June Iparis

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“	I will hunt you down. I will scour the streets of Los Angeles for you. Search every street in the Republic if I have to. I will trick you and deceive you, lie, cheat, and steal to find you, tempt you out of your hiding place and chase you until you have nowhere else to run. I make you this promise: your life is mine.	”
–June to Day in her mind, Legend

June Iparis is one of two protagonists in the Legend Trilogy, the other being Day. She is a fifteen-year-old girl who scored a 1500 (100%) on her Trial. Born into an elite Republic family, her parents, Michael and Nadia Iparis, were mysteriously killed in a car accident, which left Metias to care for his sister alone. June was from the Ruby Sector of the Republic and was being groomed for military leadership from a young age. June is often known as "The Prodigy" to many people in Republic since her perfect score was one of a kind in all of the Republic's history.

Physical Appearance

June has dark brown hair and long, loose side bangs. She normally ties her hair up into a high ponytail. Her eyes are dark brown with golden flecks (described as beautiful by Day and several others). Her skin is tanned, which matches her brother's. June is of mixed ethnicity. Her dominant ethnicity is Native American, along with Caucasian and a mix of other races. She is described as having a lean, athletic build.

Personality

June is very annoyingly selfless, she can be kind towards others. However, she might come across as a little cold and unfeeling, being not attuned to expressing her emotions as frequently as others. She empathizes well and is aware of her emotions despite her stoic front and unwillingness to emotionally express herself. June is also very clever and observant, due to her talents, and this is shown in Prodigy, when she asks Day to tell her about his first kiss so that she would remain awake.

In Champion, June shows her selfless side by letting Day leave for Antarctica and by not reminding him of their past together, or her. She did not want him to remember her connection to his family's deaths and the unfortunate circumstances that brought them together. She felt that she would only hurt him if they remained together, and made the arduous, yet altruistic decision to let him go.

Biography

June was born on July 11th, 2116. She was very little, 2, when her parents died in a car crash that was planned by Commander Baccarin, who ordered that they be eliminated lest they betray the Republic and spread the truth. She grew up with her brother, Metias, as her legal guardian. She attended Harion Gold Elementary. At age 10, she passed her Trial (1500/1500) and attended Harion High for two years. At age 12, she graduated high school and went to Drake University. At age 15, June graduated college due to the death of her brother, Metias. She later meets Day, one love interest and suspect of Metias' death, upon avenging her brother's death.

Relationships

Day

In Legend, June was assigned to Day as her first mission under Commander Jameson's orders. She has an extremely strong desire to capture him because she's been told that he murdered Metias Iparis, her older brother. June had already taken a liking to Day after he saved her from a Skiz fight while she was undercover in the slums. After they share a romantic kiss, she notices him reaching for a necklace that wasn't there. June knew it was Day, even though he hadn't confided his name to her, because the night Metias was murdered, a pendant was found that belonged to Day. She had him arrested the day after, along with his brothers, one of her captains (Thomas Bryant) killed Day's mother. Day's two brothers, Eden and John get captured. June finds out he did not kill her brother and fights to free him. She helps him break out of prison and escape his execution, leaving her old Republic soldier life behind for him.

In Prodigy, June and Day join the Patriots together because Day's leg is injured, and they want to free Day's brother, Eden, from the Republic. Day is upset about the new Elector, Anden, who shows a liking to June and wishes her to be the Princeps. During the assassination mission, June and Day leave the Patriots behind and stop the assassination. When in a bunker, they have an argument, that is regretted by both afterward. She feels blamed for Day's mother's death, Eden's experimentation, Day's leaving of the Patriots, and Tess not joining him. They end up in the Colonies together after going through the bunker's tunnels, but soon leave when Kaede flies them back to Republic to help Anden and stop Razor, the former Patriot that works secretly for the Senate, from becoming the new Elector. After Day gives his speech and leaves the hospital, he goes to June's apartment and says that they don't belong together, and that she should join Anden as his Princeps. She's deeply hurt and saddened, but agrees. Before he leaves, they kiss, as a good-bye forever.

In Champion, Day and June meet after eight months, and their relationship is awkward. After a few times of meeting Day, She comes to learn about is disease through a leaked video of him in the hospital, on the JumboTrons. She gets angry at Day and goes to a dinner to confront him. Day says that if he told her, he would redirect June's path to reject the Princeps position, and to take care of him even though his death was thought to be inevitable. Later, after the first attack from the Colonies, and after Days threat from The Chancellor , Day begs June to leave and hide from the battle. June obviously refuses and calms Day. This calmness lasts no longer than a second as, Day crumples into his weakest emotional state yet. He starts crying that he doesn't deserve June, and verbally beats himself, then exclaiming that he does not even know if June loves him. He asks and basically begs her to say she doesn't, and claims that he will figure out a way to move on from June. But this only happens if June says she doesn't and that he needs her to help him like that. June refuses to say she doesn't and confesses she does causing a bed affair, and them getting back together. Their relationship is destroyed once again when Day has surgery on his hippocampus, resulting in a coma and loss of memory. Day forgets who June is, and she leaves, heartbroken but knowing that it is the best thing for Day, so that he will no longer suffer. Ten years later, on the night of her 27th birthday, June and Day meet again. Day remembers June, but all his memories of her are hazy. They reintroduce themselves to each other, and head off to the birthday dinner that Tess has planned with Eden in town.

