George O'Connell

**George O'Connell** is Rosalina's Dad and he is known as Crazy George to the townspeople. Rosalina O'Connell, she calls him Papa.

## Appearance

George is a tall man with brown hair with bits of grey. He has a large rotund belly and has a sturdy look about him. He wears a Crystal Rose Pendant around his neck given from Rosalina's Mom.

When we first see him in Chapter 4, he is dripping with water and soaked.

## Biography

### Early Life

Before the disappearance of his wife (Rosalina's mom), he was an archeologist. **George believes that fae are monsters.**

After his wife disappeared 25 years ago from the events of Bonded by Thorns, he was convinced that she was taken by faeries and has devoted his whole life to finding her traveling to places around the world. When George had become depressed that he could not afford flights to follow a lead to the Scotland's Highlands and their home was about to be foreclosed on, Rosalina offered college fund to pay for all expenses.

### Bonded By Thorns

George had recently just come back from a trip from Petra, Jordan on a lead he found to find the faeries that took his wife. He had come into the home and made a mess doing additional research, then left again for the Briarwood forest**.**

#### Chapter 3

The butcher's son bursts into the Poussin Hunting Lodge, looking for Rosalina, and tells her that he had gotten lost in the forest and found her dad's jacket.

#### Chapter 4

He enters Castletree in the faerie realm looking for help. He had gotten lost in the forest and was attacked by goblins and had ended up at the castle to rest, also breaching the enchanted vale and the briars that cover the area. He continues yelling inside the castle and is unknowingly being watched by Keldarion in wolf form and Marigold. George keeps talking saying that he was chased and was looking for his wife. He then approaches the fireplace in the Great Hall of the castle and plucks a rose for Rosalina O'Connell to complete his promise to her of bringing a rose back from each of his travels.

> *"A rose for my Rose, I promised her after all."*
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A white wolf then jumps down from the second floor and is told that he is a thief. George is more surprised that he had made it into the fae realm and then asks the wolf for help to find his wife. Kel tells him to leave, still choosing to spare his life. George falls to his knees and pleads for help to find his wife and that he has been searching for **25 years**. Kel slowly walks forward to him into the light, still in wolf form, and George realizes that he in trouble and tries to scramble away. Kel pins him under his paws and is about to roar at him to leave but sees the crystalized rose pendant, made of moonstone. and is angered again. He says that he will now make him stay in the enchanted veil. He sweeps him up and takes him to the dungeon.

## Relationships

### Rosalina O'Connell

Rosalina's Papa, George, often runs off to search for his wife and Rosie's mom who he says was taken by faeries. He is mostly absent traveling the world while Rosalina is forced to stay home so she can work to pay for their living expenses and pay off his travels.

George is not discrete about his reasons for leaving which gained him the reputation as the faerie or pixie hunter and the village crazy person. Rosalina sometimes shows she is ashamed or embarrassed of her father's actions and is has felt like an outcast from it. His travels have put their family in terrible debt that Rosalina has tried paying off with her bookstore salary and has used her college fund to contribute as well. He often will come home, make a mess doing additional research, and leave again for her to come and clean it back up. Although, she does feel isolated from it, she says it's one step close to him finding what he needs- whether that be resolution from grief and acceptance.

*"..that Papa isn't mad. That every trip he takes, every loans he gets to fund an excursion, that he gets closer to what he needs."*

He carries around tents and top of the line gear on his travels. She worries often about him and that each time he might not come back. When he asks if Rosalina wants anything from his travels she will always think, she wants him home safety and to not to leave her alone again, but she would only ask for a rose (cheap and easy to get). It is the only promises that he keeps, bringing back the real thing, a rose trinket, or rose jewelry.

Once he goes missing and Rosalina goes through the rosebush, she begins to believe her dad.