Roberta Bruna

Roberta "Bobby" Bruna (b. 2009) is a rider at the Eyrie, bonded to Falcon's Wrath and an Air Wielder. She is the main female protagonist of the book and first friend of Skandar Smith.

### Early Life

Bobby was born on the main land and lived with her mother Mrs. Bruna and father Mr. Bruno. She also had a younger sister whom, according to Bobby used to get all the attention. Like most 13 year olds she was called to the Island on the Summer Solstice.

### Training at the Eyrie

#### Hatchling year

When she first came to the Island she interrogated Skandar Smith upon first meeting him in regards to the lie he told about being on the "Blitzen" helicopter. When she found her egg she hatched "Falcon's Wrath" and bonded with her.

Shortly after Falcon's Hatching she heard the scream of Florence, and grew annoyed by it. She asked the questions with her forceful personality, finding out about the Spirit Element and that Skandar was linked to it with Scoundrel's Luck. She also covered for him when he came up with the black ink to cover the Spirit Blaze.

Bobby and Falcon's wrath were given the air element when they crossed over the fault lines, which determine a Unicorn and Rider's natural element. She also insulted Amber Fairfax, cementing their dislike of each other for the future

During the year Bobby met her Quartet, Florence, Skandar and Mitchell. She was determined to become the best in their year and this showed with how she was able to master their lessons much quickly than others. Igniting fire in their first lesson, even faster than Mitchell, an actual fire wielder.

Bobby got on well with most of her quartet but held a mistruth for Mitchell, especially when they came to break into the prison to speak to the Spirit Wielder imprisoned there. She also disliked Mitchell's unicorn for a time due to Red constantly farting, with Falcon being a very clean unicorn.

During the training trial Falcon and Bobby came in first place, top of their year. This was due to Bobby's extreme competitiveness.

### Second Year at the Eyrie

At the beginning of the second year at the Eyrie the quartet are having a picnic with their unicorns discussing the last events of the year. Bobby attempts to ask Flo is she has any inside knowledge if Shekoni saddles are going to be at the saddling ceremony though Flo denies this as her Father didn’t want her having any inside knowledge over anyone else. Bobby delights in eating the sandwiches the quarter bring with everyone else being afraid to touch her “emergency sandwiches”.

The next day the quartet paint their tree house the varies elemental colours (except Spirit) with Bobby attacking Mitchell with her colour of yellow.

At the saddle ceremony Bobby gets up much earlier to style Falcon’s Wrath to make her look beautiful. Before the ceremony the quartet hear the first true song of the season with Bobby not believing it and becoming irritated whenever she is distracted from the race. While Niamh and Snow Swimmer are fighting Bobby almost all of the other racers go back to the ground in protest against Skandar. Bobby gets angry at this and even snaps at Skandar despite it not being his fault. She grows even more angry when Skandar Is given a Shekoni saddle while she is not.

After the disappointment of the ceremony Bobby begins to get annoyed with Skandar for his actions both direct and indirect such as the saddle, being the son of the Weaver and his sense for tempting danger. This gets worse when Skandar gets invited to join the peregrine society for the fastest riders.

Bobby is invited for the weekend to Flo’s parents house and work shop where they begin to experience the damage the silver circle has done to the Island. Later during their jousting lessons both Amber and Bobby break the rules and get into trouble by Instructor Saylor.

Bobby decides she and Falcon’s Wrath have to “branch out” and as such she takes it upon herself to find some new friends to hang around with to get away from the stigma of being “skandar’s friend”.

Bobby goes off on her own for a while but she does come back seemingly genuinely worried when Skandar and Flo are attacked by Gabriel when he becomes possessed by the Island’s flow of magic being disrupted. Bobby begins hanging out with another three person quartet and enjoys the praise she is given for being so good at building weapons with her magic.

A while later during a training session while jousting against Skandar Bobby becomes possessed and starts attacking with the intent to kill. She gets taken away by Instructor Saylor but becomes afraid of riding Falcon’s Wrath due to the powerful emotions she felt.

Bobby finally shakes off her fear when she finally rides Falcon to save Skandar and Mitchell from the silver circle. This is achieved by Mitchell making her an emergency sandwich and appealing to her better nature with a note.

After being framed by the silver circle Bobby, Skandar and Mitchell are let go by Nina Kazama though they eavesdrop to learn of the damage being done to the Island also.

After the conference with Nina Kazama the four decide to try and stop the destruction and in doing so come up with a plan to speak to the Secret Swappers. Each make one secret and during the water festival they go to see them. Bobby’s secret is immediately discarded but Flo and Skandar are able to get two riddles to help them.

During the jousting tournament closer to the end of the year Bobby is on top form and while the group has their doubts she plans to throw the match with Skandar to keep him in the Eyrie though this plan goes awry when Skandar becomes possessed. Bobby sees Amber Fairfax talking to Dorian Manning though misunderstands the context.

