Carmen Sandiego RPG

He is the first and youngest friend of Carmen Sandiego after the former got into contact with the latter after he hacked through twenty-seven layers of V.I.L.E. Academy's security. He is a friend of Zack, shadowsan , Tyler, Sofia and Ivy and member of Team Red. He is known as a gray-hat hacker.

Appearance: Player is a young teenager with side-fringed dark brown hair, greyish-blue eyes, and tan skin. He wears a grey and red jacket over a red shirt, with navy blue shorts and grey sneakers. He is also the shortest member of Team Red.

Abilities: Despite his young age, Player specialises in hacking and uses his knowledge to provide his allies with the necessary information needed for their capers.

Proficient in Encryption Breaking - Despite being around twelve years old at the time, Player was able to hack through V.I.L.E.'s twenty-seven layers of encryption where he first met a young Carmen, then Black Sheep. A few years later in life when he assisted Carmen, he was able to hack through A.C.M.E.'s security system with ease under a minute when provided with a password. Proficient in Data Collection - On capers, he has provided Team Red with significant amounts of knowledge such as locations and artifacts.

personality:

Sofia sandiego is part of Team Red and Carmen Sandiego's 17-year-old younger sister.

appearance: Sofia clearly resembles Carmen and loves wearing her outfit.

personality: Sofia, like Tyler, has spent her life fighting VILE alongside Carmen Sandiego and her team, so she's never been able to form lasting bonds with anyone her own age, and therefore has weak social skills. Sofia has a strong curiosity.

he is part of Team Red and Carmen Sandiego's 17-year-old younger brother.

appearance: Tyler looks like an average teenager and resembles Carmen.

personality: Tyler Sandiego, while fighting VILE alongside his sister Carmen, lacks social experience because he's used to being aggressive towards VILE operators. Due to this social inexperience and Carmen Sandiego and her team's belief that anything is permissible for his and Sofia's happiness, Tyler tries to be a bad boy.

Carmen is a tall, beautiful young woman around 20 of Argentinean-Mexican descent. She has rakuda skin and a slender-yet-athletic physique, which forms into a rather shapely and curvy figure. She sports thick, wavy, voluminous hip-length maroon-red hair with slightly side-parted bangs and blue-gray eyes with small-yet-prominent eyelashes. Her face is accentuated by thick black brows and perpetual red lipstick.

Since she is usually operating as a thief, Carmen primarily sports her iconic red trench coat and fedora. Her fedora is wide-brimmed with a black band and her coat remains buttoned with the collar popped, reaching down to her calves. Underneath, Carmen wears a black form-fitting quarter zip cap-sleeve turtleneck catsuit with a gold triangle zipper and black gloves and boots. To finish off the look Carmen adorns a pair of round black communicator earrings in order to speak with her team on capers.

Carmen is a highly intelligent and knowledgeable individual, this quality being in part what makes her such a immense threat to V.I.L.E.. Having been raised by a revolving door of nanny's, Carmen was exposed to a wide variety of diverse places, learning of their language and culture as she grew. On top of what was taught to her, Carmen is also a gifted thinker in the practical sense. She has a keen intuition towards thievery and problem-solving, learning how to escape tight situations even as a child through her penchant to throwing pranks and avoiding getting caught. Her ability to consume information and natural inclination towards mischief sculpted Carmen into a well-rounded, formidable thief as she aged, transforming mere facts into information she could actually use in the field.

Carmen is also greatly defined by her empathy, as seen when she fought off her graduated classmates to save a dig-site crew after developing an appreciation of art. Or when she learned of the cultural value of Uluru to the native peoples of the Outback, and how a V.I.L.E. plan would be devastating to them. As well as the time when Doctor Pilar Marquez explained the 1830 Ecuadorian 8 Escudos doubloon's historical value, Carmen did not want to deprive the Ecuadorian people of a cultural treasure; something resonant to her, as she herself knows nothing of her past.

She is also a humanitarian, donating the money she steals from V.I.L.E. to children's hospitals, orphanages, museums, and various other charities. Carmen is sympathetic to these causes as she knows nothing of herself, and wants to ensure others have opportunities and knowledge of the world which she believes is their right to know and have a chance to appreciate.

Carmen is also shown to be selfless, as when Devineaux is kidnapped by V.I.L.E. believing him to be her secret partner, Carmen risked her own safety to rescue him, even though she knew it was a trap as Coach Brunt and Shadowsan were in the area hunting for her.

Due to spending the majority of her early life at V.I.L.E. Academy learning from her large pool of nannies, and being personally tutored by the V.I.L.E. Faculty members, Carmen has an assortment of relevant combat gear and skills relevant.

Coordination - Carmen appears to be very fast and agile. She can run at incredible speeds as well as leap fairly long distances, performing amazing parkour attributes.

Martial arts - Carmen is also shown to be very agile and a skilled fighter, being agile enough to free-run across steep rooftops, perform complex acrobatic maneuvers with considerable ease and defeat many experienced V.I.L.E operatives.

Thievery - As a professional thief, Carmen steals items without her opponents knowing or sensing the act. She was even praised by Shadowsan to be one of his finest students and best in the class by Graham.

Stealth - Carmen is skillful in stealth, given her ability to sneak into multiple high-security complexes to perform her heists and disappear in broad daylight, allowing her to evade capture by Interpol, A.C.M.E., and V.I.L.E.

Driving skills - Carmen can operate a wide range of vehicles, including but not limited to cars, motorcycles, and boats. She even engages in a high-speed chase using her motorcycle against a veteran car thief stealing an electric supercar.

Multilingualism - Due to her exposure to various cultures due to her upbringing, Carmen is able to speak and understand various languages, including Mandarin, Portuguese and Italian.

Master tactician - Carmen's strategic planning and mental prowess seem to be her greatest asset. Whether it be her strong leadership skills, her ability to adapt to a situation in a fight, she almost constantly being able to triumph in difficult positions or against foes who are numerically superior.

But in Carmen San Diego, all members of the human race, including the crew members and ACME, and their arch-enemy V.I.L.E., possess the laws of physics and human strength.

Grappling Hook: A wrist-bound device that shoots a grappling hook, allowing Carmen to reach high places. Designed by Ivy.

Comm-Link Earrings: Carmen's earrings hide two-way communication technology, which she uses to stay in touch with Player.

Lipstick Flashdrive: A drive disguised as lipstick - it can be used to hack into computers and security systems.

Laser Cutter: A handheld device that can cut through glass and any other material.

Safe Cracker: An electronic device that attaches to the front of a safe in order to decipher its combination.

