Dash Dixie

"'Haha! Who's the Fat Controller? He sounds funny!'"

Past
Dash's parents, American Hillbillies living in the deep south, decided to move to England to escape stigma but didn’t go about it entirely legally. They let their visas expire and were living as illegal immigrants. They lived out in a very rural area of Northern England- hence the Geordie accents their children developed. Their parents lived out in the country and had Ferdinand, and then twins: Bash and Dash. Because they'd all been born at home, they weren't registered anywhere either.

Unfortunately, their parents were eventually found out and the entire family was forced to leave the country. Dash and her sister had been visiting Ferdinand on Misty Island at the time and stayed with him.

Present
Dash lives on Misty Island with Bashand Ferdinand. The three efficiently live off the land but to buy essentials they don’t have or can’t make, they go to Sodor by rowboat and sell wood carvings, preserved jam, produce if they have enough to spare, and similar. They can occasionally be seen around Sodor, usually Brendam, but for the most part they're practically cryptids.

Occupation
Dash is unemployed formally but has regular chores with her siblings. She drives one of the three Misty Island Engines to help her brother and sister harvest wood for fuel and warmth.

Interests
Dash likes to draw. Before Ferdinand bought her art supplies, she would take charcoal, ash, and other materials she could find and draw on slices of wood before they were burned.