Dennis Quimby

### Affiliation

unnamed company (former employee), Dragon's Egg (former protector), Shattered Scale (enemy)

### Occupation

financial manager (likely fired), Dragon egg protector (retired)

## Appearances

### First Mentioned

INVIOLATE

> "He was, in short, possibly one of the most boring men on the face of the Earth. And he was reasonably content with that. And then, quite suddenly, all of that pleasant mundanity was ripped away literally overnight."
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The donator and the former protector of the Dragon's Egg.

## Description

Dennis is a middle-aged to elder-aged man who is very healthy and well-built despite his age. Before his involvement with the dragon egg, he kept a strict schedule and lived a "boring" life.

In the first telling of his story, Dennis is described as a rather boring man who is initially hesitant to believe in the alternatural. However, once his beliefs are proven true, he acts as a heroic protector. He is shown to be proactive by learning different forms of self-defence to better protect the egg, but humbly admitted he was unable to hatch the egg and brought it to the Mistholme Museum.

In the second telling of Dennis' story, he is shown to be a paranoid man who kills anyone he believes may be trying to attack the egg he is protecting.

## History

Dennis was a middle-aged man who worked as a financial manager at an international company that produced and sold ball bearings for wind turbines. Every day, he woke up, showered, ate a piece of toast with marmalade on it, went to work, came hom, had Earl Grey tea at 8 PM, and went to bed before 9:30 PM.

However, one night he was awoken by a dragon in his room. She claimed that Dennis was the one prophecised to protect the final dragon egg against the Order of the Shattered Scale. He would return dragons to salvation and save the world. A tear fell from the dragon's eye and Dennis woke up to the morning sun. However, the dragon's egg still sat at the end of the bed.

Dennis then went to work and pretended that none of it had happened. When he returned that afternoon, he was surprised to see the egg still there. That night he laid in bed awake, staring at the ceiling.

At 2 AM, Dennis heard someone opening his window and sneaking down the hall to his bedroom. When the intruder opened the door, Dennis fought the intruder before eventually beating his head in with the egg. As he recovered from the shock of the fight, Dennis noticed the heat radiating from the egg and realised what he must do.

For years after that, Dennis wandered the world with the egg. He learned multiple forms of self-defence and attacked (and in some cases killed) anyone who he believed to be part of the Shattered Scale. After years of doing this, Dennis began to realise the egg would not hatch for him and so he took it to the Mistholme Museum for it to be protected there.

Afterwards, Dennis retired.

### Alternate Story

This is an alternate telling of Dennis' story from a supposedly more realistic perspective. This story was changed due to multiple complaints that it was too depressing.

Dennis was a middle-aged man whose uneventful life resulted in him having a mental breakdown. His breakdown focused on an egg he became convinced was magical and he went around the world killing random people who he thought were trying to steal it.

## Trivia

* Dennis completely believes dragons are real.
* Enjoyed watching historical reenactments in his spare time, but considered himself too busy and serious to do it himself.
* Has his Earl Grey with milk and no sugar.
* He had a "Hang in there, baby!" poster in his room.
* Saw a movie with a dragon in it when he was a kid.
* Before the egg was given to him, he was not active for at least two years.
* He has attacked and murdered several people to protect the egg.
* In multiple viral videos with titles such as “Old guy beats down young guy in subway!!!”
* Knows multiple forms of self-defense including,
	+ Muay Thai in Thailand
	+ Kung Fu in China
	+ The Way of the Bushido in Japan
	+ Potentially more
* Dragons are found in popular mythology from all around the world.