Character Name: Narisa
Age: 18
Gender: Female
Sexual Orientation: Heterosexual
Craft/Rank: Apprentice Vintnercraft (Ciders) // Candidate
History: Born into a family of Vintnercraft folk, Narisa has grown up among the smell of the grapes and sweet scents of the brewery. Her father is a well established and higher up Journeyman that could be a Master one day but has never taken that next step up. He is happy where he's at and with the fellow vintners he works with. Starting from an early age, Narisa's father was teaching her about the different grapes and fruits specially grown for the wines, the fruits used for ciders and ales as well as the herbs to spice things up and help give their drinks that right kick.
Being too young to actually work with the alcoholic drinks (at least too young by her parents standards), Narisa has branched off and started an apprenticeship that focused on ciders. She is able to brew a few of her own ciders without the assistance of a journeyman ranked vintner. When not brewing, she is being taught how to carve the wooden stoppers and make the lipid seals for vegetables. A small section of the gardens have been marked aside for the apprentices to claim a portion of and perfect their skills in growing their ingredients.
Once she hit the age of 17, she began being schooled for the possibility of testing to be of journeywoman rank. Her father has taught her what he knows and has expectations for her to walk in his shoes. All this was met with a big smile and a fully prepared Narisa.
Then something that none of them expected. A Rider came to their Hall on Search. Narisa was chosen as a candidate. She was shocked like most candidates surely were, and could only sputter out responses as the Rider spoke to her. He even walked her out and introduced her to his dragon. A fine beast it was. Between both man and dragon, they explained what it meant to be Searched as Narisa had only heard from word of mouth what it meant. It was a big deal and she had asked for the chance to talk with her parents. Both her mother and father were hesitant to support this at first but after talking it over with the Rider, they were pleased that such good fortune had befallen their daughter. Parents smiling proudly, Narisa was soon taken to Trine Weyr where she began learning what Weyr life was like.
Description: Narisa stands at about 5'6" at her fullest (with an inch or so added from the small heel of her boots). Her hair is short in length, going a little below her chin and auburn in color though it looks a deeper red at night. Light blue eyes will gaze out at you always with a smile and maybe a small hint of mischief. When Narisa smiles, it is a pretty thing that seems to brighten up her already soft and warm features. She tends to wear a nice purple corset top that is never too tight as she has to be able to move and pick up things. Never wears skirts unless it is a formal occasion and always boots on her foot. Narisa will never be caught in those ankle breakers called heels! Wrapped around her waist you can also find a ragged sash. This is there for when Narisa is assisting with the brewing of ciders and needs something to wipe her hands off quickly with. Overall, her appearance is usually clean and presentable as one never knows when a customer might show up or an interested party.
Personality:
.::Ambitious - Narisa is an ambitious woman wanting to do her family proud. She works hard at learning the art of brewing and isn't afraid to jump in and assist the journeymen. She takes care to tend her small section of the garden, raising her ingredients for ciders. Right now, ciders are her skill point but she has been watching and observing the brewers of the alcoholic drinks as well. One day she hopes to be a skilled vintner.
.::Devotion - Narisa has also become very devoted to those she works with as well as her actual work of brewing. She does not take it to the extreme in saying she will always choose a loyalty with the vintners over everything else, but she is loyal to them and her family. It is all she has really learned and she is very happy working as a vintner. Since Narisa has only been in the Vintercraft, she has not had the opportunity to discover how her devoted nature would be applied to being a Rider or any other groups of people. She simply has not left her home and craft before.
.::Openness - She is not one to hide her feelings on something and will share her secrets with you. Not that she has many. Most of her 'secrets' revolve around experimentation on growing grapes and fruits. She won't hide if she is hurt from you but won't lay her problems on another. Narisa is always willing to hear new ideas and 'thinks outside of the box', not being hidebound. This openness also makes her an easy person to talk to and she is rarely shy.
.::Self-doubt - This flaw is not strong enough to incapacitate her or send her into a mental fit where you might find her so down in the dumps that she won't be willing to work, but Narisa tends to second guess her decisions and feels that she has made the wrong choice sometimes. When working with her grapes and fruits, she is always wondering and feeling that maybe she didn't put enough water on them or feed them enough fertilizer to grow. If her parents praise her, she has been known to question whether they are saying it to appease her or if they really are proud. Narisa can be harsh on herself some of the time and it takes many attempts or doing and redoing something before she feels some inkling of doing it right. This is something she has been working hard to overcome, but it still remains a part of her nature.
Other:
Drinking!- What? She works at the Vintercraft! She's had her fare share of drinks and won't say no to sitting down with a group of friends to have a few rounds of drinks.
Looks something like this^^ :
