Rosario Galán-Grant

Rosario Galán-Grant is a pink-band Beta with the ability to suppress other posthumans' powers. She is a legacy poster, the daughter of former sidekick (and current sheriff of Foundation) Roxanne Galán-Grant and the light-powered Sofia Galán-Grant. Roz has lived her whole life in Foundation, and has been friends with Mal Underwood and Ernest Wright since childhood. For her third block of training, she has been paired with Jack Willard.
==Biography==
===Early life===
As a teenager, Roxy Grant fought alongside the Commander as his unpowered sidekick, Li'l Champ. It was in this role that she first came to Foundation to help John train students at Maillardet's Academy. While there, she met Sofia Galán, and the two eventually settled down together and married. Rosario is the eldest of their two daughters; her younger sister, Libby, is a baseline human.
Growing up in Foundation, Rosario had no shortage of posterchildren to play with. She went to normal a public school, but was close friends with Ernest Wright and Mal Underwood, and the three of them regularly met in the woods outside the Academy to play together.
Although Rosario tested positive for posthuman genetic markers at birth, for a long time she showed no obvious sign of developing powers. Roxy had no powers, and Sofia rarely used hers at home, and as a result Roz's power-dampening abilities remained unnoticed. Rosario was not daunted by this, and from childhood she dreamed of being a hero like her mother Roxy - who, after all, had never needed powers to kick ass.
Rosario's power eventually revealed itself while she was playing in the woods with Mal and Ernest. Mal had fallen from a tree and broken his leg; a nasty injury, but one that his regenerative powers could take care of. But when Rosario, who had been learning about first aid, ran over to help, something when wrong. For the first time, Mal's power was not working. The childen panicked, and Ernest ran to fetch the closest adult - Sofia, who correctly guessed that Rosario's power had manifested.
===At the Academy===
While some students are able to coast through on the strength of their powers, Rosario has had to work hard at building and honing her skills across the curriculum. Nothing has come easily to her, but as a result of her efforts she consistently outperforms many of her classmates. After Mal, Rosario was the second-highest scorer in the first block.Origins, Issue #1
Rosario has entertained the idea of becoming a Cape Collector after graduation, should they scout her. Up until the Rook's death, it had seemed to her the best thing to aim for. After Corbin was killed by Cape Collectors, however, Roz was forced to re-evaluate her goals: "I think I’d be good at it ... Like, really good. But I’m not sure if I want to be good at that, if that makes sense."Abuelito
At the beginning of her third block, Rosario was paired with Jack Willard, a sixteen-year-old purple-band Alpha who had been flung forward in time while fighting in the Second World War. Jack's uncontrolled ability to project emotions, combined with his PTSD and depression, made him a potential danger to others. By partnering him with Rosario, the Academy hoped to keep his power restrained while he learned to control it for himself.
It was a serious commitment for Rosario and her family, and the Commander stressed that she could say no if she wanted to and nobody would hold it against her. But it was clear to Rosario that she could be Jack's only shot; if he could not be trained, he would in all likelihood be involuntarily committed. She said yes.
==Personality==
Like both of her mothers, Rosario is "a creature of stubborn determination", and her lack of flashy powers has only motivated her to train harder, putting in long hours to build up her skill.quipquipquip: Things To Know About Rosario Galán-Grant Even after she discovered she could negate even the most powerful Alpha's abilities, it didn't change her approach to life: "work hard, train hard, play hard, fight harder." She is always the first person up in the morning, the first in the gym to train, and the first to run into the fray.quipquipquip: "So the only WOC on the cover doesn't even have real powers? I'm really saddened by this."
Rosario's motto is "Talk shit, get hit", and letting go of slights is never easy. When she's tempted to punch someone in the face, she tries to stop and ask herself "WWEWWD?" — "What Would Ernest W. Wright Do?"
==Physical appearance==
Along with her posterpowers, Rosario inherited her looks from her Mama Sofia. She has black hair that she wears in a braid and darker skin than her little sister Libby. She has had a nose-ring since her aunt took her to get it pierced on her thirteenth birthday.quipquipquip: "Did Roz decide to get a nose ring because he favorite aunt has one?" She is of mixed heritage; her sperm donor is a biracial pink-band poster of Puerto Rican and Irish descent.quipquipquip: "How would you describe Rosario's skin tone?" She is 5'10".quipquipquip: "How tall are the kids?"
==Powers and abilities==
Like most kids with two posthuman parents, Roz inherited her power type from one parent and its expression from the other. The passiveness of her ability comes from her sperm donor, a pink-band Alpha, but the power itself is reminiscent of her mother Sofia's. Sofia, a green-band Beta, is capable of forming an armor of hardened light constructs around her body. Roz's power, likewise, provides her with an armor, in the form of a power nullification field that no posterpower can shatter.quipquipquip: "Is posterism genetic?"
