Background

Dahlia is the second and last child in her family, with a five-year age gap between her and her brother Holden. Her father proudly ran the town as sheriff and her mother was proud to hold that title in their family. Her parents were dedicated to the town, even going as far as to have their own farm and ranch to be prepared for any economic or resource changes. Dahlia and Holden were raised mostly on the farm, helping their dad with the cattle and horses or their mom with the food canning. Dahlia always felt her mother pulling her to do more "lady-like" duties: to cook and do housework and wear dresses. Dahlia fought against this shape her mother wanted her to take and became, what she liked to call her, "a feral creature." She rode horses without a saddle, wore pants whenever she pleased, and rolled in the mud with the boys. She was unladylike to the end. So, at the ripe age of 17, when her father passed from a bullet to the lung, she was determined to take up the mantel as sheriff. Her mother and Holden refused. Holden was to be the next sheriff. He was old enough to take his father's place and more prepared. Dahlia's mother continued to try to mold Dahlia into some kind of ladylike shape, but the fights against it only grew worse now. At 18, their mother died. Whether it was a sudden sickness or something else they couldn't tell, so the town claimed it was from a broken heart. With both their parents gone, Holden and Dahila relied on eachother. They kept the house with Dahlia running the ranch and Holden running the town. That didn't stop Dahlia from budding in and helping when she could, doing her best to ignore the arguments from her bother by proving herself as more than just a little girl.

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Name Meaning

Dahlia: Dahl's flower; elegance; inner strength; creativity; dignity; grace

Rae: wise protector; beam of light

Wells: spring

Personality

Overview

Traits

Likes: Horseback riding, Ranching

Dislikes: Bandits, Thieves

Hobbies:  Singing, Roping

Plots

Sheriff's Sibling & Bandit

With the sheriff busy, their sibling, Person 1, decides to step in when trouble is about. They step in, prepared to help, and run into a bandit stronger than they expected (or band of bandits), Person 2. The bandit snatches away Person 1 to prevent their own arrest as well as to try to use the hostage to their advantage against the sheriff.