Rosalyn Bailey

Captain Bailey at work.

### Relatives

Jinay Cornett (brother), Alfie Bailey (husband, deceased), Irene Bailey (daughter), Maeve Bailey (sister-in-law)

## Appearances

### Debut

Season 0, Episode 1

> I have never gotten to be selfish, Vic! Ever. Okay? Everything in my - in my fucking life, I've always done for others. I can't imagine an existence where the - the bullshit I do revolves around anything I do for myself!
>
> Rosalyn Bailey, in an argument with The Tourist

## Pre-Apocalypse

Rosalyn Bailey (née Cornett), more commonly known as Rosie, was born in Riverside in July, 1968. A triplet along with her brothers Michael and Jinay, she grew up in a rich household in the suburbs of the town, an innately charismatic and cheerful child. Rosie was active even in her youth; from cheerleading to swimming to sports, she kept both her mind and body active, earning the spot of valedictorian in her senior year and even being awarded a place at Harvard to study law like her father.

On the night of her senior prom, one day before graduation, the short-circuit of a spark plug ignited the school hall curtains and set the building ablaze. The door lock mechanisms failed and consequently trapped the pupils in, including Rosie's two brothers and a girl called Nina that Rosie was intending on confessing to. Having left to go to the bathroom, Rosie escaped the blaze by climbing out the window, but her friends were not as lucky. Michael and Nina unfortunately passed away along with the rest of the graduating class. The remaining Cornett family - Rosie, Jinay and their parents - moved to Rosewood shortly after. Rosie herself fell into a deep depression and rejected her offer to Harvard. For a year, she stayed mostly in her room, visited frequently by Jinay and her friend Alfie; however, as Jinay took his leave from Kentucky and Alfie was called to the military, Rosie found herself entirely alone and consequently turned to alcohol.

At a bar one night, she drunkenly won an arm wrestling competition with the unbeknownst-to-her fire captain of the Rosewood Fire Station. He convinced her to attend training, and with nothing better to do, Rosie accepted. She quickly surpassed many of her fellow trainees and was picked to join the team proper, eventually making lieutenant and finally captain. During fundraiser lunches the fire station members would hold barbecues, one of at which Rosie met Kurt Messer; in medical first response training she also met Julian Shaw, both of whom she would go on to become good friends with. She would go on to marry Alfie Bailey a little while later - although initially happy, their relationship would take on strain as Rosie ended up having a drunken one-night stand with Julian early into their marriage. To save it, she was forced to cut contact with Julian.

   Rosie and Alfie went on to have a child together a little while later - Irene, their first and only daughter. The CHD outbreak led to Alfie being called away for military duty in the spring of 1994. He would never return, and as Rosie herself was called to aid, she had to give Irene to her sister-in-law, Maeve. The pair escaped to Savannah, Georgia. Rosie was left behind in Kentucky and decided to go help efforts in Louisville, becoming a first response member with PNDRA. She was present at the cleanup of Site Erebus. As things turned for the worst, Rosie was offered priority safety at Icarus as a responder