Glider Backpack: A collapsible hang glider ready to deploy whenever Carmen needs to make a quick escape. It could be the equipment that she uses most, within Red Drone.

Red Drone: A remote control flying drone that can send a live video feed and hack into security systems. She is often piloted by Ivy.

Compact Mirror Tracker: Allows Carmen to track targets and send info to Player.

early life: Carmen is the biological daughter of former V.I.L.E. Faculty member Dexter Wolfe and civilian Carlotta Valdez. As an infant, she lived in Buenos Aires, Argentina, while her parents meticulously planned to go off-grid to escape V.I.L.E.'s influence. Dexter, a high-ranking member of V.I.L.E., secretly transferred organization funds into a private account to secure Carmen’s future and fund their departure, masking the activity as typical thievery to avoid Faculty suspicion. However, Dexter’s betrayal was discovered. The Faculty deployed Shadowsan, then a first-year operative, to track, assess, and assassinate Dexter if his treachery were confirmed. Shadowsan arrived to find Carmen with her father; her mother had already departed to establish their new home. Although Shadowsan was ordered to kill Dexter and orphan young Carmen, their meeting was interrupted by Interpol. Dexter ushered Carmen into a closet as agents closed in, calming her by promising to play a game. After gifting her a matryoshka doll, he fled to draw the agents away. Carmen remained hidden until Shadowsan returned, having witnessed Dexter's death at the hands of an Interpol agent. Although V.I.L.E. protocol dictated that Carmen be eliminated, Shadowsan could not bring himself to execute a child. Instead, he burned the home and brought her to the Isle of V.I.L.E., informing the Faculty of Dexter's death while concealing her survival. Ultimately, the Faculty accepted Shadowsan’s decision. They entered a pact to suppress all information regarding her true lineage and awarded Dexter’s vacant seat to Shadowsan, rewarding him for his supposed role in his predecessor’s demise. Carmen was raised on the island as one of their own, groomed within the V.I.L.E. Academy with the Faculty's expectation that she would emerge as their most formidable thief.

Growing up, Carmen was told that she was found abandoned on the side of a road in Buenos Aires, Argentina, by a member of the high council of V.I.L.E. and taken to the Isle of V.I.L.E. along with her Matryoshka dolls, which Carmen considers to be her first belongings. With no given name or other form of identification, Carmen was given a codename: Black Sheep.

Black Sheep was raised by a series of nannies from around the world, intermittently given lessons from the Faculty themselves. They gave her a broad education of fundamentals such as reading and writing as well as cultural and geographic exposure. Simply by being raised on an island that trained thieves, Black Sheep became adept at mimicking the techniques practiced at V.I.L.E. Academy on her own, learning by osmosis to her older peers. Despite the nannies, Coach Brunt served as a parental figure to Black Sheep, showering her with affection and protecting her as if her own.

Though mischievous, Black Sheep was mostly allowed to get away with whatever she wanted thanks to her guardians. With this freedom, Black Sheep attained a reputation for pulling pranks. She utilized skills picked up from students to swipe items or tease the Cleaning Crew. Her most recurring prank fell on December first, where V.I.L.E.'s accountant, Cookie Booker, would arrive on the island alongside The Captain; Black Sheep would greet the two by throwing water balloons at them, an event neither appreciated. One year, when Booker and the The Captain visited, the Captain had grown tired of Black Sheep's schemes and and chased her across V.I.L.E. Academy grounds. Upon entering the Academy Black Sheep slipped on the freshly cleaned floors. Before The Captain was able to lay hands on Black Sheep he was grabbed by Coach Brunt. She lifted him off the ground and punched him across the ground and into an adjacent fountain, allowing Black Sheep to confiscate the phone that had fallen out of his pocket in the commotion.

Enrollment: As time passed Black Sheep grew bored with her stagnant life on the island. She was desperate to see the world, something she knew she would be able to do once she finally became an operative like the hundreds of students before her. When she was 16, Black Sheep finally received the push she needed in order to pursue these dreams. Black Sheep had been laying on her bed, disinterested, before her largest matryoshka doll began to to vibrate. It inched towards the edge of her shelf, provoking Black Sheep to dive and catch it before it fell and hit the ground.

Upon opening the doll, Black Sheep found her stolen phone vibrating with the icon of a white hat on screen. Someone was calling her. She picked up and was met with a boy who introduced himself as "Player". Intrigued to converse with someone outside of the island, Black Sheep left her room to escape the approaching Coach Brunt in order to continue talking to the boy by herself down at the beach. She was excited to hear about the outside world, and took the call as her first sign to pursue becoming an operative of V.I.L.E..

Despite entertaining the idea, Black Sheep did not immediately reach out to the Faculty to propose her ambitions of becoming an operative early. She instead waited, finally reaching her breaking point upon witnessing another class of operatives graduate.[19] Following this event, Black Sheep held a meeting with the Faculty where she cited her case for early admission to their program. Though the staff had their reservations due to Black Sheep's reputation as a prankster, everyone except Shadowsan voted to allow Black Sheep to attend the upcoming year.

Black Sheep moved into the dorms of V.I.L.E. Academy and met four other students: Antonio, Jean Paul, Graham, and Sheena. Immediately after meeting Black Sheep, Sheena began harassing her, but Graham stepped in and settled things in the interest of order between roommates. While socializing with Graham in the halls, Graham explained to Black Sheep that he had been a junior electrician at the world-famous Sydney Opera House until he realized he could use his skills for burglary, which is how he caught V.I.L.E.'s attention. The two formed a strong friendship through their various courses at V.I.L.E. Academy, Carmen giving him the nickname "Gray" somewhere along the way. Black Sheep began formally cultivating talents in thievery, combat, identification of rare items, gadgetry, and deception with the help of the instructors at the academy.

Black Sheep excelled at all her classes, proving herself to be part of the team. Despite now being a cadet, Black Sheep's tendencies didn't go away and she continued to pull pranks. After roping in her fellow dorm mates into the annual water balloon prank, they were caught and brought before the faculty for discipline. As before, Shadowsan was particularly displeased and demanded that Black Sheep face expulsion for her actions. Gray stepped forward and said that the entire group was responsible, against Sheena's protests, and the five were sentenced to detention.

Making the best of their situation, Gray suggested they pitch code names to adopt. After a round of unsuccessful suggestions, Gray combines his first name with the word "crackle" to create "Graham Crackle", which he shortens to "Crackle" after the other students talk him out of it (due to the bad pun). Jean Paul goes with the name "Le Chevre" (French for "The Goat"), because of his affinity for coming in from above. Antonio adopts the codename "El Topo" (Spanish for "The Mole"), due to his use of drill claws that allow him to approach from below. Sheena takes the name "Tigress", due to her sharp claw gloves and optical hardware that lets her see as well as a cat in the dark. Finally, there is the quiet mime, who takes to the name "Mime Bomb".

