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Carla Delgado is Victor and Ash Delgado's daughter and one of the secondary antagonists of the Disney Channel animated series Elena of Avalor. Born in exile from Avalor, Carla would soon join a life of crime alongside her parents, complying with their schemes to dominate Avalor, including but not limited to seeking out power to become a malvago alongside the rest of his family.
She is voiced by Myrna Velasco, who is also notable for voicing CJ Hook and in Descendants: Wicked World.
Appearance[]
Carla has long brown hair which she ties in a milkmaid braid, purple eyes, and honey skin. When first introduced, she wore a yellow dress, a green necklace and earrings, and an orange ribbon braided in her hair. When she is turned into a Malvago, her outfit changes into a purple robe with a spider design on the front, back, and sleeves, her necklace and earrings become purple, and her hair ribbon turns purple too.
Personality[]
Carla is extremely ruthless, not caring who she hurts to achieve her goals. Being a teenager, she also frequently shows the awkwardness that can accompany being at that age, plus other signs of immaturity such as a bad temper, and is also very spoiled. Despite her flaws and maliciousness, Carla does care about her family, as she is loyal to her father, joins her mother in a loving embrace when they are reunited, and expresses delight over her parents being together again.
After her father Victor is turned into stone by her mother Ash, Carla cries over his petrified body and refuses to go with her, effectively disowning her. As she is being arrested again, Carla sadly tells Elena that she thought her mother cared about her and her father, but she was wrong; this not only proves Carla's capacity for maturity, but helps her and Elena relate to each other (Elena having been wrong about her cousin Esteban) despite them being enemies. She even begs Elena to restore her father, promising she'll do whatever Elena asks.
History[]
Carla was born to Victor and Ash Delgado in a kingdom outside of Avalor. When Carla was young, her mother had left to become a malvago, agreeing to come back within the following year to train Victor in dark magic, with the intent of conquering his homeland, Avalor after his banishment at the hands of the wicked sorceress Shuriki. However, Ash's prolonged absence lead Carla to believe that her mother had died, leaving Victor as her only parent. In her youth, Carla felt lonely due to having to roam from place to place whilst living a life of crime, of which she later embellished in her teenage years, and, much like her father, soon developed a desire to take over Avalor.
Season 1[]
Carla first appears in "King of the Carnaval" when she and her father arrive at Avalor Palace to steal the Crown Jewels of Avalor. After getting Elena to show them the Royal Treasury of Avalor, Carla steals the key from a sentry and gives it to her father. As per the plan, Carla keeps the Royal Family distracted by helping them with their Carnaval Float. After Victor blackmails Chancellor Esteban into helping them, Carla is surprised when it's Elena who comes out with the jewels. Victor has Esteban get them back and Victor takes control of the float to give the Royal Family a bumpy ride. When Esteban comes back with the jewels, Carla notes that Esteban doesn't have the tiara to which Esteban explains that Elena's wearing it. Victor tells Carla to get rid of the others which she does by unhooking the float. Carla then takes the tiara from Elena who Victor imprisons along with Esteban. However, their escape is stalled by the Carnaval Parade long enough for Elena and Esteban to initiate a chase. They are soon apprehended by the Avalorans and banished from Avalor forever by Elena. However, Victor assures her they will find a way to return for the tiara.
They return to enact their revenge in the Season 1 finale, "Realm of the Jaquins", sabotaging Skylar's younger brother Nico's test to become a Guardian of Avalor, so that then Nico and Skylar will lead them back to the portal to the Jaquin homeworld of Vallestrella. Once in Vallestrella, they locate the tomb where the forest sprite Marimonda is imprisoned, and release her to conquer Avalor, while they take the gem used to imprison Marimonda for their own intentions. When Elena is about to capture Marimonda again before she can pass through the portal back to Avalor, Carla and her father intervene and reveal themselves to Elena before escaping back to Avalor with Marimonda. While Elena deals with Marimonda, Carla and her father return to present the gem to Shuriki at her hideout, using it to restore her youth. Shuriki intends to make Carla and her father malvagos to aid her in taking revenge on Elena and the Jaquins and conquer Avalor again.
