Candi Levens (Cataclysmic Gerosha)/Extended biography

The following is a look at Candi in terms of her family structure and details about her family life.

Education
http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j130/bulldozerbegins/Ciem/Model%20matches%20for%20Ciem/th_CharoRonquilloasCandi.jpg A (significantly altered) photo of Charo Ronquillo, who looks very similar to Candi. (Presented here for demonstration purposes only.) Candi attended elementary school at Gerosha Elementary, save for a year where she had to skip the first grade and re-take it because her family was in hiding during a Meethlite raid. This explains why she was going on 20 when she graduated from Gerosha High School, in spite her reasonably high intellect. She attended college at Viron University and received a degree in forensic investigation with a special talent certification for criminal profiling.

From grandparents
Candi's maternal grandfather, Dwayne Lloyd was Black. Her maternal grandmother, Marissa Hood, was part Indo-Persian and part Black. Her paternal grandmother, Alison Ligash-Flippo, was Caucasian. Alison was of some Czech and Irish descent but mostly German and French. Candi's paternal grandfather, Steve McNolan, was Caucasian, mostly German and English, but with some Dutch. Her step-grandfather, Tobey Flippo, was Caucasian, almost pure English with some German. The DNA donor that gave Candi all her superpowers, known to her only as "Grandma Centipede," was a Phaelite-mutated species that was modeled after the Michigan Garden Centipede.

From parents
Her father, Stan Flippo, was pure Caucasian. Her mother, Shalia Flippo, was Indo-Persian Black.

Sex and family
Candi's relationship history is complicated, yet not as filled with drama and lust as the relationship histories of her sisters. Nevertheless, she is a descendant of Honeybee Samuel, and is therefore cursed with excess libido. While she has enough temperance to avoid complete hypersexuality, she is bothered by how much her sexual desires threaten to control her. Her fears are made worse by the fact that she has witnessed the effects of sexual addiction on her more-promiscuous sisters Miriam and Marina.

Her first boyfriend was a grade school crush named Don Mendoza. The two of them would be together until sixth grade. Unwilling to accept Candi's explanations of the doctrines they were receiving in Christian day schools back then, Don began harboring bitterness against God for the fact that his life was so horrible. This reached a breaking point when Don's mother died, and Don himself got involved in drugs and in a life of crime.

He also found it annoying that he was the only one of his criminal buddies whose girlfriend hadn't lost her virginity yet. Outraged, he attempted to rape Candi. This attempt failed miserably, and led to their breakup.

Don developed elsewhere into someone completely unfamiliar to Candi. He eventually came under the influence of the ruthless Hebbleskin Gang; which filled him with hatred for Candi and made him one of her most viscous enemies.

Candi's second boyfriend was Donte McArthur, a man she knew she was destined to marry some day. Believing him dead at one point, she met her third boyfriend, Denny. Complications in the lives of this couple led Candi to agree to marry Denny, making him her first husband.

However, their marriage was short-lived. Denny was murdered by Musaran, leaving Candi a widow. Candi engaged in foreplay with an Apache who went by the code name "Jackrabbit," since he was a Phexo with jumping powers. However, when he tries to have sex with her, she stops him mid-way. She admits to him that she "really wants to" give herself to him fully, but feels morally obligated not to (especially since she is still mourning Denny at this point.) After Imaki reveals that Donte is still alive, and Candi vows to go back to him, Jack agrees to find someone else, apologizing for taking advantage of Candi.

Candi rescues Donte by destroying the Meethlite AI backvisor that had turned Jeraime Malestrom into Musaran. The reunited Candi and Donte resume their past relationship. They conceive a son together, Frank. Later, they marry and adopt Charlie, months before Frank is born. They eventually have twins John and Dana McArthur. The couple stays married until Candi is captured and beheaded by Meethlites at the age of 53. Donte dies a short while after from cancer.

Loss of virginity
Candi was obsessed with her virginity for a good portion of her life, and protected it very jealously in her early years. She became so much in love with Donte, that she was willing to give it up to him before he went off to war. Her hopes were that she'd get pregnant; and that the child she'd raise would replace Donte if he were ever to have died in war. If he were to live, they could marry and raise the child together happily. Donte initially refuses the offer, telling her that her honor matters more to him than his legacy.

