Approved by TawnyHandlerName: Mokah
Age: 29
Gender: female
Sexual Orientation: heterosexual
Rank: Journeyman
History: Mokah was born the fifth child of a family of beastcrafters, who raised wherries and ovines in a holding in the Malven area. She was content to raise the beasts with her family and had only a general interest in the wider world. It was was nice to hear about, and seeing different people and things at the Gathers was always fun. But there was always plenty to do on the holding, and they had their various amusements and occasional traveling Harpers to make things interesting.
One day a couple of wherhandlers on their way to a new post traveled by their holding. Since it was getting late, the pair asked if they and their whers might stay over for the night. In return, they shared the latest news of the wider world and allowed the family to meet their whers, a green and a brown. The beastcrafting family was curious about these unfamiliar creatures and asked many questions about them and their capabilities, which the handlers were more than happy to answer. Mokah in particular became fascinated with the whers, asking the most intelligent questions and exploring various ideas on how they might be employed. The handlers where gratified by her interest, and by the end of the night they encouraged her to try training in wherhandling herself. Her parents saw the potential of this, and gave their approval of the idea. So it was that in the morning, she set off with the two wherhandlers.
The pair had been hired as guards at a large hold, which was big enough to have several wherhandlers under its employ. Mokah was easily able to join the hold's wherhandler apprentices and dove right into her lessons. She'd mastered the basic studies sooner than some of the apprentices who'd started before her, and soon after was deemed ready for more detailed instruction. She was therefore apprenticed to an elderly Journeyman with a fit young blue wher, who taught her further. She had never grown tired of the creatures and their capabilities, and was quite dedicated to her studies. As a result, she grew to be recognized as competent in all areas in wherhandling.
She fully expected to become the blue's handler when the old Journeyman died, so she didn't bother to seek a chance at an egg, like most other new handlers did. She had grown fond of the blue, and didn't like the idea of him going to someone might would not treat him right, so she would be happy to stay with him. While the Journeyman was old, he wasn't unfit to work yet, so he and his wher worked with Mokah for a few Turns, perfecting her skills and knowledge all the while.
But one day the old handler heard that one of the Hold's queen whers had laid a particularly large egg, the largest anyone had seen in recent Turns. It was widely believed to contain a gold, and the queen's handler was looking for a new handler worthy of the potential queen. The elderly handler put in Mokah's name for consideration, telling them (and her) that her skill was exceptional and she deserved the chance. She was duly taken into consideration, then interviewed and asked to display her knowledge. The queen's handler was pleased with what she saw, and allowed Mokah to try and take the egg. The queen wher, of course, had the final say. But Mokah employed every trick she'd learned, bowing, clicking, humming and moving slowly forward until the queen allowed her to claim the egg. Mokah proceeded to tend the egg with the greatest of care, and was rewarded when the egg hatched into a particularly large gold who was swiftly blooded to her.
Mokah proceeded to train her Mokask as thoroughly as she'd trained under her teachers, and was gratified when her wher learned well. She taught her wher the basics of most things whers might be expected to do, such as guard duty, hunting vermin, sensing bad air in the depths of the hold, and rescuing holders trapped in a collapse of debris. Additionally, she taught her wher to use the advantages only a gold had; to use her size and talent of commend to keep other whers in line. They worked well together, and by the time Mokask was full grown, they were a formidable pair, and respected by their peers.
Mokah was understandably proud of her wher and her skill, and expected peopel other than wherhandlers to recognize her achievement. Yet all that most people ever saw was a wher. A particularly shiny one, but still just a wher. Nobody seemed to care that she had earned her right to bond a gold wher, and that being chosen for the egg was a sign of her skill. As far as most people where concerned, what color she'd gotten was purely a matter of luck. There were certainly some people who were impressed that she'd managed to get a gold, but even they did not seem to understand the skill involved.