Season 2[]
Carla, alongside her father, serve as the secondary antagonists of Season 2. She and her father attempt to retrieve as many gems as they can for Shuriki to use to craft a new wand for herself, but all of them fail to provide enough magic for Shuriki to succeed with creating one. Frustrated, she sends Carla and her father to the abandoned capital of Tepet Muul to retrieve the powerful Jewel of Maru for her to use instead in the premiere episode, "The Jewel of Maru." However, Carla and her father run into Elena and Mateo there, but manage to escape with both the Jewel and Mateo's tamborita. However, they don't get far before Elena and Mateo catch up on Skylar and Luna and manage to disarm Carla of the Jewel and Victor of Mateo's tamborita, forcing them to return to Shuriki empty-handed.
Seeing that Avalor won't work for them, Shuriki decides to head for the neighboring kingdom of Paraiso to get a jewel from there in the next episode, "Royal Rivalry." but their trip to the border is delayed as they try to avoid being spotted by the Jaquins during the journey. Worse, once they do reach the border, they find it under much heavier guard due to the new peace treaty and alliance signed by Elena and Paraiso's Princess Valentina, forcing them to rethink their plans. During all of this, Carla seems more interested in the wanted posters of herself and her father, much to Victor and Shuriki's annoyance.
After some time, in "A Spy in the Palace", Shuriki brews up a shapeshifting Potion for Carla to drink, allowing her to disguise herself as a girl named "Rita Perez" to sneak into Avalor to hopefully steal Queen Lucia's Carnaval Tiara from the Avalor Royal Treasury so Shuriki can use the jewel in it to craft a new wand for herself. Using her disguise to the letter, Carla says she's a distant cousin of Armando, allowing her to get close to Elena and Naomi, offering to help with the preparations for the upcoming Jaquin Festival. During this time, Carla sabotages Naomi's preparations, frustrating her to the point she snaps in anger at Elena and resigns as the festival planner, allowing Carla to take Naomi's place. When sent to retrieve the Golden Jaquin statue from the Treasury, Carla sees her chance to get the tiara, but is hampered by having Rico come with her to disarm the Treasury's security traps. She manages to lure him away with fetching another Royal Guard to help carry the statue, but before she can grab the tiara again, she's stopped by Naomi coming in to apologize for her earlier accusations against her. When Rico and the second guard return, Carla is forced to abandon grabbing the tiara and join them with heading out to the festival with the statue. Victor meets up with her at the Jaquin Festival in disguise to ask what happened, and once Carla explains everything to him, Victor warns her to hurry as the Potion won't last forever, and she has to get the tiara before it wears off and her cover is blown. Understanding her situation, Carla returns to Elena and Naomi, voicing how they make a great team, and Elena agrees, unaware of being so close to one of Avalor's most wanted fugitives and her arch-enemies.
In "Science Unfair", Carla continues her infiltration as Rita, but soon meets up with her disguised father in the Avalor marketplace, wondering if she has the tiara yet. When Carla says no, Victor tells her to look for a weak link to get into the Royal Treasury. She soon finds it in Mateo, who reveals the petrified Fiero to her, and how he's working on a Reversal Potion to revive him. After failing twice to get into the Royal Treasury using the magic words Mateo told her, and then Mateo himself using his tamborita, Carla returns to Shuriki, who is at first angry with her for not getting the tiara yet, only for Carla to then bring up what she learned regarding Fiero. Shuriki decides to use this to her advantage as reviving Fiero would make him a valuable ally in siezing control of Avalor.
In the following episode, "Rise of the Sorceress", Carla is helping with preparations for the Sunflower Festival while still in her disguise as Rita Perez, only to soon find that the shapeshifting potion is beginning to wear off as her hair has begun to revert back to her natural black, drawing concern from Elena and Naomi. Fearing her cover is about to be exposed, Carla returns to Shuriki to ask for more Shape-shifting Potion, but the sorceress refuses due to Carla's numerous failures to either acquire Lucia's tiara or Mateo's reversal potion. However, once she reveals that the entire kingdom will be at the sunflower festival, this works to Shuriki's advantage as she and Victor can infiltrate the city and help Carla. Carla manages to get close to Mateo, and sneak the key to his lab away from him to allow her to sneak inside, ransack the lab until she finds the potion, and return it to Shuriki, only for the exchange to be seen by Naomi. With the potion in hand, Shuriki restores Fiero to flesh and blood, and the two mages work out a compromise: Fiero will help Shuriki get into the Royal Treasury in return for Shuriki helping him retrieve the Codex Maru. With Fiero's help, Shuriki is able to acquire the jewel from Lucia's tiara to craft a new wand for herself, but Fiero's attempts to steal the Codex Maru are prevented by Mateo, leaving him to escape with only a few blank pages. They soon attack the palace, where they are confronted by Elena, who is horrifed to see both Shuriki alive and well, as well as Rita, who turned out to be Carla.
