Rosie

Rosie is the pet dog of Zane Obispo in the Storm Runner series. After dying from Demon Runner poison, she was resurrected as a Hellhound.

History
Rosie was found by Zane in the desert when he was nine or ten. He begged his mother to keep her and worked for his neighbor to get money to buy food for her.

The Storm Runner
Rosie is with Zane in his room and goes out to the Beast a close by volcano. She begins to act skittish end urges him to leave. Soon a craft crashes into the volcano’s crater and he falls off. She finds Zane and his mother. Later she runs off into the desert and Zane catches her. They see the creature, but it vanishes when Mrs. Obispo arrives. She spends the night with Zane. She accompanies Zane to the shuttle and pleads with him not to go.

When Zane takes Brooks to the volcano, she charges at her. After she clams down she goes with Zane and Brooks to the volcano and warms up to the Nawal. Soon after entering the cave they find a Demon Runner and it attacks them. She goes for its throat as it starts to ooze poison. She is throw against the wall when it rips her off. Zane cradles her as she dies in his arms and goes to the afterlife. Zane vows to defeat Ah-Puch and save Rosie from the underworld.

When Zane is in the Old World, she is summoned by Ixtab to attack Ah-Puch, she looks like she recognizes Zane. When Ah-Puch convinces the gods to let Zane fight him, she breaths fire at him. When Zane goes to the Empty to fight Ah-Puch, she sniffs him and convinces the gods he has died. When in Xib’alb’a, she comes to Zane and recognizes him and she lets him pet her. When they reach Isla Holbox, Ixtab allows her to stay with Zane. She greets his mother and Hondo, and Brooks when she arrives. She and Zane later play in the surf.

Appearance
Rosie is a medium sized dog with brown fur, dark spots and one white spot on her forehead. She is missing her front right leg.

When she becomes a hellhound, her fur turns black and her eyes turn fiery. She was twice the size of a lion and had long bared fangs, her growls can shake the ground.

Personality
Despite missing one of her front legs, Rose loves going on long walks around the sleeping volcano known as The Beast. Rosie is famous for having the appetite of an elephant and wandering headfirst into danger. Loyal to the bone, Rosie will defend Zane against any and all things that would cause him harm. After becoming a hellhound, Ixtab trained her to attack whenever she hears the word dead and to stop when she hears the word steak.

Trivia

 * Jennifer Cervantes based Rosie off of her own dog who passed away on 1/30/2019.