Post by Alyx on Sept 29, 2012 18:41:28 GMT -5
NAME: Rachel
RANK: Bluerider
AGE: 25 turns (24 Turns at creation)
GENDER: Female
ORIENTATION: Originally Heterosexual, since Impression tho has become more Bisexual - still favors male partners tho.
DRAGON: Blue Aslith
PETS: Bronze Firelizard; Torc
APPEARANCE:(Celeb Claim: Sofia Pernas)
Rachel isn't too slender or frail by far; she's build like a fighter or a rider through and through. There is a wild beauty about her, with her long brown hair and sparkling eyes. She doesn't even attempt to do more then a little tie back with her hair unless she's doing serious flying.
She dresses the part of a rider, never wearing anything that might be elegant and fancy - soft leathers and pale white shirts is the best you will get. If you try to get her into anything like a dress, you'd best be ready to have a fight on your hands. And, she'd nothing like a Greenrider, so getting out of her leathers is almost as hard.
PERSONALITY FAULTS:
Once she sets her mind to do something, she does it. If someone tells her to do something else, she can always seem to find a way to been them too her own plans. She has a sarcastic streak. Rachel doesn't always think before her mouth opens. She has a quick wit and doesn't always have the reflex it before she respond to others around her.
Though a good search rider, Rachel isn't good with anything under 13 once she drops them off into the hands of the Candidatemaster. Not sure why - she just doesn't like them. Normally a calm woman, if something sets Rachel off, nothing can stop her. No matter the rank or creed, if she has a bone to pick with you, you'll know.
And no one can cut her down as good as she can herself. If she thinks she has made a mistake - no one can convince her otherwise. Self assured and strong willed, Rachel isn't afraid of much. She doesn't hide that she had a rough time as a kid, but she doesn't hide behind it either. In her heart, she loves being a rider and wouldn't change a thing in her life.
PERSONALITY STRENGTHS:
Rachel seems out to prove that she and Aslith are just as good as any higher color ranked pairing. She despises being discounted for being a Bluerider and loves nothing more then to prove that she is just as good as any other. She not just smart, but savvy. She is quick think up new solutions and ways around obstacles when they are presented to her; it makes her a excellent rider under pressure.
Even though she dislikes most higher color ranked dragons and their rider, she wouldn't speak against one unless she had real cause to do so. She isn't normally one to listen to gossip; and it takes hard evidence to make her consider going against the word of a Weyrleader or Wingleader. The is very little she is frightened of; with the discount of having to manage little kids.
Heights, Thread, Storms, Dark, Whers... only thing that really bothers her is the thought of something happening to Aslith. She might not be a slim build lovely, but Rachel isn't out of shape one bit. When not working with her dragon, Rachel often helps with manual labor around the Weyr and can sometimes still be found rock climbing the sheer cliffs of the Weyr's walls.
FAMILY:
Mother; Benira of Green Sayath (Benden Weyr, alive)
Father; N'raj of Brown Lath (Benden Weyr, deceased)
Siblings; possibly? She doesn't really know...
HISTORY:
Born in Benden Weyr and handed off quickly to the Crechewoman, Rachel really didn't get to know her parents all that much. Not that it bothered her all that much - the young girl got into a mess of trouble as a young child, from fighting to running wild. Her antics as a child weren't without consequences; she broke her left arm in a fall while climbing the sheer walls of the Weyrbowl at the age of 9 turns, then a concussion when a disused tunnel collapsed on her and several other kids while exploring.
Even though she was born in a Weyr and impressed at age 17, she only stood for two hatchings. She was injured in her first standing at fourteen, clawed by a Bronze hatching. The damage was extensive and she nearly lost the leg. It took her 3 years to recover, and she didn't disappoint. Despite there still being boys on the Sands, Rachel was singled out by a rather large, robust Blue hatching. Aslith made if very clear that he was hers, she was his, and nothing Rachel could say would dissuade him.
A woman impressing a Blue made her training... unique. Not totally out of the element, but still, it was not as common place as maybe Rachel expected it to be. Still - once it was all said and done, Dragons don't choose the wrong person for themselves. Rachel was almost relieved not to have impressed a Flirty Green or a Egg demanded Gold. And with Aslith at her side, she was free to be herself and not have to pretend to be someone other then simply herself.
In the turns that followed, Rachel has searched many candidates to stand on Benden's Sands and really have your basic Bluerider's existence. It was no secret when the news of the bad luck falling over the ranks of Mavros Weyr and its riders. So many thought that the rulings were right and the restrictions put on the Weyr were just and for its own good. Those that didn't kept it to themselves for their own safety. Rachel was one of those unspoken few... at first.
But true to her nature, like a wherry with a ribbon, she couldn't let it go. Before long, her mouth was getting the better of her and she found herself given a choice; shut up and drop it or move there. She took the second without a moment's thought - better then trying to hold her tongue and explode. After all, Benden wouldn't miss one lone Bluerider, now would they?
With her she brought her final searched Candidate, Garrett, and the daughter of one of the Weyrlingmaster's assistants, Haella. Haella's reasons were pretty clear, but Garrett really had no reason other then he wanted to. In the end, Rachel is pretty sure that she was allowed to take him simply so they could get rid of her and possibly the waves she was causing.
Despite the hardships facing Marvos Weyr, Rachel would rather be here then there. She'll just have to learn to control her mouth...
IN THE EVENT OF YOUR SUDDEN, UNEXPLAINED DISAPPEARANCE FROM THE SITE AT ANY POINT IN TIME, WHAT DO YOU WISH TO BECOME OF THIS CHARACTER AND ANY CREATURES THEY MAY IMPRESS?
b. Turn them into an NPC who may be killed off or used for plot purposes but who will not be played by someone else. (Out in a blaze of glory for the good of the Weyr =p )