However, thanks to Naomi and Mateo, Elena is able to arm herself with the Scepter of Light and shatter Shuriki's new wand, forcing her, Fiero, and the Delgados to flee. As they head back to Shuriki's carriage, Fiero reveals that the pages he stole from the Codex Maru lead to something more powerful that Shuriki can use to attack Elena, but only agrees to share the knowledge if Shuriki makes him Royal Malvago when she takes over Avalor again, much to Victor and Carla's disgust. However, Shuriki agrees to the offer, and on Fiero's encouragement, they make their escape.
After that, in the episode "The Scepter of Night", Carla joins her father, Shuriki, and Fiero to locate the three pieces of the Scepter of Night, which Alacazar broke up and hid before fleeing Avalor when Shuriki took over. Carla and her father are still incensed by Fiero getting more respect and reward from Shuriki, and attempt to prove themselves to Shuriki, managing to find the pyramid that the first piece is located in. However, when they encounter Elena and her friends, Carla and Shuriki return to the carriage to act as a decoy to try and lure them away. When Fiero and Victor return empty-handed, revealing that Elena got the first piece, but they know the riddle leading to the second, Carla suggests waiting to take the first piece back from Elena when she comes for the second piece. An idea that Shuriki agrees with, impressed that there might be hope for Carla to be a villain yet. After Victor and Fiero climb into the carriage while still bickering with each other, Carla musters the horses to depart for the location of the second piece.
As they continue the hunt for the remaining pieces of the Scepter of Night in "Race for the Realm," at Shuriki's order, Fiero concedes and casts a spell on Carla and her father to transform them into Malvagos allowing them to split up to acquire all three pieces. Carla and her father going after Mateo and Gabe, conjuring a tornado that allows her and Victor to acquire the staff, and they return to meet up with Fiero and Shuriki, who got the mount and jewel from Elena and Naomi. With all three pieces in her possession, Shuriki rebuilds the Scepter and prepares to begin her training with it under Fiero.
In "A Tale of Two Scepters" Carla and the others hide during Shuriki's attempts to master the Scepter of Night. She and Victor encourage Fiero to teach Shuriki the most destructive spells of her scepter to use against Elena. She is able to use the Inferno spell in the jungle, getting the attention of Elena. After a fierce battle, Shuriki escapes Elena's wrath yet again, and her team is forced into hiding until Shuriki can complete her scepter training.
In the one-hour midseason finale, "Song of the Sirenas" Victor and Carla join Shuriki and her allies in hunting down Princess Elena and her family during their summer vacation in Nueva Vista as part of their final plan to rid Avalor of the royal family and take over the kingdom. She and Victor tip-off Gabe, Matteo, and Naomi during the parade through the city, leaving Elena to be ambushed and left for dead by Shuriki and Fiero. When the parade is over, Victor, Carla, Shuriki, Fiero, Cruz, and Vestia attack and imprison the rest of Elena's family, and successfully manage to gain control over the city. However, Elena survives, and is able to free her family before attempting to flee. A battle ensues in which Victor, Carla, Shuriki, and Fiero attempt to use their magic to strike down Elena, but are thwarted by the Sirenas, who crash their ship and arm Elena with her scepter (which she had previously lost after Shuriki and Fiero's ambush). Whilst Shuriki flies off, Victor, Carla, Fiero, and Duke Cristobal attempt to baricade themselves within the palace. Victor is almost captured by Gabe, when Carla uses a tornado spell to knock him away. Mateo and Fiero's battle inadvertently goes in the Delgados' favor, as Fiero's attack spell knocks Miggs away, giving the Delgados enough time to escape using a vanishing spell.
