Rosalyn Wallin was a Stranded and the wife of Pvt. Dizzy Wallin.
Biography[]
Early Life[]
Rosalyn lived in Halvo Bay with her family during the Pendulum Wars. Her family-line was known to often give birth to twins.
Locust War[]
Destruction of Halvo Bay[]
- "Yeah, they're all gone. But don't you worry none. We'll take care of you. I'll take care of you."
- —Dizzy, comforting Rosalyn after having helped rescue her.
Three months after E-Day, the city of Halvo Bay was attacked by the Locust Horde and destroyed with a Lightmass Missile. Rosalyn survived but was buried under rubble. She was then rescued by a man named Dizzy Wallin, who had volunteered to help find and bury bodies left behind after the Locust attacks in order to stop disease from spreading. Two firefighters came over with a hydraulic pump to lift the rubble, and Rosalyn asked Dizzy if the grubs were gone. He told her they were, and the firefighters managed to lift the rubble high enough to reach in and pull her out. She was uninjured, but was horrified by the devastation Halvo Bay had suffered in the Locust attack. Rosalyn asked Dizzy if everyone else was dead, and he told her they were, but not to worry, because he would take care of her.[1]
Living in Brabaio[]
- "Sweetie, you wanna stay here and wait to die? Do you? We got a baby on the way. I lost Lena and Richie, and I ain't gonna lose anyone else, ever."
- —Dizzy, telling Rosalyn that they had to leave Brabaio as quickly as possible
Six months later, Rosalyn had become romantically involved with Dizzy had became pregnant. They had been moved to the city of Brabaio in southwest Ingarez, staying at an abandoned car dealership with other refugees. Dizzy began looking around for work to support her, but was turned down at the docks due to the lack of any real merchant fleet, most of which had been destroyed by the Locust. While reading a newspaper, she was approached by Dizzy and ordered her to get all her stuff together and get ready to leave. She asked him what was going on, and he told her about the upcoming Hammer of Dawn Strikes that were announced by Chairman Richard Prescott, in which 90% of Sera's surface outside of the Jacinto Plateau would be scorched by the Hammer of Dawn. Rosalyn did not believe him at first, so he directed her to look outside, and she saw much of the city entering into a panic and begin as people began trying to flee the city.
After they gathered their things, Dizzy began leading Rosalyn to the train station, but she stopped and asked what they were going to do since they were too far away to have any realistic chance of getting to Jacinto. Dizzy said they could buy tickets, but she pointed out that everyone else would be doing the same thing. He told her that they had no choice, and if they stayed they would die, and he could not just not do anything to try and save her and the baby. When they reached the train station, a police officer blocked the way and told him that they could not come through. Dizzy said he just wanted to buy a ticket and his wife was expecting, but the officer told him he was sorry, and that the trains were full, and would not be back. They headed back into town to try and think of what to do, and Dizzy reassured Rosalyn that he would do whatever he needed to in order to protect her and the baby. She told him that it could be babies, and that twins ran in her family. He told her that just gave him even more reason to try and save her. They stopped at a coffee shop to think, and Rosalyn asked a man drinking calmly why he was not trying to leave. He told them that the whole thing was crazy, and had to be a ploy to scare the Locust, but Dizzy did not think that was true.[2]
Hammer of Dawn Strikes[]
Rosalyn and Dizzy were forced to walk toward Jacinto, but with one hour left until the Hammer strikes, they had barely crossed the border into Tyrus. Rosalyn wanted to stop walking and just accept the inevitable, but Dizzy convinced her they needed to keep moving away from the closest city in order to survive. He eventually found a car that worked, and they began driving, hoping to find some kind of shelter to take cover in. Dizzy told Rosalyn to look in the back of the car for supplies and she found a water bottle, which Dizzy said could save their lives since they needed some way to carry water around after the strikes. They eventually came upon a looted store, and Dizzy had Rosalyn stay in the car while he made sure it was safe. After breaking in, he went back and helped Rosalyn out of the car and grabbed everything inside the vehicle. They had three minutes until the strike, so Dizzy began gathering everything he could find in the store and putting it into the back storage room while Rosalyn filled the water bottle and several buckets in the bathroom sink. With a minute left until the strike, they got on the ground and put their hands over their heads to protect themselves.