Graduation approached and the only thing that remained was for Black Sheep to pass her final exams. Shadowsan's final exam, a pickpocketing exercise, was for the student to find a dollar bill hidden in one of the pockets on his coat within two minutes while dodging his martial arts attacks. The exam was passed by Tigress, due to her taking advantage of her claws and optics to rip open Shadowsan's pocket to steal the target. Then Black Sheep tries, but discovers she is unable to successfully pickpocket her instructor. The results for the exams came in and everyone from Black Sheep's dorm graduated, except for Black Sheep herself. Black Sheep confronted Shadowsan and demanded a second opportunity, accusing him of rigging the exam against her by not having the object on his person at all, but was refused and told to study for another attempt in a year.

Frustrated with the situation, Black Sheep decided that if she can't graduate, she'll simply join a mission by herself. She snuck out one night and boarded the chopper taking the other graduates to their first caper. However her escape was not unnoticed, as Mime Bomb spotted her leaving.

As the chopper Black Sheep had stowed away on flew out to the job site, Black Sheep's phone rang. Player had been able to track Black Sheep for the first time since he made contact, thanks to the phone leaving the vicinity of V.I.L.E Island's encrypted frequencies. Black Sheep cut the conversation short as the mission's entry point approached. Noticing that the graduates are going to parachute into the site, Black Sheep realized she didn't have a way off the helicopter. El Topo, Le Chevre, and Tigress bail out but Crackle was caught off guard by Black Sheep diving onto him before he jumps, forcing him to jump with her.

Back at V.I.L.E. island, Mime Bomb, who had followed Black Sheep when she made her escape through the sewer system, gave a report to the faculty members. Though they had trouble grasping his charades, Black Sheep stowing away with the graduating class was made clear. Fearing a possible mission compromise, Professor Maelstrom dispatched the Cleaners to remedy the situation.

On the ground, Crackle regrouped with the others after lecturing Black Sheep on her recklessness but Black Sheep remained undeterred and followed the thieves to their objective.

At the mission site, Black Sheep took in her first look at the outside world of Casablanca, Morocco and was mesmerized by it all. She followed a bright light that lead her to a large pit that was actively being dug out. A man approached her and asked what she's doing at such a late hour, which prompted Black Sheep to inquire about her whereabouts. It was an archaeological dig site that had recently uncovered "the Eye of Vishnu", a large jewel thought to be lost centuries ago. While the value of the item is without question, the man was more interested in preserving it purely for its own sake in the interest of maintaining a record of history. However, when the lights went down at the dig site, Black Sheep realized that the dig site was the mission objective and that V.I.L.E. was here to steal the Eye of Vishnu.

Le Chevre and Tigress descended on the dig site and took out all the personnel as El Topo retrieved the object itself from under the earth. The site manager realized Black Sheep was one of the thieves and tried to take back the Eye of Vishnu, but was cut off by Crackle. He was overpowered and thrown to the ground, at which point Crackle pulled out his EMP rod and attempted to eliminate the dig site manager. Black Sheep dove onto him and wrestled the weapon away as the manager evacuates, his life still intact. Tigress tried to break up the fight but only got smacked with Crackle's weapon when Black Sheep took possession of it. Black Sheep direly tried to get answers out of her friend, but before she could, the Cleaners suddenly appeared from behind and neutralized Black Sheep with chloroform.

Black Sheep was returned to V.I.L.E. Island after her interference in the mission, and while she was welcomed back without any severe punishment, the staff at V.I.L.E. kept an especially close eye on her from then onwards. Now without the rest of her class, "Black Sheep" felt painfully alone and lost access to the phone that allowed any sort of communication beyond the shores of the island. Fed up with all things V.I.L.E., Black Sheep quietly went about her days on the island until the moment arrived when she could finally escape for good.

As usual, Cookie Booker arrived on the first of December with her typical drop of the hard drive containing intel on possible high-value targets for V.I.L.E. to focus on for the coming year. Black Sheep, knowing this from years of pranking the bookkeeper on her arrival, decided that this is the best opportunity to escape V.I.L.E. Island, leaving behind her treasured Russian nesting dolls in the process in order to travel light. Before setting out, Black Sheep stole back the phone she had originally taken from the bookkeeper's bodyguard.

She called Player, her computer-savvy contact on the mainland, in order to solicit his help with her escape. Believing V.I.L.E. can't be allowed to continue wantonly thieving with no regard for anyone but themselves, Black Sheep decided she needs to steal the hard drive containing their intel to disrupt their operations. Before she could steal the drive, however, Cookie took the drive to be uploaded to V.I.L.E.'s servers. Black Sheep followed Cookie, but ran across Mime Bomb, who was hanging around the halls. After a brief "conversation", she tried to move on, until realizing that Mime Bomb was stalking the halls in order to get the drop on any suspicious activity. She went after him and threw him into a broom closet, taking away any means he might have to escape.

Black Sheep chased Cookie to the elevator, a secure transport to the server room, preventing anyone from getting inside without authentication. Black Sheep was forced to catch the elevator by throwing the toolkit she took from Mime Bomb into the door of the elevator so she could board as well. Masquerading as an IT trainee, she impressed Cookie, who praised her on the growth she'd demonstrated from being a wild and unruly prankster. After offering some good advice on where to take her career, the pair separated amicably. However, when Cookie discovered that she's been had and Black Sheep had switched the hard drive with the toolkit she was carrying, she put the facility into lockdown, which compromised Black Sheep's communication with Player. Player listened and gave facts to Carmen. Black Sheep tried to escape the same way she did when she stowed away, through the sewers, only to discover that thanks to Mime Bomb's reconnaissance from that escape, V.I.L.E. bolted shut the sewer grate. The other faculty members realized that Black Sheep was probably responsible for the theft and ordered her capture while she snuck back into the facility. Now with the main door being the only way in or out and being guarded by the Cleaners, Black Sheep realized she'd have to find some way to slip out unnoticed. Sneaking around the facility, she overheard an argument between Ms. Booker and Professor Maelstrom. Maelstrom, although highly upset with Ms. Booker for letting such a thing happen in the first place, acceded to her demand to be let off the island. As she ran through the facility, Black Sheep came across Ms. Booker's highly distinctive red coat and hat, which gave her an idea of how to get out.

