Roanoke

> "Because you never know when you're going to need to survive." - Roanoke, Broken Arrow
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**Roanoke**, also known as **Roan Oak**, is a VIRGO Preternatural and Sapphire Elite for team Sapphire-44, as well as the leader of Taurus. In Broken Arrow he is the main protagonist and is a handler to Emeralds.

## Appearance

Roanoke is described as being tall and slim with brown skin with a few subtle freckles and some scars. Like most VIRGO Preternaturals he has dark hair and eyes, though his are described as being 'blackberry coloured' however unlike other VIRGO Preternaturals he does not share the more feminine appearance of them and prefers to go by him-he pronouns and will correct others if they refer to him in the feminine.

#### **Synth Features**

Roanoke has Diamond Skin which results in him having crystalline and glittering scars from where the skin has healed up after damage.

## Personality

Roanoke enjoys teaching, and it is why he is often the one chosen to act as the handler for Topaz and Emerald elites. Despite being trained as a Sapphire he does not enjoy missions in which he has to resort to violence and often laments that he wishes his kids didn't have to be designed to hunt or fight.

He becomes increasingly traumatised and jaded through Broken Arrow, but still has a strong sense of purpose in protecting the kids and making sure that they are safe above all else.

## History

**Early Years**

Roanoke grew up with Reykjavik in ARCDA. Despite being a VIRGO Preternatural, known for having feminine features and pronouns, Roanoke prefered masculine pronouns instead, and considers Reykjavik, a LEO Preter, to be more of a brother to him than his VIRGO sisters in his Batch. At somepoint in time, he was known as Romeo, a name that Reykjavik sometimes teases him with. As he grew up he showed potential enough to be a Sapphire but not the desire to progress into being a Diamond as he was happy to teach and manage younger Synths.

**Broken Arrow**

During the events of Broken Arrow, Roanoke is working as a Sapphire Elite, in the North American Sapphire-44 team.

## Abilities

* **Muser**

As a very sensitive muser, Roanoke struggles to 'shut off' his musing resulting in him feeling and hearing what is going on in the minds of people around him. This can become very overwhelming for him, however because of this sensitivity he is able to broadcast to multiple people at the same time and has an approximate range of 3-7 meters.

* **Diamond Skin**

Roanoke has Diamond Skin which protects him for the most part from superficial damage however he is very aware of how it can be damaged.

## Relationships

* Reykjavik

Reykjavik despite being from a different batch of a different origin of Preternatural, is more of a brother to Roan than the other VIRGO's in his batch are sisters to him. They tease each other playfully and talk casually with one another on account of having known each other so long and even though they do not always have the same point of view, at the end of the day they are still brothers.

* Big Dog

Roanoke is shown to be very aware of Big Dog's anxiety around humans, discussing with Sunshine at the start of Broken Arrow that it would be better to take Big Dog with him than for the Canid to work with Sunshine on her tours of the facility.

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## Quotes

* "The results are in, and I've got bad news I'm afraid."
* "[Sunshine] How do you still not remember people's names even after all this time?" ... "Easily. If they don't matter to me, they don't get a name."

## Trivia

* Roanoke's name comes from the lost colony of Roanoke.
* He is exceedingly bad at remembering names.
* Roanoke is a VIRGO Base which has a primarily feminine appearance and usually use she/her pronouns, however Roanoke prefers he/him and to be referred to as a Brother.

## References

 Storm Series
 Synths
 Other