Rose is the narrator and heroine of the Vampire Academy Series. She is a Dhampir Guardian and the only daughter and child of the infamous Moroi, Ibrahim 'Abe' Mazur, and the well-known guardian Janine Hathaway. Rosemarie Hathaway is the only daughter and child of the infamous Turkish, non-Royal Moroi, Abe Mazur, and famed guardian, Janine Hathaway. From a young age, she was raised at St. Vladimir's Academyafter being sent there by her mother for Dhampir training and schooling. Since the age of five, she has been the best friend of Vasilisa Dragomir. At the age of fifteen, the Dragomir Family brought Rose along for their winter break. Eric Dragomir was driving with his wife, Rhea, next to him, while Lissa, Rose, and Lissa's brother, Andre, were in the back. As Eric was turning up the radio at Rose and Lissa's request, a drunk driver on the wrong side of the road smashed into them, killing everyone but Lissa. She used her element Spirit to bring Rose back from the dead, making her the first known shadow-kissed dhampir since Anna. Upon their return to St. Vladimir's, Rose became more reckless than normal, a side effect of being shadow-kissed. She began to party and sneak out of her dorm on several occasions, even attempting and failing to climb out of her dorm window, which resulted in her being badly injured. Rose was caught by Sonya Karp, who healed her after making a mutual agreement to keep each other's secrets; she saw the scars on Sonya's head caused by her scratching her forehead due to the darkness spirit.
Another time, when Rose and Lissa were sneaking out to meet Abby Badica, who exchanged a bottle of peach schnapps for rhinestone-studded sandals with Rose, Sonya caught the duo again. While the three were walking back to the school, Lissa brought a raven back to life, with Rose and Sonya witnessing the event - the latter realizing Lissa could use Spirit. Natalie Dashkovhad also seen this from afar and told her father, Victor Dashkov, who later used this to torment Lissa. Sonya then compelled Rose to take Lissa and leave the academy, telling her they would take her away too, meaning Lissa would be taken by guardians from the academy into psychiatric rehabilitation. A few weeks later, after witnessing Lissa go into a spirit-induced rage, Rose and Lissa escaped the academy via a car trunk.
Two years later, Guardian Dimitri Belikov finds them in Portland, Oregon, and brings them back to the academy. He later helps Rose graduate by giving her extra training sessions, during which Rose develops a huge crush on her mentor; both eventually fall in love with each other, despite the forbidden nature.
From a young age, she was raised at St. Vladimir's Academy after being sent there by her mother for Dhampir training and schooling. Since the age of five, she has been the best friend of Queen Vasilisa Dragomir. At the age of fifteen, she died in the same accident that killed nearly the entire Dragomir family, only to be saved by Lissa using the element Spirit, making her shadow-kissed. In the same year, she and Lissa ran from St. Vladimir's to save the latter from an unknown threat, only to be brought back by a group of guardians led by Dimitri Belikov two years later.
Upon her return to St. Vladimir's, Dimitri was assigned to privately teach Rose in order to catch up with her classmates' training level. Over the course of a few weeks, she becomes completely infatuated with Dimitri, hoping he will reciprocate those feelings. Eventually, her wish comes true, and they fall in love despite it being forbidden, with Dimitri being Rose's teacher and the fact that both would one day be Lissa's guardians.