Dylan Bates

Dylan Bates is a large part in the Mute Trilogy and he is the younger brother of Leah Bates. He attends Lincoln Hill National Academy in third year, which is a year above from his age.

Background
Dylan is the second child of William Bates and Anna Bates and the younger brother to Leah Bates. Unlike Leah, Dylan was born in Portway. The two children got along very well together and once school started, the pair were even closer.

Anna and William were concerned because Dylan had started having angry outbursts. This was because at school, people were bullying Leah so he had decided that he would hit them to teach them not to mess with his sister.

Appearance
At the beginning of Mute, Dylan is about the same height as Leah, around 5'7". However, it mentions that Dylan grows very quickly, quicker than Leah does. He, like his father, has hair which is a cross between blonde and brown. He also has green eyes, which was expected, because the green eyes have been passed down to every generation of the family.

Dylan likes to wear black and often is seen wearing a black shirt, throughout Mute. After his escape and involvement in criminal activity, Dylan has several wounds across his body, but he is not bothered by them like Leah is bothered by her scars.

Personality
Dylan is a loyal character, even after he is involved in gang activity, he just starts to act more like his father, someone who cares, but has a hard time showing it. Sometimes he can be brutal with his words towards Leah which upset her, but he is mainly trying to look out for her, and make her a better person, but is quite cold and harsh. He very quiet, unless angered, when he shouts, and gets into physical fights. He is often in detention in school because someone provoked him.