Name: Laenara
Age: 15 *birthday 11/22*
Gender: female
Sexual Orientation: Hetero but indifferent
Craft/Rank: Drudge
History: Once long ago, Benden Weyr was a fairly happy place. Sure there was a system and some people got shafted by it. But others managed to succeed. Two of those were Laenara’s parents, Shianna of green Myanth and L’son of blue Guifoth. They had both come from families of lower caverns workers and both had managed to Impress. Extremely happy with having more than their families had had, the two even formed a pairing. Laenara was the result of that pairing outside of Flight.
While both were in a wing, neither was very high ranked. They were used for running messages, errands, and basic tasks. Both riders were content in their life and really didn’t care for weyr politics or the mutterings that circled around in gossip. While they worked, Laenara was carted off to the crèche with other weyr children, made to learn her lessons, and learn a skill. As a small scrap of a child, she quickly learned how to fight and hold her own against those who would attempt to bully her. Laenara also got good at blending in the background so she could observe others and learn what they knew. It was during one of those listening in the backgrounds that she heard one wher handler talking to other about no longer being beholden to riders. She tried to warn her parents but they refused to believe that anyone could turn on the dragon riders. Sadly, they did. Crafters, lower workers, wher handlers… It was a bloody coup. Both of Laenara’s parents were killed at this time, casualties of the discriminate violence. She was one of many children who hid in some of Benden’s many tunnels systems. After Keller’s take over, Laenara integrated back into the lower caverns. From there, she has gone back to watching and waiting for her moment to come. When it does, hopefully she will know what to do with it.
Shortly after the takeover, Laenara was out trying to figure if she was going to leave Benden or stay. She came across a partially destroyed flit nest with just a couple eggs left. Though she knew it to be a long shot, she took the last of the eggs back to Benden and hid them, keeping them covered and warm. Only one hatched and that is because she refused to get up on it. Out popped little Redd. With Redd's hatching, Laenara decided to stay. And since she decided to stay, she has gone to some of the candidate lessons in hopes of standing and perhaps, redeeming herself.
For now, Laenara is trying to get by until she gets a chance to leave Benden. She hopes to Impress and maybe transfer to Malvren. If she can get away from Benden, maybe she can find happiness again. Or perhaps, given the right chance, she can learn to find it again in Benden.
Description: Laenara is small for her age, often mistaken for younger than her 15 Turns. At 4’10”, she might gain another inch or two before being an adult truly sets in. She has plain brown hair, the color of sand that is thin and kept back in a simple ponytail. Her eyes are a muddy brown with thin brows and lashes, though they are large and almond shaped and constantly watching what goes around her. She is thin though not malnourished and has a small bust. Her hips are also small. Laenara will eventually fill out if she has another growth spurt but she will never be big. Currently, she dresses in the most basic of clothing-a dull gray short sleeved shirt and brown pants, with simple shoes. Laenara does have long fingers which are good at weaving and doing simple embroidery.
Personality: You know that small canine that is sent after small creatures; the one with a chip on its shoulder and an ego the size of a wher? Laenara definitely takes a page from that book. Ever since she was a child, Laenara has had to defend herself and prove herself to all others around her. Not necessarily to the adults but other children around her. Because of this, she has created thick walls around her so as not to be hurt by words or jabs. Prickly, short tempered, and often blunt with her words, Laenara purposefully pushes people away. Secretly, she is afraid to lose anyone close to her.
While she did not see her parents killed; she did hear the violence and knew after the smoke cleared that life would not be the same. Scarred emotionally because she knew that something was coming and could nothing about it, Laenara sometimes resents that she lived as well. However, Redd gave her a reason to keep going on because she does have a soft spot for animals of sorts. If anyone is willing to get past Lae’s prickly outer shell, they will see that when she cares, she cares deeply. When she gives her loyalty, it is with every fiber of her body and being. All of her emotions are 100% or 0%. The same can be said with her work. When given a task, Laenara will either give it her all or find a way to get out of a task she finds distasteful. When caught shirking from her duties, Laenara has no problem taking the punishment so long as she thinks it is equal to what she did wrong. She has been known to disappear for a day or two if she feels threatened. There is no middle ground with her. Because of this, she is more of a black and white person with no shades of gray. Perhaps, over time, she can learn to see joy and color in her world again.
Before the takeover, Laenara actually had a couple of hobbies. She enjoyed helping out with taking care of small animals and she loved to sew. Laenara would actually make small clothes for dolls and random bits of pattern. When she has a few moments to herself, she tries to pick up patterns and little bits of thread for practice. Laenara hides all these things in the same spot where she hid during the takeover.
Virtues: Loyal, caring towards smaller creatures, resilient, hard-working
Vices: Stubborn, angry, prickly, shuttered, picky
Other:
Laenara never really paid attention to the color of a dragon before except for her own parents' dragons. Since the takeover and her acquiring Redd, she feels like all dragons should have a chance at life, no matter how small.
