Lia Carlson

Lia Carlson is the eldest daughter of Taylor and Nathan Carlson and is one of the more controversial figures in the Symbiosisverse due to her unorthodox actions in her first and only appearance in The Foe that Broke Her. Lia was a damaged and easily manipulated girl who really only wanted to be appreciated by someone, anyone, even if that wasn't her own family.

Background
Lia Kathleen Carlson was born as the older twin to Taylor and Nathan Carlson on February 27, 2026 at 11:48 PM. She was born 24 minutes before her twin, Charlotte Jr, who was born at 12:12 A.M on the 28th. Taylor and Nathan adored both their daughters who the raised to be respectable and well mannered.

One year later, their brother Miles was born. Unlike Charlotte, who attached immediately to Miles, Lia was more distant with him. She was more distant, and often times felt 'third-wheeled' with her siblings and often times enjoyed spending more time alone then with her family.

As Lia grew up, and started going to school, she developed anti-social tendencies, though it was displayed as awkwardness or anxiety or introvertedness. Taylor especially did not do anything about it, as she was the same growing up, and as such felt Lia would grow into herself as time went on.

She did not.

When Charlotte made new friends, Lia would leech on, and become friends with these individuals as well, even if she didn't have much in common with them. Along with this, Lia became easily manipulated by others who would take advantage of her. This included Charlotte and Miles, who found their older sister odd and always following the rules.

It is also believed that she became somewhat depressed as she entered her teenage years.

The Foe That Broke Her
As the story opens, Lia is instantly portrayed as quaint and awkward, being defeated in arguments with her siblings, even over something as simple as breakfast preferences.

As Taylor drives her and her siblings to school, Lia appears to mirror Charlotte's replies when asked what they were excited about starting high school.

After school, unlike her siblings who are upbeat and excited after their first day back, Lia is upset and somewhat angry. She spouts at her mother if she and Charlotte were mistakes, or weren't a planned pregnancy. She claims that 'their' friends Emma and Morgan said that mockingly about them, but even Charlotte appears confused, which gives the impression that Lia may be lying. Perhaps she herself wants to know and doesn't want to directly credit herself. At dinner that night, Lia grills her parents about the subject, but is shot down, told that they were planned, and they married very young. Leah appears content with this answer, and along with Charlotte and Miles, retreats upstairs to their room when a surprise visitor arrives at the house.

Charlotte and Miles decide to go downstairs against their parents wish something Lia objects to, though she is shot down, giving the feeling of abandonment.

When she is called downstairs, she erupts at the guest, Taylor's estranged sister Maddie, who she calls a monster for abandoning Taylor in her time of need. When Maddie leaves, Taylor shouts at Lia, calling her by her full name, and causes Lia to run upstairs, not crying, but enraged.

Time goes on, and Lia does not forgive her mother. She becomes more agitated, snarky and talks with a ugly sneer in her tone. When Taylor is harassed at work by a nasty man, Lia mocks her and accuses her of lying to them when she reveals Venom's identity to them. She storms upstairs, only to get ambushed by her Uncle Scout, who holds a gun to her head. When Taylor tries to save her, they are all abducted.

Brought out to the woods, Scout prepares for a trial by fire. When he openly discusses sexually assaulting her sister, Lia appears dark and quizzical. Scout notices this and manipulates her into killing one of her family members. Finally given some power for herself, she exploits it and kills Miles in cold blood. She leaves with Scout where she becomes one of his agents, or hitmen to help kill her family. But while this is happening... Lia begins sleeping with Scout, which only solidifies his manipulation.

As time goes on, Lia and Scout plan out the Carlson's annihilation, though Lia doesn't catch on that this includes her. While her mother and sister travel to Los Angeles to recruit help to aid their cause, this left her father alone and vulnerable, she takes the initiative and attacks, and presumably, beat him up, breaking his spine before returning to Scout.

Later on, when they learn that Nathan is in the hospital paralyzed, Lia is ordered to kill him, and she goes to the hospital, hell bent on carrying out her mission, believing that Scout actually cares about her. Upon arriving, she kills a nurse who is in the way before entering her comatose father's room. She presses the gun to his forehead, though she hesitates at first. She finally does the deed, but looks away, unable to see it happen.

Soon after, against Scout's orders, she goes after Charlotte in their high school classroom, threatening to kill her in front of their friends, though Charlotte eggs her on, and Lia chickens out and leaves. Scout attacks her both verbally and physically for denying his orders, shooting her in the shoulder, which is when Leah realizes she had been manipulated and vows to defeat Scout.

A couple of nights later, Lia joins Scout at her former home for a final confrontation. She holds reservations and prepares to do what's right. But that goes out the window when her mother transforms into Venom, in his full hulking form. Lia dives for cover and hunkers down as Venom slashes open some of her former comrades. Scout meanwhile is busy fighting Lucifer Morningstar, the literal devil, the help they recruited back in Los Angeles. The battle quickly turns against Scout and his cronies, and he makes one last hurrah to hurt her mom by killing Charlotte. Lia listens in horror as Scout tells his backstory, whether its true or not. When he attempts to kill Charlotte, she stands up and shoots Scout thrice in the chest, killing him. She slumps down against the wall sobbing, knowing what must come next. She tells her mom that she loves her, before shooting herself in the head, killing herself.

Personality
Lia Carlson was a very timid girl, with well known anti-social disorders, and had obvious sociopathic tendencies once given power. She hid this under a facade of awkwardness and shyness, to avoid being ridiculed and feel normal.

She was easily manipulated and couldn't really control her emotions, which would get her into hot water consistently.

Victims

 * 1) Miles Carlson (shot)
 * 2) Nathan Carlson (shot once)
 * 3) Scout West (shot three times)
 * 4) Lia Carlson (Herself, by suicide)

Trivia

 * 1) Lia is widely believed to have had or still had depression.
 * 2) Lia is a sociopath, not fully able to tell right from wrong until the end. Her sociopathy is not explicitly mentioned, though it is interpreted.
 * 3) Killing her father is what began her mental spiral.