowish brown hair; her eyes are brown and sometimes she wears the black-framed sunglasses that hanged from her cleavage, as when she kidnaps the player.

She has three outfits within her portrait and she is always seen in her biker outfit-leather jacket, black-framed sunglasses and matching dark brown undershirt, as well as tight pants and boots of the same material as the jacket.

The times she appears in the gym where Matt trains and the player draws attention with her tight sports attire and during sparring matches where she was defeated by the player. She wore a golden yellow short sleeved sports top with a black trim and a black shark design on the right side of her shirt and tight golden yellow and white sports shorts with black linings as the black shark design is on the left. Her sports top is also mistook by the player as an orange tank top.

When she appears at a party at Starlite by surprise for everyone she wears a tight white silky dress that highlights her neckline and her hair sideways. She later wears this in Giorgio's mini-series only her hair was on her casual look.

When she made her own set-up by sleeping with Matt at his apartment and the player had found him which led to break their current relationship, Lana wears a white and black sleeveless short-dress that nearly resembles a lingerie and black spaghetti straps, it has a dark brown sheer cloth to cover her cleavage with a matching black intricate designs, her long yellowish brown hair however is ragged and messy.

## Personality

Lana is initially described as a calm and bubbly girl and has a playful side similar to Matt's.

According to Lisa Parker, Lana is a master manipulator with the use of her barbie body, which Daryl affirms by laughing at her grace and the player is delighted with her appearance. Her manipulation is the main reason to fake her death after a motorcycle accident made with Matt, who was traumatized with the scene and never wanting to take the player on the motor bike for fear that the same thing happens. Although Matt was mentioned her a few times when he told the player everything in his main story and he still believes that she was dead and blaming himself for her "death".

From the beginning, the player, Daryl and Lisa distrust her saying that Matt has fallen into her trap to separate them. Daryl decides to find information on all the years that Lana had disappeared, which is unsuccessful because when they do not find any data on her, Matt gets angry with everyone and decides to get away from everyone, leading to a depression to the player and victory to Lana. Taking advantage of that, Matt has a huge hangover after the party where he "breaks up" with the player, and appears in the apartment of his half-naked ex-partner giving a false impression to the current couple he has.

From Chapter 8 through Chapter 9 onward, Lana is also showed to be a psychopath and is the leader of the gang and is extremely obsessed with Matt by calling and texting his cellphone, even the player remarks her actions for being a psycho and goes as far as ordering her men to kidnap the player so that she can be with Matt. Lana can be malicious and manipulative at times as she was responsible for the drug trafficking network as it was investigated from the authorities and can also be egotistical, betraying her brother to save their family business in drug trafficking by making him as a scapegoat. However when she was finally subdued along with her gang by the authorities, Lana became hysterical and infuriated, willing to kill anybody in her way.

In Giorgio's story, her first meeting with Giorgio and the player was very formal at first until their negotiations on trafficking drugs in Miami went awry because she wants to get Giorgio and his mafia group. According to Giorgio, Lana has many lack of things on her current leadership despite her beautiful qualities and sass and despite her actions, she was berated by the player before leaving the premises. However at the beginning of Chapter 3 when she attempted to outsmart the player for berating her in the first place, she was immediately taken down by the player.

## Season 1

Lana Escobar is Matt's ex-girlfriend when he and Daryl participate in the illegal car race. When Matt wins the race, Lana decided to join him for a joyride with his motorbike. During the joyride, Matt causes an accident when he takes a sharp curve in a fast speed and Lana fell into his motorbike and was rammed into the truck. Matt slowly wakes up due to his heavy injuries sustained in the accident and was told by Daryl that Lana died shortly after both are about to be taken to the hospital. Matt became angered for her loss and blames his brother for the incident. Prior to his story route, Matt did his best to move on with his life and not to mentioned his past about him and Lana in a tragic accident by changing the subject not to mention everything.

At the end of Chapter 9 during the intense argument between Matt and the player, Matt admits to the player that he killed Lana in the accident until he emotionally tells her about his tragic past of what happened to Lana and made the player horrified of what happened. Matt continues to blame himself for what happened to Lana in the accident.

Matt still believes that Lana was killed in the accident not knowing that she was alive and faked her death and she was also the one who instigated the accident until season 2, chapter 4 and in other routes.

## Season 2

Lana was revealed to be alive indicating her survival from getting struck by the truck during the accident in the first season and wants to steal Matt from the player. She also tells both Daryl and the player that she was the one who instigated the accident and to fake her death by getting struck into the truck just to avoid getting involved with the gang. Her appearance also made Matt faintly collapse. She is also the reason for both Matt and the player to have a fall out and not knowing how she manipulated him. Throughout the chapters, she successfully managed to break the relationship between Matt and the player by pretending she had slept with him. In the near end of Chapter 8, she was revealed as the gang leader and as Caesar's sister who was responsible behind the trafficking network. After receiving a provoked message accidentally sent by the player due to Matt surprising her, she orders her men to kidnapped her, unharmed and they succeeded when they infiltrated at Matt's apartment. In the abandoned warehouse, Lana now interrogates the player about her true motives and the main reason for kidnapping her to make sure she will go with Matt in a quick pace, highlighting her obsession to him and her leadership with the gang. She also reveals about the betrayal of her brother Caesar because of his failures to uphold their illegal drug trafficking business and she was also responsible for apprehending her brother because of their involvement in the trafficking network. She wants to kill the player by ordering her men knowing she was a threat to her group.

