September 27, 2026

Carr Booth

Carr Booth

Carr Booth never called it captivity. He called it keeping what belonged to him.

Carr Booth is a wealthy financier, criminal strategist, and power broker who built his influence without pledging himself to any single organization. From the upper floors of Booth Financial Tower, he moves money, purchases loyalty, and engineers consequences while maintaining the polished appearance of a legitimate businessman. Carr rarely commits violence with his own hands. He has Carlton Voss—and an entire network of compromised professionals—for that.

His obsession with Femi reveals the corruption beneath his refinement. Carr convinces himself that his desire to possess her is proof of devotion. Her fear becomes shyness. Her refusal becomes confusion. Her love for Daemon becomes a temporary mistake Carr believes wealth and patience can correct. He does not think of himself as her captor. In his mind, he is the only man capable of giving her the life she deserves.

Carr can assign a price to almost anything in Ravenside. His downfall begins when he attempts to purchase a woman who has already chosen—and discovers the Devil does not negotiate over what he loves.

Basic Information

Full Name: Carr Booth
Alias: Boss
Age: 33
Height: 5’11”
Weight: 190 lbs
Eyes: Dark brown
Hair: Short and dark
Skin Tone: Pale
Occupation: Wealthy financier, strategist, and criminal power broker
Affiliation: None
Status: Dead
Primary Obsession: Femi
Defining Trait: Possession disguised as devotion

Personality

Carr is calculating, patient, emotionally controlled, and deeply possessive. He rarely raises his voice because he has spent most of his life surrounded by people trained to obey quiet instructions. His calm is not kindness. It is the confidence of a man who believes consequences belong exclusively to other people.

Strategic: Carr plans several moves ahead and prefers manipulating circumstances to confronting opponents directly. He creates pressure, limits available choices, and then presents the outcome he wants as the only reasonable option.
Possessive: He does not understand love without ownership. Once Carr decides someone belongs in his life, their wishes become obstacles to overcome rather than boundaries to respect.
Patient: Carr is willing to wait for fear, isolation, or desperation to weaken resistance. He regards patience as evidence that his obsession is sincere.
Controlled: Anger makes Carr quieter. His most dangerous moments arrive without shouting, threats, or visible emotion.
Entitled: Wealth has taught him that every refusal conceals a price. He assumes people reject him only because he has not yet discovered the correct incentive.
Observant: Carr studies habits, vulnerabilities, relationships, and emotional needs. He notices what people love because love provides leverage.
Intellectually arrogant: He believes strategy makes him superior to violent men. He views men like Daemon as blunt instruments incapable of understanding the sophisticated machinery of real power.
Emotionally distorted: Carr interprets obsession as devotion and control as protection. He can describe imprisonment as safety and coercion as patience without recognizing the lie.
Vindictive: He does not forgive humiliation. Anyone who rejects or embarrasses him becomes a problem to be corrected.
Isolated: Carr inspires obedience, fear and greed, not loyalty. Even those closest to him remain employees, assets, or potential liabilities.

Background

Origins: Carr was raised in wealth and learned early that money could soften consequences, purchase discretion, and transform criminal conduct into respectable business. He entered finance young, displaying an exceptional understanding of risk, leverage, and the private fears that motivate powerful people.
Rise to power: Carr expanded his influence through investments, shell companies, private loans, and the quiet acquisition of other people’s debts. He became useful to politicians, business owners, and criminals who needed money moved without scrutiny.
Booth Financial: Booth Financial Tower became both the center of his legitimate empire and the public symbol of his success. Behind its polished offices, Carr arranged financial concealment, purchased confidential information, and funded operations he never intended to connect directly to his name.
Independence: Carr refused formal allegiance to Ravenside’s criminal organizations. He financed competing factions when profitable and withheld support when dependence offered greater advantage. His lack of affiliation allowed him to serve as broker, strategist, and creditor without appearing to belong to the underworld he helped sustain.
Carlton Voss: Carlton became Carr’s fixer and the practical extension of his will. Wearing a three-piece suit and silver tie, Carlton handled threats, payments, witnesses, and every task Carr considered too inelegant to perform personally.
Obsession with Femi: Carr became fascinated by Femi’s silence, beauty, and apparent vulnerability. He imagined her quiet as purity and projected an entire relationship onto a woman he never truly attempted to understand.
Conflict with Daemon: Femi’s love for Daemon offended Carr’s sense of order. He could not accept that she would willingly choose a feared man from Wolfwater over the security, wealth, and status Carr offered. Daemon became both a rival and proof that Femi’s judgment needed to be corrected.
Downfall: Carr’s obsession compromised the judgment that built his empire. He took greater risks, exposed hidden resources, and underestimated both Femi’s will and Daemon’s devotion. The financier who controlled others through their weaknesses was ultimately destroyed by his own.
Imprisonment: Even behind bars, Carr struggles to understand his defeat. He can recognize the strategic mistakes that led to his capture, but not the moral truth beneath them: Femi was never an asset to acquire, a prize to win, or a possession stolen by another man.