That sunset, Victor and Carla hide out near a ship. Seeing no sign of Shuriki, Fiero, and Cristobal, they are about to leave, only to come across the the disembodied jewel from the now-destroyed Scepter of Night. Cruz explains that the jewel is all that remains of Shuriki after her final battle with Elena. Carla and Victor find no qualms or remorse with the knowledge of Shuriki's death, and instead see the surviving remnant of her scepter as an opportunity. Victor, Carla, Cruz and Vestia soon fly off, plotting revenge against Elena once again.
Carla, alongside Victor, serves as the main antagonist of the second half of Season 2, becoming the de-facto leader of Shuriki's alliance of evildoers. With Shuriki, Fiero, and the Scepter of Night gone, she, Victor, and the jaquins escape to Cordoba, hoping to evade capture as well as use the Jewel of Night's magic to complete their conquest over Avalor. In "Finding Zuzo" Gabe assembles a team of guards to track them down as the final big threat to Avalor.
The following winter in "Snow Place Like Home" Victor, Carla, Cruz, and Vestia are heading to Cordoba to hide out. Victor summons a snowstorm to evade the royal guards, However, when Matteo's spell to try and stop the storm fails, it engulfs Victor, Carla, Cruz, and Vestia in as well. The jaquins soon betray and abandon Victor and Carla after being fed up with the former's bickering, leaving them to escape on foot, much to Carla's anger. Carla is injured in the blizzard, and thus is carried by Victor to their house in Cordoba. There, they discover that the house has been occupied by none-other than Carla's long lost mother, Ash.
Not long afterwards in "Not Without My Magic" Carla is ecstatic for her family to be whole again, unaware of her parents' bickering over the circumstances regarding Ash's absence. Meanwhile, Elena's search for the Delgados is handicapped by her scepter taking damage after being infected by Shuriki's dark magic, leaving her vulnerable.
In the Season 2 finale, "Naomi Knows Best" Carla, Victor and Ash, set up a trap for Elena by having a brainwashed King Joaquín write a forged letter to her, lying that Victor and Carla have been captured in his kingdom. Once Elena arrives there with Esteban and Mateo, Ash reveals herself and imprisons Esteban, Mateo, and Joaquín in a cell. She and her family plan to extract the magic inside Elena into the Scepter of Night's jewel, which would kill her and transfer her powers to them. They use a spell on Elena that forces her to go with them. By sunset, Gabe and Naomi ambush them, but Ash is easily able to defeat them and plans to have Carla perform the magical spell with her, as she is a more powerful malvago than Victor, much to Victor's frustration, whom Ash entrusts with guarding the cells. Carla and Ash perform the spell, but Mateo (freed by Naomi) draws her out, allowing Naomi to steal her tamborita. Carla and Ash escape, with the former wanting to go back for Victor. Ash promises her that they will come back to get Victor and their revenge, and the two flee.
Season 3[]
Ash returns in this season serving as the secondary antagonist for the first quarter of Season 3 following her escape at the end of Season 2. In the Season 3 premiere, "Sister of Invention" Ash and Carla journey to Xotep, in search of tamboritas. They come across Ash's ten year long mentor, Xopilote, who gives Carla a spare tamborita, and grants Ash the map to Takaina, which can grant them both enough power to rescue Victor. Carla and Ash are soon attacked by Elena and her allies, who were able to track them down. This forces the two malvagos on the run, now in search of Takaina.
In "To Save a Sunbird" Carla tries to convince her mother to save Victor so they can all find Takaina together, but she refuses, promting Carla to invade the palace and free him. Elena, Mateo, and Private Higgins are able to stop her and escort her to the palace dungeon in the same cell as Victor. Though she believes she failed him, Victor assures her that it's the fact that they're together that's important. He is hopeful that Ash will soon rescue him and Carla, unaware that she is actually on her way to Takaina so she can obtain powerful magic.
In the hour-long special, "The Magic Within" Carla is reunited with Ash once she is recaptured, and is greeted with open arms. That night, Esteban is locked up in the dungeon next to the Delgados after Elena discovers that he helped Shuriki invade Avalor. Carla and her family waste no time mocking their enemy, despite Esteban's confidence. After Esteban isis sentenced to banishment for his treason, he escapes from the dungeon by tricking Higgins into unknowingly giving him the key before distracting him. Following his escape, Esteban refuses to help the Delgados, but Ash reminds him that he needs them because he won't stand a chance against Elena and Mateo.
