LILI REINHART, CIS WOMAN, SHE/HER✦ DAKOTA ATWOOD the TWENTY-SEVEN year old has been in Hidehill for her WHOLE LIFE and was a FORMER STUDENT to Miyeon Kang, the murder victim. Whispers on the streets are that the PARAMEDIC who lives in HARTLEY AVENUE are said to be LOYAL and HEADSTRONG but I guess we’ll find out for ourselves.
Full Name: Dakota Bethany Atwood
Age: 27
Date Of Birth: 5 January 1996
Zodiac: Capricorn
Parents: Remington Atwood Sr & Annalise Atwood
Siblings: Remy Atwood @remykatwood
Orientation: Heterosexual
Occupation: Paramedic
Languages: English & Italian
Positive: Loyal, determined, generous, empathetic, resourceful
Negative: Headstrong, stubborn, honest, afraid of failure, independent
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A BRIEF HISTORY
Dakota was born at Hide General, into a wealthy family helmed by her father, Remington Atwood. In what Remington would later describe as being in ‘true Dakota fashion’, she beat her twin out of the womb by 3 minutes and 7 seconds; something that she would have no trouble with holding over her sibling’s head in order to assert some well-placed dominance.
Dakota was a go-getter from an early age, brimming with ambition and opportunity, thanks to her familial wealth. Both her and her twin had the chance to try almost everything; dance, sports, arts and everything in-between all at their fingertips. Dakota enjoyed anything competitive and found little thrills in winning.
To outsiders, the Atwoods appeared to be the perfect family, but behind closed doors was a different story. Dakota’s parents were married in title only; they treated each other as acquaintances. They did their best to co-parent the twins to allow them to grow up in a functional household, but the frostiness between them was evident to Dakota from an early age.
As she got older, Dakota began to resent her parents. She couldn't understand the decision to stay together in misery just for the sake of what she perceived to be protecting their image. The twins were old enough to realise they weren’t happy, and every family dinner and holiday celebration felt like a ridiculous act to her. She longed for independence and freedom from the clutches of her fraudulent life.
After she graduated from school, Dakota took a year off to travel and more importantly, put distance between her and her family. Her first stop was Italy, where she met Luca - her first real love - so real that she cancelled the rest of her European gap year to stay with him. He taught her Italian, how to cook pasta from scratch, and how to loosen up a little. However there was always a subtle gloom hanging over the both of them, knowing that they were living on borrowed time. When it came time for Dakota to return to America she begged Luca to come with her, but he had deep familial bonds that he wasn’t willing to fracture for her. She saw the irony in it; he refused to leave his family and she was desperately running away from hers.
Dakota entertained the idea of moving as far away as possible to go to college, but ultimately returned to Nashville on the promise from her father that her studies would be paid for. She had reluctantly agreed, but on the condition that she would not be returning to the family home, opting instead to move to Hartley Avenue.
NOW
Dakota works at the very same hospital she was born in as a Paramedic and can often be found post night-shift hunched over an almond latte at Verdure Cafe. Lately she has felt like she could be striving for more, and is considering going back to medical school to become a doctor.
TW: DEATH While her job is never easy and always unpredictable, the recent occurrences in Hidehill have Dakota on a knife’s edge. Every call out she receives has her wondering more than ever if she will be finding the body of someone she cares about, and she can’t shake the anxiety no matter how hard she attempts to.