Her plans were soon foiled when the authorities arrive to rescue the player as long as her men were finally neutralized and Lana was later pinned down by one of the policemen while the others free the player by untying the ropes. Lana hysterically warns them including the player that they will all be killed at their hands. Matt and Daryl later arrive to the scene as Daryl nods to the policemen to take Lana away while Matt emotionally reunites with the player. Lana was mentioned by Daryl while revealing to the player that she was taking life imprisonment at the maximum security prison due to her recent crimes she had committed. While she was being held in a jail cell at a police station, she was staring at the player with an amused expression on her face, while mimicking a gun pointed towards her head and mouthed the word "boom", signifying that she is unhinged after her arrest.

## Season 3 (Ryan's Route)

Lana is mentioned in Ryan Carter's story route in season 3, where she is not incarcerated. She was mentioned by Thomas Gordon when he was talking to the player about how he loves boxing, but there was a woman there who totally beat his ass in a match that night. He mentioned that she was gorgeous but that she wouldn't be coming back because she ran away when he told her about Matt, clearly out of fear that Matt would see her. It's unknown if she was antagonistic towards him or not.

## Season 1 (Giorgio's Route)

Lana made her appearance at the second half of Chapter 2, where she first meets Giorgio Maccini and the player at the hotel. It was revealed that Giorgio and Lana are trying to negotiate about the drug traffickings in Miami, Florida. But Lana instead wanted to get Giorgio's mafia group first when Giorgio had easily noticed her lacking within her current leadership. Their negotiations went awry as the player intervenes their dangerous confrontation and berates her for not good enough in her leadership and negotiation skills. Lana was angry at both and threatens them to have a war before leaving the premises. Giorgio also compliments over his associate, leading him to have a dinner date with her. In the beginning of Chapter 3, Lana attempts to outsmart the player long enough to get revenge for berating her by making a catfight against her. The player eventually knocks her down with a thud to escape the jazz restaurant. It was soon revealed and according to Giorgio that Lana and her group had been planning to attack this jazz restaurant and trying to testing the player's capability by fighting her which leads her to get promoted by him as an chief associate.

## Allies

* Creep
* Matt Ortega (formerly)
* Daryl Ortega (formerly)
* Thomas Gordon (briefly)
* The Main Character (Matt) (formerly)

## Enemies

* The Main Character (Matt)
* The Main Character (Giorgio)
* Matt Ortega
* Daryl Ortega
* Lisa Parker
* Giorgio Maccini