In Rebel,Daniel (Day) expects June in Antarctica for a meeting with the Republic after a single text message amid months of no communication following the events of Champion. There, Daniel takes June to a formal restaurant, where Daniel is portrayed as very uncomfortable and stiff, and June, sensing this, tells him that he is not like this. They then go to a construction site, where they kiss. They have another bed affair after Daniel is released from the hospital after his release from Dominic Hann. After their adventure in Antarctica, they become closer as Day regains his memory, and Day, with Eden's help, proposes to June at a park near the location where they reunited after more than a decade. The ring supposedly represents the future according to Day, and resembles a paper clip ring he gave June more than a decade ago, except it is made of precious metals.

June is often reminded how she was the one who brought the death of Day's mother and older brother.

Anden

In Legend, June first meets Anden at the celebratory ball, which took place in celebration for June capturing Day. June meets the former Elector, who had brought along his son Anden. Anden kissed June's hand at the ball. From the beginning of Prodigy, it's evident that Anden has taken a liking to June. Before meeting him, June had agreed to aid the Patriots in assassinating the new Elector. June's job was to gain Anden's trust and inform him of a false assassination plot so that she can lead the Elector into the real assassination location. The two share a kiss after June takes the lie detector test in Denver. As she spends more time with Anden, June realizes who he really is and how he wishes to change the nation for the better. Anden wishes to remove the Trial system that divides the nation and also make the Republic a better place. June begins to have doubt, and attempts to send a signal to Day to stop the assassination attempt.

When the assassination is stopped, Anden asks June to become his Princeps, his second-in-command. She wishes to decline, as she would not see Day for a very long time. But Day informs her that she should take the position and that a relationship between him and June would be impossible, leaving out the truth: that he is dying.

In the epilogue of Champion it is revealed that Anden and June dated for four years, before June broke it off, realizing that she would never be able to love Anden the way he wanted her to.

Michael and Nadia Iparis ( Parents)

It is said in Legend that June's parents died in a car crash. Nearing the end of Legend, Metias tells June in a secret website that their parents death wasn't an accident. After June's father figured out what the Republic was up to, he tried to quit his job. The Republic didn't want him knowing anything and alarming others, so they set up a fatal car crash, that June's parents would be in. Metias had a similar fate after he found this out.

Metias

June's older brother, whom she was very close to, had taken care of her after their parents died from a so called "car accident". After he was assassinated on a mission, she continued to have dreams of him. At first, Day was framed as Metias's alleged killer however it is later revealed that Thomas killed Metias due to direct orders from Commander Jameson because Metias had discovered the government's secrets.

Tess

In Legend, June saves Tess from entering a Skiz fight. Day’s best friend is Tess, a girl with no family or home. Tess and Day have lived together as fugitives since Tess was 9. Tess never did her trial test.

June somewhat cares for Tess, as she did not let her get mixed up with Day's arrest. When she meets up with her after looking for Kaede to help with Day's escape from the execution, she notices that her personality has matured a bit.

In Prodigy, while in the tunnels with Day and after their Elector assassination plan falls through, June notices Day's distance when talking about Tess. He explains to June that Tess kissed him and has feelings for him, as well as disliking June for being from the Republic. At the end they are good friends and Tess brings Day and June back together.

In Champion, they seem to have a friendly mutual feeling for each other. They spoke a lot while Day was in coma. In the epilogue, it is said they have dinner often and Tess would share with June how Day was doing in Antarctica.

Thomas Bryant

In the beginning of Legend, Thomas seemed very protective of June, and on her mission to capture Day, she talked frequently to him on her microphone. When she and Day kiss, Thomas hears it over the microphone June uses in her mission. Later, he confronts her about it. June notices that he has some sort of jealous or angry look on his face when she answers that she did, indeed, kiss Day.

Soon after Thomas confronts her, he leans in with the intention of kissing June, but she quickly pulls away before they can kiss. All June can think about is when Thomas shot Day's mother without thinking twice. Thomas seems discouraged after this incident. Thomas is also responsible for Metias's death. He stayed loyal to the republic until the end, stating that he, "followed all the rules. I obeyed all the laws. And yet Day is the legend, while I am to be executed. It makes no sense."

June is very conflicted when it comes to her relationship with Thomas. Throughout the events of Prodigy, June is extremeIy aggressive towards him and attacks him onboard the R.S Dynasty before her arrest. She attempts to attack him once more during her interrogation, but is unsuccessful due to the shackles binding her wrists together. She even contemplates snapping his neck in a moment of blind rage, and repeatedly states that she wishes to kill him.

However, in Champion, she seems somewhat hesitant to give her verdict during his trial. Ultimately, she declares him guilty. During his final confession, she seems to forgive him for his actions, but still believes he is fully deserving of his punishment.

Quotes

“	"Remember, you're drunk. And happy. You're supposed to be lusting over your escort. Try smiling a little more."	”
–-June Iparis to Day, Prodigy

“	I'm no Senator, clearly. I am a Princeps-Elect and need to be distinguished as such.	”
–-June Iparis, Champion

“	. . . and as I adjust my own bag across my shoulders and head into the hall, I come to the slow realization that this might never change. I’m twelve years old. Everyone else in my class is at least sixteen. No matter how nice some of them are to me, who’s going to want a twelve-year-old tagging along with them? What could I possibly talk with them about? What would I have in common with any of them? I don’t have anything in common with them, I admit to myself as I step back into the glare of the afternoon sun. And when all’s said and done, I’m pretty sure I will be spending the next four years alone.	”
–-June Iparis, Life Before Legend

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