Once the Delgados and Esteban are all free from the dungeon, Esteban gives Carla and her parents back their tamboritas by sneaking into the treasury room and taking them. Victor and Carla make attempt to betray Esteban, but Ash and Esteban himself convince them that they need him. The four of them escape the palace, but Elena, who found out about what happened and is now chasing them, panics and her magic unintentionally causes an avalanche that knocks Carla and Esteban off a cliff. Though Carla nearly falls to her death, Ash saves her but shows significantly less concern for her safety than Victor (who was unable to save Carla due to his tamborita being destroyed), while Esteban manages to climb back up. Victor refuses to go with Ash over fear for Carla's safety, and renounces his family's dark pursuits, resulting in her turning him into stone with a terrified look on his face, which leaves Carla heartbroken. Ash offers Carla to come with her to Takaina, but Carla, disgusted and disappointed with her mother's betrayal, refuses, and is left by her mother and Esteban to the mercy of the authorities.
When captured and asked about what happened to Victor, Carla solemnly reveals what her mother did and states she thought she loved her and her father, but she was wrong. Carla begs Elena to save Victor, saying she'll do anything Elena asks. Though Elena expresses sympathy for Carla, she still has her placed back in the dungeon until she can deal with her.
In "Captain Mateo", Victor's petrified body is shown being kept in the garden of Avalor Castle. When Elena expresses anger towards what Esteban did, she unintentionally causes Victor to fly in the air. As she calms down, Victor is safely lowered back to the ground. Weeks later, in "Captain Mateo", she was referenced by Dona Paloma that she had "given up."
Carla remains in captivity, separated from her father for over a year until her release in "The Lightning Warrior." Much to Carla's relief and joy, her father is revived to flesh and blood by Mateo's reversal potion. Victor and Carla are soon given a chance at a merciful exile for their past crimes by aiding Elena in helping an ancient Maruvian warrior. Still heartbroken over Ash's betrayal and reeling from her year-long separation from her father, Carla reminisces with her father to a time before they turned to a life of crime, garnering sympathy from Elena. However, after rescuing Ixlan, they are swallowed by the guardian of the waters around the island where Ixlan was imprisoned, the Moyacu. Victor and Carla offer to help get everyone out, but Elena still exhibits distrust towards them and refuses to return their tamberitias to them. As a result, Victor attempts to have the Moyacu sneeze them out, but only gets himself out via the Moyacu's blowhole. Once Carla tells Elena off for her distrust and Naomi reminds Elena of what Quita Moz said about trust, Elena returns Victor and Carla's tamberitias and they are all able to escape and return to Avalor. As a result, Elena forgives Victor and Carla for their past crimes and they agree to train as good wizards now instead of Malvagos after seeing what Ash's dedication to her Malvago training did in tearing their family apart and turning her against them. Mateo is able to reverse Fiero's spell that transformed the duo into malvagos, and they, alongside Ixlan, join Elena's team to help defend Avalor from Ash and Esteban.
In the series finale, "Coronation Day" Ash's betrayal of Victor and Carla is depicted early on during a puppet show recalling the events of Elena's reign as Crown Princess. Later on, they show up when Elena and her friends are about to go off and confront Ash's villainous group, declaring their intention to come along. Elena asks them if they are sure they want to, since Ash will be there, to which Carla reminds her they told her they would help her defend Avalor, and meant it. At this, Elena gives Victor a look of respect and touches Carla's shoulder, and all of them depart.
During the battle against the villains, Ash blasts Elena, when suddenly she is confronted by Victor and Carla, who point their tamboritas at her. Though she barely acknowledges Victor's presence, Ash is shocked Carla would do such a thing, only for Carla to retort that she turned Victor into stone. Ash insists she loves Carla more than anyone or anything, but Victor tells her she loves herself more. Upon failing to convert Carla to her side, Ash dares her to blast her, but Carla finds herself unable to blast Ash. Victor attempts to blast her anyway, but she dodges it and casts a spell that sends him relentlessly spinning as Carla chases after him. With her family out of the way, Ash is given the opportunity to release the Shadows of the Night, only to end up falling into the Spirit World with Elena and Flo, never to be seen again. Shortly after the Shades' release, one of them, Yolo the Animal Shade, turns Victor and Carla into peabunnies. When Team Avalor retreats, Naomi picks up the transformed Victor and Carla.
