Dreea Taven

Sovereign Dreea,

Scary Sovereign

### Relatives

Kodiak Zora (foster brother, Sovereigns, found family), Sol Riverly (foster sister, Sovereigns, found family),

Eryx Riverly (foster parent, deceased),

Wynnlow Bell (Sovereigns, found family, best friend),

Chessca Jones (girlfriend, found family),

Courage Taven Jones (adopted son),

Elara Bell (sister-in-law, found family),

Quill Bell (found family),

Atlantis Beckett (found family),

Bas Blackwood (found family, best friend),

Harlow Blackwood (family),

Henry Blackwood (family),

Haven Blackwood (family),

Brody Blackwood (family),

Zara Blackwood (family),

Ares Bell (friend, *deceased*),

Isobel Kady Zora (niece),

Ares Zora (nephew),

Story Zora (niece),

Hope Zora (niece),

Eden Riverly Bell (niece),

Reign Riverly Bell (nephew),

Aeryn Ives (family),

Theo Bell (family),

Veer Bell (family),

Fenn Jakson (family),

Liam Leighton (family),

Ary Jakson-Leighton (family),

Gracie Jakson-Leighton (family)

### Affiliation

Basilisk (Sovereign), The Second Bunker Clan,

Neptunum (prisoner),

Terra Firma Tribe (hostage),

## Appearances

### Last appearance

For Always (S10xEpilogue)

Dreea Taven is one of the main characters in the series The Boy from the Bunker and is portrayed by Nathalie Emmanuel in the books. She is a member of the clan Basilisk and is also one of the four Sovereigns in charge of her people.

She has two unnamed deceased parents who outcasted her when she was a child. Because of this, Sol Riverly and her father, Eryx Riverly, helped to provide for her when she was young which caused Sol and Dreea to develop and unbreakable bond and become sister figures to each other. Several years later, Kodiak Zora - who was in the running to become a Sovereign, also lost both of his parents and his guardian and as they were a few years older than him, Sol and Dreea took up initiative to protect Kodiak and help him with his training. Due to their incredible closeness with each other, Kodiak *also* became a brother-figure to them, and the three of them consider themselves a family. Their bond is strengthened when the three of them are selected to become the Sovereigns of Basilisk and must lead their people together. Years later, Wynn Bell also becomes a Sovereign during Sol's absence at Basilisk, and he becomes a part of Dreea's family. Because of her fierce protection for Wynn after the trials he has faced, Dreea also becomes incredibly protective of his siblings Quill Bell and Elara Bell Zora. She also has a strong friendship with Bas Blackwood who she considers one of her closest friends and also gives Harlow Blackwood elite, private Sovereign training because of her bond with his brother. In Season 7 after Sol's return to Basilisk, Dreea becomes extremely close with Chessca Jones and soon enters a relationship with her before moving into the second bunker together at the end of Season 7. In the epilogue of Season 10, it is unveiled that Chessca and Dreea have a son together who they rescued after he was orphaned. His name is Courage - decided (with the help of Sol), upon the quality they love the most about Chessca.

**Season 1**

Dreea is one of the three people in the running to become a Sovereign and is competing alongside Sol Riverly and Kodiak Zora to earn the title of Nobel Sovereign. When Sol Riverly is forced into abandoning her desires to win the competition to save the lives of Wynnlow Bell and the others who had escaped from Basilisk, Dreea also abandons the deciding ceremony (of Nobel Sovereign) to help save Sol and the others.

**Season 2**

When her best friend and family member Sol Riverly fails to return to Basilisk, Dreea and Kodiak begin to suspect foul play in her disappearance with each possibility only being heightened by the intense fear of Wynnlow Bell who had returned to Basilisk with his family on the promise of Sol protecting them. As Atlantis Beckett - Sol's newfound half-sister who she has rejected - is forced into the position of Nobel Sovereign by the girls' father, Eryx Riverly, Dreea and Atlantis work together to bring down Eryx - who they learn is responsible for Sol's disappearance - whilst Wynn, Kodiak and a team of their people fight to reach Sol in time.

**Fun Trivia**:

In Season 10, Episode 7 "For Always", Dreea admits to Wynn that he's her best friend. This is a momentous moment in they relationship as Dreea often jokes about how intolerable she found Wynn for the first few years that she knew him (up until him becoming a Sovereign).

Along with Sol and Atlantis, Dreea is one of the *three* people that Chessca needs to have around at all times to feel safe due to having endured a long history of violence and abuse when she was in The City.

Dreea is credited as the strongest fighter in Basilisk.

Other than a select team of elite guards and fighters, Dreea has only offered private training to a small number of people in Basilisk. These include: Wynn, Bas, Elara, Harlow, Quill, Atlantis, and Izzy.

Elara was the one who coined the nickname 'Scary Sovereign' for Dreea when using it in a story for Izzy.

After her parents betrayed Basilisk to join another clan (presumed Blood Riders or Third Clan (mentioned by Sol in S6)), Dreea was welcomed into the Sovereigns' Quarters by Sol and was secretly sharing a room with her for weeks before Eryx found out. Once he discovered the truth about why Dreea was rooming with Sol, and what had happened to her parents, Eryx accepted Dreea into the family and helped to train and prepare her to hopefully become a Sovereign alongside Sol. Shortly afterwards, Sol and Dreea's close friend Kodiak suffered a tragedy when his aunt - who had become his caregiver after his parent's deaths - was killed whist outside of camp. Wanting to extend the same compassion that she had received, Dreea suggested the idea to Sol that they become the ones to take care of him and help him with his training (as they were a couple of years older than him). Sol agreed and they snuck a spare bed into their room for Kodiak, once again to be discovered by Eryx a short while later. Given the closeness of the trio's relationship - which extended into something deeper than just a friendship - Eryx granted Kodiak permission to move into the Quarters, and favoured both him and Dreea in the years of training to become a Sovereign beside Sol. Due to their loyalty to each other, and group-caretaker mentality since a young age, Dreea, Kodiak, and Sol have grown up with the declaration that the three of them are a family.

She often goes on hikes or long, overnight training sessions with Bas outside of camp due to their close bond.

Following Sol's absence in S5 - S6, Dreea stepped up and offered her guidance to Atlantis after the death of her mother, and sudden loss of her sister - Sol. She also offered up Sol's room for Atlantis to stay in, however, she chose to remain in her tent as she didn't want to give up the spare bed that had belonged to her mother. Instead, Dreea trained privately with Atlantis and taught her basic defence techniques, as well as how to adapt to the use of weaponry with only one functional hand. Dreea made it her duty to protect Atlantis as she knew Sol would have asked her to, have she had the chance.

In the spin-off series (Isobel Zora: The Chronicles of a Great Sovereign) it is revealed that Dreea is married to Chessca.

When the current Sovereigns are due to be succeeded by a new group, each Sovereign gets to choose who replaces them (and the Nobel Sovereign is then elected by the four of them to replace the current). Dreea's choice for her successor was Harlow Blackwood.

Dreea's role within Basilisk is a Sovereign. She was briefly the Noble Sovereign in Sol's absence (in Season 6), but rejected the title. Her primary classes to teach are Armed Combat, and Sovereign Skills (training the upcoming Sovereigns).

Despite being standoffish and somewhat intimidating to those who don't know her, Dreea has always had a soft spot for Harlow Blackwood and she developed a mentor bond with him through private, elite training sessions. She finds herself unable to maintain her 'Scary Sovereign' facade around Harlow as he sees right through her.

Dreea's birthday is March 2nd.

She shares a birthday with Reign - Sol and Wynn's son.