Dawn

Grade 10 transfer student and inducted Order of the Silver Cross member — luminous, blunt, and braver than her modest E-rank sheet suggests. She befriends Valaciel in January 2009, falls for him openly, trains as a Priest (evolving to Cleric @ Level 50), and learns Aura under his coaching.

Appearance

Hair: Heavy, chaotic blonde — "spun sunlight"
Eyes: Impossible glacial blue — light like frozen water, deep enough to feel seen through
Overall: Luminous, soft — silken hair weight, gentle feature curves

Personality

Bubbly and determined in public; protective of friends (confronts bullies, shields Val from Tang Wei). Patient crush on Val — confesses openly, accepts his quiet rebuff, and keeps showing up. Blunt when angry; grateful and flustered when Val's coaching breaks through her Aura blocks.

Background

Topic	Detail
Orphan	Raised in a Silver Cross–funded orphanage (same home as Laetitia / Lacey and Vesper)
[Pre-Rewind]	Transfer-circle extra — same cluster as Alex, Morris, Joshua; Val never really got to know her before drifting to the James circle
Emblem	Silver Cross emblem — left upper arm, 0 stars (church member)

Plot

Season 1 — School year 2009 (January–March)

On first day of school she senses energy fluctuations around Val without naming Aura yet. At lunch she probes "What are you?" — he stutters, deflects with "I am Val," and walks off (Silver Cross gate). She follows him into a D-rank Gate, watches him clear at Level 6, and reveals her 0-star emblem and church reporting duty (she files a false E-rank cover for his run). Crush deepens after the gate.

From 27 January she is school friends with Val and the Gu twins. Weekend E-rank gates with the group; confession — whispers yes, hears Tess in his heart, answers we'll see about that. Shared lunches, Tang-yard incidents, Aura sleepovers — L4 → L12 by Something Under Cotton.

Season 1 — School year 2009 (April–June)

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Season 1 — School year 2009 (July–November)

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Abilities

Topic	Rule
Power	Magic — Recovery; no divinity promotion
Class	Priest → Cleric (Priest) @ L50
Aura	Cross-training under Val — Initial @ Feb 2009 → Beginner → Novice (actively senses / read ambient aura)
Gate role	Off-line healer — patches between swings on E/D weekends

Relationships

Valaciel — [Pre-Rewind] Val never knew her; school friends from 27 Jan 2009; crush from 26 Jan gate; confessed @ 9 Feb; Val rebuffed — Lateresa (Tess) one-sided in his heart; Dawn not giving up.

Gu Mei · Gu Xian — gate weekends, shared lunches, triple-hug closeness; Dawn apologizes for Val @ 26 Jan exit.

Alex, Morris, Joshua — same transfer circle orbit.

Quotes

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Statistics & class history

Base stats

Str	Agi	Sta	Int	Divinity (start)
4	4	4	4	0

Pure Human — Priest stat growth +6/lv.

Class

Base	Current	Path
Priest	Priest (→ Cleric @ L50)	Cleric → Bishop → Archpriest

Stat history

Date	Level	Rank	Class	Divinity	Combined	Notes
Present (Jan 2009)	4	E	Priest	0	38	Age 15; transfer circle

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