Occupation: Unknown
Identity: Secret
Legal Status: Unknown
Place of Birth: Unknown
Marital Status: Unknown
Known Relatives: None
Group Affiliation: Tribe
Base of Operations: Brooklyn, New York
First Appearance: TRIBE #1 (1993)
History: Little is known about the mysterious and powerful Yaarashea, except that one thousand years ago, she opposed Lord Deus. The price was to lose her identity and to be confined in a more mortal form. The exact time frame between her earliest clashes with Deus and her being striken with amnesia is unclear. What became of her in the gap has not been recorded, but she turned up in modern times using the name Rosalyn.
Murdock Ellison met Rosalyn seemingly by chance one day on the street in New York. Despite a bungled pick-up attempt, they eventually became close friends, and Rosalyn joined his crusade against Europan looks for answers about her own life. She was the back-up muscle in the G.E.M. switching station break-in, tossing a car through an exterior wall to provide cover for the exit of Ellison and his associates. In her downtime, she trained in the ring with Short Order, and traveled with her assoaciate Elias Banneker to the Hype club to confront Europan Manji. Lord Deus himself appeared following their destruction, and while he made short work of the rest of Tribe, only Rosalyn gave him pause. Not recognizing her at first, Deus placed Rosalyn in a stasis envelope and intended to kill her through a massive dispersal of thermal energy. Instead, its power restored her aura, freeing her from a years long imprisonment in a "shell of flesh... left powerless and with no memory of the past." Manifesting new battle armor, Yaarashea acknowledged that she never actual lost her power, "only the memory to regain it." Though mostly continuing to fight on her own, Lord Deus was ultimately driven away through a team effort, leaving Ellison and Tribe to reevaluate their relationship with Rosalyn in the wake of these revelations.
Build: Thick
Eyes: Dark
Hair: Black
Strength level: Lots.
Known superhuman powers: Rosalyn is regarded as the most powerful member of Tribe, even when that was defined by her exceptional physical strength and fighting proficiency. She is capable of withstanding great physical punishment, lethal projectiles, and even mental barrages while remaining calm and cool under pressure. With her restored demigoddess powers, her strength appeared to increase, she could directly absorb energy blasts from Lord Deus, gained powers of telepathy, and may have been able to see through the illusions of The Front. Her new battle armor included four prehensile tendrils, which she used to briefly restrain Lord Deus. When accessing her uppermost mortal abilities, Rosalyn would manifest a glow, particularly from one of her eyes. This may have been an indication of her reaching for her demigoddess abilities.
Notes: The creators explicitly reference Rosalyn as being the most popular Tribe character among fans in trading cards and other promotional materials. She is the most often referenced, even appearing in frontpieces of issues in which she otherwise isn't featured, and despite having a relatively minor role in all but the concluding chapter of the only published Tribe story arc.
© & ™ 1996 Larry Stroman & Todd Johnson
See also: Spawnometer 0:0:3:0: Tribe
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