Fictional Character Biography
Dawn is the goddess of birth and rebirth. While her appearance depends on who is viewing her, she is generally depicted as a young, red-haired woman with three "tears" running from her left eye (and one "tear" running from her right eye, on the few occasions that it has been shown). During the witch hunt, witches were discovered to only cry from their left eyes. She also has a rose on one wrist and a chain on the other: the rose representing Hell because of its beauty, only to prick and hurt you; the chain for Heaven because you can only go so far before the you are stopped short because of its restrictions. Dawn is the guardian of all the witches on Earth - the goddess they pray to.
Dawn is shown in many different facets, shapes, sizes and colors. Dawn is all women; Joseph Micheal Linsner stresses that all women are goddesses. That's why Dawn takes so many shapes: because all shapes are beautiful, and so are all women.
Dawn is the lover of Cernunnos (sometimes also known as the Horned God), the god of death, who has incarnated himself in the mortal form of Darrian Ashoka. Darrian, unaware of his true origins, is living in a post-apocalyptic New York City when he first meets Dawn. Dawn leads him on his path of true identity and self-discovery.
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