Alani Kelso

> Skyler Brooks was my friend. But now...she's just a monster. This all started with my mistake, and I intend to end it. Brooks, the True Sons, anyone who sides with them, all of them need to be destroyed. I'll find her, and I'll put a round in her heart. I'll kill her, and anyone who stands in my way. This is between me and her. It started that way, it'll end that way.
>
> Alani Kelso on her singular desire to stop Skyler Brooks at all costs

## Alani Kelso

### Occupation

* US Army Ranger (formerly)
* CIA Paramilitary Officer (formerly)
* Division Agent

### Rank

* Sergeant (Army)
* Senior Division Agent

### Education

* United States Army Ranger School
* SHD Training

### Affiliations

File:Emblem of the U.S. Department of the Army.svg United States Army (formerly)
 File:75th Ranger Regiment Distinctive Unit Insignia.svg 75th Ranger Regiment (formerly)
File:Seal of the Central Intelligence Agency.svg Central Intelligence Agency (formerly)

### People

* Manny Ortega (friend)
* Skyler Brooks (former friend)
* Brayden Jameson (recruiter, former friend)
* Ruby Rose (ally, surrogate daughter)

### Weapons Used

* Custom P416
* Marine M780 Shotgun
* Division Bombardier Drone
* Division Airburst Seeker Mine

**Alani Kelso** is the senior Division agent based in Washington D.C. Although the Division is a fully autonomous unit, Kelso is the closest thing the Division has a commander. She works closely with Manny Ortega and the DC branch of the Joint Task Force. While she spends most of her time at the White House, providing coordination and assistance to agents in the field, she is not afraid to get her hands dirty, and has been known to serve in the field on a regular basis.

An old friend of Skyler Brooks from their days in the Army Rangers, Kelso was the one responsible for Riley Brooks' accidental death, and therefore, the catalyst for Brooks desire for revenge against the Division. Kelso feels a heavy burden of guilt over her actions, and a deep sorrow that she has unintentionally driven her friend down a dark path.

However, she knows Brooks has to be stopped, and in her opinion, she no longer recognizes the woman Brooks once was. While she often has doubts over the Division's mission, she is a firm believer in the cause, and knows that even though they're not perfect, the Division is the best hope for America to survive Dollar Flu and return to some semblance of how they once were.

## Biography

Kelso was born and raised on Kauai, in the state of Hawaii. When she was a child, she lived through Hurricane Iniki, and was left without power for several weeks. She would later speak to Skyler Brooks about how Hurricane Iniki would become the reason that she joined The Division. She joined the Army out of high school and would later become one of the first women to complete U.S. Army Ranger School, where she demonstrated an aptitude for out-of-the-box solutions and foul play.

She would later go on to serve overseas in Afghanistan with Skyler Brooks and Brayden Jameson, achieving the rank of Sergeant, before the trio were injured in a convoy ambush.

Her time with the Rangers made her highly attractive to the Central Intelligence Agency, and for some years she performed Covert Operations as a paramilitary agent in the National Clandestine Service. There she acquired a mixed reputation, as some of her superiors found her methods questionable even though she always got the job done. She was eventually recruited by The Division by her old colleague Jameson, who had risen to a high rank within the Division, and she even worked as an instructor before taking on active agent status.

## Relationships

### Ruby Rose

Kelso's relationship with Ruby started off complicated. They first meet at the White House during the Siege of D.C. Kelso insisted that she and her team get down to basement to avoid the risk of getting killed. As time went by, Kelso became a mentor/surrogate maternal figure towards Ruby.

## Trivia

### Allusion

* Due to the relationship between her and Ruby, Alani Kelso may allude to Joel Miller from the video game The Last of Us by Naughty Dog.