Dakota was a Roman demigod son of @Dionysus and the senior centurion of the Fifth Cohort. He enjoyed partying but knows when to be serious if the time calls for it. Dakota died of zombie inflicted injuries sustained during the Battle of San Francisco Bay.

History

Early Life

Dakota was born to Bacchus and an unknown mortal mother. Like all Roman demigods and legacies, he went to train with @Lupa and her wolves at the @Wolf House when he was old enough and survived.

He then made his way south to Camp Jupiter and was placed on probatio in the Fifth Cohort. He eventually became a centurion of the cohort.

Second Giant War

Dakota is introduced as the commanding officer of the Fifth Cohort and accepts Percy Jackson into the group. He sits with @Percy Jackson, @Hazel Levesque, and @Frank Zhang and tells Percy the back story about their cohort's bad reputation, including losing the eagle and most of the legion's weapons and some things about Jason. Due to his odd behavior, Percy asks Hazel if he is "always like that". Hazel replies that being the son of Bacchus, the wine god, Dakota had a "drinking problem". Alarmed, Percy asks her disbelievingly if they let him drink wine. Hazel, slightly taken aback, replies that Dakota could not drink wine, as he was underage, and if the camp let him, there would be more than a few "problems". Therefore, he drinks red Kool-Aid, but with triple the amount of sugar, and with his ADHD and dyslexia, he seems drunk. Hazel also believes that "one of these days, Dakota's head will explode from all that Kool-Aid".

Dakota and @Gwendolyn later lead the fifth cohort into battle during the war games. Even though initially the fifth cohort was taking the pounding, after Percy, Hazel and Frank manage to enter the enemy base the rest of the cohort charge is led by Dakota.

Dakota appears again during the battle against Polybotes' army at Camp Jupiter. Percy hands him the retrieved eagle, which he uses to destroy the monsters and lead the Legion into battle. He also becomes much more serious once handed the eagle, because of how important it is to him and the legion.

When @Nico di Angelo, @Reyna Ramírez-Arellano, and @Gleeson Hedge come to @Camp Jupiter, he, Leila, and Michael Kahale arrive in a boat to arrest Reyna and Nico for treason. Coach Hedge tried to attack Michael but is disarmed and had his club broken by Michael. Hedge is enraged and nearly started a fight but he was kept back by Reyna and Nico. Dakota kept winking at Reyna. Suddenly @Octavian appears and orders everyone to drop their weapons. As they do so, it is revealed to be Tyson who knocked out Michael and almost knocked out the others before Reyna stopped him. They said they were going to switch sides and declare their loyalty to her. They tell her Octavian's "reinforcements" outnumbered the legion. She sends them and Nico to stop Octavian from attacking the camp. The three of them dock and drag Kahale to shore. Nico summons Jules-Albert to drive the three demigods to the Roman base camp. Along the way see the monsters Octavian recruited. They arrive and the centurions try to recruit their cohorts.

Dakota arrives with the Fifth and declares his loyalty to Reyna and Octavian tries to get him arrested because of treason as well. This distraction gives Nico, @Lou Ellen Blackstone, @Cecil Markowitz, and @Will Solace enough time to disable several onagers they were soon discovered. Meanwhile, the Greeks arrived and were about to attack the Roman Legion which was in chaos and surrounded by monsters. The Earth mother @Gaea then wakes and @Athena Parthenos is delivered shortly after Gaea wakes. He, his cohort and the Greeks fight their way through monsters to rescue three other cohorts completely surrounded by monsters.

After the battle he is seen with his Greek half siblings enjoying Kool-Aid. He returns to Camp Jupiter a few days later with the rest of the Romans.

Quest for the Oracles

He is seen at the @Senate House when @Apollo addresses the senate. He sums up Apollo’s negative news and approves a quest for Tarquin's Tomb.

Two days later, he is shocked to hear what the weapons @Triumvirate Holdings will use against the camp. He later participates in the camp archery class taught by Apollo and does alright.

Death and Legacy

The following night, he and most of the Fifth Cohort are guarding New Rome during the second wave of the assault. They are ambushed by @Tarquin's zombies from below. He is attacked and heavily injured by the zombies and dies of his wounds the following day. His funeral pyre is said to smell of Kool-Aid.