History
Tala's parents were both Runner Handlers, who own a small but prosperous farm on the outskirts of the Weyr. Growing up, she was fascinated by the runners her family trained and worked with. She would spend every bit of time outside running around in the corrals with the animals. She grew to know and understand the animals in only the way that people who devote their life to them do. When she was old enough she opted for an apprenticeship in Beastcraft and followed in her parents footsteps. She loved the physical labor and demanding nature of the job and excelled at every task. Her only gripe was dealing with other candidates who just didn't seem to understand the lessons.
During an outing with other apprentices, they came into town to find a Search rider. Tala wanted to head back to the stables to tend to a runner that was not doing well but as she turned to head back, a large nose loomed in front of her. She stopped dead and looked up into the eye of the dragon of the Search Rider. She nodded to the dragon in courtesy and tried to step around it but was stopped by the dragon shifting that way as well. She huffed and turned back around to see the Search rider laughing to himself. Seeing her turn around he sobered up and shruged his apologies to her. After discussing the decision with her family it was decided that becoming a candidate would be much better than continuing her training as a Runner Handler. Resigned to leave her training but thrilled at the opportunity to become a Dragonrider she left with the Search rider for Telgar. Her first ride was a chaotic jumble of emotions for her. She had never been that high before and the trip
between made her anxious at first but as she thought about it more and more...this was just the beginning of a great adventure.