Dante Hill

Dante Hill was a dragon and the brother of Ember Hill. He was one of the protagonists of the Talon Saga. He is also the secondary antagonist of the entire saga; serving as a major protagonist of Talon (Book), as the secondary antagonist of Legion, as a supporting antagonist of Rogue (Book) and as a major antagonist of Soldier. He redeems himself in Inferno and becomes a supporting protagonist here, but ends up to be killed by The Elder Wyrm herself, the main antagonist of the entire franchise.

## Personality

Dante, in contrast to his sister, is calm and collected whereas Ember is brash and reckless. He also has much more respect for his elders/superiors. But unlike his sister, he is shown to have poor morals, and constantly commit nefarious acts if he benefits from them. Still, he is inexperienced and overly ambitious. Despite his actions, Dante justifies them for the sake of helping Talon and doesn't believe he's truly a bad dragon.
However he did betray the Elder Wyrm after learning that she has no intentions of passing Talon on to him and intended to transfer her consciousness into Ember.￼This however costed Dante his life.

## Biography

### Early Life

Before the series, Dante was taught how to masquerade as a human and avoid being targeted by St. George. He and Ember lived alone in a desert for most of their childhood.

### Assimilation

In Talon, Dante traveled to Crescent Beach with Ember to assimilate into human society. He befriended some of the teenagers who lived there. He and Ember both noticed Riley arrive, and they realized he was a rogue dragon.

His vacation was cut short when Mr. Smith and another agent arrived and changed their plans, due to him informing Talon about the rogue. Mr. Smith trained Dante during the summer. Dante was taught how to be a Chameleon, a very diplomatic position. He was taught human world leaders, manners and other things on this note.

Dante's relationship with Ember was fractured when he refused to divulge information about Talon, and when Ember recklessly met with the rogue dragon. However, he lied to the Talon operatives to keep her from getting in trouble.

He aided Ember, along with Cobalt and Garret, in a fight with some bullies. Later he argued with Ember but attempted to repair their bond.

Dante confronted Ember later, revealing that he knew she was in a relationship with Garret. He was shocked when he discovered that Ember was made a Viper.

After St. George attacked, Ember told Dante she was going rogue and asked him to come. He claimed he would, but informed Lilith where Ember was.

Dante was informed by Talon that they wanted him to be in charge of bringing Ember back.

## Planning to Retrieve Ember

In Rogue, Dante met the VP of Talon, Adam Roth. He was then introduced to a team member, Mist, who disliked him. Dante convinced his team to stop looking for Cobalt's safe houses and to instead look for Garret.

After discovering that Ember had broken Garret out of a chapterhouse, Dante told Roth that Ember was going to Las Vegas. Roth and Mr. Smith took Dante to Vegas, introducing him to Reign, the dragon in charge of much of the city. Dante convinced Reign to help, revealing he had a plan to bring his sister back to Talon. Dante sent Mist, code-named Ava, and Faith to separate Ember and Cobalt, and to complete their missions. Unfortunately for him, they both failed in their objectives, and Faith was killed by Garret.

Ember called Dante and argued with him before Roth took the phone. Dante reflected on his plan while Ember verbally assaulted Roth and asked him a few questions. The VP took Dante with him after the call ended. Roth congratulated Dante on his performance in attempting to bring Ember back. He allowed Mr. Smith to take Dante to a secret place. Dante then discovered dragon clones, and realized Talon's plan.

The Elder Wyrm always wanted Dante to bring her back to the organization, but told him it was so they could rule alongside another, instead of the truth. Dante, who believed her, tried many attempts to bring her to Talon, and once succeeded. He hated Riley and Garret immensely, since one was the Rogue who in his eyes "filled Ember with lies" and the other a former soldier of St. George. He tortured them for information, howeve,r they were eventually able to escape when Mist rescued them on a mission for her employer. They were also able to rescue Ember, howeve,r she had lost some of her memories. It was during this time that her human and dragon halves decided that they both loved the soldier. However, Mist's actions declared her a "rogue" in the eyes of Talon.

During the Night of Fang and Fire, Dante requests to specifically lead the attack against the Western Chapterhouse, as it has given him the most grief. He uses his clones to decimate the Chapterhouse, but is surprised and angry when he realizes Ember is there and brought other hatchlings to fight. He proceeds to keep attacking, despite the presence of Ember, however in the end he fails. The Elder Wyrm assures him that she is not mad.

Afterward, Dante is assigned with a mission: go to the Eastern Dragons and give them the message "Join Talon or Die." Dante suspects that this almost impossible task is a result of his failure. However, Jade gives Dante a letter, revealing the truth of what Talon wanted to do to his sister. At first he refuses to believe it, but after asking one of his head scientists, he ealizes it his true. This sways him a little bit, and eventually , in the end,sacrifices himself for Ember, saying that family always comes first. Despite, doing horrendous things to her, Ember is devastated and grieves for Dante.

## Trivia

* He is good at hiding his emotions and staying calm in the face of danger.
* His trainer was Mr. Smith.
* Dante’s friends from Crescent Beach were Calvin(Lexi’s brother) and Tyler.
* Dante has a small scar result from a fight he and his sister had when they were younger.
* Dante is shocked that the dragon clones had no emotions or moral sense of right and wrong, but agreed to give Talon mindless soldiers due to his ambition and selfishness implying that being a Talon devotee meant more to him than the Vessels' state of mind.
* He is responsible for over 40 human deaths.
* Cobalt is Dante's most hated Rogue dragon; mostly because he turned Ember against him.

* Dante is good at manipulating human teen females with his handsome looks.
* Dante refused to go rogue, not because of the consequences but because he felt that he knew his place.
* He nicknames his sister Tweedledee after the twin boys from the movie Alice in Wonderland.