Roz can suppress the powers of any other posthumans within a ten-foot radius. She does not negate powers — she can't, for instance, stop a fireball coming at her face — but rather suppresses the ability to tap into powers. Her abilities are most effective against mental powers, like Jack's emotional projection and Mal's traumatic event negation, as her presence shuts down whatever brain activity allows for those powers. She takes longer to affect physical powers, and is largely ineffective against orange band powers based on posthuman physiology.quipquipquip: "Would it be possible for Zip to be negatively affected by being too close to Rosario?"quipquipquip: "I have a question about Roz's powers"
Many Alphas rely heavily on their powers, and are defined by them quite significantly. Rosario's power can be devastatingly effective against such people, as they often will not know how to fight or defend themselves once stripped of their abilities. Rosario "drags them down to her level, and then she beats the snot out of their ego". The Foundation has been watching Roz ever since her posterpower first emerged, as between her training and power nullifcation ability, she could potentially take down almost any almost any villain, vigilante, rogue hero, or poster who has lost control of their powers.
Rosario's power is not controlled; she cannot turn it off (although it does appear to be weaker when she is asleep). For this reason, she needs to be aware of other students' powers and steer clear of those who rely on their abilities to operate normally.quipquipquip: "How do the people in Maillardet's cope with Rosario's ability to nullify powers?"
Where other students at the Academy have been able to succeed with relatively little effort, thanks to the strength of their powers, Rosario lacks "flashy abilities to fall back on" and as a result has had to work and train hard to achieve consistently high marks. She is an excellent boxer and a superior hand-to-hand fighter, having been trained by her mother Roxy, who was in turn trained by the legendary Rook.quipquipquip: "Rosario is a killer hand-to-hand fighter..."
Rosario is fluent in both Spanish and English.  Thanks to her mother Sofia, she also knows many codes and ciphers, including Morse code. Sofia also helped to train her in using her nondominant hand, and as a result Roz is ambidextrous.quipquipquip: "Are any of the Posterchildren characters left handed or ambi-dexterous?"
==Relationships==
===Jack Willard===
Initially, Rosario doesn't appreciate being chained to a "white boy zombie".  However, she is not one to give up on a challenge, and she and Jack eventually become very close.  Even though she is immune to Jack's powers, Rosario finds him charming and appreciates his compliments on her fighting skills and appearance.  By the time of the Night Games in summer, Zip feels that Rosario and Jack act like they have been partnered half their lives.Origins
===Ernest Wright===
Rosario has been friends with Ernest and Mal since childhood. Growing up, they were so close that they considered each other extensions of their of families. As a child, Rosario gained a lot of experience with handling severe anxiety, as she often needed to calm down a panicking Ernest.  Rosario considers Ernest a paragon of patience. In situations where punching someone in the face is starting to look attractive, she tries to ask herself "WWEWWD?" — "What Would Ernest W. Wright do?"
===Mal Underwood===
Like Ernest, Mal has been a close friend of Rosario's since childhood.
===Clay Dillinger===
Clay is Rosario's boyfriend. He came into her life during a very difficult time: Mal had disappeared, presumed dead or kidnapped by his own father. Ernest struggled to cope, and Rosario was the main person keeping him together. In the midst of this, Clay was "kind and sympathetic, an outside party and a shoulder to cry on during one of her toughest years. ... He made her feel good when few things or people did."quipquipquip: "If Clay is such a jerkwad, how did he end up dating Roz?" He does, however, have a jerkish, possessive side that Rosario finds frustrating.
==Trivia==
*Rosario and her family are Christmas and Easter Catholics: "Rosario prayed the same way she took antibiotics— on an as-needed basis. For one reason or another, praying was especially effective when she had nightmares."
*Rosario's mode of dealing with crushes can be summed up as "Yeah, I like you want to fight about it?"quipquipquip: "YEAH, I LIKE YOU. WANNA FIGHT ABOUT IT?"
*Rosario is bi, though she is generally more attracted to male partners.
*Rosario's favorite color is pink.quiqpquipquip: "What are the kids' favorite colors?"
*Rosario is highly uncomfortable with being submissive. Her last boyfriend implied that she would be more attractive if she were traditionally feminine — "She gave it a few attempts, then decided that he needed to go."quipquipquip: "Roz is super uncomfortable with being submissive."
*Rosario owns a motorcycle.
*Rosario is at least 15 by the end of Origins.quipquipquip: "I keep forgetting everyone is 14"
*If Rosario were at Hogwarts, she'd be a Hufflepuff.quipquipquip: "Hogwarts houses"
==Appearances==
*Origins
*Abuelito (POV character)
*Target Practice
==References==
Category:Betas
Category:Characters
Category:Pink-bands
Category:Origins characters
Category:Abuelito characters