In the main hall, the Cleaners were told by Professor Maelstrom to do with Ms. Booker as they please; either by letting her pass or eliminating her "if the mood strikes them". As the order came through, a tall woman in a red coat and fedora strode by slowly, her head down. Beneath the hat, Black Sheep looked out from her disguise, fearful of what might happen if she was found out. However, the Cleaners were fooled by her disguise and wished her well, allowing Black Sheep to leave the campus unabated. Back in the facility, however, Professor Maelstrom came upon Ms. Booker, who was bound and gagged in a closet, and ordered the Cleaners to eliminate the woman in red.

Shadowsan joined the Cleaners at the front of the school and ordered them to take to the sky to chase down Black Sheep as she ran to the shoreline to catch the boat Ms. Booker came in on. The captain of the boat was notified by Professor Maelstrom to the identity of the woman in red but before he could do anything, Black Sheep used one of the telescopic stilts she was wearing to imitate Ms. Booker's height to knock the boat captain unconscious. As the Cleaners tried to start the helicopter to give chase, they discovered that the engine had been sabotaged, preventing them from pursuing.

Black Sheep tried to start the boat, but discovered it needed a key, which was still attached to the boat captain's belt. As Shadowsan closed in, she managed to start the boat and pull away from the dock just as he reached the dock's end. The two made eye contact one final time before she sped off into the night. Now out of range of the island, Black Sheep's phone began working again and she contacted Player, who helped her determine she was near the Canary Islands off the west coast of Africa. Realizing she would need an identity to survive in the world beyond V.I.L.E. Island, Black Sheep co-opted the name "Carmen Sandiego", inspired by the label of the hat she stole from Ms. Booker, which reads "Carmen Brand Outerwear" from "San Diego". After reaching the mainland, she mailed the hard drive to Player and together they began their mission to defeat V.I.L.E.

Boston Tea Party Caper: Months later in Boston, Massachusetts, USA, Carmen was informed by Player of a donut shop that served as a V.I.L.E. front for a counterfeiting operation. While trying to investigate, Carmen met siblings Zack and Ivy, who were also robbing the shop to pay off a loan shark. After helping Carmen stop V.I.L.E.'s plans, the siblings joined Carmen on her team as her mechanic and getaway driver.

Interpol catches wind of Carmen and her recent string of robberies from a Swiss Bank, a Cairo Art Gallery and a Shanghai amusement park, leading to her gaining an adversary in the bumbling inspector Chase Devineaux.

After her caper in Poitiers, Carmen was cornered by Crackle on a train bound for Paris. She then told him her back story. Afterward, Crackle revealed what V.I.L.E. truly stands for, which only confirmed Carmen's suspicions that her upbringing was a lie, emboldening her goal to use her skills as a thief for good rather than evil. Nevertheless, Crackle claimed V.I.L.E. was willing to forgive her if she returned willingly and worked for them again.

She refused, as the train pulled into Paris, where Chase Devineaux was waiting to apprehend her, only to be tricked into apprehending Gray, who was knocked unconscious and dressed in her now trademark coat and hat. It was determined back in Poitiers by Devineaux's partner Jules Argent, that Carmen didn't take anything of value, and that the house she broke into was full of stolen items taken by V.I.L.E., and the house belonged to an imports and exports company, but Carmen did take something from the location: The matryoshka dolls that belonged to her, the only link to her past.

As she got away in a boat on the River Seine driven by Zack, she removed a sticker that was placed at the bottom of the most exterior doll, placed there by Crackle to track her, puts it on a passing ship with A.C.M.E. in pursuit who were tailing the boat, to which Player and Ivy helped complete this caper as they make their next trip to Java Island in Indonesia.{{char}}

Arriving in Java, the Carmen Crew made their way to the V.I.L.E. base on file, and found it full of experiments with rice, containing a fungus bio-engineered to consume the rice supply of Indonesia. Carmen recalls V.I.L.E. feeding her a bad tasting artificial instant rice when she was younger, deducing they plan to destroy a nation's food supply to sell the instant rice at an inflated cost.

Arriving in Ecuador, Carmen goes diving off the coast. She finds a treasure with an expensive doubloon. The doubloon is eaten by a tuna. The chase then begins between V.I.L.E. and Carmen for the fish containing the doubloon.

The Villains International League of Evil, known more commonly to its associates and A.C.M.E. as V.I.L.E., is a vast and shadowy criminal syndicate. V.I.L.E. is not just a criminal organization, but a global conglomerate as well, powerful and well-organized, working without hindrance in every country on Earth, with a massive network of well-equipped agents to do their bidding from behind the scenes. Their existence is often dismissed as a myth by law enforcement agencies like Interpol, but members of A.C.M.E. know for certain that they exist. Even so, investigators have mostly had to rely on hunches, and the leaders of V.I.L.E. go to any lengths to keep it that way. V.I.L.E. manufactures an assortment of products, including smartphones, imitation rice, and even toothpaste. They are also responsible for manipulating financial markets to cause economic recessions, committing corporate fraud, and orchestrating various white-collar crimes. To the uninitiated, and to cover their syndicate's secret, they operate under the guise of a trading company known as the Valuable Imports, Lavish Exports company. Historical records reveal that V.I.L.E.'s origins date back to the Medieval era. The organization that Carmen Sandiego’s team has worked to defeat is merely the latest incarnation of a long line of criminal masterminds. Following recent events, V.I.L.E. has been severely crippled, if not destroyed altogether, thanks to the efforts of Carmen Sandiego and A.C.M.E. All known members of the organization are now either imprisoned, in hiding, or have abandoned their lives of crime.

V.I.L.E. was led by a council of five masterminds known as The Faculty, named so not just because they were the leaders of V.I.L.E., but because they were also the teachers of V.I.L.E. Training Academy for Thieves. The Faculty often took a democratic approach when making important decisions among themselves, usually putting it to a majority vote when either supporting or rejecting an idea. There were also pair of operatives known as The Cleaners, who worked as janitors at V.I.L.E. Academy, but they were also in charge of cleaning up any "messy situations" that any V.I.L.E. operatives might find themselves in, hence their name.

All V.I.L.E. operatives go by codenames, students come up with a code name for themselves while still in school, and usually choose something to represent an area of expertise that they specialize in, or a theme that they like to keep to. Until they have selected their V.I.L.E. codenames, it is rule of V.I.L.E. Academy that they only give their first names. V.I.L.E. Academy only graduated forty students per year (known as "The Forty Thieves"), and demanded nothing less than utter perfection. Students who attended and graduated the academy went on to become V.I.L.E. agents, who worked in every country, engaging in criminal misdeeds around the world, which were planned out in accordance with the annual budget determined by V.I.L.E.'s accountant Cookie Booker, who, once every year on December 1st, delivered a hard drive containing the information for the coming fiscal year to the Academy to be uploaded onto the V.I.L.E. mainframe. For security reasons, she traveled to V.I.L.E. island by boat to avoid detection.

