The Girl
Age: 24
Gender: Female
Sexuality: Straight (but open)
Rank: Wingrider
Appearance: Dizzian's turns of being a rider has taken nothing from her curvy little body. At 5'4 and about 140lbs she's fit but distinctly feminine with a trim waist and round hips. Despite the bright desert sun Dizzian's skin refuses to tan beyond her natural tone and rarely burns. Her hair falls in messy waves just past her shoulder blades with rough bangs that hang into her dark blue eyes.
She's not completely obsessed with her appearance, but there's no doubt that she has a healthy strain of vanity. She uses khol to line her eyes and dresses to 'impress' if you know what I mean. If there's a reflective surface or a mirror within sight, you can usually catch her sneaking a peek at her self if not downright primping while she's talking with you.
Distinctive Markings: A small 'beauty mole' at the corner of her left eye and a Hatching scar on her knee where an overzealous hatchling tried to climb up her robe.
How many Turns old were they when they Impressed? 20
Personality: Dizzian is very self centered. She doesn't feel she is entitled to or deserves something but she WANTS it anyways. She's not the hardest worker, nor is she particularly driven to attain her desires through effort, but what she is is opportunistic. Dizzian can metaphorically lie-in-wait till she sees a clear shot or easy road to her desires then she'll jump on them. She's not above using anything in her arsenal of feminine charms to worm her way into someone's good graces.
Dizzian's main prerogative is to have fun. Whether that's actually being good and drawing or enjoying anothers company, or being bad and ignoring responsibility for personal pleasure it doesn't matter. So long as it's fun for her, she's in. Consequences and repercussions down the line barely phase her. Only in the case of not being able to Stand or harming Lidath did she ever really care about what her actions brought down upon her.
She's a competent rider when she does preform. She'll never be a star player but she and Lidath at least don't hold their wing back. Competing in the Games is fun but only when you win.
Dizzian's not a violent person, even when angry or upset. She's more likely to pout, or cry or yell. In essence, she'll throw a tantrum. She'll usually 'get back' or purge her emotions by throwing herself headfirst into her vices. Art for her is less an emotional outlet and more something to bring pleasure. She'll only draw things she or Lidath deem beautiful to see.
When it comes down to it, despite her faults, her vanity, her rebellious ways, Dizzian does just want to have fun. You can't have fun if you make an enemy out of everyone you meet. On an average day Dizzian is rather friendly and sociable. She likes to gossip, she likes to chat, she likes to flirt with anyone who looks at her. Like her dragon, Dizzian thrives among company. Her friends, when they're made, are loved and spoiled near as much as her own dragon. Because when people love you, you tend to reap the benefits.
And one more point... Dizzian's not terribly worried about Ninuta's insecurities over beauty. She's only a
'lowly greenrider' after all. Dizzian feels she's a better person because she
doesn't care that there may be prettier girls. She knows that she could nab any man she wanted if she tried. Let the precious goldrider sit on her throne and fret herself into wrinkles. Dizzian's going to have fun.
History: Dizzian is a weyrborn brat born to Journeyman Beastherder Donian and Journeyman Weaver Izira. It was originally Izira's intent to raise her only daughter to be a weaver like herself but Dizzian had other things in mind. Sure she picked up the basics of knitting and crochet to appease her mother but her true passion was dragons.
Oh yes, Dizzian wanted to be a rider. She wanted this more than anything else on Pern. As a child she was one of the many that could always be found shirking their duties to help various riders wash their dragons or digging in the wild brush and dunes to find firelizard eggs.
Her outdoor adventures inspired quite a few drawings of passable quality and as she started her candidacy, she was apprenticed to a Journeyman Harper to develop her talent with color and form.
Dizzian's teenage years were rough to say the least. She turned into kind of a wild child for the majority of them as she was left time and time again standing while the rest of her age group Impressed or left to pursue various crafts. It was no surprise, after the first few turns of perfect behavior, that she returned to her old ways of skipping duties or lessons. In addition, she was caught stealing food and cheap wineskins from the kitchens, caught gambling with the lower cavern workers, caught getting into fights and developed a reputation for licentious ways. Her rebellious nature all the more encouraged by Igen's views on women.
Twice, she was barred from attending a Hatching for various reasons. Each time she shaped up, played by the rules and became a perfect child, only to fall once again as she returned to the candidate barracks.
It was during her final turn of candidacy that her lifepartner found her. A fiesty little green who climbed up into the Stands, ran around the Sands and all and all made a nuisance of herself before finally attempting to climb up Dizzian's robes, knocking her over, and Impressing all in one quick motion. Dizzian still bears the scar where one hind talon nearly severed the ligament below her kneecap.
Their turn as a weyrling was Dizzian's best behaved turn since she was born. No drinking, no frolicking, she attended to most of her chores and lessons (you can't have it all). It was all for Lidath though. The threat of losing her in their early months, and the threat of Thread hanging over their heads in the later months had her firmly in check, but the moment they got their rider knots she was back to her old ways, Lidath right at her side.
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