After Elena's forgiveness towards a now redeemed Esteban creates a wave that undoes all the damage the Shades have done to Avalor, Carla and Victor are returned to normal. They meet up with everyone at the castle courtyard, where Elena and Esteban return to Avalor after sealing Cahu the Time Shade in the Spirit World. Now that peace has been restored, the Delgados can finally return home to Avalor after 45 years, putting the threat of Shuriki and Ash behind them. Elena proceeds with her coronation, with Victor and Carla being among the many attendants and bowing to Elena. They are also among the ones who give Naomi a smile of approval when Elena names her the new Chancellor, and quickly sing and dance with the others.
Quotes[]
Season 1[]
| “ | What do we do now, Papa? We needed that tiara! | „ |
| ~ Carla after she and Victor are banished from Avalor. |
| “ | Are you sure it’s a good idea for us to come back here, Papa? We were lucky [Princess Elena] didn’t lock us up after we tried stealing the Crown Jewels. | „ |
| ~ Carla expresses uncertainties about returning to Avalor. |
| “ | I don’t get it. Why do we care if a Jaquín fails some test? | „ |
| ~ Carla perplexed by her father’s plan. |
| “ | I don’t get how the plant lady is gonna help take over Avalor. | „ |
| ~ Carla after Victor frees Marimonda. |
| “ | Shuriki is your old friend? | „ |
| ~ Carla learns of Victor’s alliance with Shuriki. |
Season 2[]
| “ | Well, we got the jewel you asked for, so it's time to keep your end of the deal. Make us Malvagos. | „ |
| ~ Carla demands Shuriki turn her and Victor into dark wizards. |
| “ | Now all I have to do is convince Elena that Rita would make a better festival planner than Naomi, and the tiara will be mine. | „ |
| ~ Carla comes up with a plan to obtain Queen Lucia’s tiara. |
| “ | But if you'd like, I'm happy to step in as festival planner. Until you two patch things up, of course. | „ |
| ~ Carla as Rita subtly takes over Naomi's role as festival planner. |
| “ | I almost had the tiara but Elena’s pesky friend... forget it. I'll come up with another plan. | „ |
| ~ Carla explains her failure to Victor. |
| “ | Did I? Or did I just learn that there's a powerful Malvago frozen like a statue in the palace garden? | „ |
| ~ Carla informs Shuriki about the Malvago turned to stone. |
| “ | The royal wizard Marco, Mason... it doesn’t matter. He has a reversal potion. It’ll be easy to steal from his workshop. I can play him like a violin. | „ |
| ~ Carla explains her plot to free the frozen Malvago. |
| “ | Fiero acts like he's so much better, but if it wasn't for us, he'd still be a bird perch. And now he's gonna be [Shuriki's] royal Malvago? And we're nothing! | „ |
| ~ Carla frustrated with Fiero. |
| “ | Unless we were Malvagos. Then we could use a magic spell. | „ |
| ~ Carla convinces Shuriki to let Fiero turn her and Victor into Malvagos. |
| “ | This is just like old times! I can't believe we're all together again! | „ |
| ~ Carla excited that Ash has returned. |
| “ | Okay, this whole lovebird thing is getting a little gross. | „ |
| ~ Carla after her parents repeatedly show affection around her. |
Season 3[]
| “ | Listen, you old buzzard! We need this to save my Papa! | „ |
| ~ Carla yells at Zopilote. |
| “ | Ugh, this map is impossible to solve! Once you fix one side, the other sides don’t make sense! | „ |
| ~ Carla frustrated by the map to Takaina. |
| “ | There are dozens of jewels! Do we have to check them all? Ugh, we're no closer to getting all that magic and even further from helping Papa! [...] If we had rescued him first, he could’ve helped us figure out this map! | „ |
| ~ Carla's patience with her mother fades. |
| “ | I failed you, Papa. I'm sorry. | „ |
| ~ Carla apologizes to her father. |
| “ | My mother happened. I thought she loved us, but I was wrong. | „ |
| ~ Carla tells Elena what happened to Victor. |
External Links[]
- Carla Delgado on the Disney Wiki
- Carla Delgado on the Elena of Avalor Wiki
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