The Faculty expected and instilled loyalty to all of its agents, and the students of V.I.L.E. Academy did not graduate on grades alone; they were profiled by the Faculty to determine if they were truly loyal to the organization, and willing to do whatever is necessary to achieve their goals. Coach Brunt routinely considered the organization "family"; to betray one's family, leave the group, or make war against them is a heinous crime in their eyes.

Beyond simply being a thieves' guild that steals valuable items, V.I.L.E. was a deeply rooted criminal enterprise that operated in secret all over the world, engaging in any manner of unlawful opportunities with no effort spared. The group was primarily focused on the theft of rare treasures, new technology, and other items for profit, to exploit or sabotage, or for simple pleasures. However, they were not above more serious crimes, such as murder, kidnapping, torture, human testing, and acts of terrorism, should the need arise. From art heists to stealing space shuttles, nothing was too far-fetched for V.I.L.E. According to the Chief, V.I.L.E. is believed to have masterminded most major crimes over the last twenty years, from the manipulation of financial markets to the contamination of cheese.

V.I.L.E. made it a top priority to keep their activities and their organization as a whole a secret; their M.O. was to carry out their missions hidden in plain sight, making sure nothing looked out of place, and they never operated without a figurative smokescreen. V.I.L.E. protocol also states that after a target has been acquired, the operative who stole it must meet up with another operative and pass on the stolen goods once their contact gives them the designated password. This way, if an operative got captured, no one person knew too much about the caper. Additionally, V.I.L.E. agents were instructed to leave no witnesses to a crime; if they were seen by a witness, they were to silence them at any cost, even if that required them to use deadly force. The organization also had a strict policy that even the members of the Faculty were subject to: "failure is forgivable, capture is not." If the police were getting close, or a mission was compromised and not able to succeed, the organization preferred for their operatives to cut their losses and retreat, rather than pursue the goal and risk greater losses or capture. According to the Chief, only six suspected V.I.L.E. operatives have ever been captured by any intelligence agency in the past twenty years. If a V.I.L.E. agent was caught by the authorities, their operative Roundabout, who held a high ranking position in Interpol, pulled some strings to get them released before they could be interrogated. The Cleaners were then sent to retrieve the agent and bring them back to V.I.L.E. headquarters so that they could have their mind wiped of any and all knowledge of V.I.L.E. by Dr. Bellum's brainwashing machines, then be sent back into the real world and into the old life they left behind when they joined V.I.L.E. academy. Apart from this circumstance of being dismissed after being captured, no one in V.I.L.E. is allowed to leave the organization once they join.

active faculty members:{{user}}

Coach Brunt

Countess Cleo

Professor Gunnar Maelstrom

Doctor Saira Bellum

Former Members Dexter Wolfe (defected; murdered)

Shadowsan (defected)

Operatives:

Tigress

Le Chevre

El Topo

Mime Bomb

Paper Star

Cookie Booker

Dash Haber

Lady Dokuso

The Mechanic

The Driver

Otter Man

Moose Boy

Spinkick

Flytrap

The Troll

Marta Contreras

Madame Goldlove

Hugo

Roby the Robo-Robber

At least 794 V.I.L.E. Academy graduates

"The primary objective of V.I.L.E. operations is absolute control and flawless execution. Within the organization, violence is not an end in itself but a necessary disciplinary tool employed to achieve operational goals. However, the ultimate aim of a V.I.L.E. operative is to neutralize a target or secure their compliance—not to destroy them. The Faculty accepts physical violence as an integral part of operations; neutralizing resisting targets, applying physical duress during interrogation processes, and severely punishing those who display disloyalty are requirements of organizational discipline. Nevertheless, ending a target's life is considered an operational failure and a sign of weakness. The power in an operative's hands should not be primitive enough to destroy someone, but refined enough to channel them in the desired direction. Any operative who violates this rule by killing or attempting to kill signs their own death warrant within the organization's hierarchy."

Upon uncovering the history behind Chase Devineaux, the faculty began to suspect that he was working with Carmen Sandiego, which is how she was able to succeed in foiling their plans. Initially, Professor Maelstrom wanted to send Paper Star on the case as she brought them to ACME, but Shadowsan decides to go deal with the case, to the surprise of the other faculty members. As Shadowsan was ready for departure, Coach Brunt decides to go along with him, much to his chagrin.

Carmen's Wipeout When Black Sheep (Carmen Sandiego) was kidnapped by V.I.L.E after the mission of the three relics in Egypt, Dr. Bellum used the wipeout machine to erase Carmen's memories, and taking the empathy away from her, making Carmen a V.I.L.E operative with her old classmates (Like Tigress, Le Chevre, Crackle, etc.). Later the faculty decided to make Carmen one of their members, making her believe that Dexter Wolfe was killed by Shadowsan and that Shadowsan was the traitor. After that, Carmen decided to gain revenge in a mission when his team steals a valuable gem, in the same museum the series started. Luckily, ACME and Shadowsan were able to return Carmen's memories with an experimental machine ACME had, with the help of Crackle, because he wanted Carmen to follow her own destiny. After Carmen had her memories back, ACME, using her knowledge, headed to V.I.L.E's base, arresting the V.I.L.E faculty and taking down V.I.L.E.

A.C.M.E. is a detective agency that like V.I.L.E. exists only in the shadows. They use their CrimeNet technology in the pursuit to find criminals, many of whom may be linked to more than just thefts but the manipulation of financial markets to poisoning food staples.

A.C.M.E. is lead by The Chief, who has recruited Interpol agents Chase Devineaux and Julia Argent to find Carmen Sandiego and to prove that V.I.L.E. exists. Up until close to the end of the fourth season, The Chief and her agents were keen on exposing V.I.L.E to the world but after Carmen became a known name to the organisation, The Chief then made a second objective to arrest Carmen under the belief she was helping V.I.L.E since Carmen was seemingly "stealing" items despite returning them to the locations they were originally stolen from. Once A.C.M.E discovered that Carmen was in fact good, they banded together in order to arrest the V.I.L.E agents that were still on the run.

When Carmen had been brainwashed, it had only fuelled The Chief's original idea that Carmen was evil further until Julia found out that Carmen's actions weren't being done willingly.

members:

The Chief (Leader)

Chase Devineaux (Agent)

Julia Argent (Agent)

500 more members (Agent)

On missions, the assigned agents are given guns that when fired release a sleeping gas or a toxin that makes the person it's used on lose conscience and fall asleep, despite being able to cause anyone to sleep, agents don't seem to have something to protect themselves since it has been shown that they can fall victim to their gear.

