Rose Thorn

### Killer Style

Elegant and classy. I like suits with decent floral prints or patterns that don't scream 'hippie' immediately. Not that I have anything against hippies -i'm one at heart, too, they are great - it's just not my style.

### Monster Quirk

Well, you know what they say. If you love a Rose, you have to love its thorns too. And I have a lot of them, sometimes making something simple as a friendly handshake very unpleasant for the other person.

### Fav School Subject

Biteology. What can I say, I'm a natural. I also like dead languages a lot.

### Favorite Food

Fresh, clean and warm water is all I need, really.

## Biography

### Personality

Enthusiastic, charming and clever. Rose is good at almost everything he puts his mind to and can make everyone laugh. He is friendly and communicative by nature and this can sometimes be seen as flirtatious. He is a fast thinker and a fast talker, referring to others as "honey" or "darling". Rose is a flashy and flamboyant mood maker, that can come of as condescending at times. Despite his humorous nonchalance, he is a monster of word and is committed to helping his friends whenever they are in dire need. Dynamic and exciting, he is easily bored, and favors variety in all things. Rose has multiple interests, each holding telescopic attention for short bursts. The only exception to this seems to be his interest in theater.

Because of his feminine name it happens quite often that, especially mansters expect him to be a (hopefully attractive) Ghoul they can potentially hit on prior to the first physical meeting. At first this bothering him a lot, now he just finds it hilarious.

### Appearance

Rose has green skin and greener, short, tousled hair. Both his body as well as his hair is adorned with thorny twines and rose buds or blossoms. His fingers and toes are capable of consuming liquids, e.g. water as they function like roots. His eyes are crimson and he has sharp teeth.

### History

Due to his heritage - being the prince of the life garden - Rose was home-schooled for the majority of his school life. He was extremely bored by the four walls of his home and repeatedly asked his parents to go to a public school together with his friends instead. His parents declined, worrying that his known rank and status would cause more problems and create unnecessary danger for him rather than do him any good. So he proposed the Idea of going to a school where no one knows him instead. Where he can leave his status behind and just be ordinary for a bit. He even did his own research and was able to present them a suitable school: **Monster High**. Due to Monster High being a mixed school for all kinds of monsters, his parents again were hesitant. He explained that it has to be Monster High and that the variety of Monsters there guarantee that only a hand full, namely other plant monsters most likely, will even know who he is. His persistency finally got his parents to agree and let him attend for one term tentatively as an exchange student.

## Relationships

### Family

Rose is the only child of Queen Rosa III and Eden de Ronsard, both plant monsters of the rose variety. They are not married and mutually agreed to not getting married either. Yet they are in a very passionate, loyal and loving relationship with one another that did result in a son, Rose.

#### Queen Rosa Thorn, Mother

Rosa is a loving and protective queen and mother that would do everything for her son, as long as she deems it safe.

#### Eden de Ronsard, Father

Eden is the Guard assigned to protect the very Queen he eventually fell in love with. He swore an oath to protect her with his life that extended to his son, Rose, as soon as he was born. The royal family was not happy about Rosa reciprocating feelings for a mere soldier - even though he was quite of a noble rank himself - who they think just wanted to marry into the royal family and take over their wealth and power. So he declared that he will never ask for Rosa's hand in marriage saying he doesn't need a contract to prove his loyalty to and love for Rosa.

## Trivia

* He was created for the 2020 Valentine's Version of the Mystery Monster Students contest.
* His appearance was heavily inspired by Don't Starve Wormwood's Roseate Skin.
* He was made a prince in reference to the rose's status as 'the queen of flowers'
	+ Both his parents are references to different rose types as well. Rosa being the botanic name of the rose in general and Pierre de Ronsard, also known as Eden or MEIviolin is a type of rose originating from France.
* His place of origin, the Life Garden, is a nod to the tree of life from various mythologies and religions.