Daniel Park

* In 2020
* Ranger White, Aerial

# Early Life and Family

Daniel is a British-Korean born in Windsor, Berkshire. He grew up in Windsor until he was 7 and was sent away to boarding school.

Daniel's mother, Molly, is a professor at the University of London, where she teaches international relations. Daniel's father, Kim, works at the Bank of England. Molly and Kim met during 1984, when Molly was teaching English in Korea. Kim, at the time a low-level businessman in Seoul, decided as their relationship progressed, to emigrate to the United Kingdom. There, a bilingual speaker, he was able to find a good job at the Bank of England. Molly pursued teaching at the University of London, but only after several years of deliberation. Molly and Kim had their first child, Jonah, in 1986, born some time after the wedding. Lucy was born in 1990. Jonah followed his father's footsteps into becoming a banker, while Lucy moved to South Korea, where she alternates between spending time with grandparents, and working with Greenpeace in the Pacific ocean.

Because of the strained relationships Molly and Jonah had with their parents during Daniel's birth, Daniel was sent to a private school by the age of seven. Daniel attributes this also to being a "mistake," A child his parents didn't actually want. During breaks up to the age of 15, Daniel would come home and dislike the way his parents treated him. Constantly flipping between high expectations and forced happiness, Daniel decided that he would apply to private schools in the United States, where he wouldn't have to be near his parents constantly. Daniel's Parents, seeing this as ambition, allowed the move, but only on certain stipulations involving what clubs he would attend and what he would apply for, for the purpose of University.

Daniel never talks to Jonah because Jonah is constantly working. He's not even sure when Jonah's birthday is. The age gap has always been a point of contention for Jonah. Lucy, although in South Korea, has a good relationship with Daniel. Daniel and Lucy email each other at least once a week, unless Lucy is out of the country. Molly is constantly pushing Daniel to work harder and take more clubs. They only usually talk in the once-a-month check-up call on Skype, or for brief times during the holidays. Kim and Daniel talk about football because Daniel indulges his father: when younger, Daniel would play football and his father would coach him. Daniel was removed after many fights with other kids. After switching to private school, he stopped playing.

# School Life

Due to Daniel's reluctance to come home for holidays, Daniel's parents have insisted he take certain courses and clubs. This is how he ended up in the Mathletes .It angered him that he enjoyed computer science because his parents want him to do it. As long as he maintains a high grade average, he is allowed to stay out west. Daniel's parents provided him with a monthly stipend that allowed him to buy a few extra things each month.

Daniel wasa self-taught bassist for the band The Odysseys.The band was folk punk.

Daniel was quiet during school life. He doesn't mind people, but would get intimidated due to his accent and his background. When insulted he can get defensive, especially if it's about his friends. Since Daniel chooses his friends carefully, he doesn't want any harm to come to them. Daniel hates closed-minded people.

Daniel dislikes drug and alcohol culture because it seems pointless to him.

# The Eleventh Hour Team

Daniel's time on The Eleventh Hour team was filled with conflict and stress. He was the first White Ariel Ranger. During his time on the team, he was often the quiet one, and he looked up to Ms. White for guidence when it came to ensuring they did the best they could as the changelings decended onto the campus. Ms. White taught him more and more about the morphing grid and how power batteries were created.

However, Ms. White betrayed his trust by informing Daniel (as she killed David) that she was the one who got Alair kidnapped by leaking Alair's identity. When Ms. White betrayed the team and jumped into the morphing grid, Daniel did the only two things he could do. He kept that secret from Alair, and he removed himself from the ranger lineup so he could become the new team mentor.

At the end of The Eleventh Hour, Daniel formed The Morphing Masters Academy so that the rangers could prepare for the future threats.

# Morphing Masters Academy

Daniel led the Morphing Masters Acedemy, growing relationships with

Gridman

Daniel led the Gridman team to restore the grid with the help of Lilian, Amy, Alair, and . They established an arcade game named Polybius with the goal of finding people with the morphing grid potential. From this experiment, they found Archie, Gil, and Logan.