## Relationships

*Lana and Matt*

*Lana and Daryl*

*Lana and Lisa*

*Lana and Thomas*

## Trivia

* She's easily considered the most evil villainess in the "Is it love?" franchise. While Cassidy Sparke, Doris, Fiona, Jenny Blake, Samantha Gautier, Camilla Cresset and Dorothy Rakoczy only have a grudge towards the player, Lana is a threat to everyone near her. She was later followed by Alicia Boone in the second season of Ryan's main story route where she was also a threat to everyone because of her vengeance towards Ryan and his company.
* Lana is later revealed to be a Mexican as she calls her father their *padre*.
	+ Her last name was revealed to be *Escobar* which is a Spanish originated surname, signifying that she comes from Mexican heritage.
		- Her last name could be a reference to Pablo Escobar, the infamous founder and soul leader of the Medellín Cartel.
* She never actually reveals if she is bilingual or not, but if she is then she most definitely speaks Spanish.
* Lana is based on the semi-retired professional wrestler Amy Dumas better known as Lita in WWE.
	+ Both women who had their long hair dyed in different hair colors. (Lana's hair is yellowish brown while Lita is red)
	+ Both women are in different nationality as Lana is Mexican while Lita is American.
	+ Her former relationship with Matt Ortega references the six year relationship between Lita and Matt Hardy.
	+ The sparring match between her and the player at the Gym referencing the long standing rivalry between Lita and her on-and-off best friend and rival Trish Stratus. Unlike Lana who taunts the player upon revealing her true motives and agenda as the leader of her own gang, Lita was mostly taunted by Trish that leads both of them into a personal brawl until their retirement in 2006.
	+ Both women manipulates their respective men as Lana manipulates Matt into coming back to her which is the same as Lita when she manipulates Glenn Jacobs also known as Kane to be with her while having an on-screen relationship with Adam Copeland better known as Edge.
	+ Both of their relationship had ended when Matt ends his relationship with Lana after revealing her involvement from her gang while she leads them whereas Matt ends their relationship with Lita in 2005 after he caught her cheating with Edge in real life.
* Her name is also shared by an identically and coincidentally manager and occasional wrestler (whose real name is Christina "C.J." Perry who manages the Bulgarian wrestler (later became her husband) Miroslav Barnyashev formerly known as Rusev in WWE and Miro in AEW. Both women are also being recognizable for their long hair (with the Is it Love? character being yellowish brown, while the WWE diva being blond).
	+ As of WWE, Lana reveals her natural hair color brown when she fights as an in-ring performer in the wrestling ring before being released by the company.
* Prior to being based on wrestler Amy Dumas, she also bears a resemblance to fellow semi-retired professional wrestlers Candice Michelle, Eve Torres and Trish Stratus, all 4 women have long brown hair, brown eyes, tan skin and come from Mexican heritage.
* She and Ka-Ata-Killa are the only antagonists to appear in 2 different secret images.
* Fans have wanted her to make a cameo appearance in Daryl Ortega's route as a gang leader as she is not incarcerated in it and Matt and Daryl both still believe that she is dead.
	+ Lana was only an antagonist in Matt's route due to her wanting to date him again. Since the the player in Daryl's route has no interest in Matt, there's no reason as to why they wouldn't get along, and she could become a powerful ally in the eyes of fans.
* The popularity of her character inspired the writing of follow up gangster antagonist, Giorgio Maccini.
	+ She and Giorgio had eventually meet in his mini-series.
* She bears many resemblances to Aurora James from the Lovestruck series. However, Aurora is a lesbian love interest as Lana is a straight antagonist.
	+ Both are gangsters in an illegal gang.
	+ Both have long brown hair and brown eyes.
	+ Both come from Mexican heritage.
	+ Both have 1 brother, whom they don't get along with.
	+ Both are flirtatious and bubbly around the people they like.
	+ Both are considered rebels.
	+ Both keep their left hand on their hip.
* She also has many resemblances to Eva from the series, Hero from the popular mobile app game, Choices. But like Aurora James, Eva is a bisexual love interest who used to be a thief in contrast to Lana being a straight antagonist who stayed hateful.
	+ Both have long brown hair and brown eyes.
	+ Both come from Mexican heritage.
	+ Both often wear dark clothing.
	+ Both are considered rebels.
	+ Both are flirtatious to the people they like.
	+ Both can be very manipulative.
	+ Both keep their left hand on their hip.
* Lana has gained a cult following in fans over the years.
* Lana has an unused outfit seen in an ad that consists of a grey v-neck sweatshirt that is tucked in, a black hoodie, black pants, blue shoes and holds a red purse, while having semi messy hair. This is presumed to have been her gym ensemble before it was replaced by its final product.
	+ However, this outfit could have been made for a future appearance that she could make in either Ryan's season 3, Matt season 3 or even Daryl season 2.
* Her full body was finally seen in an ad and it showed that her right leg is slightly bent to be over her left leg. This is likely a seducing stance.
* In certain ads, it makes it appear as if she was the main character.
	+ While Lisa Parker is her enemy since they are both invested in Gabriel Simons.
* She was the first and so far only female character to have an interest in motorcycles.
* Lana has 3 hairstyles, but at first glance it would seem as if she only had 1 since they all look similar.
	+ In certain ads, all 3 of her hair styles are combined into one like Samantha Gautier's can be, but it isn't that noticeable since her hairstyles look similar at first glance.
* Lana bears a slight resemblance to Michiko Malandro from Michiko & Hatchin series.
* She and Owen Hobbad are the only characters whose last names aren't revealed in the story, but were revealed through various other ways.
* Lana could possibly make an appearance in Ryan Carter's season 3.
	+ This theory was debunked.
* It's possible that Thomas Gordon had a little crush on Lana from the way he talked about her.
* Lana could possibly be right handed as she holds her purse with her right hand in her unused outfit as that's what people usually do with their dominant hand, and she keeps her left hand on her hip which could mean she doesn't use it as much.
* Lana was featured as the "main character" in the official Carter Corp trailer posted by the official Is it Love? Facebook, Twitter and Instagram pages. Only they blacked her figure out and made her look like a dark shadow as her silhouette.
	+ The outfit she wore in the trailer was her unused outfit, it's possible they used this outfit for her instead so people would hopefully not recognize her and get mad that she's being portrayed as the main character.
* She bears a slight resemblance to Rosa.
* Her appearance bears an extreme resemblance to the character Marisol in the the 2013 movie 'Identity Thief' played by Genesis Rodriguez, and it's possible that she could have been based off of her appearance wise, down to similar their leather jackets, black shirts, sunglasses hanging off of their shirt, black pants, black boots, long brown hair, brown eyes, Latina ethnicity and antagonistic behavior. The only major difference being their hairstyles as Marisol wears a high ponytail while Lana wears her hair down.