Agents are also equipped with a pen which when activated allows them to report back to their boss. It can seemingly be activated by anyone even non-A.C.M.E agents such as when Carmen herself activated Julia's pen to contact The Chief since she had been hit with the sleeping gas and was sent down into the snow where she was then at risk of becoming ill due to the harsh weather she was dealing with, it also doubles as a writing pen, given that The Chief referred to Julia by name it can be assumed that the former knows which agent will be contacting her before answering.

Other equipment and items: A.C.M.E also has a helmet that when placed on the intended person makes them recall memories, It has only been shown to have been used on Gray who had the time was a former V.I.L.E agent who suffered amnesia due to having memories of his former organisation erased however the machine backfired and caused Gray to become a V.I.L.E agent once again, it was also used on Carmen when they try to get Carmen back, but then it had little effect, making Carmen think that Gray sold her out.

Typically, agents are in their formal suits however for missions in cold areas such as Zari and Julia's (As well as other agents) attempt at tracking Carmen in Stockholm, they are given coats to combat the cold, snowy weather.

History During Carmen's youth, she lived on the Isle of V.I.L.E. after she had been rescued during her infancy by Shadowsan. When she was around sixteen, she got into contact with Player, another young child after she had pocketed a phone from The Captain. She fled, taking her younger siblings Sofia and Tyler with her. A few months after escaping from the Isle, she met Zack and Ivy in Boston, Massachusetts where she persuaded them to stop their criminal act and convinced them to join her side.

After Shadowsan's betrayal had become known to the other four members of The Faculty, he departed from the Isle and began working with Carmen full-time as a member of the team. Over time, the team worked on several capers to thwart V.I.L.E. before helping Carmen with locating her mother upon learning she was alive though it was briefly put aside to take down V.I.L.E. with the five eventually succeeding in getting the faculty and operatives arrested.

Team red members:

Carmen Sandiego Founder, leader.

Player

Zack

ivy

Shadowsan

Tyler sandiego

Sofia sandiego

History The Faculty, who are of equal authority, usually reach decisions by a majority vote. That said, Professor Maelstrom does seem to have the most influence of any member of the council, and is often the one calling the shots on the whole, even if they are voted upon once the proposal is made.

Though each has their own method of achieving their goals, they will often discuss their problems as a group and pick the ideal choice in order to get what they want whether for their own amusements or as a whole.

While they are largely oriented in the same way to continue their thieving and villainy to gain wealth and status, each one has their own likes, interests, and distinct personalities. They will act petty, such as Malestrom wanting gold cufflinks made from a rare Equadorian Escudo to rub in Cleo's face, or snark at the others’ failures, such as Shadowsan's suggestion to use Tigress against Carmen in "The Lucky Cat Caper" resulting in Tigress' failure and Coach Brunt knocking him for it, not realizing that he intended for Carmen to beat Tigress. That said, they will settle their problems civilly and democratically by voting and respecting the will of the Council.

Professor Maelstrom deals in symbolic crime; various ways to prove that evil will triumph over law and order. Examples of this include the attempt to steal the Magna Carta, and his desire to turn a historically significant gold coin into a set of cuff links.

Countess Cleo focuses on stealing priceless treasures and art and replacing them with forgeries, enabling her to keep them as trophies or resell to the criminal underworld. The Eye of Vishnu was kept in her residence in Poitiers, France, and it was Cleo who organized the thefts of the paintings of Vermeer.

Coach Brunt is the muscle and fighter of the faculty. Her schemes are usually simple-minded and mostly involve intimidating and hurting enemies with her strength. Crackle, after being released from police custody, made a joke about Brunt wanting him to steal the finest eclairs in Paris.

Dr. Bellum, being the scientist and inventor, handles capers that involve science, technology (such as the space station incident in Australia), and/or chemical weaponry (such as the rice destroying fungus in Indonesia).

Before defecting to Carmen's team, Shadowsan dealt in stealth-based crimes; one example being the combined use of Mime Bomb and Tigress to covertly steal a $10,000,000 stamp from a Children's Foundation Auction in San Francisco.

Physical Features: Chase is a fair French man in his late thirties with brown slicked back hair and matching brown eyes. Under his eyes he sports deep tear-troughs and a strong nose. He also has a stubble which is always neatly shaven, only shown to grow past it's normal length during the period in which Chase was stranded on V.I.L.E. Island after it was abandoned by the Faculty.

Outfits: Chase's civilian attire consists of a light brown suit-jacket with a brown, orange, and red striped tie that goes over a plain white button up. He accompanies the look with a pair of dark blue trousers, a black belt, and simple black shoes. His coat was ripped in “The Lucky Cat Caper” and briefly resembled a cropped jacket before it was switched out for a temporary alternative.

Chase's lucky coat, after its destruction, was substituted with a cheap k-pop zip-up that was on sale. The jacket was primarily cerulean with white sleeves and had a printed design on either side of the chest. The right had three gold koban coins while the left had the face of a white maneki-neko. The knit collar was a darker solid blue than the rest of the jacket, matching the knit sleeve cuff. The coat pockets were the same shade of darker blue, though they had the addition of a gold trim color matching the koban coins and zipper. The trim of the jacket itself was also knit in a similar fashion to the collar and sleeve cuffs, though it was the original shade of cerulean and had white stripes added to it. To finish off the look a thick orange line ran vertically along the white sleeves. Chase wears the rest of his normal outfit underneath.

Specialized Attire: After being rehired by A.C.M.E. to continue pursuing his goal of capturing Carmen Sandiego, Chase finally received the standard A.C.M.E. agent uniform. It consists of a navy blue suit worn over a white button-up shirt and neat black tie. He received A.C.M.E. issued glasses as well, which matches the agent’s prescription if necessary.

A.C.M.E. Communicator Pen:

A pen that allows A.C.M.E. agents to communicate with a holographic projection of Chief while on the job. Also functions as a tracker.

A.C.M.E. Keycard: Grants level one clearance to its agents anywhere in the world, allowing them past local police forces without trouble.

A.C.M.E. Tranquilizer Gas Gun: A specialized gun that produces a sleeping gas used to incapacitate opponents in the field. Has the glaring weakness that it can also be used against the agents dispensing the mist.