Bobby, Flo and Mitchell all go to the Chaos cup qualifier though without their unicorns. Skandar joins them later after hearing about Agatha’s story and hearing Jamie’s truesong. Though they only hear part of it the quartet are able to figure out what it means. Later that night the Eyrie becomes active with many possessed riders. The quartet figure out the riddle of Jamie’s true song while hiding in their tree house.

When the quartet find their way into the tomb of the first rider Bobby manages to use her allied Element to get Flo and Skandar through the path while manipulating the wind and tornados her own way.

With the bone staff in hand the riders go to the Eyrie where they meet Skandar’s sister Kenna and hear about how she came to the Island. Bobby takes an immediate like to Kenna and the five riders manage to use the Bone staff to stop the Island’s imbalance. Bobby takes great delight in thwarting the efforts of Dorian Manning to attack Kenna saying she “could do this all day” in blocking the silver rider’s attacks.

Later Bobby helps to rebuild the Island by doing her part.

### Personality

Bobby is a extremely competitive person and very outgoing. She dislikes losing and is often the first to master the lessons in elemental magic when she does the classes. Skandar even had his reservations that Bobby would throw their match to allow him to stay at the Eyrie.

Bobby is a very loud and outspoken person and prone to making fast and sometimes rash choices. She usually has something to say on most situations and will often make sarcastic comments.

Bobby has a liking for what she calls "emergency sandwich". Bread with Cheese, Marmite and Jam. Which she eats with enthusiasm and every else finds disgusting.

Bobby gets on well with her Quartet, she is competitive against Skandar but also helps him to do what he needs to do. She gets on well with Flo, despite their differences in personality, with Flo being much more reserved and quiet. She occasionally annoys Mitchell since she is one who prefers to get things done while Mitchell prefers to plan ahead. Bobby was tested quite a bit when she separated from the rest of her quartet to "branch out" to escape being simply known as "skandar's friend".

More than anything else in the world Bobby cares for Falcon's Wrath. She often goes to great lengths to make sure Falcon looks her best and during the jousting contest even got up at 6 to braid her hair. Bobby didn't ride Falcon for a while becoming horrified when she became possessed by her unicorn and it's blood thirsty feelings.

Bobby also dislikes being told by her main name of Roberta and prefers to have it shortened to Bobby, it is assumed that she is a tomboy, because "Bobby" is normally a boy name, and sometimes it is girl name. She gets annoyed by this and scoffs at the end of the year when the score board displays "Roberta" instead of "Bobby". During their second year she grows a bit more relaxed with this, not mentioning it when Mitchell calls her "Roberta".

## Physical appearance

Roberta is a teenage girl with olive-toned skin, straight shoulder-length dark brown hair with bangs and brown eyes. Her exact height is unknown. She has wings on her left arm for a mutation.

## Relationships

### Skandar Smith

Skandar is a Bobby's best friend, teammate. He also might be her love interest. She first met him in the Hatchery Door and helped him through the fault lines, thus cementing their friendship. Bobby was often the most friendly with Skandar all through their first year and the two enjoy a healthy competition. Bobby struggles to understand Skandar a bit in their second year due to bad things often happening around him as well as his hero complex. She changes her mind and comes back to being his friend when she remembers that he only does what he does because he has a good heart.

### Florence Shekoni

Flo is a Bobby's best friend and also part of her quarter. Being a mainlander Bobby often looks up to Flo for information on the Island etc before Mitchell. Bobby and Flo get on really well despite their differences in personality and Bobby would often try and get Flo to be more sure of herself, especially around Silver Blade.

### Mitchell Henderson

Mithell and Bobby originally didn't get on very well. Due to Mitchell's outburst when they had first met and overreaction toward Skandar and Scoundrel. This continued for a good part of their first year but eventually the two came to friendly terms, having both helped to save the Island twice. Bobby often throws sarcastic comments toward Mitchell when he goes into his "full geek mode" while Mitchell often calls Bobby by her birth name of "Roberta". It's not clear if he does this to annoy her or simply as a matter of formality.

### Amber Fairfax

Amber and Bobby started off not liking each other almost from the get go due to Amber's obnoxious personality and Bobby not liking popular people. Bobby often mocks Amber such as when they first met and when Amber mutated. This also extends to the practice field where Bobby and Amber share a fierce competition, partly due to both being air wielders. This suspicion even leads Bobby to believe that Amber was telling Dorian Manning more bad things about Skandar. Amber defeats Bobby in their jousting competition, something the other members of her quartet are afraid to comment on.

### Mrs. Bruna and Mr. Bruno

Bruna and Bruno are Roberta's parents. Roberta mentioned that her parents always compared Roberta to her younger sister. Bruno and Bruna also would frequently tell Roberta to be more like her sister.

### Etymology

* Roberta is a name meaning "bright fame" from German origin.
* Bruna is a surname meaning "brown", reffering to the hair color or perhaps complexion from German origin.

## Trivia

* Bobby it is similar to Katniss Everdeen, a character from The Hunger Games, and Annabeth Chase from Percy Jackson.
* She is probably a tomboy.
* It is possible that Roberta has a crush on her best friend Skandar. However, this hasn't been confirmed by A.F Steadman yet.
* She has grandparents who were mentioned in the first book.