Don the Psycho attempted to rape her twice, but never succeeded at penetration. Candi had to hide details of the rape, so that she wouldn't be revealed as a killer. Eventually, Candi lost her virginity when she consummated her marriage to Denny Levens. It was Denny's first time as well. Later, after Denny was dead, she allowed Jackrabbit to sleep with her; but she interrupted him mid-coitus. After getting Donte back, Candi consummated her feelings with Donte. She had sex with him again in a corn field in October of 2022, before he went off to battle Cupric. The following May, they succumbed to temptation as Donte fretted over his cancer treatments, having a week-long sexual marathon. They felt guilty about it and tried to refrain, but began having sex regularly by late June. On July 27th of 2023, Candi conceived Frank. The first signs of pregnancy began revealing themselves in mid-August of 2023, when she got the flu and her powers began glitching. After the events of Ciem 2 / Ciem: Nuclear Crisis, she and Donte promptly got married. They returned from their honeymoon to adopt Charlie, and Candi revealed her pregnancy.

Candi's centuition causes her to be able to clairvoyantly detect the loss of another's virginity even before learning intelligently of their sexual past. Therefore, it is difficult for others to lie to her about their sexual history. She senses in the form of dark rings that hover over the eyes of individuals who've had sex. It bothers her to sense the same dark rings around her own eyes when she looks in the mirror, but she learns with time to accept it.

Weddings
Candi and Denny elope. Only Rev. Wilbur Brocklyn and Jessie Levens attended the couple's wedding. Their honeymoon was to Milwaukee, where they got to meet up with an old friend of Denny's from Denny's bootlegging days. The friend even allows the two access to his waterbed on the second floor of his duplex.

Candi and Donte marry ceremoniously inside a church in Vacaville. Their reception was in a nearby town in an Italian diner. It was a double-wedding wherein which her sister Miriam got married to Steve McLaine. Guests present at this wedding included Jessie Levens, Matt Baret, Marina Baret, and Andy Baret. Khumar, Lindsay, Dolly, and Jeraime were also present.

Eric and Patti Levens, unlike Jessie, believed that Angie and Denny's deaths freed them from having any responsibility for Candi; so they refused to show up for the wedding. Reily and Ashlee were touring in Europe at the time, and didn't feel they could pull themselves away from Reily's cooking show. Donte's mother, Betty, hated Candi for unknown reasons and refused to leave her nursing home for her son's wedding. She was slow to forgive Candi for being involved in Donte's life. Other characters declined to show up as well.

In Classic Gerosha, Tom declines to show up for the wedding because of issues protecting his girlfriend. Mike and Jeff have written Candi off and don't care.

Grandparents

 * Steve McNolan (biological, father's side)
 * Tobey Flippo (step, father's side)
 * Alison Ligash (biological, father's side)
 * Marissa Hood (biological, mother's side)
 * Dwyane Lloyd (biological, mother's side)
 * Grandma Centipede (biological via Phaelite genetic engineering, father's side)

Parents

 * Stan Flippo (father, biological)
 * Shalia Flippo (mother, biological)
 * Eric Levens (father-in-law, through Denny)
 * Patricia Levens (mother-in-law, through Denny)
 * Hector McArthur (father-in-law, through Donte)
 * Betty McArthur (mother-in-law, through Donte)

Parental Mentors

 * Erin Flippo
 * Tracy McAuley (Classic Gerosha-only. Tracy is just a lawyer in Comprehensive Gerosha.)
 * Imaki Izuki
 * Wilbur Brocklyn

Siblings

 * Ploribus "Darius" Philippine (half-brother, father's side)
 * Reily Flippo (brother)
 * Erin Flippo (sister, by reason of adoption)
 * Mike Flippo (brother, Classic Gerosha and earlier only)
 * Jeff Flippo (brother, Classic Gerosha and earlier only)
 * Jason Flippo (brother, Gerosha Prime only)
 * Tanya Flippo (sister, Gerosha Prime only)
 * Tom Flippo (brother, Classic Gerosha and Despair Gerosha only. Name was Vince in Gerosha Prime)
 * Miriam Flippo-McLaine (sister)
 * Marina Flippo-Baret (sister)

Nephews and Nieces
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All versions

 * Lex Philippine (half-nephew, through Ploribus/Darius)
 * Kirby Flippo (nephew, through Reily)
 * Marie McLaine (niece, through Miriam)
 * Larry McLaine (nephew, through Miriam)
 * Trina McLaine (niece, through Miriam)
 * Andy Baret (nephew, through Marina)
 * Fran Malestrom (half-niece, by reason of marriage to Donte, the half-brother of Khumar, the husband of Lindsay, the sister of Dolly, the mother of Fran)
 * Gunther Malestrom (half-nephew, by reason of marriage to Donte, the half-brother of Khumar, the husband of Lindsay, the sister of Dolly, the mother of Gunther)
 * Charisse Hamilton (half-niece, by reason of marriage to Donte, the half-brother of Khumar, the father of Charisse)
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Classic Gerosha and earlier

