Roselyn Blackwood

Full Name: Roselyn Blackwood

Nickname: Black Rose

Gender: Female

Date Of Birth: 6th March 1967

Branch: United Army Ranks

Joined: 7th March 1983 (Aged 16)

Ranks:


 * 1st Corporal - March 1983
 * High Corporal - September 1984
 * Apprentice Sergeant - March 1986


 * Flag Sergeant - January 1987

Appearance and Behavior
Roselyn has a slender body and she's relatively tall, she has Blue eyes, described sometimes as being as beautiful as the sea, and long blonde hair to go with it. She initially wore pigtails until the age of 10, to were she switched to a ponytail, after joining the military she kept her pony tail, though whenever she wasn't On-Duty she would let her hair free.

According to her friends, she's someone to admire, everyone looks up to her, but she's still humble and wants to help her friends as much as possible still, she seems to have no interest in boys and she cares most about Felix and Lionar. Despite being tall, she was still the youngest in the academy, which made her an early target, however in only one month, noone dared to cross her, as she used the combat training lessons as an excuse to brutally beat up those who wronged her or her friends, going as far as to sending many of her seniors to the hospital after the bloody training sessions, one such case Roselyn launched her opponent into the sky, to were he fell akwardly on his leg and arm, breaking both limbs, on another ocasion, she punched her opponent so many times that he lost 3 teeth, had a concussion and had to receive many stitches for the wounds on his face.

You could say that Roselyn has 2 sides to her: Friendly and Hostile. The friendly one is what everybody is used to, an innocent and cute girl having fun as any other teenager would have, Humble yet Stubborn, she helps out her friends in every way possible. One side that rarely comes out however, is her Hostile side, if you see her hostile side, then you either messed up, or you saw someone else mess with the wrong person. When hostile she takes an incredibly intimidating stance, frightening not just her opponents, but even her friends, who back up and simply ignore the situation, knowing better than to stop her. Her Hostility is normally reserved for her enemies so seeing her take a Hostile Stance against someone of her own country means that someone made quite a big mistake.

Birth and Childhood
Roselyn was born to Juliette Blackwood and Travis Blackwood, However due to an unfortunate car accident, Travis died in a Head-On crash 2 months before the birth of Roselyn. On the day of the birth, Juliette who was overwhelmed by stress and now with severe loss of blood passed away after birth, Roselyn was born parentless. This left her in the hands of her uncle, Felix Blackwood, who was Juliette's Younger Brother.

Felix hardly had any time to spend with the young child and always hired wet nurses and baby sitters to take care of her. This is in due to his Profession, he was in fact part of the Armed Forces, the Navy to be precise, and due to his duty he was not able to spend any time at all with Roselyn, Felix was in fact a 1st Lythe with the Navy and was a well respected man amongst their ranks.

in 1971 on the 6th of June, when Roselyn was just 4 years old, Felix was involved in an incident occured during Military Training Manouvers, His Warship collided with a Merchant Tanker due to the miss-comunication between the 2, Felix saw this as a Golden Opportunity and Requested a Medical Discharged for his injuries, which could only be considered light. Luckily it was accepted, and Felix was thankfull for finally having the chance to properly look after Roselyn

By now, Roselyn was 8 years old, she admired Felix and wanted to follow in his footsteps and become an officer in the AUF, she had above average grades in school but the teachers noticed her enthusiasm for the Military, Felix was reprimended by the teachers for inciting violent behavior in a child, however, felix was only being a father, he had not induced her obsession with the Army, in fact, he was against sending the child he now considered his own into war, Felix Blackwood had expirienced war previously, he had partaken in the Northen Devine State's Civil War and had lost a good amount of friends in it, and did not want to let his little rose go through what he did, or his worse, lose her to the grasp of death.

Upon reaching her 10th Birthday, Felix Blackwood gave up on convincing her not to join the army, instead taking a supportive stance, if he couldn't stop her from joining, he would at least be by her side, and help her in any way possible. Using the knowledge he gained while a Navy Officer, he started personally teaching her in the ways of war, performing not only Tactics and Strategy training, but also very hard Practical training such as how to use a weapon, how to efficiently kill an enemy, and most importantly, how to survive in hell.

