Carlie Kaine

Carlie Anne Kaine is current denizen of the City of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, a past Hero of the Rift, and current Guardian of the Gate. She is also a founding member of the Mirrorside Initiative and its current Director of Recruitment.

Though once an overly independent person, often to the point of mistrusting or pushing others away, Carlie now has a large network of contacts, making her a wonderful "glorified HR" person in the Mirrorside Initiative network. Her "night job" with the local mafia, connections with the city itself, and her friends in other places allow her to have a near perfect surveillance system set up that can find possible recruits with ease. If only she could tone down her sarcastic and sometimes too-blunt nature...

In her personal life, Carlie is in a serious relationship with Humans in the Know employee Minnie Haven, and in the sorority of Siren Sonya Thorne. She enjoys such hobbies as theatre going, singing karaoke, playing rhythm games, and painting.

Pre-UA
Carlie was born in Harrisburg to pop star Robyn Ambrose and Broadway set designer Tony Kaine on May 25, 1997. Her family life was quiet and stable despite the fame of both parents... to avoid interruptions to Carlie's childhood, they both opted to temporarily retire until she was older. As an only child, she didn't have many chances to socialize until school, except with her "imaginary friend," in reality the voice of the city itself. For a while, this voice, a constant companion, was simply a talkative friend. It wasn't until Carlie hit fourth grade that things started to get more sinister. As many of her school friends abandoned "imaginary friends," Carlie realized hers was no make believe companion... it was magic.

As elementary school and middle school went on, Carlie learned that the city itself had chosen her as a denizen, one who speaks to the city and carries out its will. For a while, she was unfazed by it, not realizing what it meant. An aspiring actor and a promising dancer who studied ballet, tap, jazz, contemporary, and more, she harbored plans to become a Broadway star. For a while, the city simply tried to talk her out of it, but stubborn Carlie would not be deterred. By the time Carlie was in high school, the city decided to take drastic measures, creating an earthquake that caused a heavy ladder to fall on both of Carlie's legs, crushing them.

Carlie went through intense physical therapy. It was speculated that she would never walk again, and she spent much of the next two years in a wheelchair. During the second semester of her junior year of high school, she started walking again, though with the help of a cane or crutches depending on day. Though she could walk, she never was able to dance again.

Meeting the Heroes
On January 30, 2017, Carlie was kidnapped from school and taken to Lancaster, PA where she was imprisoned by vampire Carson, who intended to use her and her powers to launch an attack on Harrisburg and take Thorn's territory. She, along with fellow prisoners Sonya Thorne (then Sonya Ariadae), Tylin Asad, and Thorn herself, launched a jailbreak and managed to defeat Carson and his minions and steal a bus to head back home. Upon getting there, Thorn offered her a job, which at first she refused by way of leaving a fake name and attempting to disappear. This only served to cause Thorn to track her down and convince her to reconsider, which Carlie did.

First Missions
Soon after joining up with Thorne Corporation, HEY FINISH THIS LATER

Post UA1
After the Day of Heroes, Carlie took the forefront and acted as spokeswoman for the Heroes of the Rift, acquiring some amount of local celebrity. On top of interviews, statements, press conferences, and more, she continued to work for Thorne Corp (and for the Bloody Roses), and finished two degrees, one in Cartography and one in Technical Theatre.

Trivia

 * Carlie is fluent in Korean and English, and conversational in American Sign Language.
 * The seven star tattoos on Carlie's left arm are a reference to the book In The Coils of the Snake, canonically one of Carlie's favorite books from her childhood. Completely unintentionally, the journey of the book's main character, Miranda, has several parallels to Carlie's own character journey. Both young women deal with uncomfortable destinies. In trying to escape their destinies, they find themselves trapped by an opposing faction to their original one, and though originally despise their literal/metaphorical captors, soon grow to love them, as well as to love their new lives.