Apps: Carl Clover

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This is for Somarium; divided into threads for relevancy and convenience of the reader.

ALSO, TO PEOPLE READING THIS APP: I ask that you please be aware that the general gist of his back story is unknown; only certain bits are given, so even the wiki is just extensive guesswork. So... some of this is speculation, on my part, regarding his past/his

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CARL'S HISTORY | DEPTH? HAH! I DOVE INTO THIS HEADFIRST

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Part Four
Relius Clover, for reasons unknown, took his own daughter, killed her (presumably), and used her soul (or perhaps body, as well) to create the Armagus weapon know as Deus Ex Machina Nox Nyctores: Nirvana. Or recreate, as it is hinted at perhaps more than one of this particular Nox has existed (or exists) before. Whatever or whomever it was created for, the only thing that is truly known is that because of this is highly likely the reason Carl dropped out of the Academy, and completely lost his marbles. Official art shows his sister, Ada Clover, being half-mechanical and half human still; it's extremely likely that Relius, as a scientist and alchemist, used her body and soul to create Nirvana. Carl himself in-game hints that "father turned you [Ada] into this," in fact, and the crack on the puppet's face is only further proof of it, as is the fact it sacrifices itself for Carl in one of his story mode endings. Regardless of whether or not this is really true, Carl believes it to be with his entire being, suggesting he may have even seen the event take place, which could account for his fractured mind.

Worse still, for whatever reason he may have had, be it for Sector Seven or his own gain, or for Terumi, the man behind the time loop and most of the events in the game, Relius Clover would later be the man confirmed to have not only used his daughter to create the Deus Machina he would call Nirvana, but he is also confirmed to have created many, if not all, of the replicas of Saya (sister to both Ragna and Jin, which is far more complicated and I will not get into, since it isn't relevant to Carl's back story; you can read the wiki for that), so it can be presumed that he may have even had a hand in the Black Beast appearing in the first place. After all... Relius was a genius Alchemist known as the "Puppeteer". Many theories are that he may have even been one of the "Six Heroes".

You see, up until then, he had been a kind boy with a well-off education, family, and happily balanced view of the world and his life... but his father's sudden betrayal (and subsequent disappearance) constituted by a lack of anyone else to help him--his father worked in secret for Sector Seven, and they may not have even known that the child existed, nor would they likely have cared--meant Carl was now alone in the world, for the most part. Of course, "Ada" was still alive... but unable to do almost ANYTHING on her own anymore. Either way, because of Ada becoming Nirvana, or Carl losing her and only having the marionette with an extreme likeness to his sister, it became, quite literally, the only thing he had left in the world. Everything likely lost meaning to him, and it ruined his fragile, young mind. Rachel remarks that "he could have been a bright star," or something to the like, had the world let him. But his own fractured mind and weakness of heart will not allow Carl to ever be able to reach the potential he may have had.

By sheer dumb luck or self-invention, Carl procured or created a pair of glasses (the ones he now wears, to this day) that also allow him to, while helping his eyesight at the same time, communicate with non-living objects, including his now-inhuman sister... as well as mailboxes. ... And lamp posts. ... Yeah.

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Part Five
After all of this, eventually, in some way, Carl subsequently learns of a man named Ragna the Bloodedge, also known as the Grim Reaper, who has led countless rebellions against the NOL, and apparently killed innocents. The bounty placed on his head is higher than any before it, but money is not Carl's true motivation: one way or another, he learns of the Azure Grimoire, a powerful magical relic supposedly carried by Ragna, that can amplify powers and do much more. He isn't entirely clear on what to do or how to find him for a long time, most likely. So quietly, Carl slides into life as a vigilante after dropping off the face of the NOL's Academy (leaving all the friends he probably had, including Noel, Tsubaki, and others behind, caring now only for restoring his sister), working for the Librarium to capture (read: sadistically kill, and generally maim) wanted people, regardless of whether or not they deserve it. He hones his fighting skills, and his mastery over puppetry and the use of seithr and alchemy to become powerful, despite his age. Though his sister may be dead, she is now a Nox Nyctores class weapon, and fights by Carl's side. He learns how to control her directly.

Although many believe he is insane, in reality, the fact is, Nirvana is more than likely truly Ada Clover. After a few years, the Ikarugan civil war has ended and the 13th Hierarchical city, now called Kagutsuchi, replaces it. He learns during his travels that Ragna is supposedly going there. Believing the Azure Grimoire will restore his sister from her current marionette-like state, he sets out to Kagutsuchi after him.

Imperative to note is that a time loop occurs canonically in this game; by the end of the year 2199, on December 31st (the current year in the world of BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger), the Black Beast is created by humanity itself, sent back in time, and then attempted to be destroyed. The resulting causes an unstable shift in time, reversing things back to a certain point, and the loop continues. Of those who are aware of this fact, Carl is not one of them. Nor is he aware that, in almost every loop, he is likely to die himself, searching in vain to pry Ragna's Azure Grimoire fragment from him, or V -13-. Carl isn't aware that he's truly relevant to the main plot of the game; that he is one of the many 'pawns' in Terumi's little game of time and tweaking to get what he wants. More, he is one of the poor, unaware chess pieces stuck in it, searching in vain for a way to fix his sister... and he will meet this goal with nothing less than sadistic glee, now.