Ruben Navarro

**Ruben Navarro** is the CEO of Navarro Industries and owner of Isla Esperanza. Ruben is a major co-investigator in Chapter 1 of Murder by Choice, being the only person Carla fully trusts during the investigation.

## Physical Appearance

Ruben is a middle-aged man in his forties, with brown eyes and short dark brown but greying hair. He mainly wears an unbuttoned navy tuxedo (with a black vest, white polo shirt, and a dark blue tie with a silver tie pin underneath), and pants along with black shoes. His tuxedo's left pocket has a darker navy handkerchief in it. He also wears a golden signet ring on his left hand. When outside in the rain, he wears a blue raincoat.

While sick from being poisoned, Ruben only wears a light green short-sleeved shirt, dark green pants, and black socks. At Chapter 1's ending cutscene, Ruben briefly dons a dark green coat with visible coat and a purple scarf patterned with red and white stripes when cuddling Janet before also donning a black variant of his usual tuxedo attire when welcoming Q and Mrs. Bird back.

## Personality

Ruben is benevolent to everyone he meets. He is generally calm even in the most alarming situations, although his patience can still be tested when it gets personal for him. Ruben is also optimistic, almost always working towards improving the world to help as many people out as possible.

## Abilities

Ruben has a high intelligence, being able to both successfully run a massive company and have expertise in advanced science and technology. Ruben is also able to lead and plan effectively, being able to know what to do next at any given time.

## Biography

### Before Chapter 1

Ruben Navarro was born in Valparaíso, Chilie to a father who was a fisherman and a mother who was a salesperson in the local market. Ruben grew up modestly.

Ruben latter attended Stanford University at the U.S. with Jax Traynor and Janet Lim. Ruben continued his studies abroad at London where he met and began to date Marianne Page. At London, Ruben started his start-up company that would be known as Navarro Industries. After getting the attention from a wealthy bank owner who was part of a powerful secret organization called the Overseers, Ruben joined that organization. After realizing the organization's immorality, Ruben attempted to leave, resulting in threats and assaults at him and Marianne, resulting in her leaving to the U.S. while pregnant with a child, unbeknownst to Ruben.

With little choice left, Ruben agreed to wire 10% of his company's annual revenue to the Overseers in order to keep them off his back. Navarro Industries could then grow to be massive, making Ruben one of the world's richest people in the process. Ruben became highly known for antics under his billionaire company, like restoring power and running water back during Hurricane Donatella and purchasing Isla Esperanza.

One year before Chapter 1, Ruben discovered a journalist named Carla Page through one of her articles and realized her potential connection with his former lover Marianne. Ruben got in touch with Marianne with confirmation that Carla was indeed Ruben and Marianne's child. Ruben decided to invite Carla next year on one of his annual soirées both to confess himself as her biological father and to have a journalist write an article on one of Ruben's projects, Project Genetica.

## Trivia

* Ruben parallels Otto Reger from Murder in the Alps, a game also developed by Nordcurrent:
	+ Both own the primary locations where their first chapters take place.
	+ Both are genuinely friendly and helpful towards the protagonists during their investigations.
	+ Both own establishments named based on themselves (Ruben owns Navarro Industries, Otto owns Hotel Reger).
	+ Both are caught up in legally dubious schemes with evil organizations.

## Quotes

* "Knowledge is key to everything. It’s the only way we’ll survive as a species."
* "We know you’re among us, there’s no hiding. Once we find you, you’ll regret the day you set foot on this island."
* "It’s funny, before all this, I strongly believed prolonging human life would make the world a better place. But, after everything that happened, all the pain and death we witnessed on this island... I kept asking myself whether we as a species were ready for such a big change. And I reached a conclusion. We're not."
* "This bracelet is a promise. I promise that whatever happens in the future, I will always be there for you. As a father or a friend."

## Gallery

* In-Game Emotes
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With his dad as a child.With his mom as a child.Photos of a young Ruben in the library.Photos of a young Ruben in the library, including one with Marianne.

At Valparaíso as a child.A photo of meeting Jax for the first time.At a reunion at Stanford University with Jax and Janet.Experiencing the effects of the poison.During Chapter 1's ending cutscene.

On Carla's bulletin board.

As featured on Nordcurrent's website.

The most recent 3 generations of the Navarro family.More of the Navarro family. The names are ineligible.