Roselyn, now 14, was known in her school for her extensive knowledge and incredible fighting moves, One of the Teachers had friends in the AUF's Military and made the decision to ask him to evaluate her, The Warrior Earl was on leave, and decided to visit the school in order to meet this so-called child by the teacher's request, upon asking her name, he recognized the name "blackwood", for Felix was actually a widely known hero from the civil war, and highly decorated as well.

Warrior Earl Ervant decided to contact the military academy, and after going through documents, they discovered that the rules did not depict anything on minimum acceptance age, only that they had to have a minimum score of 65 out of 100 in a Pre-Evaluation Exam, to which she scored 94, and therefor, with Felix's Support and Permission, she joined the Military Academy the day after her 15th birthday

Academy
Joining the Academy made Roselyn overjoyed, though it was bittersweet as she gave a tearfull goodbye to felix, most likely, she wouldn't have the chance to see Felix for years, especially with the war with Golfant growing bigger and bigger.

Due to her young age, Roselyn was the center of attention of the class, though she was never underestimated, everyone seemed to know the name "Blackwood", and her prior knowledge and training from Felix's Tutorage with her superior grades only reinforced the idea that she was the best student in her class.

There were a few incidents however, with some entitled seniors (A senior is someone 6 Months ahead of you in training, a new class was started every 2 months) harrassing not only her but her friends to, though they quickly got the message after a few trips to the hospital.

Her name quickly spread through the school, everyone in the school both respected and feared her, such an innocent young girl, so genius during exams and brutal during combat training, noone dared to cross her, though her ego did not rise, she remained a very friendly person, The instructors had very high hopes for her and looked forward to her graduating and joining the current war against Golfant.

Roselyn had become very close friends with another female student from the Air Force Study Hall, Lionar Wylon, Lionar refered to her as "Rose" and in return she called her "Lion", the 2 studied together, despite being in different branches they managed to keep a very close friendship.

6 months had passed since she joined the academy, her grades are top of the entire school, the Instructors ask Roselyn for the more advanced questions and everyone at school followed her lead, due to her joining at a young age, she couldn't get very far in the civilan school, so she could only join at the enlisted rank, however she could use her military achievements and join a military reschool program to advance in rank later, which was her decision.

One day, she gets called to the Front Gate of the academy, she had a visit, upon reaching her eyes on the tall and intimidating figure, she broke down, tears flowing from her eyes, she sprints to the arms of the man she missed so much, her dear uncle, Felix Blackwood, who decided to go across the continent to visit her at the military academy, he was quick to return the hug, he too in tears. her instructors did not dare to stop her, they knew better than to oppose a Blackwood, nevermind 2 of them!

After catching up Felix was surprised at how well she was doing at school, he had honestly feared that her younger age and smaller figure would make her a target for older students, but she was unopposed in the academy, her word was essentially law. Felix assisted some of the classes, he was welcomed as a Guest by the instructors and he helped with some of the trainings and classes, after spending the free afternoon with Roselyn he was introduced to Lionar, who was studying to become a Fighter Pilot, he quickly noticed how close the 2 had gotten and a day later decided to give Lionar and Roselyn 2 Rings, there was an image on the top of the Each ring, A Lion crossed with a Rose.

During her time at the Army Study Hall she did not learn much and so she was mostly excused from classes in order to train her physical aspect, that even though it was up to standard, she was quite adamant on improving her Physical Skills and Capabilities, this gave her some time to research and learn in the other Study Halls such as the Air Force and the Navy, she was especially looking forward to her joint class with her good friend Lionar, who was a part of the Air Force Study Hall along with her little sister Redvi, whom she also became fond of, protecting and helping her in any way she could especially since Redvi had the hard task of being in both Navy and Air Force study halls due to her planning on becoming a Navy Pilot in an Aircraft Carrier

4 months left till graduation, a lot of couples and romance started to plague the school, a lot of her friends had gotten partners, and they were pressuring her into getting one herself, she decided to look for "candidates" and settled on Orlat Framaz, though they never resembled a couple, she refused to interact with him properly and in truth, they were only a couple on paper, Roselyn had no interest in romance, to Lionar's relief.

Golfant War
Finally, after a year in the Military Academy she graduated on the 8th of March 1983, she was a full fledged Soldier, Assigned to the 29th "Falcons" Infantry Division, 7th Scout Brigade, 2nd Platoon.

