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 Posted: Fri Feb 19, 2010 1:02 pm
I've reworked Robina a lot. Hopefully the third time is the charm. She is going to be my custom if she works out. XD I finally added the dragon persona. Also what do you think of the faults?
Name: Robina
Age: 30
I based the age on a guess as to how old she'd have to be to have impressed in a clutch before the trio since she will be a back dated character. But I would be happy to change it if necessary.
Gender: Female
Sexual Orientation: Pansexual
Craft: Drudge/courtesan
Rank: Wingrider
Parents:
Yeman: holder
Stallia: holder
Yeman and Stallia are simple folk who work the land. Most of their time is spent working so they may pay their tithes to the Lord holder. What is left over isn't much for such a large family but they make do. They love their children very much and have encouraged them to follow their dreams despite their meager means.
Siblings:
Frana - [f] Journyman weaver craft
A shy but very loving person who is also quite creative in her endevors.
Jandis - [m] Apprentice baker
A gregarious man who feels the best way to flatter a girl is by making her a pastry.
Nelland - [m] Apprentice Beastcrafter
A socially awkward man who gets along better with animals than people. He loves his family very much, even so.
Robina- [f] Dragon rider (Wingrider)
A responsible self assured woman who expects too much of herself and then quits before she has chance to achieve her best.
Kellin - [m] holder like his parents, wants to find ways of improving farming to make things easier on his parents. He is very quiet but sturdy both of limb and mind.
Sanini - [f] Apprentice weaver craft
Vibrant and Happy Sanini loves making dyes and her disposition is as cheerful as her dyes.
Tabini - [f] Has not chosen a craft yet. Tabini is a bit of a mischief maker. She tends to lead Bagan into a world of trouble. Though he doesn't seem to mind.
Bagan - [m] Has not chosen a craft yet. Bagan is Tabini's loyal minion and tends to follow her lead even if it means they wind up getting punished in the end. At least they are having fun.
History: Robina was born to Yeman and Stallia simple holderfolk who worked at Fort Hold. She learned songs from the hold harpers with the other children and learning the care of the land from her parents and elder siblings. As one of the middle children of a large family Robina only ever had hand me downs when it came to clothing or toys. She had to fight for her share of food and attention from her parents. She never really had anything that was hers alone.
As her elder siblings had gone on to apprentice for crafts one by one and her parents were busy working Robina often found herself in charge of her younger siblings. She managed as well as she could for someone who really wasn't cut out for raising children. Oh she loved them dearly, but she didn't have the patience to deal with them day in and day out. Thankfully as they grew some of her siblings were able to take on more and more responsibilities themselves and a little of the pressure was taken off Robina's shoulders. Still the youngest two were a nightmare and probably always would be.
When she was finally freed from looking after the other children enough to look begin to for a path of her own she was already quite old for an apprentice. Since her older sister Frana was a journeyman weaver she started there. It seemed like an interesting enough craft and she'd always enjoyed watching her sister work, but the more effort she put into it the more fumbled fingered she seemed to get. She tried different areas of specialty in the craft but couldn't seem to get the hang of it. Surely with a Journeyman sister to draw on for knowledge she should have been able to find her feet in no time at all.
Her sister seemed to be happy with her progress, but Robina never was. She was certain that there was no way she'd become a weaver at the rate she was going and so she decided to try something else.
Next she thought she would try her hand at the Harper hall. Her voice wasn't the prettiest, but she was good with her hands. Perhaps she could play an instrument or learn to write letters and become an archivist. That would be interesting. She had always been fascinated by record rolls. So why not try? The hall informed her that she was somewhat old to begin an apprenticeship, but should she agree to take extra classes in order to bring her up to speed with her classmates she would be allowed to enter.
Harper hall was not nearly as wonderful as she thought it would be. In fact it was a lot of really hard work. Not that extra work really bothered her. But the extra classes meant that she was tired almost all the time and it caused her performance in other areas to suffer. It seemed hardly fair that she had to work so hard simply because she had come to the hall later than the others.
Even so she practiced as hard as she could. But she still felt she wasn't preforming to the level she should be preforming to. Instead of being energized and motivated to do better after a Master gave her a devastating critique she became discouraged. Feeling it was only a matter of time before she would be held up as the laughingstock of the hall weather or not it was true she left to find her way elsewhere.
Elsewhere turned out to be working as a drudge. It was hard work for little pay, but she had more free time than she had as an apprentice and her free time was her own. She could do as she liked. And she liked that alot. Robina was able to save up enough to earn herself a few fine things over time.
Knowing she was of humble means she watched the highborn whenever she had the opportunity to do so. She was a quick study at picking up on manners and mannerisms of the well to do. It couldn't hurt her opportunities for work of whatever kind to be well spoken. Over time Robina became poised and charming. She took great pride in her appearance and despite the menial work she did she was always clean and well dressed.
