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Name: Bethan
Do you intend to try and impress: Yes
Age: 17 Turns, going on 18
Sex: Female
Height: 5’3
Craft: Former beastcrafter.
Rank: Apprentice
Family: Liomel (father), Arya (mother)
Pets: Took none to the Weyr.
Description: A rather short and curvy young woman, Bethan looks plump but in fact contains more muscle than pudge. Nevertheless, she became known as the small, round child with a strength that belays her appearance. She looks rather average in all- dirty blonde hair that goes just past her shoulder blades and tends to be tangled, though straight, and even features. She could be called pretty, though nothing about her strikes anyone’s fancy, save her eyes. They’re the same color of the sea, and appear predominantly blue, or grey, or green, depending on what she is wearing. People rarely notice Bethan’s eyes though- she tends to be a flurry of movement. Because of a genetic predisposition to pale skin, Bethan seems to be consistently sun burnt due to her love of being outside. In short, she is an average young woman.
Personality: Bethan tries her best to remain calm and tranquil at all times. She’s very, very intelligent- perhaps too much so for her own good. She tends to speak out of turn, or without thinking, which can get her into trouble. Though she has a quick temper, she represses it- she believes repressing things is the only way to go about things. Thus many come to think of her as a quiet and calm person, though among the company of those she knows well she tends to be loud and boisterous. Her repression techniques tend to lead to explosions on whoever passes by at the time, try as she might to limit them. Though her quiet behavior leads many to assume Bethan is of lower intelligent, she possesses an aura of leadership that no one seems to be able to deny. They do what she tells them to do, and they don’t know why. It just seems like the logical thing to do at the time. It seems like she enjoys this sense of quiet power- and indeed she does. The young woman in question is most happy in a position that earns her respect, and she has the ability to command not only her own life, but also that of several others. She is a born leader- that is clear enough. Bethan is an extrovert, though she values her alone time immensely. If someone gets on her nerves, she tends to just walk away and leave them in midsentence. She has no patience for children, though she can gather some for other people. Her role in the hold was as a runner healer- the beasts listened to her command. It is thought that she prefers the company of runners to the company of people, which simply isn’t true. Bethan believes in romance- as long as it doesn’t get in the way of work and what needs to be accomplished for the day. She believes heartily in finishing her duties, and thus will not hold truck with any nonsense. But when her duties are finished… Bethan has a fine mind for pranks, and a sense of mischief that seems to contradict her quiet nature.
History: Bethan lived an entirely average life, albeit one without any siblings. Her father had only ever attained Journeyman status in the beastcraft trade, and Bethan herself barely made the rank of apprentice. While her father concentrated more on raising beasts for racing, she would quietly see to their numerous injuries brought about while training. Her father was obsessed with the idea of eventually gaining enough gold to become wealthy and buy himself a title- Bethan and her mother didn’t really care, and humored her father. Since the family’s small residence was on the Southern Continent, near a small lake, there tended to be many fire lizards about the place. Here Bethan’s other job around the hold was born- collecting eggs from green nests to bring back to her father so he could sell them. The eggs were worth a small fortune each, and the green mothers were flighty. Bethan need only take one or two eggs from each nest, then wait to make sure the female would come back to tend to her remaining two.
Bethan’s education came from her mother, who was educated in turn by a Harper in a larger hold. Though she can read and write quite well, sums escape her head entirely and she struggles with concepts that may seem basic to everyone else. She was Searched one rainy day by a rather bored Searchrider who had come to their lake to bathe his dragon, and found a Candidate instead. His dragon seemed rather keen on the idea of Bethan coming to the Weyr- thus she came, making her home there.
Special: Developed a talent for archery
