S026 - Montogomery, Dawn

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Name: Dawn Montogomery
Gender: Female
Age: 17
Grade: Senior
School: John Endecott Memorial Academy
Hobbies and Interests: Knitting, Student Health Association, chess

Appearance: Dawn is 5'1" (155 cm) high and weighs 103 lbs (47 kilograms). Her face is slightly rounded and features big blue eyes, a petite nose and a small jaw. Overall her physique is slender with low muscle tone. She is Caucasian. She has pale skin and an ivory complexion. Dawn has an upright posture when sitting or walking. When running, she bends forward a little. Her voice sounds serene.

She wears her long brown hair in a ponytail fixated with a black ribbon while two locks of her bangs hang to the sides of her face. She always wears a long blue scarf, no matter the weather. Apart from that, she is lax in her choice of clothing, preferring jeans, shirts and pullovers. Sometimes she also wears a parka, in which case she leaves the pullover out. During summer she also frequently drops the parka as well, going out with only a T-shirt and shorter jeans.

Dawn has no interest in fashion, piercings or tattoos. Most of her wardrobe consists of non-brand clothing that prioritizes comfort over looking good. She also has a special drawer for the clothes she has knitted herself. She only wears them to special occasions.

On the day of the abduction, she wore brown shoes, three-quarter-jeans and a green parka with a white shirt underneath. She also wore her scarf and the black ribbon.

Biography: Dawn Montogomery was born on May 29th, 2004 as the only child of Eren and Susie Montogomery in Salem, Massachusetts. Her parents worked at two different hospitals in Boston as doctors. Eren was a surgeon while Susie worked as a pediatrician.

Both had time-consuming jobs and could not spend as much time with Dawn as they would have liked. Thankfully, the pair were good friends with the Kemp-family who lived directly on the other side of the street and had a boy at the same age as Dawn. Dawn had no trouble befriending the neighbor's kid named Ethan and his mother, a stay-at-home-mum, proved to be a capable babysitter. She also was a former chess player and taught the kids the art of the game at a young age.

Dawn took quickly to chess. What made her enjoy this game more than alternatives like Monopoly was that it was less based on luck and more on strategy. This gave her a feeling of control and that her actions mattered. The otherwise calm child could become surprisingly passionate and heated when playing chess, but she still seemed to enjoy herself.

Her friendship with Ethan was strong, although they viewed each other rather as siblings than friends. At elementary school, Dawn started making a few more close contacts and secured a good position in the class hierarchy. She mostly stuck to her close circle and didn't interact much with the rest of the class, who in turn barely showed interest in her.

One day, Dawn – now in her fifth year of elementary – had to spend two weeks in the hospital her mother worked at after breaking her left hand in an accident. Without her friends in an unknown place and with her mother having to treat the other children most of the time, Dawn quickly got bored and gloomy. This changed on her third day when she was approached by another patient in the hospital's cafeteria.

The other girl's name was Anna and she was roughly the same age as Dawn. According to her, Dawn looked like she needed a friend, so she declared herself as such. While initially hesitant, Dawn quickly warmed up to Anna and her infectious cheerfulness. The two girls hung out most of the remaining time of Dawn's stay at the hospital.

Once she was home, Dawn requested to see Anna again, this time as a visitor. Having seen the positive effect Anna had had on her daughter, Susie allowed it. One visit would lead to another and another and another, until the two girls saw each other at least twice a week. Dawn did her best to teach Anna chess like she had learned it from Miss Kemp with decent success, although Anna was not much of a competitive type. On the other hand, Anna introduced Dawn to her hobby of knitting, which resonated well with Dawn. The act of slowly creating something out of a bundle of wool was oddly satisfying to her. The friendship of the two bloomed. Eventually, Ethan also came along to the visits.

One thing the two never spoke about was the reason for Anna's stay at the hospital. But even without words, it was clearly not a good one: Several pill-bottles and meds would always lie next to Anna's bed, and sometimes she would have scars from surgery. Also she never had any other visitors than Dawn and Ethan. Despite that, Dawn never saw Anna without a smile. The otherwise dull atmosphere of the hospital left her completely unfazed. This perceived happiness made it hard to breach the topic.

Apart from her time with Anna, Dawn spent most of her free-time hanging around with Ethan and some others. Her grades in school were good, but not exceptional, and she managed the jump into middle-school without bigger issues. There, she continued having only a few but good friends and mostly flying under the radar of most people.

Eventually the date of Dawn's twelfth birthday arrived. Anna gifted her a blue scarf she had knitted herself. Two months later, Anna was dead.

