Dawson

Dawson is human, who got involved with shifter society when Shrapnel tried to learn more about the dark forces of space. He belongs to the chemical faction, but only in the sense that they are the ones who utilize his knowledge. His identity as a human is kept secret from the society at large since a lot of rules was broken in order to keep him alive. Chemical's second in command Terra set him up with a fake identity as a shifter.

Personality
Dawson is an honest and intelligent person, albeit a bit naive at times. He have a strong sense of right and wrong and will not hesitate to speak up even if it might not be the smartest move.

Dawson is very nerdy, he loves the movie Ninja-Wizards from Space. He jokes when he is nervous, which happens a lot.

Biography
Although neither Dawson nor his parents is religious he was born into a family with relations to one of the Neophyte tribes. When he was small he sometimes followed his grandparents on tribe meetings and religious services. He knows a lot about neophyte tradition and celebrate holidays with his religious cousins.

As a child he wanted to be an astronaut, despite the golden era of space being long past. those dreams was crushed when it was discovered he had a rare genetic disease that affected his eyes. His vision was doomed to become worse over time, until he went completely blind.

Dawson who was still in love with space decided to try and become an astrophysicist instead. He joined the University of Yhoctin and have remained there as a professor and teacher. His life got turned upside down when Shrapnel, under the identity of Owen Hollis, contacted him. Dawson fell in love with Shrapnel and managed to stumble upon the secret of the shifter society. Shrapnel saved him from getting killed by the electrical faction by arranging for him to rather be taken into chemicals custody.

Dawson's death was faked by an electrical agent called Fe and the blame was put on one of Dawson's students, Eric.

Fake identity
Inaida the baking soda shifter!

Appearance in the story
Dawson is introduced in the second act of the story and from there he takes on as one of the main characters.