Roland Caestro is one of the secondary antagonists of the series The Dragon. He appears as a major antagonist of the first season of the series as well as one of the two main antagonists (alongside Bill Roberts) of the season finale, and the secondary antagonist of the second season. He is a contestant on a special program happening on the island of Phemonea and is Emma Strong's former love interest as well as the leader of The Knights. He is also the ruthless associate and right-hand man of Gideon Ralphson.
He is portrayed by Ian Nelson.
History[]
Beginnings[]
He at first hosts a party during the time in which the contestants were on their way to Phemonea on a cruise ship. He falls in love with Emma when they meet at the pool and the two arrange to be together at the party, as he promises to make her the queen. He then watches Emma taunting Grace, as he then tells her well done for her performance.
He is next seen on the island, as he is selected by Gideon Ralphson to join The Knights. However, he wasn't fully willing to serve his purpose as a knight, since he was still deeply in love with Emma and he desired her and he also wanted her to somehow join his side. The Knights were ordered to sabotage and torture The Dragons, and after the knights have managed to abduct all of the dragons and they began to torture them, Roland asked for his teammates to let him speak to Emma alone while the other dragons shall be tortured.
Attempting to reunite with Emma[]
During their private conversation, he asks Emma to switch teams. However, Emma realizes how ruthless and brutal he truly was, and she refuses to listen to his offer. He angrily replies that Jack Walker has turned her against him, and he brings her to the others so the knights can torture her as well. However, Jack comes to rescue the dragons. Roland develops rivalry with Grace and calls her a failure for his team.
He later plots with Leonard to force Emma onto their side as he gains his revenge on the rest of The Dragons for Gideon.
After that, he gathers Grace and Leonard as the three discuss about their plans to find Emma. Grace however questions Roland as she doesn't want to have Emma replacing her or humiliating her in their team. Roland however scolds at Grace and tells her that she must do whatever he says even if it humiliates her. Frustrated and full of rage and vengeance, Grace goes to Darren and Emma and asks to talk to Darren alone. She tells Darren to take Emma with him and hide with her somewhere so that Roland and Leonard won't find them. Roland then goes to the beach with Leonard and Grace, as the three find there a love letter which Darren has dedicated to Emma. Roland gets upset and Grace then offers him the location of both Emma and Darren. Roland says he hopes for their real location, as he doesn't trust his own rival anymore. Grace leads him and Leonard to a fake location which is a hut. There, they meet with Bill Roberts, Anna Reeves and some newcomers including Roy, Diana and Gerald. Roland asks the newcomers if they have seen Darren and Diana answers that she doesn't even know who he is. Realizing that Grace has tricked him and Leonard, Roland decides to banish Grace from their team. Grace exits the room, and Roland becomes frustrated. Unexpectedly, Bill proposes to join him and reveals him the location of both Emma and Darren, with intent of getting his revenge on Roy and winning Anna's heart instead of him. Roland then finds Darren and Emma in a cave together with Bill and Leonard. He has a sword fight with Darren, and Darren manages to knock him out during their battle.
Personality[]
He is a ruthless, brutal and sadistic young teenager who enjoys mutilating and harming his opponents. He is also shown to be intelligent and charismatic, since he organized a party for all of the contestants on the ship and he later became the leader of his team, thus conspiring to force Emma onto his side.
Even before he joined the knight he had some sadism, since he congratulated Emma for taunting Grace.
However, he would do anything even if it is extreme in order to win Emma's heart. He is shown to be obsessed with her and he ultimately tried to either force her to join The Knights or else kill her or at least make her suffer.
Links to the fanseries[]
Season 1[]
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1AOdEXs27-TqKGRV-hP5rwKhONrnbbRoatHxQhLCaVy8/edit?usp=sharing (episode 1)
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/136Cu3-YxvDaoN0Z7G1KVquXqirusAnssZ1P-1BT9W-A/edit?usp=sharing (episode 2)
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1IEA2Rc19ApGw31qqO1kUS6wrQTh-4PNfbsQliCXTyeo/edit?usp=sharing (episode 3)
Season 2[]
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1_qJLhxL5ka2aNUMy5L7JJ0cbrxHvVh02AncLHCgnenk/edit?usp=sharing (episode 1)
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1iFvO4fXhIhk2tzI2Vcz3G9bx-0ebReGN2aAs4nUrZWI/edit?usp=sharing (episode 2)