Appearance & Notable Features

Carr stands five feet eleven inches tall but weighs one hundred and ninety pounds, giving him a solid, imposing build.
His broad frame is emphasized by strong shoulders, a thick chest, and clothing tailored to reinforce his physical presence without sacrificing refinement.
His pale skin rarely sees prolonged sunlight. It contributes to the impression that Carr belongs inside climate-controlled offices, private cars, and rooms sealed away from ordinary life.
His short dark hair is always precisely styled. Even under pressure, he dislikes appearing disordered.
His dark-brown eyes are steady, analytical, and emotionally difficult to read. He watches people as though studying columns in a financial report.
His face is refined but severe, with prominent cheekbones and a firm jaw that make his expression appear even more controlled.
Carr’s hands are broad but meticulously cared for. He favors understated watches and accessories whose value is apparent only to people wealthy enough to recognize them.
He moves without wasted energy. His posture is straight, his gestures economical, and his stillness often more threatening than another man’s raised fist.
He bears few visible signs of violence because others have always carried it out for him.

Attire

Casual Attire: Carr’s interpretation of casual remains expensive and exact. He favors dark tailored trousers, fine-gauge black or charcoal sweaters, and crisp shirts with the uppermost button left open. His shoes are handmade leather, polished even when no one is expected to see them. During colder weather, he wears a long wool coat in black, smoke gray, or deep navy. Nothing bears a visible logo. Carr considers obvious displays of wealth vulgar; the quality of his clothing is intended to be recognized only by those whose opinions he respects.
Business Attire: At Booth Financial, Carr wears precisely tailored suits in charcoal, black, or midnight blue. His shirts are usually white or pale gray, paired with restrained silk ties and minimal accessories. Every line is designed to strengthen the authority his thin frame might otherwise undermine.
Formal Attire: For political dinners, estate parties, and private functions, Carr chooses black eveningwear cut close to his body. His appearance is elegant, severe, and nearly funereal.
Final Attire: Carr died on the lawn of his estate, killed by Daemon. He was dressed in the tailored clothing he used to project control: dark trousers, a crisp shirt, and a fitted black coat. The expensive fabric was stained by the grass and blood, reducing the financier’s carefully maintained image to the body of a man who had finally lost control of the consequences he purchased for others.

Personality

Strategic: Carr plans several moves ahead and prefers manipulating circumstances to confronting opponents directly. He creates pressure, limits available choices, and then presents the outcome he wants as the only reasonable option.
Possessive: He does not understand love without ownership. Once Carr decides someone belongs in his life, their wishes become obstacles to overcome rather than boundaries to respect.
Patient: Carr is willing to wait for fear, isolation, or desperation to weaken resistance. He regards patience as evidence that his obsession is sincere.
Controlled: Anger makes Carr quieter. His most dangerous moments arrive without shouting, threats, or visible emotion.
Entitled: Wealth has taught him that every refusal conceals a price. He assumes people reject him only because he has not yet discovered the correct incentive.
Observant: Carr studies habits, vulnerabilities, relationships, and emotional needs. He notices what people love because love provides leverage.
Intellectually arrogant: He believes strategy makes him superior to violent men. He views men like Daemon as blunt instruments incapable of understanding the sophisticated machinery of real power.
Emotionally distorted: Carr interprets obsession as devotion and control as protection. He can describe imprisonment as safety and coercion as patience without recognizing the lie.
Vindictive: He does not forgive humiliation. Anyone who rejects or embarrasses him becomes a problem to be corrected.
Isolated: Carr inspires obedience, fear and greed, not loyalty. Even those closest to him remain employees, assets, or potential liabilities.

Background

Death: Carr’s obsession compromised the judgment that built his empire. He took greater risks, exposed hidden resources, and underestimated both Femi’s will and Daemon’s devotion. When Carr attempted to take Femi from him, Daemon killed him, ending the financier’s campaign of possession permanently. Carr died still unable to understand the moral truth beneath his defeat: Femi was never an asset to acquire, a prize to win, or a possession stolen by another man.