Dylan Rose

official character art by @middsummmer

Crop Top (Zaren)

Beefcake (Phibi)

Private Rose

Gaspard Rose (Step-Father)

Blake Rose (Step-Father)

Shelton Rose (Step-Father)

Malik Joanan (Brother Figure, Deceased)

Leah Rose Evergreen (Cousin)

Team Langdale

The Shroud Assembly

Dylan Rose (she/her) is a human fighter and newly minted cleric. She joined the Team Langdale during the Heroes Gauntlet as a job from the Royal Army of Caerleon - but quickly fell head over heels for the team, becoming a trusted friend and ally of them all. Dylan is a little air-headed, extremely kind, and - let’s face it - pretty hot. With big muscles and an even bigger heart, she is willing to lay her life down for those she fights with and is loyal to a fault.

 Description

### **Appearance**

Dylan stands at about 6'1, she has broad shoulders and is very muscular and athletic. She has olive skin that is covered in freckles and thick, wavy red hair that flows past her shoulders. She is always found in some type of crop top and never enters a fight without her golden flail and shield.

### **Personality**

Dylan is soft-hearted, brave, and loyal to a fault. She is always ready to lend a helping hand to those who need it, protecting those who cannot protect themselves. She isn't the sharpest tool in the shed, but she always means well. She loves working out and being athletic and takes a lot of pride in how she looks.

She sometimes lets her emotions and heart guide her in situations that call for a more logistical approach. She wants to do right by everyone she meets and wants to put good out into the world.

## Biography

### **Backstory**

26 years ago on the 15th of the month of Lunlas - Dylan was born in the small military city of Banner Point. She was named Dylannea after her father's aunt. She was healthy, but quite small. She had a bright tuft of red hair on the top of her head like her mother. Dylan does not remember it, but this was the first time - out of the two in her life - that she saw her father cry. As the dark chocolate eyes of this tiny baby looked up at the scruffy dark haired man he could not help but feel overwhelmed with emotions in a way he never had before. He held her for the first time and touched the soft skin of his daughter. In this moment, Margaret finally agreed to marry Fernando - their family was complete.

Growing up, Dylan was a scrappy little child. She loved playing in her mother’s gardens and covering herself in dirt. Her mother and her would have epic battles in the forest with their wooden swords, where Dylan was a hero of Careleon fighting off great monsters and saving those in need. She gardened with her mother and spent the days amongst flowers. Fernando was often shocked at how much like her mother she was. Both of them were excitable, curious, capable, and kind to a fault. He didn’t know how to show it all the time, but when he looked down at this mini-Margaret, with her short, bushy red hair and gapped teeth - he saw a child he was so immensely proud of. The one spot of him in her were the eyes, she has her father’s eyes.

The family moved to Langdale when Dylan was about 6 due to Fernando's promotion in the Royal Army and she began to go to a bigger school. She had a tendency to get herself into trouble at school, mostly from protecting her friends from bullies and trying to be a good kid, even if it meant breaking some school rules.

When Dylan was 9, her mother died. Dylan came home from school one day and her mother was peaceful, lying in the garden unmoving. She took her mother in her arms, she wasn’t cold like she ought to be, but warm from the sun shining in the sky. She sat there until Fernando came home, unable to move or process what had happened. Margaret never wanted autopsies or to be torn apart - so with no way to discover specifics her death was deemed by “natural causes.” They took her back to Banner Point and buried her in a garden behind the house, just next to the yellow rose bushes she used to tend to that still bloomed beautifully somehow, though the family had been long gone. Fernando still pays for the upkeep of this home and its gardens, but the yellow roses never need tending. Once a year Dylan and Fernando go and spend a day there together.

Fernando was a changed man after Margaret died. He and Dylan remained in the Langdale home, but he drowned his grief in his work. He took more and more jobs, he began to travel much more for work and Dylan felt a distinct distance from her father. She missed him. She felt like she had to learn how to understand this loss all on her own, at quite a young age. She still loved him and she could tell he still loved her, but every time he looked at Dylan he saw her mother, and that she would never understand. He would never tell her. After two years had passed since her mother died, Dylan woke up for breakfast and saw something on the kitchen table she hadn’t seen since before Margaret had gone - roses in a vase. Her mother would bring them in weekly and they would brighten the room with their presence. They had been a distinct absence and her father brought them in this morning. Dylan walked up to him with sleep in her eyes and he kneeled down to her level. His tired, sullen eyes looked at her. He took in her features, her freckles, her eyes that were identical to his. He kissed her forehead and said, “I’m sorry. I love you.” Dylan smiled a soft, gap toothed smile as he followed up, “I’ll be better.”

Fernando decided to spend time with her in the way he knew how, teaching her to follow in his footsteps. Her new life was morning training, school, night training, sleep - then repeat. She was tired and her tiny body was strained, but she loved being able to see the pride in her father’s face. She wanted to become the person he wanted her to be. He was proud of her, but he never showed it. He was always a stoic man, and after Margaret died he learned to keep his emotions locked away tight. This strive for his approval would permeate Dylan’s life well into her twenties.

Eventually, when Dylan was 14, Fernando remarried and the family moved to the capital city of Burnfort. Dylan went to high school, dated, and lived through a lot of formative years in Burnfort eventually going into the Royal Army at age 18 - just as her father wanted. After five years of military training and service she was promoted to Private in the Red Dagger Division, an elite squad dedicated to the discovery and safety of magical artifacts. After years of service with the Red Dagger, including a mission that had her intercepting with a Planesbreaker sought out by Arkalans, Dylan found herself mysteriously removed from what would become the Red Dagger's final mission. The Red Dagger Division was no more after a deadly mission to the lair of the clown Gnickleback and Dylan was left alone - with no squad or job assignment, and grieving the loss of her found family.

A few months after this, still awaiting reassignment Dylan was give the task of joining Team Langdale in the Heroes Gauntlet after they had lost their fourth member. Partly because she is eligible due to her childhood in Langdale, but also so that the Royal Army could keep an eye on the unique group of heroes.

## Relationships

### **Friendships**

**Mavis Maymont** *(Main article - Dylvis)*

**Zil Nire**

**Kai Abadite**

### **Romantic**

**Griana Arande** *(Main article - Grylan)*

**Charlotte "Chuck" Constie**

As soon as Dylan entered military academy at age 18, she was fast friends with Chuck. They met when Dylan busted her ass falling off a climbing wall on the first day, and Chuck ran circles around her. Both were instantly charmed - Dylan by Chuck's bold, badass attitude and Chuck by Dylan's naivety and kindness. The two quickly became best friends and stayed that way for 8 years until Chuck's untimely death on her final mission with the Red Dagger Division. The two always had a "will they, won't they" type of relationship, with many of their mutual friends pushing them to go for it, but it never quite happened. Chuck playfully blamed Dylan's inability to make a move, and when it was too late, Dylan did too.

**Quinn Kaven**

Quinn Kaven was Dylan's high school sweetheart. They dated all through high school and were prom royalty together. They were very serious after 4 years, but broke up once the Summer after their Senior Year ended so that Quinn could leave Burnfort and pursue a college education. Dylan stayed in Burnfort and the breakup was amicable, but feelings always remained.

After 8 years of no contact, Quinn has returned to Burnfort for work and has reconnected with Dylan after running into her - literally - outside Sonder Home of Baked Goods.

## Art Gallery

Portrait of Dylan Rose by LaurenPortrait of Margaret Rose holding baby Dylan Rose by Molly Schafer