When the Hammer hit, Dizzy saw a bright light flare through the gaps around the storage room door. They waited for a blast to hit them, but it never came, but they could hear a ferocious wind outside. The power then went out, and they stayed there in the dark for a while longer before Dizzy checked outside, and saw the skyline was filled with red flames, and the air smelled of smoke and burned things. He went back inside and told Rosalyn that they needed to stay put for now, and could check outside again in the morning for army patrols. They went to sleep, and Dizzy was awakened by a bright light shining through the door. Rosalyn, assuming that it must be a patrol vehicles light shining through, told him it looked like light that was being reflected off of snow. Dizzy was confused by this, since it was the middle of summer. He went outside, and found the sky overcast and looking like winter, and realized that it was not snow, but ashes. Dizzy looked at the nearest city, and saw a burning skyline that had been demolished. Rosalyn joined him, and they stared in horror at the devastated landscape.[3]
Oblivion Central Squatters Camp[]
- "Come on, fellas, they're just workin' men like us. Ain't their choice what happened."
- —Dizzy, trying to convince other Stranded not to harass Gears
Five months after the Hammer strikes, Rosalyn and Dizzy were living at the Oblivion Central Squatters Camp with several hundred other Stranded. Rosalyn had given birth to twin girls, Maralin and Teresa, and Dizzy went out the next day to find a gift to get her. He negotiated with another Stranded to trade him a wrench for a hair brush and first call on Dizzy's next batch of moonshine, and headed back home. Dizzy returned to his hut, and found Rosalyn lying in bed with the babies with the midwife watching over her. The midwife left, and Dizzy looked at his new daughters, happy to be a father again. Rosalyn asked what had been happening outside, and Dizzy told her about an APC getting stoned. He gave her the brush, and thanked her for coming into his life and putting him back on track. She told him that he had saved her life more than once, and never to forget that. She thanked him for the brush, and both of them felt that they were going to be able to survive anything. Dizzy then checked on his still, and spent a few hours tinkering with the batch while Rosalyn and the babies slept.[4]
As Dizzy smelled his batch, he noticed that the surface was shaking, and that the ground had started rumbling. He realized Locust were emerging nearby, and yelled to Rosalyn to grab the babies and get the bunker. The alarm began sounding outside, and Rosalyn grabbed a knife to defend herself as she carried Maralin and Teresa to safety. Dizzy ran with the other men to where the Locust were emerging, and another Stranded, Nicklos, yelled at Dizzy, asking him where his Gears were now that they needed them. Dizzy pulled out his largest wrench as the Locust poured into the street and looked around for another weapon, but saw another Stranded go down and drop a hunting rifle. Someone yelled at him to pick it up, but Dizzy had never fired a gun before. He grabbed it anyway, and shot at the first Locust he saw. He was surprised by the guns kick, but kept firing, unsure if he hit anything. When he ran out of ammo, someone tossed him another clip, and he was still struggling to figure out how to reload when the last of the Locust went down. Nicklos began ordering people to get the wounded first aid, and Dizzy finally got the rifle reloaded. He stood up and saw many dead Locust and Stranded, with several wounded Stranded being treated as well. Nicklos approached him and told him that he knew he was new in town, but he wanted Dizzy to be perfect with the rifle next time the Locust attacked. Dizzy understood, and clutched the rifle close to himself. He reflected how he had fought in his first battle and become a father on the same day, and decided that called for a celebration with some moonshine.[5]
Death[]
Eight years later, Rosalyn and her family had moved to a Stranded camp in Ilima. Rosalyn became ill and died during an epidemic that swept through the camp, leaving Dizzy heartbroken.
Appearances[]
- Coalition's End (First appearance) (Appears in flashback(s))