[character profile]
Character Name: Nanna
Age: 20 21
Gender: Female
Sexual Orientation: Bisexual
Craft/Rank: Former Harper Apprentice/Cotholder; Crimsonrider
History:
Nanna was born the only girlchild of a well sized Holding, with brothers to spare. Her mother clearly preferred her daughter and spoiled her near rotten, while the menfolk of the family shook their heads but goodnaturedly put up with it. Nanna grew up with an inflated sense of her own rank and worth, but was generous enough to "lesser ranking" children if only to attempt to endear them to her--Nanna always had trouble keeping friends with her volatile personality. With an average musical talent and her mother's blessing she spent a turn or two at the Harper Hall (so much more cosmopolitan than her home Hold!) and picked up formal voice training and a bit of skill with a gitar, though to be sure she was a lot more interested in the boys (and occasional girl) of Harper Hall and the huge Gathers at Fort than the craft discipline. She came home again at her mother's request, and the two eagerly began making eyes at the local boys and making vague plans for epic weddings (while managing to marry off a few of Nanna's brothers in the process). All those plans changed when a Searchrider came through the Weyr, and told tales of a gold egg on the Sands. Naturally, Nanna wasn't one to leave such a chance untaken, and off to the Weyr she went.
It wasn't gold she Impressed but crimson, though the long term effects were roughly the same. Armed with a dragon who would love and support her no matter what, Nanna made herself right at home at Malvren, for better or for worse.
Description:
Nanna is not a particularly imposing presence at first glance, but she makes herself known through her energetic manner. She's a scant 5'2" and, since becoming a rider, has kept her light brown hair shorn in between chin and shoulder length that she usually ties into small tails when planning to do riding, or else she curls the ends and shows off her collection of decorative hair baubles. She has a rather lot of hair baubles. She prides herself in her appearance and always takes care to wear rich fabrics that flatter her figure (what little of it she has).
Personality:
Her key attributes include loyalty, stubborness, and cheerfulness. She has an obsessive personality, and once she had decided she likes something, or someone, that's all there is to it--you're stuck with her gushing fanaticism. She doesn't take no for an answer, and though she's pushy, she's not really the bullying type...though she'll gravitate to someone who is and find herself "the enforcer." She likes having someone who tells her what to do--it keeps the boredom at bay.
Her cheerfulness may well be her main redeeming trait. She hates being thought of negatively by others, and will go to great lengths to attempt to correct this injustice (often exacerbating the problem in the process). She is quite childish in her thinking and absolutely unsubtle--she will pout, she will throw temper tantrums, and a memory nearly as short as her dragon's is the only thing that keeps her from holding a grudge. Most will think her incredibly annoying. They will probably not be wrong in this assumption.
Other: I think it would be terribly amusing if her crimson was pinkish.
changes yet to make -
Skie
Your profile is almost ready to go! There’s just some things in the personality that needs fixing. You say she’s not the bullying type but she’ll gravitate to them and ‘enforce’ their bias. Enforcing like that generally means she’s the thug to the mastermind – the one who’ll jeer and shove and otherwise follow the lead rather then be the lead. Which kid of counters the statement leading into it – that she isn’t a bully. Which is it? Either works – she can be a bully or she can not be a bully but your description implies both. And her inflated sense of worth tells me she’d be more likely to lead then to follow, even if she was a very poor leader. You need to reconcile her tendency to follow with her history where it says she’d tend to be a benefactor.
Additionally, you say she hates being thought of negatively. That’s odd, considering her tendency to enforce a bully’s personal agenda. Such activities and actions generally draw more scorn then praise, right? So she’d have a lot of negative things said of her. Her pursuit of fixing those negative opinions also implies an outgoing and assertive nature, which you haven’t described previously.
I also don’t see how loyalty plays into her personality. You mention it once then don’t elaborate.
If you could clear up the contradictions in her personality, that would be appreciated.
Additionally, I need to know if your Crimson is a breeder or not. There is a description of options for crimson riders in the announcement in the main thread if you would like an overview.
[dragon profile]
*Llumenth was one of the custom dragons from the event way back in October 2010 ^^;
Smerdle
Anyway, here's Princess Llumenth!
- self centered, pretentious, conceited
- believes that when another dragon doesn't like her, it's because they're deficient in some way
- distrusts authority
- loves nothing more than those who are attentive to her and is very loyal to these people and dragons
- imaginative, enjoys solving problems (one of her favorite pastimes is human matchmaking)
