Rosa Thorn

## General

} Lyric Silvertree- Father †

} Belle [Robin] Silvertree (past) Griff (current)- Step-Mother

} Hansel Griff- Step-Father

} Willow (Wisp) Silvertree- Half-Sister

} Crimson Thorn- Husband †

} Kalynia Nix- Daughter

Caucasian

Rosa is a mix-breed. Her mother, Cassia, was a Paloris while her father, Lyric, was an Elkin. Paloris and Elkin are races that do not get along. Because she is half-and-half, she could be considered as a bastard child. Also, her parent's marriage was not considered legal. Again, because of them being of warring races.

Rosa never knew that she was a hybrid and that her parent's marriage as not legal.

## Personality

Rosa's personality is straight to the point and caring. She could be blunt and this sometimes was seen as rude. However, Rosa is always a considerate, kind person. She never blamed Wisp or anyone else for the way she was treated, nor did she blame herself. Rosa was accepting and did not care about a person's past or rumors. It was this personality trait that allowed her to fall in love with Crimson.

As a kid Rosa was active. She loved climbing and could scale anything. Rosa did this to help forget about the unfairness in her life and to find joy in small things.

While Rosa was not a genius, she was smart. She learned much about plants and medicine. She was also gifted in magic and could heal almost anything.

## History

### Ages 0-3

Rosa was born to Cassia and Lyric Silvertree in Mayfield on October 31st in the Year of the Peach (1979). Rosa was a homebirth and only her parents and a nurse were present.

Rosa's mother, Cassia, left soon after Rosa's 1st birthday. Cassia was a runaway who left the Shadowreath family to pursue a relationship with Lyric. Since the Shadowreaths are not forgiving people and do not like difference, they were on a mission to find Cassia and harm her and her whole family, so, Cassia left Rosa and Lyric to hopefully deter the Shadowreaths away from the family. Cassia never returned. She was ambushed and killed somewhere in the Spiral Enclave, the home territory of the Shadowreath family.

After her mother's disappearance, the family of two moved to Mist Village. There, Rosa's father took care of her. The two lived a quiet life. Rosa would play while Lyric did his job working at a library/bookstore.

Through his work, Lyric met a woman named Belle Robin. Belle caught Lyric's eye and Lyric started going out with Belle. When Belle first met Rosa, Belle was nice to Rosa and acted like a loving parent. When Rosa was 3, her father proposed and married Belle.

### Ages 4-12

Time passed and Belle wasn't as nice to Rosa as before. Their relationship took a turn for the worst when Willow was born. Willow is the child of Lyric and Belle Silvertree. Once Willow was born, Belle started to outright ignore Rosa. Lyric still took care of Rosa and cared for her but Lyric was often out working or watching the newborn infant while Belle worked. When Willow was born, Rosa was nearly 5, and Rosa was more mature for her age than most so she was trusted to not need as much attention.

Belle did not allow the siblings to see each other often. She used the excuse that Willow was too small to play with Rosa. Willow and Rosa officially meet each other when Willow is 2 and Rosa is 6. Their parents were out doing errands and the babysitter was asleep. The two sisters liked one another instantly. As time went by, Willow and Rosa kept playing together and growing closer. However, they could only play when their parents were out. During their time together, Rosa gave Willow the nickname Wisp, because Willow was so good at sneaking around and playing hide-n-seek.

When Wisp turned 5, Wisp started to go to school while Rosa stayed home. Rosa had many tutors who Belle has hired to teach Rosa. Belle didn't want Rosa to mingle with Belle's daughter. Through her tutors, Rosa learned a lot. Many of the tutors liked Rosa but they would only last a few weeks before they were fired. Rosa's last teacher was Ms. Iva Selim. Ms. Selim was an older woman who was stern and did not take to Rosa and her blunt personality. Ms. Selim was Belle's favorite tutor and Rosa's least favorite.

### Ages 13-16

When Rosa was 13, tragedy struck the Silvertree household. Lyric was attacked by a monster on his way back from another village. When Lyric died, Rosa was left in the care of Belle. Since Rosa was 13, Belle decided that Rosa didn't need any more education since most Elkins go to school from ages 5-12 before doing specialized training from 13-16. Belle thought Rosa didn't need to do specialize training for anything so Belle left Rosa to do what she wanted as long as Rosa didn't leave the property without Belle's permission.

With her new free-time, Rosa learned about plants and medicine. Rosa also started to use her water magic to practice healing. For the next two years or so, learning healing was Rosa's main focus as well as playing with Wisp if they ever got the chance.

When Rosa was 15, Belle moved Rosa to another village, Mythel. Rosa was sad to leave Wisp but knew that is Wisp wanted to have a better time at her own home, the Rosa should listen to Belle. In Mythel village, Rosa bought some books and started working as a healer since she didn't have the power to become an official doctor. Rosa's clients were only a few people because most did not trust a 15-year-old to correctly give them what they needed. Those who did decide to let Rosa be their doctor were treated kindly and found that Rosa was a natural healer who did not charge outrageous prices.

To a small community, Rosa became known as a talented healer who did not discriminate and charged reasonable prices.