The death of her best friend left a gaping hole in Dawn's everyday life. She became much quieter both at school and at home. She used this time to reflect on herself and her goals in life. Despite knowing that Anna's death had not been her fault, she felt guilty over never speaking about it and evading the topic. It gave her the feeling she could have done more. Ultimately, she came to a conclusion: she wanted to become a doctor, just like her parents.

From this moment on, she increased her efforts in school by a wide margin with the goal of making it into a good university to study medicine. Apart from that, she began looking at the people around her, thinking that some of them might be in need of help like Anna. She started to approach those who seemed troubled in any way and tried to help. Quickly she became known for her readiness to help others and is sometimes even approached for that very reason. However, her new behavior confused many of her friends and resulted in some of her friendships ending or weakening due to her not having as much time as before. The one connection that always held strong was the one with Ethan, who had also known Anna and therefore could relate to what Dawn went through.

She also decided to study the basics of medicine, especially first-aid, since she believed this to be the most likely kind of knowledge she would need in her daily life. At first, her lessons consisted of research via the internet or the school's library. Eventually her parents, who were still often busy with work, found out about it. They showed themselves very happy about her daughter's chosen career path and started to help Dawn by pointing out reliable sources and teaching her some things. This helped the family grow closer together, so that Dawn nowadays has a friendly ond with her parents. However, so far Dawn has had no real way to practice anything she learns.

Seeing her daughter's efforts, Eren and Susie decided to send Dawn to the John Endecott Memorial Academy. At this high school, Dawn and Ethan volunteered for the Student Health Association. They focus on educating the students about health dangers in their everyday lives through pamphlets and presentations. When the COVID-19 pandemic hit in 2020, she held a presentation about the importance of following the rules and wearing face-masks in almost every class, which was seen positively by the teachers but as annoying by many students.

In order to make it into a good university, Dawn puts in considerable effort at school. Her strongest classes are science classes and art. She is mediocre in PE and does not like any language classes, although she doesn't really struggle in them.

Furthermore, Dawn joined the Knitting Club. Knitting reminds her of the good times she spent with Anna, so she enjoys doing it a lot. Her focus is on clothing, some of which she wears herself to special occasions. She also ends up giving a lot of her works away as presents on birthdays or Christmas.

She also still plays chess, although mostly online. Dawn has realized that the more energetic side of hers she shows during chess is seen as strange by others since it contradicts her usual calm demeanor. By playing online, she doesn't have to hold back.

Anna's determination and optimism in the face of her illness has inspired Dawn to always focus on the bright side of things and be optimistic towards the future. She hopes to one day inspire others like Anna did to her. In order to do so, she consciously changed her behaviour to be more extroverted and noticeable. She always tries to have an open ear for both her friends and others who need it. In an effort to lend a hand, she approaches the latter proactively, which sometimes leads to people being annoyed at her intruding in things that are not really her business. However, Dawn vividly remembers her first meeting with Anna, where she too felt irritated at first. Often she presses through with a smile and sometimes even manages to make new friends or aquaintances this way. But not every time goes well, and a small number of her schoolmates see her as obnoxious and annoying, which she is unhappy about, although she pretends that it doesn't bother her.

Her friendship with Ethan is still going strong. Both have very similar classes and often hang out even outside of school. Dawn also visits the Kemp house now and then, albeit no longer as often as when she was a child.

Dawn feels secure in Salem and wants to live in the city for as long as possible, but when looking for a good university, she came to the realization that she might have to move in order to get the best possible education. Having to chose between a better university and staying at home where here friends are troubles her inwardly, although she never shows it. The only one she has talked about this with is Ethan. After studying, she plans to work as a doctor to help people. She is aware that this goal is slightly naive and optimistic, but also sees this as all the more reason to try it.

Advantages: Dawn is knowledgeable in first aid practices and would therefore be a useful ally on the island. Her happy attitude means she has many friends or people who at least see her in a positive light. Her helpful character is well-known by her classmates, raising the probability of them trusting her.
Disadvantages: Dawn's desire to help others means she is willing to get herself into avoidable dangers. She is fairly weak, meaning that she could be easily overpowered by most of her classmates. Her optimistic worldview could easily be shattered once the reality of SOTF kicks in, which could result in her mental state rapidly worsening. Also, Dawn's knowledge about medicine is almost completely self-taught and only theoretical in nature.

Designated Number: Student No. 026

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Designated Weapon: 1 oz. of medical grade cannabis and hemp blunt wraps

Conclusion: Hey girl, don't be sad about Anna, you'll get to spend time with her soon. - Josie Knight