The 29th Infantry was deployed to the frontlines, in the Outskirts of Ytronak, she first tasted combat only 6 days later on the 14th of March, after Golfant Paratroopers assaulted Roselyn's position, Roselyn was a Team leader at the rank of 1st Corporal, having 3 PVTs under her wing, her troops were quick to follow her lead, despite being her first time tasting real combat, she was composed and quickly set up a defensive position in a nearby building, she fortified her position with sandbags and advised her Squad Leader of her position, to which the SL quickly ordered all of his troops to RV with Roselyn's Team, now re-united as a squad of 12, her Squad came under machine gun fire from a nearby Golfant Platoon, Thankfully most of the defenses had been directed to the enemy position, and the squad managed to efficiently return accurate fire using their Longer Range Weaponry, taking out the enemy position without suffering any casualties despite the amount of bullets that was sent their way. 7 minutes later the small village had received NDS Reinforcements, Roselyn's Platoon then regrouped and was sent further West to Recon a Brigade-Size HQ, due to being from a Scout Brigade, her platoon was equiped with more longer range bolt-action rifles and very little assault and automatic weapons, this did not stop Roselyn however, her platoon had split into 3 Squads, she was assigned to a squad of 8 soldiers, she was the 2ic of the Squad, Roselyn's squad was to Recon the area north of the HQ, so that an armored brigade could then assault the enemy HQ, however something caught Roselyn's eyes, the enemy HQ was packing up and getting ready to leave, she requested an assault on the Enemy HQ as they would be busy packing up and would offer little resistance against the Recon Platoon, the request was accepted, she was the first to open fire on the HQ, the other squads soon began their assault, the Golfant Soldiers, being surrounded by snipers on 3 sides, even if they managed to surpress one squad, a flanking squad would take out their machine gunners, and so the enemy fell quickly and the enemy HQ was captured, the commanders however had died in the gunfight and most of the equipment was damaged beyond repair, so very little was recovered from the assault, but this marked the start of Roselyn Blackwood's Achievements, taking on a Brigade-Sized HQ with a single recon platoon.

(WORK IN PROGRESS)

= Trivia = Roselyn Blackwood Quotes:


 * "if only i had a chance at life...maybe it wouldn't have come to this...unlike you, i didn't get to have any parents you know?" - to her teacher, she was 9 years old.
 * "I'm no child, i'm a demon, as friendly as i can be, i can also be the opposite...that side however i'm reserving until my enemies show themselves before me, try not to make yourself an enemy of mine." -to a student who was harassing her best friend Lionar.


 * "i didn't have a mother, i didn't have a father, i had an uncle, one who cared for me, one who took me in as his own child, sacrificed his military career just to be with me, he wanted to stay in the navy you know? it was all he knew, it was his life, and yet, he left just so he could take care of me, i look up to him, i love him dearly, he is all i've ever had, he gave me what i could never have dreamt of having, a childhood, a life... i shall follow him, i shall take the same footsteps he did, i shall not fail him, for i fight for one and only reason, to make Felix proud." -talking with Lionar about her past after being asked why she joined the military.
 * "The worst part about being the strongest person alive is that you watch everyone else die" -in a letter to Lionar, after Operation Dragonfire, being the only survivor in her platoon.
 * "That's why WE got the mission." - replying to MCP Karlet Orval's comment "It will be damn near impossible to Infiltrate a Military Base home to 2 Reserve Brigades in the middle of the day"

Her Nickname came from her friend shortening her name to "Rose" and with the fact that she always wore black clothing and loved to "hunt" in the night, hence the "black", Combined, she was then known and feared as the "Black Rose", Her Family name Blackwood may've had an influence on her nickname, another possible factor to this name was that after graduating the academy, right before departing for the 29th, her Uncle, Felix, Gave her a Black Rose, as a "Farewell".

Roselyn's Uncle was a Decorated Hero of the Civil War, he himself had earned the nickname "Black Phoenix", a play on pronounciation from his name, Felix, to Phoenix and the fact that he seemed unkillable in the battlefield, The "Black" in his nickname came from his Family Name.

Before departing and being assigned to the 29th, Her uncle, gave her a black rose, this originally had a single meaning, but as time went on it gained a second meaning. The First meaning was that, whenever someone departs and possibly never return, they are given a Black Rose as a sign of Farewell, however, that same black rose became the symbol and meaning of her nickname. He gave her a black rose because Felix was scared that Roselyn might die in the Golfant War, she kept that rose and maintained it along with the War with MAL.