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Rider
Name: Inana
Age: 26
Gender: Female
Sexual Orientation: Heterosexual
Rank: Wingrider/Journeywoman Healer (Dragonhealing Subcraft)
History:
Description:
Personality:
Inanna is in love with life itself and is determined to live hers to the fullest each and every day, she has seen first-hand that any number of circumstances can end one’s life prematurely and she has no intentions of letting even one day go to waste! For this reason she tends to come off as self-centered, she puts her own interests first in most situations and it is lucky for her own sake that the healercraft is one of these primary interests, otherwise she surely would not have made it to journeywoman rank.
She is a very sensual person, taking simple joy in the taste of a fresh mug of klah, the sensation of the gentle brush of a silk shirt, the smell of the earth after it rains, the sight of glorious colors at sunset, and the sound of Wakiath’s wingbeats during flight. This sensuality mixes with a passionate nature to result in impulsiveness, Inana will often make split-second decisions or do what she finds most interesting or desirable in any given moment to mixed effects. This passionate nature is particularly evident when she is angered as Inana will often respond to slights with outbursts of temper or seeming merciless and determined when pursuing those guilty of more serious wrongs against her or those she cares for, even responding with violence if provoked. In romantic pursuits she is no less passionate, but is relieved to make decisions about amorous ventures without being influenced by the passion of Flights; she sees relationships as another avenue for enjoyment and she sees nothing wrong with exploring ones options, having not yet met a man she wants to commit to. She is also passionate about her work as a healer, being both uncharacteristically selfless and no-nonsense towards her patients, often encouraging them at hopeless times to not give up on life.
Inana is very inquisitive, curious about the going-ons of the weyr-honestly she adores gossip and rumors, often good-naturedly teasing her friends with what is happening in their lives- and having a particular thirst for knowledge in the field of biology. She has an intense interest in the functions of the body- human and draconic alike- accompanied by a rather macabre interest in anatomy that left her contemplating entering the subcraft of surgery had she not impressed. She doesn’t revel in death, she’s just morbidly curious about the various means through which one may perish. In the healercraft she has experienced plenty of stress, seen more blood and ichor than she would care to describe, and grown accustomed to separating herself from the gruesome situations one can find themselves in, allowing her to keep a level head when confronted with stressful situations; this adjustment to injury and death has impressed upon her that violence is a natural part of life, it will happen and it is best to learn how to live with it.
Positive Traits: Determined, Adaptable, Passionate, Inquisitive
Negative Traits: Self-centered, Stubborn, Impulsive
Other: Partially inspired by Inanna, the Sumerian goddess of love, war, fertility and lust and by Nurse Beatrix "Trixie" Franklin from “Call the Midwife”. (Yeah, it’s an odd combo.)
Dragon
Name: Wakiath
Age: 7 turns
Colour: Black
Description: Art Pending, PM sent to Mule
Size: Average
Build: Above Average
Personality:
Wakiath is intelligent, powerful, and as unpredictable as the weather- on one hand he is gentle and compassionate towards those His is healing, on the other he is violent and wrathful to those that do him or His wrong; it being common knowledge that one should go out of one's way to keep him from getting angry as he suffers no recourse from using violence against dragonkin or a biting wit against those he is incapable of doing direct physical harm to. Unusual for a dragon, he delights in fighting for the skills it demands, using his keen mind and incredible sense of where to good use against both thread and larger foes. He fancies himself a strategist and uses his spatial awareness and the presumptions that others have of atypicals’ physical stature to act as an unpredictable opponent, feeling no recourse using hit-and-run tactics or underhanded manoeuvres. He clearly understands his own strength, and is not always humble about it. In this regard he is competitive and will be put in a mood should he feel shown up by another dragon. Whenever he’s in one of his moods he is incredibly unpredictable, one never knows if he will react with an even temper or strike out at those bothering to notice.
He plays pranks on others in his weyr not to make them feel embarrassed and stupid, but to show them ways they could start being more smart. Wakiath does not ascribe to human definitions of “good” and “evil”, he cares not for preconceptions of what is expected and proper (leading many of his pranks to be morally questionable or improper by human standards) and doesn't really care about our human woes or concerns, believing that people put too much weight in the consequences of their actions and believing that the world will balance itself. It takes Inana’s forceful personality to reign him in and persuade him that certain courses of action are more preferable to others. Like electricity, Wakiath can be deadly dangerous or harnessed for great uses, it is anyone’s guess what this pair’s future will hold.
Positive Traits: Confident, Curious, Strategic
Negative Traits: Prideful, Wrathful, Unpredictable
Other: Inspired by the Thunderbird mythos of the Pacific Northwest.
