Juniper Rose

Juniper Rose is the main deuteragonist of the Warlock's Apprentice series, Toby Parker's closest friend and an experienced Warlock with little official training. She was born into the Associates but secluded from the order after her parent's death, cutting contacts with her mentor. She is a skilled flier of the flying broomstick and exceptional at alchemical arts.

## Early Life

Juniper Rose was born in the Castle (the Associates main base of operations) to the keepers of the Department of Botanical and Previously Inanimate Monstrosities - Monty and Diane Rose. Born into the Associates, Juniper's upbringing was never normal. Magic was a frequent in her everyday life, and she utilized it to help her parents in every way she cold, despite her very young age at the time.

She was raised in a portion of the Castle known as Midnight Alley, a district of homes where many Associates could live without leaving this tranquil plane that the Associates are based. The Midnight Alley is eternally in darkness, however, but she never minded very much. She liked darkness from a very young age. When she was six years old, she was assigned as the apprentice of Master Eléa Voldept. The apprenticeship was smooth sailing, and Juniper was exceptional at the arts of magic from the very start.

After her younger sister, Gabrielle, was born, Juniper ceased training for a long period of time to focus on her family before returning to the apprenticeship. She caught up on the time she missed out on extraordinarily quickly, and had no trouble at all completing the more difficult lessons she was assigned. Throughout her childhood, Juniper frequently practiced riding a flying broomstick, and it became one of her favorite hobbies to pass time.

## The Crash

When Juniper Rose was eight years of age (her sister barely three), Monty and Diane Rose were killed in a plane crash, on their way to China on a mission to recapture a lose Chinese dragon. The entire thing was broadcasted on television worldwide, as it was caught on film by a news boat that had been passing when it happened. For years following the destruction of the plane, there was a buzz in London about the multicolored explosion that erupted from the engines.

After Monty and Diane Rose died in the mysterious annihilation of flight 17, Juniper and Gabrielle were taken under the wing of a family friend, James Pettimoore, who worked in the Department of Curse Removal and Reversal at the Castle - he seemed very aware of what happened, and took the two young girls to his tower in the far west where danger couldn't get to them easily - Pettimoore Tower, her current residence.

Adapting to life after the death of her parents was not easy by any stretch of the imagination, but it was an event that Juniper came to accept over time, and is no longer pained as much to speak of them. One of the major drawbacks of the event, however, was her isolation from Master Voldept. She had never been able to tell her they were moving away, and in turn lost contact with her former master - she still wonders sometimes where she is, or if she's even still alive.

## Gabrielle Rose

Juniper is extraordinarily protective of her younger sister, and would do anything to keep her away from danger. Being the only family she has left by blood, Juniper will not hesitate to deploy the most dangerous magic she knows if need be to protect her. During their time at Pettimoore Tower, Juniper has been steadily teaching Gabrielle about magic and how to use it, despite James Pettimoore's reluctance to allow it - however he isn't against the idea like Elizabeth Parker is, he simply wants the girls to be safe, but won't stop them if that's what they wish to do.

## Meeting Toby Parker

When Juniper and Toby first met, their relationship was rocky - bad, to say the least. Constant teasing and bossing him around, which she now regrets but for obvious reasons cannot reverse. She witnessed the Prisons of Magic shattering and offered to help when she saw Toby and his mentor freaking out in the Rotting Goblin that evening - for the price of twenty quid, of course. However, once paid, she ditched her Scarlet Helix and followed the two out the door after the Sprites. Had they not been Associates, she likely wouldn't have helped.

Throughout the duration of the Prisons of Magic, their relationship hardly improved. By the end, they could at least tolerate each other - progress. By the time they made their leap of faith to find Neptune's Hollow the next year, their friendship had improved by ten-fold, and considered each other quite close. Over the winter and spring they helped each other a lot over the course of Toby's training. By the time they were knocked out and dragged off to Skull Hill, they were best friends, and nothing could separate them. It's grown to a point where Juniper Rose clearly enjoys his company to an extent of beyond just friendship, but with his feelings unclear, she stays discreet.

## Personality

Juniper Rose is bookish, wise, and witty, and often comes off as rude or bossy to strangers - she has a tendency to be judgmental and harsh to people upon first meetings, although she has a kindhearted side that shows over time. She is confident in her own ability and hardly doubts herself in combat situations - although doubts her allies frequently, as many of them have less than practical approaches to situations that can be solved with much more ease. Juniper doesn't really care about law, although won't go out of her way to break them - but if she happens to violate the rules, she also won't go out of her way to fix it.

## Physical appearance

Juniper is small and slim, standing at 5'4", she is one of the shortest members of their group. She has long, dark brown hair which she typically wears in a French braid, gloomy hazel eyes, and freckles on her cheeks and nose. In her hair she generally has a red or white ribbon that keeps it in place, which matches the candy-striped scarf she always wears. A black hoodie, black jeans, and black leather combat boots is her favored attire. She is typically regarded as fairly attractive by others her age, although she really doesn't care.