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Name: Erie
Age: 17
Gender: Female
Sexuality: Heterosexual
Rank: Wherhandler
Appearance: Erie is slightly shorter than the average girl her age, she's pretty flat chested too. Plain faced, practically average and nothing special whatsoever, except a cute dimpling to her cheeks when she smiles. Her hair is a muddy brown and dead straight, she likes to try and keep it short, but as a girl, has always been expected to keep it long, so she compromises by having it no longer than her shoulders. Her eyes are a light hazel, and pretty much considered her only pretty feature. She is well muscled for her size though, working hard where she can. Her clothes are usually fairly neat but always practical for working with Whers.
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How many Turns old were they when they Impressed? 15

Personality: Erie has the tendancy to snap at the slightest thing and often if she feels she's been insulted or slighted she will get very annoyed, and even go so far as to verbally attack her (imagined) enemy. She can sometimes appear calm but this is when she's dangerous, as she will likely be plotting how to retaliate without getting caught, that said she's not a pshyical person, and rather than hit out at anyone she will just lash out with her tongue. She tries to keep it under check and sometimes feels bad about her attitude to certain people, especially if she realises SHE was in the wrong, however she's not likely to admit it. Given her hot headedness you would think she would resent being given orders, but in fact she will complete almost any task set to her, wanting to prove to the Weyrbred that Holdbred were just as good. She's very stubborn and doesn't like to admit she's wrong, ever but if she has made an honest mistake she WILL admit it. (especially if someone else looks to be taking the blame) She wants only the very best out of herself and her Wher and works hard to prove that they're just as capable as any other Wherhandler pair.

History: Erie grew up around Whers, her parents were wherhandlers at Ruatha Hold so Whers are mostly what she knew from an early age, as an only child she had the full attention of their training. Like every child she'd dreamt of getting searched and Impressing one of the great dragons, but she was also practical, and when subsequent searches came and went, with her remaining at the hold, she didn't mind too much. Instead she worked hard at learning as much about Whers as her parents would teach her as well as any other chores that were thrown her way. Growing up in Ruatha hold was, to her, mundane apart from the whers. being small, meant that she was bullied, behind the adults backs as she grew, she went from a pretty sweet toddler, to a mean mouthed teen. She often snapped at people for imagined insults, though her attitude has improved slightly after being told by a visiting dragonrider that her sort of attitude was not one that attracted dragons when he had overheard her argue with a young lad, she was much chagrined and kept quiet, avoiding people for a little while, after that she thought more about they way she spoke than before but she still has a tendancy to snap often. When she turned 14 she was Searched, quite an honour to her parents, but she however was displeased, since it meant leaving behind her parents, the whers and her somewhat calm life and she refused to go, having come to the conclusion that Dragons weren't really the life she wanted. She was sent to Fort Weyr regardless, her parents having already taught her as much as they could, hopefully she would learn more with the Fort Wherhandlers than she could with her parents. After a full turn of proving herself a hard worker and dedicated to whers, she was allowed a chance at a Wher egg and, going along with everything she had been taught she was submissive enough to the gold Wher, bowing low she approached, the strange greeting noise that was customary emitted from her throat. The gold seemed to appreciate this and allowed Erie to choose her egg. Erie was extremely happy, having a Wher was the best thing that could have happened to her. She's had Ersk for two turns now.