 * Karen Flippo (niece, through Mike)
 * Jordan Flippo (nephew, through Mike)
 * George Flippo (nephew, through Jeff)
 * Christine Flippo (niece, through Jeff)
 * Carlos Sterbin (nephew, through Tom)
 * Henry Malestrom (half-nephew, through Candi's marriage to Donte and resultant half-sibling Khumar, who is married to Lindsay Hamilton the sister of Dolly Malestrom, the aunt of Henry Malestrom)
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Grandchildren

 * Wynona "Winty" McArthur, the daughter of Charlie McArthur and Melissa Gates-McArthur
 * Gordon McArthur, the son of Charlie McArthur and Melissa Gates-McArthur
 * Lucy McArthur, the daughter of Frank McArthur and Chantell Tamble-McArthur
 * Dylan McArthur, the son of Frank McArthur and Chantell Tamble-McArthur
 * Cindy McArthur, the daughter of Frank McArthur and Chantell Tamble-McArthur
 * Lionel Spanz, the son of Devin Spanz and Dana McArthur-Spanz
 * Curtis Spanz, the son of Devin Spanz and Dana McArthur-Spanz
 * Anna Spanz, the daughter of Devin Spanz and Dana McArthur-Spanz

Grandnephews and Grandnieces

 * Silo Wade (half-grandnephew, through Lex Philippine and Yvette/Mallorie Wade)

In-laws
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Fathers-in-law

 * Eric Levens (father, through Denny)
 * Richard McArthur (father, through Donte. Named "Hector" in Comprehensive Gerosha)

Mothers-in-law

 * Patricia Levens (mother, through Denny)
 * Betty McArthur (mother, through Donte)
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Sisters-in-law

 * Nancy Philippine (half-sister, through Ploribus/Darius)
 * Jenny Flippo (sister, through Mike, Classic Gerosha only)
 * Sandra Flippo (sister, through Jeff, Classic Gerosha only)
 * Ashlee Kornsdall-Flippo (sister, through Reily)
 * Jenny Sterbin-Flippo (sister, through Tom, Classic Gerosha only)
 * Jessie Levens (sister, through Denny)
 * Lindsay Hamilton (half-sister, through Donte and Khumar)
 * Dolly Malestrom (half-sister, by reason of marriage to Donte the half-brother of Khumar the husband of Lindsay, the sister of Dolly)

Brothers-in-law

 * Steve McLaine (brother, through Miriam)
 * Matthew Baret (brother, through Marina)
 * Khumar Hamilton (half-brother, through Donte)
 * Jeraime Malestrom (half-brother, by reason of marriage to Donte the half-brother of Khumar the husband of Lindsay, the sister of Dolly, the wife of Jeraime)
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Sons and daughters-in-law

 * Melissa Gates (daughter-in-law, the future wife of Charlie)
 * Chantell Tambell (daughter-in-law, the future wife of Frank)
 * Devin Spanz (son-in-law, the future husband of Dana)
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Classic Gerosha and earlier
Candi's life has been marred only by a few run-ins with the law. In the 53 years of her life, she's received three speeding tickets, two fix-its, and four parking tickets. She was arrested once for trying to overthrow Arfaas via her own detective work. Without a trial, she was sentenced to death. She escaped from jail, and partook of the overthrow of the Dirbine city government when Ploribus and his troops raided to weed out Arfaas loyalists within the police force.

Later, Kolumn and Milp had her framed for child abuse after Milp attacked Charlie. Given it was a setup, the police involved were told to selectively ignore Charlie's words about a woman in a black suit. The police responsible in the setup were eventually exposed as Meethlite sympathizers in league with Kolumn, and were charged with treason. Candi was shipped out-of-state amidst the affair, and was sentenced to death under Kolumn's care. She once again escaped from prison.

Aside from that, the only case that could have really been used against her was the murder of Don Mendoza. However, Don's body was incinerated and there was no way to prove from the ashes that Candi had done anything. What remained of her centi-venom in him bio-degraded and was not testable in a lab. The McAuley family refused to testify against Candi, allowing her to be free from ever worrying about prosecution in Don's death. Just in case, she made sure that the family lawyer was a man who could make a powerful case on her behalf that what happened was self-defense.

Comprehensive Gerosha
This version of Candi is arrested for wandering the streets after she runs away from home. She is able to fight the false arrest, and is set free. While she does have other issues weighing on her, much of that is being kept a secret until details are ready for release.