Dawn Rosemary Branagan

Name: Dawn
Height: 162 cm
Age: 19 (at the beginning of the book)
Species: Human
Hair: Auburn
Eyes: Green
Ability: She can hear the voice of Ymir and see images Ymir provides
Found in books: Ascension, The Ymir Trinity. Ascension, Sunna Rising. Ascension, Origins.

Dawn is a reoccurring main character in my Ascension novel/novella series. She is introduced in chapter 1 of Ascension, The Ymir Trinity and features prominently throughout the book.

Warning, Spoilers

In the beginning, she’s kind of cute and bubbly… well… except for the bug scene in the library. It doesn’t take long to realize she may have something wrong inside her head. As it turns out, she hears voices. Cold, logical voices with near zero empathy for the suffering of people, and insects.

Dawn is a demigoddess who acts as the mouth and ears of Ymir. She is one of three people, The Trinity, chosen by Ymir to act as her (yes, in my book Ymir is female, or at least Dawn thinks she is) tools in the Anthropic universe… our universe.

Throughout the book, she slips in and out of psychopathy, until she finally embraces her persona as Alma’s (another member of the Trinity) enforcer, assassin. As the Trinity slowly gains power over three species, Humans, Kohor, and Trey, Dawn’s connection with Ymir and other Gods grows stronger. At some point, she becomes the focal point of worship among the Human and Kohor people.

Dawn’s physical relationships are many and varied. I hint at her once living with her girlfriend. In the beginning, she seems obsessed with Air Force General David Trauger. She and Air Force Captain Stacey Martin become partners until… spoiler. After Stacey, she hooks up with Navy Admiral Ander Falk. There’s a strange affair with a Kohor woman who she continues to see while engaged to Admiral Falk. He’s cool with it.

Dawn is my favorite character. Her apathetic psychopathy and intense belief in the power of eugenics rings a little true inside my extremely logical brain.