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The following article/section is from the Tristan Strong continuity under Rick Riordan Presents and not the Riordanverse canon. |
Miss Rose is an African American goddess and a member of the Midfolk.
Tristan Strong Trilogy[]
Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky[]
She and Sarah talk with Gum Baby about why it to her a year to complete a simple mission. When Tristan says he lost it, she and Sarah berate him and Gum Baby for their current situation. When Tristan angrily tells them what the journal was, they see butterflies reenacting the story and realize he is an Anansesem. She and Sarah tell Tristan to be careful with his words.
Later she and Sarah join Tristan, John Henry, and Ayanna when Brer Rabbit explains his plan to have Anansi fix the hole in the sky. She is hesitant but agrees once Brer Rabbit reveals he and Anansi were working on a Story Box and that Tristan can find it, she agrees. When Tristan says no she gets angry. She, Sarah and Brer Rabbit fight off fetterlings when they attack the Thicket and tell Tristan to find the Story Box.
Days later she and the other gods go to the Golden Crescent to fight the Maafa and it's forces, but she is downed by brand flies. Sarah is shown crying over her. After the battle her wing is bandaged and Sarah is still holding her. They give Tristan approving looks and are shocked to learn Anansi has been impersonating Brer Rabbit for months. When everyone calms down she is taken to the Mmoatia to be healed with the others.
Tristan Strong Destroys the World[]
She and Sarah scald Tristan and Junior for goofing off and demand to know how he knows about the Shamble Man. They tell him to leave it to them as they go to Nyame and leave the boys in a room to wait for the sky god. The following day, as Alke is being destroyed, she and Sarah try to shield civilians from the world destroying storm. As they pile on to the keelboat, she and the others are shocked at Tristan’s plan to take the residence of Alke to his world, but she and Sarah help direct the boat to a rip leading out of their world. She and Sarah are many of the Alkeans who vanished upon arriving in Tristan’s world.
Tristan Strong Keeps Punching[]
She and the other gods join John Henry on the shore of Lake Michigan as Cotton almost over powers the steel driving man and box Cotton in, however Tristan realizes it is a trap, but warns the gods to late as Patty Roller leads hundreds of breakers into battle against the gods. She and the other gods put up a good fight but soon grow tired. However Tristan takes out the living plantation giving King Cotton his power, as well as the haint himself. After the battle, she and the others congratulate Tristan as he exits the ruble that was Old Angola. After the sky god buys a tour bus, she and the other gods decides to take the others gods on a tour of the United States to search for more Alkeans.
Appearance[]
Rose is a short African American woman with dreadlocks, a light brown complexion, and a set of black wings.
Trivia[]
- Rose and Sarah are based on the myth of flying Africans from Igbo Landing, Georgia, where those who needed to escape the most were given wings to fly away.
Tristan Strong Trilogy | |
Books: | Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky | Tristan Strong Destroys the World | Tristan Strong Keeps Punching |
Main Characters: | Tristan Strong | Ayanna | Gum Baby | Anansi |
Secondary Characters: | Thandiwe | King Cotton | John Henry | Eddie Garvey | Maafa | Chestnutt | Nana Strong | Junior | Patty Roller | Granny Z |
Minor Characters: | Alvin Strong | Jessica Strong | Walter Strong | Fezile | Netta | Old Familiar | Mr. Richardson | Reggie Janson | DJ Kulture | Big Big | Terence Strong | Memphis Jones | Harold | Darla |
African American Gods: | Brer Rabbit | Brer Fox | Brer Bear | Sarah | Rose | High John | Tarrypin | Sis Crow | Keelboat Annie | Mami Wata | Lady Night |
West African Gods: | Anansi | Nyame |
Creatures: | Haint | Fetterling | Hullbeast | Brand Fly | Leopard Statue | Python Statue | Abiyoyo | Mmoatia | Plat-eye | River Spirit | Talking Skull | Boo Hag | Coffle | Twennymiles | Breakers |
Related Content: | Kwame Mbalia | Rick Riordan Presents | The Gum Baby Files |