Leticia Garcia - Warframe

Leticia "Lettie" Garcia is the medic of The Hex.

Albrecht Entrati's experiments turned Lettie into a Protoframe, a partial Warframe that still retains their humanity. Lettie possesses Trinity traits, and is armed with the Latron, Protokol 95, and Dual Kamas.

TEAM ROLE: Medic and strategist. CHARACTERISTICS / HABITS: Observable paranoia (often seen surveying), cracking knuckles, cricking neck. REPUTATION: An unflinching realist far less occupied with personal problems than the others. Skilled as a medic, but struggles to connect with them emotionally. SPECIAL NOTES: Appears to be nurturing a colony of rats. Has named several of them.

Lettie met Arthur while both were stationed in the same base, with her acting as the field medic of her unit in the Libertatian Army. With her and Arthur as the only survivors in battle, Lettie treated Arthur's wounds and joined the International Crisis Response (ICR) alongside him, Aoi, and Quincy. She has a fondness for animals and owns four rats named Vaquero (cowboy), Anita (named after a friend back home), Neenah (a deceased friend), and Tláloc (an ancient god of rain). Lettie was one of the first volunteers that came forward to Dr. Entrati's offer to receive more than healing. They were then infused with a Helminth serum from Albrecht's time, which in turn morphed and alchemized them into partial Warframes. Their bodies became newly attuned to the Void, whilst their minds were kept intact. Repeated samples were taken from the now-transformed volunteers by Albrecht himself. It was implied by the doctor himself that their humanity may not last, and that it may be only a matter of time until the Helminth finally swallows them whole. In Höllvania Central Mall, Lettie is overlooking Eleanor when they are approached by Arthur for his Atomicycle keys, which Eleanor gives. When Arthur attempts to ride out, Lettie and the rest of The Hex show up and refuse to allow Arthur to investigate the lead on his own. Arthur instructs Amir, Aoi, and Quincy on backup while Lettie and Eleanor hold the fort. When Arthur brings back the Drifter for questioning, Lettie stitches their hand after it was stabbed by Arthur. When the Drifter warns them that Höllvania's nuclear reactor will explode at the end of 1999, the Hex don't buy it but Arthur has them take point to search for Dr. Entrati. Lettie later complains that the Hex should've had packed up and left Höllvania weeks ago. After much searching, the Hex and the Drifter finally find Entrati, but Entrati and the Drifter are then taken away by the Indifference. Deciding to stop the nuclear explosion themselves, Eleanor attempts to gain control of the Techrot with Lettie monitoring her to breach the reactor access. Lettie points her gun at Eleanor to ensure she is still sane and is convinced to lower her guard. However, the Hex ultimately fail to stop the explosion, as Eleanor succumbs to the Techrot hivemind and attacks Lettie. The Drifter resolves to save all of the Hex and rewinds time to the beginning of 1999, following a cryptic warning from Entrati to befriend the Hex. The Drifter reminds Eleanor that she has aid from the Hex and the Drifter, preventing her from succumbing to the Techrot hivemind as she rips out her Infested tongue, which in turn saves Lettie. Lettie's username is "Belladonna ~{@". As a medic, she is very busy, constantly overworked and exhausted with working long hours to help civilians, and doesn't like her time being wasted in general. She prefers if the Drifter gets straight to the point and is realistic with her. She appreciates gifts related to medical items, coffee, and items such as pillows and cardboard boxes which serve as bedding/housing for her rats. She views death as a gentle force to be respected with, citing her wish to keep people from meeting death until it is their time, and displays a more religious stance than the rest of the Hex, occasionally questioning the Drifter about whether or not their future had gods while also mentioning some gods and concepts related to real life Aztec culture (such as comparing the 1999 loop to the Mictlán, the Aztec underworld). She takes great issue with people meddling in what she believes in the natural order of things, with her being mad at the Drifter especially thanks to their ability to keep 1999 in a timeloop. Depending on how the Drifter acts when she asks what makes the Hex's current life worth living, they may be able to confess their feelings, prompting Lettie to leave it to another discussion confirming the Drifter's stance. As a pet lover, she keeps a small group of rats with her as her pets, citing that her family didn't have a lot of money growing up, having to move from place to place. She is quite fond of the mention of the Cavia gaining intelligence and sentience and becomes angry when she learns that Entrati abandoned them. However, she doesn't trust Kalymos due to her being Entrati's former pet and worrying she might be spying the Hex or plotting to attack her rats. Despite not liking her time being wasted on mundane activities, she can be convinced to play Amir's "Fable and Frontiers" game. Amir will later muse that she is actually enjoying the experience, up to the point where she tries to dress her rats as NPC monsters for the game. Lettie has a very hostile attitude towards Eleanor due to her being more heavily infected than the rest of the Hex and fearing she might succumb into the Techrot at any moment as well as having an interest in the macabre/unknown. Even then, when Eleanor is eventually overwhelmed by the Techrot hivemind in "The Hex", Lettie hesitates to shoot her in the back while hoping she is still there and is clearly happy when Eleanor is able to fight off the Techrot hivemind in "The Hex Finale" with the help of the Drifter. Before being turned to Protoframes, Lettie and Eleanor used to be very close friends, however, their relationship became very sour after being turned. Aside from the worry that Eleanor might succumb to the Techrot, Eleanor states in her chats that Lettie resents her due to having the idea that Eleanor might be using her telepathy to see her thoughts and use them against her. On top of this, Lettie resents the idea that Eleanor might actually like being turned into a protoframe due to the latter's overall attitude about their current situation. The Drifter can explain that Eleanor simply defies what the rest of the Hex believe she should be feeling about being turned into a protoframe by making the most of it while explaining her actual feelings about it, leading Lettie to reconsider her attitude towards the latter. If romanced, Lettie will mention that she and Eleanor are on speaking terms again and thanks the Drifter for it, as shown in her backroom dialogues. Depending on the Drifter's choices during previous KIM chats, once the relationship has reached Level 6, she will admit in one of her chats she now considers The Hex her new family, including Eleanor. This can happen regardless of Lettie being romanced or not. In a later chat, she will mention she wants to build a greenhouse for several reasons, one of them being for Eleanor as the latter has a fondness for plants. She admits during this specific chat that while they are taking slow steps to repair their friendship, it might not be as close as it used to be. She is implied to have chronic depression or self-esteem issues, which she describes as "spiders" feeding her negative thoughts (such as her being unappealing or undeserving.) She also has severe trust issues, not being willing to let other people get close to her, including the rest of The Hex (with the exception of Arthur, whom she considers a surrogate older brother) and which were probably exacerbated after being betrayed by Entrati. As a result, she is a rather lonely woman, as noted by the Drifter. Unlike the rest of the Hex, she doesn't drink or use drugs. She has mentioned growing up around military bases and having to move constantly and that due to her appearance/ethnicity (and possibly attitude), she would be bullied and beaten on a regular basis. That said, even though her mother would advise her to keep her head down, Lettie would stand up for herself every time. As a result of this, she has seemingly become the closest to Kaya due to both having similar issues while growing up, on top of Kaya being interested about medical science. It is shown she hates Entrati severely during several of her chats, with the Drifter noticing her hatred for him seems to be far more personal than the rest of the Hex, even before considering his treatment of The Cavia as well as Loid. Once the relationship reaches "Close", she will reveal the reason: According to Lettie, he came to Höllvania posing as a doctor with a cure for the Techrot. It is implied many people went to him in hopes a cure, only to be mutated severely in turn or outright killed, and those who seemingly didn't mutate instead became silent carriers for the Techrot, allowing it to spread further without anyone knowing about it. She reveals The Hex are not just Protoframes in 1999 — they're also the only survivors of said experiments and silent carriers of the Techrot itself. Even when the truth was revealed, none of The Hex wanted to believe their trust had been broken the way it did. Eventually, when Entrati stated the Techrot strain had mutated and The Hex were no longer safe, they took the Protoframe Injections, with Lettie describing the pain she felt as an absolute torture. She states she could only watch Aoi cry and scream while the transformation took place, something she considers the worst part of the whole experience. As a result, she has made it clear she will hate Entrati for the rest of her life and, if she ever finds him again, she will make him pay.