Nobody seemed to understand how useful whers where. In fact, she was startled and a bit hurt to find that most people considered whers little more than dumb beasts, much like larger flits or stubby-winged canines. She decided to change this public opinion, and for Turns she tried to educate people on the usefulness of whers. Some people did become converted to her views, but by and large nobody even wanted to listen. Whers were so undervalued that it was a constant struggle to recruit more people to become handlers. As a result, eggs in every clutch had to be smashed to keep the creatures from running feral. She hated to see Mokosk's eggs smashed, as did the wher.
It was no wonder that she grew fed up with the intolerance and careless stereotyping. When someone told her that there was a group of handlers who would be taking more "proactive" measures to gain respect for their whers, she eagerly joined in. Thus she and Mokask became a part of the Revolution.
Description: Mokah is of a fairly average height, about 5'5". She's a bit muscular, but nod enough to be considered broad-chested or look like a bodybuilder. Her skin is fair, and marred with a few scars from accidents and overenthusiastic baby hatchling play, especially on her hands and lower arms. Her face is somewhat angular, with features that are a bit too sharp to be pretty. She had brown eyes and her hair is a dirty blond. it is usually clipped pretty short or worn pulled back, to keep it out of her way as she works.
Personality: Mokah is always eager to learn. At her family's cothold, she was taught every job needed to run the place, though she focused on tending the animals. She's willing to try new things and ideas, but does not jump on every new thing just because it's new. She is analytical about new things, and will examine them carefully to see if they are usefull. If she decides they are, she will adopt them wholehartedly and encourage others to do the same, to the point that she's willing to teach them how it's done.
She is constantly driven to improve; most notably to improve her skill, knowledge, fitness, or other aspects of herself. But she also makes sure her wher is always improving at anything possible, and works to improve her surroundings, and anything else she can. She can be too focused on this, and frequently becomes overzealous at her work. Yet she needs external gratification for her work; knowing a job is well done is not enough for her. She desires to be recognized, and feels dissatisfied if nobody complements or otherwise rewards her. She is poor at managerial skills, in that she has difficulty determining when to delegating work, and takes too much on herself. However, if someone else is managing and setting her tasks, she is an enthusiastic worker, and expects nothing less of her wher and those she works with.
Other: Best wherhandler skills:
Wher Control: How to Restrain a Wher
Wher Control: Channeling Aggression to Productive Avenues
Wher Lore: Wher Courtship and Breeding
She also has at least a working knowledge of the other wherhandler skills (as they are listed in the wher transfer thread). She would not have been considered for a gold egg if she did not understand the basics, after all.
Wher Name: Mokask
Age: 7
Colour: gold
Description: [x] Size: Above Average
Build: Muscular
Personality: The first thing anyone notices about Mokask is that she is a proud wher. Not vain necessarily, but she takes pride in what she does and expects to be recognized for it. When she was young she was simply proud of her ability, her handler, and their skill at working together. As long as her handler recognized her and praised her, she was happy. Then she got older and her handler kept going on about how whers got no respect, she began to want other people to respect her as well. She was a Queen wher, her handler was good at what she did, and they did good work. Why should they not be respected? By the time of the Revolution, anyone who didn't respect her and hers was an enemy.
She works well with others, as long as they understand that she is a Queen and must be treated as such. She usually only takes orders from her handler, but will listen to others if her handler says to, though the others must be polite to her. With that established, she isn't afraid to get her hands dirty, so to speak. She has to show everyone she deserves to be respected, after all. She does not like other whers getting more respect then her, with the possible exception of other queens. She is wary with other queens until she determines whether they're worthy of her respect, and she of course has high standards. They must be at least as good as herself, and she knows she is good at what she does.
As she is proud of herself and hers, she is proud of her children. She loves her eggs, and is picky about who she allows to take one. They must of course be respectful and she insists they show something of how a wher is to be treated especially one of her brood. She hates to see any of he eggs smashed and must be tricked or ordered away from the remainder of a clutch after all the necessary ones have been taken. She also loves to hear how well her babies are doing, even if she has to be reminded of their existence and wouldn't recognize them unless they were introduced as one of her children. She also loves her handler and in private will occasionally give hers cuddles. But cuddling in public is not a good way to earn respect, so in public she tries to present a regal bearing at all times.
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