Dawn Brooks/Synopsis

## Background

"*Luke's sand castle was built further out. The techniques he used to build it were smarter. He was lucky and the waves didn't hit it. Dawn's was washed over by the waves, and nobody who passed by even knew it was there.*"
―shrouded
### Early Childhood

Dawn was born on March 11th, 2003. Her 11 year old brother, Luke Brooks, took care of her mostly on his own. When Dawn began elementary school, she briefly was questioned by school counselors about her lack of parents, but this never went anywhere. At some point, Luke got Dawn a pet dog named Mew, which died sometime while she was in elementary school. Shortly afterwards, Luke got Dawn another dog, also named Mew.

Prior to Dawn beginning middle school, Luke graduated high school and began working frequently, eventually moving to the location of a higher paying job, and sending whatever money he could home. Unbeknownst to Dawn, Luke had awakened and began working at the newly formed Universal Guardian Network.

Throughout middle school, Dawn engaged in a variety of hobbies, but failed to excel at any of them, and didn't stay interested for long. She gradually realized that she was lonely and wanted friends.

### High school life

In 2016, her younger brother Ceryn was born. Him and Dawn shared a room while the rest of her family was home to take care of him. Dawn quickly grew envious of the attention her brother receives. A year later, the Brooks family moved to a larger house on the newly constructed Elysia Island. Before long, Luke and her parents returned to spending most of their time away, leaving Dawn to take care of Ceryn.

As she entered high school, Dawn began obsessing over her upcoming adulthood and the idea of going to college, as it would be both an escape and an accomplishment. At some point, she worked with Piper Carroll on a class project, and the two visited each other's houses. As a senior, Dawn was accepted into an unnamed college, and was preparing to move there come summer.

In 2021, Luke was killed by a Gjuam, reported to his family to be a work accident. At his funeral, Dawn was approached by Risa Fujimura, who offered to help and left her phone number behind. Due to keeping the paper in the same hand she was holding Ceryn's, the number was smudged too badly to read. Dawn's parents left again, and she became the sole guardian of Ceryn, dropping out of college to take care of him.

### UGN and beyond

In the following months, Dawn looked into her brother's mysterious death and uncovered the truth of the Renegade Virus. She realized she herself was an Overed, and began working at the UGN after being interviewed by Seth Miyashita. After her interview, she briefly met Masateru Cytos, who she becomes very close with in the coming years.

At some point between 2021 and 2029, Dawn attempted to burn all pictures of her siblings. One was saved by Ceryn, who suffered mild burns on his hands as a result.

At some point between 2026 and 2029, Dawn became acquainted with Aina Murakami and began using her as her primary informant.

After Ceryn dropped out of high school, Dawn brought him to the UGN to train his powers better, despite her personal objections to the idea.

## Arc 1

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### 1.1

Sometime in April, 2031, Dawn receives an assignment to move into a house and form a new experimental team with the others living there. Ceryn moves with her, and she meets the others on the 16th, including her former classmate, Piper. Ceryn initially shares a room with her, but before too long, moves to share a room with Lenore in the basement instead.

Around the same time, Calista Calhoun begins working at the UGN shell company Dawn also works at. Dawn quickly becomes suspicious Calista is a Neumann due to her working habits. She reports her to her superiors, who tell her to keep an eye out for now. Later, Dawn is present during an emergency use of warding where she sees that it had no effect on Calista. Her and Piper force Calista to join the UGN provisionally to allow her skills to be assessed.

### 1.2

The group receives their first mission, to deal with Luminous Jazz, on the 23rd. Dawn uses her informant, Aina Murakami, to learn about her fellow party members and the situation, finding out about abandoned military base on the north side of the island that was likely important.

On the 25th of April, Ceryn and Dawn have a fierce argument over text. Ceryn later apologizes, and reveales that he talks to his renegade virus, something Dawn has trouble understanding and grows worried about. She meets with Lian Thymin, Ceryn's trainer, to chat about his training.

Ceryn later expresses a desire to learn more about Gjuams, leading Dawn to arrange a meeting between him and Alexander Gray.

### 1.3

Dawn is present when Raul Pastore attempts to get Lenore Parish to defect to False Hearts. When Raul attempts to convince her as well, Dawn gains as much information as she could from him.

On April 29th, Ceryn and Pia have a fight about Luke, leading to Ceryn injuring Pia. Dawn mediates the situation somewhat, visiting Luke's grave with Ceryn and helping Pia clean her wounds. Dawn and Pia discuss what it's like being sisters briefly, but the two struggle to communicate.

