The Apothecary
Age: 18
Gender: Female
Sexuality: Straight
Craft: Healer (Pharmacy)
Rank: Sr. Apprentice
Appearance:Generally the first thing noticed about Cai besides her no nonsense attitude is her obnoxiously bright orange hair. Taking after her father in almost every aspect she has a masculine but pretty face with thick brows bearing only the traces of a delicate curve.
A steel rose this one is. Feminine but not overly womanly, Cai keeps her hair simple and straight, just past her shoulders it's long enough to pull into a small knot at the nape of her neck. Freckles decorate her face and the backs of her arms and hands. She almost always wears long pants so it's unknown if her legs bear the same marks. She's of middling height, only 5'7 and likely to stay that way.
Personality: Sit Down. Shut Up. Do as I say. Cai is In Charge and you'll just have to deal with it. This is her show and she'll run it whichever way she likes. She wants her fingers in every little pie and everything going her way. Cai is very much the micro-manager. She'll constantly be on others backs, making sure they're doing their work properly. She doesn't so much agree with lazing about. There are things to be done and people need to do them NOW not later or when they feel like it.
Someone OBVIOUSLY needs to take control of these unruly kids and get them into shape! Cai believes she's doing what's best for the Weyr and it's inhabitants though many will just find her bossy. Cai will question anyone and everyone's methods if she doesn't think they're the best. "Why not do it this way? It would go a lot faster if you did this..." ect. The terrible thing is when she's given the control she needs she does a good job! While she won't make friends with those she bosses around, you can't deny she gets results.
Cai doesn't like people arguing with her. She's very stubborn and set in her ideas. Things will go a LOT smoother if you'll just do as she says. As a healer she's shown a talent for it. Her serious attitude applies itself well to her chosen craft though her bedside manners leave much to be desired. In fact she's quite blunt in telling you the truth and exactly what she thinks.
Friendships are easy enough to maintain so long as she surrounds herself with followers. She hates being challenged for her position. If you want someone to give you direction she's the girl for you.
History:Chrysicai was born and spent her early life at Fort Weyr. Her mother was a blue rider and her father a baker who first attracted her by plying her with sweets. After a brief romance he fell disinterested and left her with child, telling her to drop it between as he wanted nothing to do with fatherhood. Distraugt she kept the child, naming it strongly after him in hopes of regaining his affections. Sicayris was true to his word though, even though the child obviously bore the stamp of his genetics he wanted nothing to do with her or her mother.
Cai was relegated to the creche to be raised with the rest of the weyrbrats. Her mother visited her rarely, regretting her decision to keep the child. It never terribly bothered Cai, it was a natural fact of weyrlife after all. Dragonrider children rarely had strong bonds with their parents. The one thing she learned from her mother is to hate her father for leaving her and to never give herself completely to any man.
Cai was a very independent child from the get go. Stubborn and sure of herself she fought her way to the top of the pecking order, developing a circle of friends who followed her like canines. Cai showed an interest in medicine early and instead of Standing at the weyrs dwindling clutches, she chose to go to the Healers Hall for training.
Six years of training later and Cai has opted to return to her home weyr to study dragon anatomy. She's currently debating between two career paths to follow after she has walked the tables. She is interested in both pharmacutical work (she has a strong fondness for plants and their uses) and dragonhealing (she is also interested in the great beasts, though she has no desire to ride).
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