Editing Out of the Spiderverse: Gremlyn (section)

=Carrie Carter/ aka Gremlyn=

Carrie Carter grew up under the supervision of the New York State Care and Foster Services after her birth parents couldn't handle (or afford medication for) her multiple medical issues. She grew up physically weak and intensely bitter, bouncing from care home to foster parent and back again; no one wanted to be burdened with her for any real length of time. Not everyone was horrible - she has fond memories of several foster homes - but those periods were brief; it was only ever a matter of time before one condition or another proved too much. No one was more surprised that she reached the age of 16 than she was.

And then came Roxxon-Oscorp (the two companies having merged a couple of decades ago after one scandal or another), who were looking for test volunteers for new treatments. Carrie was suspicious, but not quite enough to turn down the opportunity to ease something, anything. And since R-O were footing the bill, her case worker was all too happy to try and save the state some money in the longer term.

And well, it worked. Sort of. Carrie was healthy, and strong, and fast. Learning to run properly was fun. But then it turned out the "treatment" was also a death sentence; her body couldn't properly handle the changes and sooner or later would give out from the strain. She was pretty mad about that. Still is, in fact. She may have gone on a little rampage through a R-O facility, dressed in green and purple and a cheap goblin mask.

It caught attention, especially after she halted her attack and turned to rescuing some of the bystanders caught up in what she had started. That felt good, so now she splits her attention between dealing with Roxxon-Oscorp and trying to help people while she has time to make a difference.

Running around as a Goblin definitely drew someone's attention; anonymous messages lead Carrie to a safehouse and supply of "Goblintech". Carrie suspects its someone from the Osbourne family, but hasn't been able to confirm that.