### 1.4

On May 3rd, Dawn speaks with Seth about the group's upcoming mission and what information they've learned. She also learns from him that Lycus Uracil is a renegade being created by Seth. Seth requests that if Lycus goes out of control, Dawn kill him, which she agrees to.

Later that day, Dawn and the rest of the party go to the military base. They fight with Johan A. Cauldwell, during which she does quite a bit of damage, which is attributed to Lycus. They eventually reach the center of the base and attempt to stop Luminous Jazz from activating the weapons. The group is unable to do so, but the fight is interrupted by the appearance of Crimson Carnage, who chases off nearly everyone. Dawn immediately recognizes him as the Gjuam that killed Luke.

### 1.5

After the fight, Dawn takes care of Ceryn, allowing him to sleep in her room again. She comforts him after a nightmare, and reluctantly reveals what she knows about Crimson Carnage to him.

A few days later, Dawn meets with Masa to discuss Crimson Carnage, as Masa was there when Luke died and is one of the only survivors who met the beast. He tells her everything he knows about Crimson Carnage, and advises her never to try and fight it.

Less than a week after the fight, Calista moves into the house with the rest of the party, as she will be continuing to work with them until the situation with Luminous Jazz is completely handled.

Dawn briefly spars with Thrones after the two discuss their different views on their Syndrome, and Thrones notices that Dawn's power has some effect on their memory.

While Nadja and Ceryn are hanging out, Dawn realizes that Nadja left behind some of her weapons. She returns them to the orphanage, being coerced by the younger members to stay longer than she would like. Lio Adenin ushers her out quickly after she makes food for the kids, telling her that Masa will never be happy as long as she's in his life.

Dawn wants to get Lenore better due to her closeness with Ceryn. The two talk about the recent fight and about Lenore's family. Lenore asks Dawn to look into an incident in her family from 10 years ago, when her uncle Oscar disappeared under mysterious circumstances.

By chance, Dawn sees Calista and Aina out walking together and learns the two are connected. Aina tells her the two are dating, and Calista requests Dawn keep this private. Dawn agrees.

## Arc 2

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On April 13th, the group is briefed on their new mission: locate and make contact with a renegade being called TALOS, which possesses other objects. Dawn, Piper, and Ceryn make various plans on what to do, with Ceryn and Piper agreeing to visit TALOS's last known location together, while Dawn searches for likely next targets.

Dawn later checks in with Pia and Ceryn about their findings. Pia asks Dawn about what she will do if TALOS isn't a threat, and the two discuss whether intention matters when someone has been harmed.

On April 16th, Dawn is informed that an agent has been killed by Jabberwock, a False Hearts Gjuam. She alerts the rest of her team to be on alert.

On April 19th, the group finds TALOS at a Build-A-Badger workshop, where it creates itself a plush badger body. It introduces itself as PASTE, and quickly grows attached to Dawn, much to her chagrin. Unwilling to let it know the location of her house, Dawn instead spends the night with it in a hotel.

The next day, the party confronts Alexander Gray on Paste's existence. The meeting is interrupted by a blood clone of Jabberwock. After the fight, Al explains Paste's origins as an expiriment created by Alfred J. Cauldwell. He asks them not to tell the rest of the UGN, as they will likely terminate Paste. The party argues about what to do about the situation, eventually agreeing to continue keeping Paste a secret, but not yet fully trusting it. Piper, Pia, Lenore, and a reluctant Dawn spend another night in a hotel with Paste.

The next morning, the group is attacked once again by Jabberwock, who captures Paste and runs off. Ceryn is injured in battle, and Dawn stays behind to comfort him, before the two return to the fight. (TBA)

On May 22nd, the party and the orphans celebrate Ceryn's 16th birthday at Minion Park. Dawn is forced to go on several rides despite her reluctance. She ends up in the Tunnel of Love with Piper. The two briefly argue about their jealousy of each other, but the conversation turns to Masa, and the two calm down, parting on awkward terms.

That night, Dawn gives Ceryn a few presents, pretending some of them are from their parents. He thanks her for celebrating his birthday with him, and she promises to always do that.

A few days later, Dawn visits her actual house again, discovering that it has been broken into and that someone has been living there. She waits to see who the culprit is, eventually discovering Masa entering her house. She confronts him and he claims that Luke gave him a key and that he uses the house sometimes when he's drunk, to avoid scaring the orphans. He apologizes, cleans up the mess, and leaves. He pretends to return the key to Dawn, but it is a fake.