Rolo Cotter

* Child
* Adult

“
Pa always says, *You can figure out what the plan was when you're done.*
”

— Rolo Cotter

**Rolo Cotter** is one of the deuteragonists in Beacon Pines and a citizen of Beacon Pines. He is the best friend of Luka. He appears almost in every branch of the game and has a major role.

## Profile

### APPEARANCE

#### Child

Rolo looks like a young, chubby hybrid of tiger and lion (liger). He wears a dirty-dark teal pair of work overalls and a black t-shirt underneath to match; Rolo also wears a pair of sandals. His eyes are light blue. He has a rather thick set of Brown-Orange fur with white accenting stripes that cover Rolo's head and tail - a trait passed from his mother. His fur is very poofy making him look even larger compared to his friend Luka.

#### Adult

After being drinking a version of Tempus Liquamine in one of the branches, Rolo becomes older, causing his fur to become unkempt. He now wears a black t-shirt and teal shorts. For some reason he still keeps his sandals even after growing up.

### PERSONALITY

Rolo is a hyperactive child who always looking forward to find adventures for him and his best friend, Luka. He is very active and really a chatterbox. He gestures a lot, always stomping with excitement, running and shouting as well. Rolo was the first to have noticed strange activity in Beacon Pines and has no problem to invite his friend to investigate something dangerous and mystical.

He is very imaginative, creative and initiating. Rolo often offers Luka crazy, and more often than not, improbable plans on how to solve the hard situations they find themselves in. He is good at engineering, - seen in the branch MCDC - Rolo had been able to create whole treehouse, with the help of his friend Luka. - Rolo calls this treehouse: Mission Control, - being a true fan of the Hank Atomic comic series. Rolo is such a fan that he, and Luka are at the top in the waiting list for any and all new issues that come out. This isn't saying that nobody else in the town doesn't read Hank Atomic; in fact if Luka goes into the library he sees a few regulars start to read Hank Atomic. He is also very superstitious, talking about aliens and zombies when any strange activity happens.

Rolo likes to dig in the trash to find something useful, he is not afraid of being dirty. Manners, subtlety, or any common decency are not his forte.

Rolo has been friends with Luka for a long time and they respect each other. They've had a lot of fun playing, getting in trouble, and more. Rolo always remembers adventures from their past, like the burning chicken coup incident. He also respects his father, often quoting him.

Despite Rolo being thick-headed, he can be very caring, cheerful and understanding. When Luka really misses his family, Rolo always there to comfort him. When his friend in despair, he will be there for them. However, Rolo, being as thick headed as he is, may overstep boundaries from time to time, as much as he tries to give his friends enough space to calm down from his antics, Rolo wants to be there for his friends, even if he is the problem.

Rolo isn't a stoneface, and can be easily scared when it comes to more stressful situations, such as meeting his own sister after skipping his daily chores. When Rolo acts cowardly, he'll start to panic and even scream, not knowing what to do. In these situations he needs someone, like Luka, to calm him down.

### BACKGROUND

Not much is known about Rolo's past, other than having a dad and his sister Roxy tending to his families farm. However, we do know that when he met Luka they had almost immediately become best friends.

The Cotter family farm was just as prosperous as all the others using Valentine's Fertilizer, but after the Foul Harvest their crops have been dying or don't grow to the size they once did, leaving fields full of rotten and decrepit crops even after 6 years. However, Perennial Harvest said they did a full "Decontamination" when they moved to town, though the Cotter family's crops are still not what they used to be - they are, albeit at a slow but steady pace re-cultivating the land.

The Burning Chicken Coop Incident is referenced in the game, where Rolo's Family farm had a chicken coop that caught fire, and Rolo was grounded for months after being blamed for the fire, however, the true culprit was Iggy.

## TRIVIA

* Rolo species is a combination between tiger and lion - Liger.
* When Rolo tries to use the walkie-talkie to communicate with Luka, it emits a noise that when translated from morse code spells out "DANGER".
	+ As the Demo originally used a random stock sound for the radio, it instead spelt "2T1".
* Rolo likes Sour-Gobs.

## Gallery

### Portraits Child

NeutralNeutral DetectiveNeutral TalkSpookedProudLaughingMiffedOh ShitPanickedWingedWinged FingerScaredAngrySadAngry Eye SideSad Eye Side
### Portraits Adult

NeutralNeutral DisguisedProudProud Disguised

## References

2. ↑ https://store.steampowered.com/app/2141050/Beacon\_Pines\_Artbook/ Beacon Pines Artbook, page 152
3. ↑ https://discord.com/channels/616982269667704844/620673295284699136/825454976792395786
4. ↑ https://discord.com/channels/616982269667704844/1026475182501666877/1026589364819591178
5. ↑ https://discord.com/channels/616982269667704844/616983232214335509/1016796374970404985
6. ↑ Iggy: You and Rolo were doing chores at Rolo's chicken coop.Iggy: And you guys pissed me off for some reason or another...Iggy: I just wanted to give you guys a little scare.
7. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DKJSwiI4Ay8&t=3237s
8. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xb8h2v-WHP8&t=1558s
9. ↑ "I like Sour-Gobs." - Rolo, Chapter 7: The Interrogation Of Hiram Tolliver