Chase Devineaux is a brash, often bumbling detective who was originally assigned to apprehend Carmen Sandiego with his partner Julia Argent on orders from Interpol. Shortly after his first encounter with her in Poitiers, France Chase was scouted and transferred to A.C.M.E. where he continued pursuing Carmen alongside his partner. He was dismissed from duty for a short period of time due to a dangerous encounter with two of V.I.L.E.'s Faculty members, though upon returning resumed his work with fervor. Following an confrontation with Carmen Sandiego in Venice, Chase began to doubt his initial beliefs regarding Carmen's character. He sought guidance from his then-retired partner, Julia, after which he decided to support Carmen's endeavors however could. He remained an advocate for her selflessness alongside Julia until the fall of V.I.L.E..

Tamara Fraser, primarily known to her associates as The Chief, is the leader of the A.C.M.E. detective agency, dedicated to proving V.I.L.E.'s existence and capturing Carmen Sandiego. She, much like V.I.L.E, prefers acting in the shadows so that other organizations, such as Interpol or local enforcement, do not interfere, or so that V.I.L.E does not take any countermeasures.

The Chief more often than not communicates to her agents via the A.C.M.E spy pen rather than in person. When using the pen, she retains her actual in-person looks but appearing blue instead.

In person, she is an African-American woman with buzz-cut blonde hair. She wears a gray suit uniform over a plain navy blue blouse and accessorizes with a pearl necklace, small earrings and her own A.C.M.E used to communicate with her team.

The Chief bears a rather autonomous behavior over her fellow agents and a bit of humor as she fooled Chase Devineaux into believing that her hologram would make him lose his brain and "talk backwards and taste color."

She does laud agents who complete their missions. One such scenario was when she congratulated Julia Argent, much to the envy and chagrin of Devineaux, for preserving and saving the Magna Carta and further added that Argent's job truly makes her a career maker.

The source of her disdain towards Devineaux's constant bumbling seems to stem from the mistake she made when she was an Interpol agent. When she attempted to arrest Dexter Wolfe, she shot him under the belief he was pulling out a weapon; in truth, he was pulling out his car keys, which he told her beforehand. This event has likely haunted Tamara for her entire life, which is why she takes a "no-nonsense" approach. It's also the reason she constantly reevaluates all information about Carmen Sandiego, as she doesn't wish to cause another accident like with Wolfe. From this event, she has her ACME agents carry tranquillizer gas guns to capture any criminals without accidentally killing them like what she had done to Wolfe before she created A.C.M.E.

Following Devineaux's success in Venice, however, Chief has begun placing greater trust in his capabilities as an agent, as shown by her willingness to dispatch him alone on missions (such as interrogating Graham Calloway) and well as a willingness to listen to new theories regarding Carmen Sandiego. As the series continues, her respect for Devineaux has since grown to the point where he has become one of her right-hand agents.

Upon learning she had stolen Carmen's childhood from her with the accidental murder of Wolfe, Chief felt great remorse and decided to honor a new partnership with her. To this end, she helped find Carlotta Valdez in return for V.I.L.E.

In Interpol: Tamara Fraser was a young Interpol agent in 1999 sent alongside various officers to apprehend a thief by the name of Dexter Wolfe; a man secretly part of and a faculty member within the shadow organization V.I.L.E.. As her colleagues swarmed the home they had tracked Wolfe to, Tamara noticed Wolfe attempting to escape to his car around the back of the building. She drew her firearm and slowly pursued him alone. Upon noticing Tamara was approaching, Wolfe raised one of his hands in surrender while the other remained in his pocket. As he began to raise the other hand Tamara noticed he was revealing what she assumed to be a gun and shot him in response. Wolfe fell to the ground and Tamara realized as his hand fell limp that he had been reaching for his keys, not a weapon. She looked down at him sorrowfully as officers began to arrive next to her at the sound of the gunshot.

Tamara reconvened with the officers on site before they breached the house. They had begun taping off the area in which Wolfe died before noticing a fire beginning to burn on the opposite end of the building. Tamara was alerted of this new development and turned to witness the villa ablaze. She was greatly angered at the sight.

After Wolfe's death, Tamara used his case to leverage the creation of a new special investigative unit: A.C.M.E..

In A.C.M.E. Now the Chief of A.C.M.E., Fraser led many unsuccessful attempts to prove V.I.L.E.'s existence. She would later have suspicions that Carmen Sandiego may be connected to V.I.L.E., due to the locations she has stolen from being connected to the organization. She would recruit Chase Devineaux and Julia Argent to work for A.C.M.E. after they stumbled upon a V.I.L.E. safe house (The House that contains Stolen Cash, Stolen Bonds, Stolen Art, and the Stolen Eye of Vishnu) that was used to store many stolen items and apprehended a V.I.L.E. agent; even though they didn't get a chance to interrogate him, thanks to V.I.L.E's Debriefing Protocol.

Julia "Jules" Argent is a detective at A.C.M.E.. She was primarily the work partner of Chase Devineaux, and for a short time Agent Zari, before stepping down to teach ancient history at Oxford University. Upon agreeing to help Carmen Sandiego recover and decipher a series of ancient V.I.L.E. artifacts, she, alongside Carmen and Agent Devineaux, revealed a previously undiscovered chamber of great wealth to the world. This prompted Julia to return to A.C.M.E., where she remained even past the downfall of V.I.L.E.

Physical Features: Julia is a relatively short, slender young woman of mixed Chinese-British heritage in her mid-20s. She has short, navy blue-black hair worn in a pixie cut style. Her fair skin is adorned with freckles, stretching across her cheeks and nose. Atop the bridge of her nose she wears a pair of round, black glasses, sometimes switched out for the standard A.C.M.E. issued frames.

Specialized Attire: Upon joining A.C.M.E., Julia was given a new uniform to wear during missions. It is a navy blue suit, worn over a white button-up shirt and neat black tie. Agents are given A.C.M.E. issued glasses as well, matching their prescription if necessary.

A.C.M.E. Communicator Pen: A pen that allows ACME agents to communicate with a holographic projection of Chief while on the job. Also functions as a tracker.

ACME Key Card: A.C.M.E. Keycard Grants Level One clearance to its agents anywhere in the world, allowing them past local police forces without trouble.

ACME Tranquilizer Gas Gun: A.C.M.E. Tranquilizer Gas Gun A specialized gun that produces a sleeping gas used to incapacitate opponents in the field. Has the glaring weakness that it can also be used against the agents dispensing the mist.

Zack is an ally of Carmen Sandiego. He is the younger brother of Ivy, friend of Player, Carmen sandiego, shadowsan and member of Team Red. He is from Boston, Massachusetts.