### Ages 17-19

When Rosa was 17, she met up with a person she hadn't seen in a long time. Wisp had just finished her first year at Camp Arie and was returning home to Mist Village. Wisp had stopped in Mythel to rest and gather some supplies. Wisp had run into Rosa at a store and the two reunited after a couple years of not seeing each other. From Wisp, Rosa found out the Belle had remarried a man named Hansel Griff and that Belle was now Belle Griff and not Belle Silvertree. However, Wisp told Rosa that she wanted to keep her father's name.

Wisp decided to spend her holiday with Rosa instead, no matter how much persisting from Rosa that Wisp should go home. Rosa taught Wisp about healing and Wisp became an apprentice healer for the break. When it was time for Wisp to return to Camp Arie, Wisp didn't go and insisted on staying with Rosa, and it was so.

At age 18, Rosa and Wisp met an Elkin with red hair. His name was Crimson Thorn. The girls became friends with Crimson and Rosa and Crimson fell in love. When Rosa was 19, she was married to Crimson with Wisp being the only witness besides the officiator of the wedding. The two moved into a small 2 bedroom home and gave Wisp the extra room. Rosa and Crimson didn't go on a honeymoon.

### Ages 19-20

Rosa and Crimson's new happiness didn't last as peacefully as they would have liked. A few months after the wedding, Crimson uncovered a plot. The plot was the mass murder of the Elkin kind. At this point, Crimson, Rosa, and Wisp split up into two groups, the ladies would travel together and Crimson would travel by himself. The two groups parted way to go search for information and to gather materials if the plot happened to be true.

Rosa and Wisp traveled under the disguise of a pair of traveling healers. Rosa and Wisp went to many towns to gather information and materials. Rosa also saved a few lives. One of the patients that Rosa healed was Anneli Eagle, the mother of yet-to-be-born, Aaron Eagle.

While traveling, the groups exchanged coded letters and would sometimes stay together in a village or camp. During the last stretch of the journey, Crimson found out that the rumor was indeed true. The two groups agreed to meet at Clover village, the old home of Crimson, to discuss what their next step would be.

However, the two groups never did meet again. Crimson discovered that the plan was to happen the night that Crimson, Rosa, and Wisp would be in town. So, Crimson left a letter to Rosa and left on his own with an experimental solution. Rosa and Wisp arrived late evening and received the letter. Rosa felt devastated that she and her husband had to wait a little longer to see each other again but knew all Elkin were at stake. Little did Rosa know, she would never see her husband alive again.

Crimson died that night, on May 31st in the Year of the Rose (2000). He was killed trying to protect the people that killed him. And on that same night, Rosa gave birth to a baby girl. The tiny infant was given the name Kalynia Dea Thorn, but officially, her name was Kalynia Nix, to protect herself and her father's identity.

### Ages 20-24

Rosa stayed in Clover with Wisp and Kalynia. Rosa got odd jobs around the village. She did housework and babysat. Rosa also did a bit of healing but, no one completely trusted her since they thought she had a child that had no father. This said, Rosa, did help Cole Hemmingway who was born sick and often had to stay in bed.

Life was hard but the three managed to pull it off. When Rosa was 22, she made Wisp, who had turned 18, leave to continue her education. Wisp reluctantly agreed and Rosa was left to take care of 2-year-old Kalynia by herself. At this point, fife got even more challenging with there being only two, but Wisp faithfully sent some money to Rosa and Kalynia whenever she could. Rosa kept getting different jobs but always made sure to never do anything shady.

During Wisp's break, Wisp would come home and the family would go on a picnic, to celebrate Kalynia's birthday, Noevah, and remember Crimson's death. One year, when Rosa was 24 and Kalynia was barely 4, another death struck the family. This time it was Rosa's own death.

Wisp had gone to get normal water (not magically create water) for the family to drink. Kalynia was playing in some berry bushes and Rosa was setting up the picnic. Out of the forest jumped 3 Paloris. The Paloris attacked Rosa, but Rosa fought back as hard as she could. Rosa made sure that Kalynia was not spotted and kept everyone's attention on her. Rosa used her magic to defend herself and was able to knock one of the assassins down. Despite trying her best, Rosa was killed. She was stabbed in the back, much like her husband was, with a knife.

At this time, Wisp arrived at the scene and saw the devastation before her. When Wisp arrived, the other two killers ran, not ready to face a new opponent and aware of their wounds. Wisp knelt at Rosa's side and listen to Rosa's final words before Rosa died. Then, Wisp found Kalynia in the berry bushes in shock, completely white and not responding to the world around her. Wisp buried the assassin's body and took Kalynia and Rosa's body back to the village.

Kalynia was given to the hospital for a check-up and Rosa had a funeral. Wisp was one of the only Mourerners to attend the funeral besides some of Rosa's patients and their families.

About a week after Rosa's death, Wisp repeated Rosa's last words to the mayor of Clover village and left to finish her education and become a teacher. Kalynia was left in the care of the village until she turned 12, and was expected to have a nice childhood.

## Trivia

* Rosa is left-handed
* Rosa is a hybrid between a Paloris and an Elkin
* Her favorite color is red
* Her favorite food is fruit
* Rosa hates snakes
* Rosa made 3 necklaces with 3 charms. She had a green gem with a C on it for Crimson, a blue stone with an R on it for Rosa, and a white stone with a K on it for Kalynia.