Dante Romero

"Dante Romero - King of the Pigs."
- Dale Holt, Chapter One. 
Dante Romero is a antagonist character in As Dusk Falls. He is the sheriff of Two Rock County and leads the police operation during the Desert Dream Massacre. It is his house that is robbed by the Holt brothers in Chapter 1. He is the cousin of Paul and married to Becky Romero.
==Description==
He has large and wealthy house, with several electronic devices to assist people in wheelchairs. In Dante's office, where his painting hangs, there are two bullet holes on the wall behind it. About the blackbook, it was kept by Dante in another hollow book was called "Bird of Arizona". When Jay Holt explores the office, he can know that Dante has feet festish
Dante has a doberman, he seems to be an animal lover. When he arrived at Paul Hayes's house, he took a liking to the his cat - Marlon and mentioned to his dog. At Dante's house, next to the wedding photo is a photo of his dog
Dante and his current wife have a cold relationship. According to Becky Romero, Dante never told her anything. Through Dante's perspective, he affirmed that he did everything for Becky but perhaps it was not enough for her because he saw his wife's discomfort towards him.
His cousin, Paul Hayes, also sees some negative traits in him, since he says "him becoming sheriff? Ain't no-one in the family thought that was a good idea."
Dante once sent Dale Holt to juvenile hall
Dante had known Jim Walker in the past. Perhaps Jim had problems with him, so during the robbery, Jim deliberately avoided Dante.
== Personality ==
Dante is perceived by many as arrogant and brash, usually those who know the dirty things Dante has done. As for people he thought were harmless, Dante showed kindness. For example, he was gentle with Ash Walema when looking for him, calmed Joyce Walema after the robbery, or gathered Paul's belongings after his workplace was burned
In the eyes of most others, Dante acts like he’s the King of the Southwest but he still gets things done. Dante also admits that the Holt family is nothing and this city would not work without him. His subordinates also know about these dirty deals, and they are commented by Dante that "even my most loyal deputies know better than to ask how or why"
Dante knows how to talk and persuade others. He has enough experience to know clearly what the Holt Boy wants in the robbery. Because his hands were involved in dirty deals, Dante was willing to kill people, even the victims' lives, as long as he could ensure his life from the serious consequences of dirty deals if he lost that black book.
Dante doesn't like desk paperwork, and used to be looked down upon in his early career. At the present time, he has animosity towards the FBI and once ridiculed the fact that at that time he almost worked as a data analyst for the FBI. Although he is hostile to the FBI, he afraid of their intervention because of his dirty job and is aware of how serious it is
Dante respected and cared for Paul Hayes, perhaps they were very close since childhood. One time, when Sharon Holt told him to leave Becky for her, Dante shared this with Paul to rethink the issue. In different case, while Paul was running away with Sharon, Dante could have shot Paul but he didn't
Dante was once passionately in love with Sharon Holt, through her words and confirmation from Paul. However, now, he hates Sharon for her wrong actions - stealing that notebook and it will put Dante in a dangerous situation.
== Appearance ==
== Involvement ==
Dante seemingly grew up in Two Rock. He is the cousin of Paul and Dante alludes to their grandma shutting herself away. 
He says he was 'almost an analyst for the FBI' but then joined the Two Rock County Sheriff's department under Sheriff Wilson. Dante was assigned coffee duty and recalls that Sheriff Wilson was 'fucking picky'. He says he had 'history' with Sharon Holt back when he was a deputy. Dante claims Sharon wanted him to leave Becky for her, but Paul questions his accuracy.
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