Name: Vaali (Vaahl-ee)
Age: 14
Sex: Female
Sexual Orientation: She knows what exactly that means and is pretty sure she will like boys when the time comes for such things.
Craft: Weyrbrat
Rank: Candidate
Location: High Reaches Weyr
Physical Description: An unassuming little girl with silken brown hair that reaches a few inches past her shoulders. She has naturally tan skin and darkest brown eyes that watch the world with interest. A smile will produce the sweetest little cheek dimples. She is still fairly small for her age, but her proportions are beginning to tell of sudden growth in the lengthening legs and the barest hint of feminine curves.
Personality:
A bright-eyed, curious child, Vaali loves to explore and learn. She has a lot of smarts and is a voracious reader. She's also a voracious collector, interested in having at least one of every type of the items she collects, such as leaves, bugs, or types of fabric. As a result, her personal trunk is always crammed full. The worst days of her life often involve deciding what to throw away to make room for something new.
She displays advanced maturity for her age through her ability to watch and learn and make good decisions. Being smart, however, can lead to thinking a lot, and thinking a lot, especially about a decision, can lead to hesitation and second-guessing everything. Thankfully, it only happens about fifty percent of the time. The other fifty is made up of split-second calculations and decision-making that usually have a decent chance of coming out all right.
Having been raised at High Reaches, Vaali is quite comfortable with tradition and order. Gold dragons usually lead the Weyr because they are made for it. Bronzes usually fly the golds and lead the Wings because they are made for it. That's what she's observed her whole life, and it just seems natural to her. That said, she's a bit young for actual politics to really mean much, and unless some molding takes place, it seems unlikely that she will be particularly dogmatic in the future. For now she's pretty easy to get along with, doesn't think too highly of herself. She'll let minor offenses slide with barely any notice, and is quick to forgive worse offenses as soon as she's cooled down a bit -- especially if the offender displays remorse. Nobody's perfect, why not give them a second chance to do better next time?
Vaali has very little fear of death or injury and can be found on weyrledges, in upper branches of trees, and other decidedly unsafe places in her search for treasures or knowledge. She's really not afraid of anything she's thus far experienced in her young life. Except...
The one thing she is truly scared of, ironically, is the thing she wants most: The presence of her father. She has her mother's approval and fairly regular contact, but it's not quite enough. She knows her father has no idea she exists, but she watches him from a distance anyway, wishing he would notice her. She'd introduce herself, but... he's so scary. She's intimidated by that knot! And his reputation! And his big dragon! And him! What if he brushed her off? If he didn't like her, would he somehow punish her? Suspend her Candidacy? Kick her out of the Weyr?
Part of her knows she's just being silly, but this hope for affection has become so important to her that things have gotten a little blown out of proportion with time (and possibly the onset of puberty). Perhaps it's merely another phase in her obsessions. After all, she's been consumed by many things over the turns -- runners, cooking, various collectables, dresses, and the list goes on and on.
Positive Trait List Intelligent, focused, curious, mature, magnanimous, dauntless, forgiving, still young enough to be molded
Negative Trait List Too smart for her own good, obsessive, a hoarder, can overthink herself into paralysis - otherwise hasty, still young enough to be molded
History: Vaali was conceived at High Reaches Weyr, thanks to an unaffiliated queen choosing the place as her venue for a long, violent flight amongst many strong suitors. Nine months later, her mother returned to quietly surrender her to the Weyr's creche without a word to the bronzerider who'd sired her. The woman, due to her "profession," well knew how to be discreet.
Perhaps that was for the best. Raised by far gentler folk in the creche, it was their nurture that saved Vaali from absorbing the harsh, ambitious personalities from which she was made. With her brains, constant obsessions and lack of fear, she could have easily become a little monster. Instead, she grew up understanding responsibility, hard work, and compassion for others. She still makes her caretakers want to pull their hair out at times with her daredevil antics and pesky fixations, but for the most part she's been a good girl.
Vaali always had consistent contact with her distant mother, though not as much as she would like. Her mother was also honest about who the father was, and left it up to Vaali to decide whether or not to get involved with him. When she was younger, playing and learning were the most important things to her. But after growing up a little, she's recognized an odd feeling that something... someone is missing. The abscence seems to be rather father-shaped, in her mind. And he's close, within reach of her hand. All she 'd have to do is walk across the room. But she never has. Her fear of his rejection is probably irrational, but to her it is very real, and it keeps her from making a move.
As with all weyrbrats, she's always known she'd have the option of standing at the Weyr's clutches, and always known she would. It was just the natural way of things. When she finally reached her fourteenth Nameday, she stepped into her first class with Candidatemaster Gr'del. Two gold dragons had just risen, and there would be a double clutch for her first time on the sands -- and the first double clutch she'd ever heard of, to boot! Even though she had plenty to learn as a new candidate, she wasn't afraid of what would happen. She just wanted it to happen, and to witness it with her own eyes!
Other: If my math is right, she literally just turned fourteen. As in, within the last week or so. She's gonna need to cram in as many classes and side lessons as she can get!
Candidate Specific Questions
Do you want them to have an official Search RP? No
Do you understand they will age every passing year regardless if you're there to RP them or not? Yes
Do you want them to have a possible Stands Impression? No