It was at a gather one day that she had her first gentleman caller. He asked her out for dancing and dining and she had a ball. But she had no interest in husbands or children so when it was obvious he was becoming too serious she left him as gently as she could. There were other young men in an ever increasing stream. She had thought that the interest would die down once it became known that she wasn't interested in marriage or children. The reverse seemed to happen. Apparently there were many men who wished to have love and romance without necessarily getting the added complications of a wife. That was fine by Robina.
Certainly some of the lady folk looked down upon her, but their attitudes didn't bother Robina much. it wasn't as if she was stealing husbands away. She had no need for a husband. The other woman were welcome to them. Looking after a creature daft enough to spread his nasty clothing all over the floor and then expect her to pick it all up was not something she ever wanted, not the least little bit.
Carefully husbanding the marks she was earning from selling off whatever trinkets and baubles her men chose to shower her with Robina was able to build quite a tidy little sum. She was very happy with her life and while she still hadn't found a craft at least she was saving up for the future.
Then it happened that one of her young men had invited her to a hatching and her world changed as a little dragonet landed in her lap.
Appearance: Robina has a heart shaped face fair skin long red hair usually done up and green eyes. She is fine boned and of moderate height.
Personality:
Vertues:
Robina takes responsibility for herself and her actions
Robina has a strong self esteem
Faults:
Robina is impatient with herself and others.
Robina a perfectionist with a strong fear of failure
Warm friendly and sensual Robina chose her own lifestyle and she never plays the victim feeling that you have to take responsibility for your own life. As such she faces life on her own terms. She is flirty and enjoys the company of both male and female partners.
She has a strong belief in herself and doesn't really care if people disapprove of her or not.
Robina likes the finer things in life and doesn't have a problem using her very real charms to get them. Her attitude is if you've got it why not enjoy it?
Robina tends to get irritable if things don't go her way. If someone isn't listening to her or some task she is doing goes wrong she tends to get very frustrated and does not deal with it very calmly. Additionally, Robina is a perfectionist and doesn't like failing or doing things wrong. She tends to have very high expectations for herself. As such she sets herself up for failure and she such a strong fear of failing that she would rather quit a task she perceives herself to be doing poorly in rather than finish it only to find that she has failed.
Dragon name: Ayath (if it's not taken)
Found using this nifty Pern dragon name generator:
Dragon name generator
Dragon color: Green
Dragon description: Ayath is on the smaller side for a green. (More to come)
Dragon personality: Ayath is the opposite of Robina. Where Robina is self assured, Ayath is shy and insecure needing much reassurance to have confidence in herself. She also has a tenancy to blame anything or anyone but herself for anything bad that might have happened to her.
On the bright side Ayath is very patient even when the going gets rough. Once she has chosen to dedicate herself to something she will see it through to the end. She is persistent and determined.
Ayath chose Robina because she knew the redhead would help to bolster her frail ego when she needed it. Robina also makes her take responsibility for her own errors, while Ayath helps Robina see that her expectations are not realistic and to set more reasonable goals. Also Ayath is able to encourage hers to keep going when the girl becomes discouraged and is afraid to go on. Together they are greater than the two separate halves. They support each other and can reach higher than they could hope to do alone.
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Posted: Fri Feb 19, 2010 1:27 pm
So, here's what I got in terms of good traits and flaws:
Good Traits
+ takes responsibility for her own actions
+ good-looking
Flaws
+ mistrustful
+ manipulative
While I'm not one hundred percent sure that being good-looking is a personality trait, I don't think they'll actually hold it against you if you don't put in two good traits, since the usual applicants are just blossoming with virtues and have very few vices. However, I feel that mistrustful and manipulative are two traits that have been way over-used in many of the characters here, particularly at Telgar Weyr (I'm not sure which Weyr you mean to submit her for, by the way). I also feel that both of those flaws are more side-effects of her chosen career than any sort of natural-born trait. Surely she had some sort of personality before she decided to become a woman of the night?
Also, what was Sandra getting out of the relationship? Sex? That's kind of what I'm seeing implied, but if Sandra took her under her wing to make her a sex slave, why encourage her to sell her body to others? For that matter, why would a highborn woman encourage a young girl to go into a life of prostitution anyway? I know she chose to be a prostitute, and that she's okay with that decision, but I don't know why she made it in the first place. What was it about the life that Robina craved? Was it the fine things, or the sex? Because it is possible to have fine things without going into prostitution, as she probably would have observed while living with Sandra.
All that aside, I can imagine any Weyr would be less than pleased to welcome a professional call girl into their ranks, which would probably generate some interesting RP, particularly in a place like Teglar, where women belong in the kitchen or in bed (to oversimplify it a lot). So...how's that working out for her? I can't really see her having a lot of friends among the few female greenriders there are, since she basically embodies the stereotype of a slutty female greenrider.
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