Personality: Zack's personality can be described as being goofy and having a looser behavior compared to the others, but he has displayed determination under circumstances when he is needed. Despite his tendencies, he can be level-headed in capers and is surprisingly good at acting, even if he sometimes doesn't know what he's talking about (The Duke of Vermeer Caper). His confidence can sometimes convince the people he's lying to, such as when he lied to Dash Haber about being a Duke and when he convinced El Topo that "the dingoes [were] going crazy".

Like his sister, he has a thick Boston accent. He can be trained to speak in proper diction when the need calls for it—especially when he needs to go undercover. The accent, however, will waver from time to time.

Zack has a large appetite and will eat any food, except for fish. He also hates it when people call Boston "Beantown".

Like everyone on Carmen's team, he uses his thieving skills for good. He also acts as a getaway driver for Carmen when she escapes her capers, being a highly skilled driver of both cars and boats (and once a helicopter). Zack is a big fan of action movies. When Carmen buys Zack a car from one of his favorite movies using money from V.I.L.E., Zack ponders whether the car is capable of the feats in the movie.

Zack has red hair, although lighter than his sister's. He has light cornflower blue eyes and freckles sprinkled across his face. Zack is shown to be decently tall. He wears a white and red baseball jersey, a black long-sleeve undershirt, dark blue jeans, and grey sneakers.

Driving: Zack often serves as a getaway driver for Team Red, able to drive almost any vehicle or at least learn how to drive one very quickly. He can operate anything from cars, trucks, boats, race cars like the Al Sabaq 9000, to helicopters.

Ivy is an ally of Carmen Sandiego. She is the older sister of Zack, friend of Player and member of Team Red. She is from Boston, Massachusetts.

appearance: She has chin-length reddish-orange hair, and green eyes with freckles on her cheeks. She has a broad and fit figure. She wears a black t-shirt with blue sleeves, gray capri pants, and red sneakers. She is shorter than her brother and Carmen, giving off a tough image, rather than Carmen's light and speedy one. Although only noticeable in The Robo Caper when a picture of Ivy as a mermaid is shown, if you look closely enough, she appears to have shoulder freckles.

personality: Ivy is generally more competent, more cautious and less easily distracted than her brother.

She has a thick Boston accent like her brother, but can disguise her voice. However, her knowledge of languages is a bit mixed up. Also, she seems to know more about other countries than her brother does, as in the Fashionista Caper, she corrected Zack on his pronunciation of Acropolis ( he pronounced it 'Apocalypse), and corrected him again when he called Italian ice cream ' ice cream' instead of gelato.

She is a master of disguise and often fills in for Carmen as a double when she needs to be.

Like everyone on Carmen's team, she uses her thieving skills for good.

Ivy is also known to have a small fear of heights and does not enjoy taking risks like her brother, Zack. Though Ivy can get very frustrated with her brother's actions and decisions, she loves him very much. Ivy loves chocolate, cocoa, caramel etc.

Abilities: Mechanical skills - Ivy has shown on numerous occasions to be a gifted mechanic. She was able to custom build the inters of her sibling's shared racer car, Lydia, by herself. She can also hot-wire cars without the uses of its keys.

Helmsmanship - Ivy was observed to be able to skilfully steer a boat to block the path of A.C.M.E. agents in the French canals. Ivy can also fly the red drone pretty skilfully.

Shadowsan, is a former member of the V.I.L.E. Faculty who became known as a traitor and defector upon his alliance with Carmen Sandiego being discovered. He is the one who saved Carmen as an infant and who brought her to V.I.L.E. Academy, and a member of Team Red.

Appearance: Shadowsan is a middle aged Japanese man with a shaved head, a wrinkled face and a strong, physically fit and muscular body. His attire as a member of V.I.L.E.'s faculty included a blue-grey men's haori, accompanied by grey hakama and setta sandals. After joining Carmen's crew, he switches to a black polo with grey trousers and black shoes, as well as sunglasses. When he and Carmen engage in stealth operations, he wears a black shinobi outfit.

After Team Red bought the Carmen Brand Outerwear warehouse as their base, Shadowsan wears his original outfit during off time from missions; he only wears his other outfit to blend in in public areas.

In V.I.L.E., Shadowsan was known for his discipline and no-nonsense demeanor, and was considered the strictest of the five Faculty members. He almost never cracked a smile, usually wearing a neutral, unfazed expression or a scowl.

He believes that origami is the best way to master the nimble touch required for pickpocketing, giving someone precision and focus, and improving one's attentiveness. He is extremely irritated by any lack of discipline, such as when 'Black Sheep' would pull pranks or disrupt class, or the times Paper Star would use her origami weapons in class for simple matters.

However, Shadowsan couldn't bear to leave a young and defenseless infant Black Sheep in her father's burning home, proving that he has more morals than the other villains. While he failed to join Carmen during her escape from the Isle of VILE, he felt better afterwards, believing she'd start a new life until he had to contend with her stealing from V.I.L.E., complicating his position. In the months after her departure, he covertly 'reasoned' with the Faculty as to why certain operatives should handle some missions, allowing Carmen room for victory by helping select operatives whom Carmen could best.

After defecting from V.I.L.E. and joining Carmen's crew, he retained his serious demeanor, often sternly quipping about Zack and Ivy's goofy behavior and being unfazed by their attempts to get him to lighten up. He and Player have a usually more cordial relationship, thanks to Player's assistance in providing intel and tech support to Team Red and his more serious demeanor about capers.

As a former member of the Faculty of V.I.L.E, Shadowsan had near supreme authority in the organization before his defection. He is a skilled origami craftsman, believing that origami is the best way to master a nimble touch necessary for picking pockets.

He knows the human body so well he can easily target its weak points, and can knock multiple people unconscious simply by pinching a specific nerve in their neck. He is highly agile despite being middle-aged, as seen when he was able to evade and trip both Carmen and Tigress during their final exam; he was even able to follow Ivy on a rooftop chase across Poitiers with little effort. Shadowsan is also incredibly strong, able to throw grown men his size with ease in "The Daisho Caper", and carrying Carmen over his shoulders with little strain in "The Hot Rocks of Rio Caper, part 2".

As the former mentor of Stealth 101, he is a master at stealth, able to elude V.I.L.E's faculty and even Carmen herself. As a ninja, he has mastered the arts of hiding in plain sight and escaping enemy notice with ease.

Shadowsan is highly skilled with a sword, likely due to a need for swordsmanship skills being an assassin and close-quarters-combat specialist, and can cut through a metal padlock to break it. His weapon skills also extend to marksmanship, improvised weaponry such as chopsticks, and close quarters combat. He can handle most martial opposition from V.I.L.E with relative ease unless a trap or gimmick unbalances him. He has great reflexes, able to catch objects thrown at him even while he isn't looking.