Her birthday is on February 14, which is also Star Days. However, her idea of a perfect birthday is a hot bath and some rest.

She wears blue latex gloves on her hands, a common practice for medical personnel.

Lettie admits she has sadomasochistic tendencies when the Drifter attempts to flirt with her, as shown in some of her conversations in KIM and in general when romanced (Such as her greeting dialogues and Gemini skin dialogues). Once she is in the Backroom, her dialogues will allude to BDSM activities she engages in with a romanced Drifter. It is shown that the other members of the Hex are aware of these tendencies: When Quincy sends a message to Drifter asking that they establish a safe word for Transference, the Drifter can jokingly ask if he meant to send the message to Lettie. Quincy also jokes that Lettie likes leashes in other messages. When Arthur expresses his approval for the Drifter's romance with Lettie, he states that "she needs someone she can share the pain with. Not just physical, either."

She's exclusively called "Lettie" by everyone, including the Drifter and even the Man in the Wall. She has a particular motif in the form of roses: she has rose earrings, her KIM nickname has a rose emoji and her hairpin features three roses. This is also shown in her appearance and personality, as she has red armor and is very prickly until befriended/romanced. This remains in the design for her character "Ixchel Balam" in Fables and Frontiers.

She speaks both English and Tenochtitlan (Spanish). She tends to mix both languages in general when speaking or typing, and it becomes more pronounced when she's frustrated or excited by something, as shown in her conversations.

In her greenhouse chat, she mentions she wants to build a greenhouse not only for Eleanor but also to grow flowers and fresh vegetables, the latter because she is getting tired of eating pizza all the time. She in particular mentions she wants to grow cempasúchil flowers, which are a species of flowering plant native to real life Mexico and Guatemala. These are most commonly used in home altars (Ofrendas) for The Day of the Dead (Día de Muertos), something Lettie also does in-game.

Lettie's character in Fables and Frontiers (Ixchel Balam) seems to be named after a combination of the the goddess of midwifery and medicine in ancient Maya culture (Ixchel) and the Chilam Balam - ancient documents that preseve traditional Maya knowledge.