Approved by Tawny

Character Name: Lilah
Age: 17
Gender: Female
Sexual Orientation: Heterosexual
Craft/Rank: N/A
History:
Lilah is a perfectly ordinary Weyrbrat, with no idea who her parents are, and perfectly fine with that. Her life so far has been perfectly ordinary as well, though largely devoid of friends. Her personality doesn't exactly draw people to her. She's spent most of her life observing rather than participating, content to remind everyone of the not-so-bright side of life when they bother to listen, or if they get stuck with her during chores - especially then. If you can hurt yourself doing a particular chore, Lilah probably has by now, and if she hasn't, it's only a matter of time. If you can mess it up, she definitely has in some way or another, and she'll probably tell you all about it. Hey, maybe you won't make the same mistake. But then again, maybe you will.

Description:
Lilah is relatively short, about 5'2", and about as plump as a busy candidate can reasonably be. She has blue eyes and shoulder-length medium-brown hair, and a round face that could be pleasant if she actually decided to smile.

Personality:
Lilah's one of those people who walks around with their own personal raincloud to keep them company, and not much else. She is a complete and total pessimist who spends most of her time brooding over what can go wrong where - and it will go wrong, of that she is absolutely sure. The worst is always a possiblity, and she's not going to ignore that; quite the opposite, she is hyper-aware of the potential for failure, especially her own. She goes into everything she does with the thought that she's not going to succeed, or at the very best scrape by. Over time, it's turned into a self-fulfilling prophecy: there's no point in trying hard if you're just going to fail anyway, so she doesn't, and consequently fails. She is, in fact, quite convinced that she will never Impress a dragon, and is probably more likely to get mauled and die. It does happen, after all, and it would be just her luck to be the one it happens to sometime. Still, provided she continues to survive Hatchings, she'll be a Candidate until she's too old to be one - what else could she do? She certainly couldn't take up a craft!

A peculiar result of her pessimism, Lilah is nearly unshakable. She's spent so much time thinking about how things can go wrong and believing they will that when they do, she's ready for it! She accepts bad situations quite calmly and without fear. She's also completely unconcerned with appearances or with what other people think of her...since they probably don't like her, and trying to change that is, of course, pointless. She might be a failure, but at least she's an independent one. On the rare occasion that someone does like her, Lilah is a loyal friend, not that it will spare them any of her pessimism. If anything, they might be subject to more of it, since she actively cares about what happens to them. Of course, one of these days they'll probably find someone else to be friends with and she'll get left behind, but until then, she's got their back.

Lilah doesn't do a lot of small talk, and when she does pipe up, it's often to share her bleak outlook on whatever the current situation or subject is. It's not a conscious effort to bring people down, she just feels that they should be informed. Then they won't be surprised when things go south, and if they are, she can pull out the 'I told you so.' Aside from being right, one of the few things that makes her happy is food. It's hard for eating to go wrong, after all, unless you're a complete idiot and you choke, or the food's bad and you get sick. Still, food is almost always a good thing!

When it comes to energy level, she's below average, mostly by choice. She could keep up with a faster pace if she really needed to, but otherwise, her 'why bother?' attitude keeps her slow and steady instead. She has endurance in spades, however, and can weather almost anything the world throws at her (not that she won't complain about it). In her view, she doesn't have low self-esteem - she is, in fact, perfectly content with herself the way she is. It takes all kinds, and she accepts that her particular 'kind' is the pessimist/realist; you won't ever find her wishing she was anyone different.

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