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Name: Iliyana
Age: 15
Gender: Female
Sexual Preference: Heterosexual
Craft/Hall/Rank: Candidate (former Weyrbrat)

Physical Description: Iliyana is a little shorter than average, but with a slender, reedy build that gives away the fact that she still has more growing to do. She’s not built for strength, although with some work she could build up a reasonable amount of it – instead, her build is aimed more toward speed and agility. She has very curly blonde hair that rests about at her shoulders - it would be longer if it was straight, but as it is it appears to have more curly poof than length.

Iliyana has hazel eyes, that shift from gray to greenish-brown depending on the light source and the colors around her, and fair, yet rosy skin. Her facial shape is slightly round, and when she smiles she gets a small dimple in her right cheek.

History: Born in Fort Weyr to a pair of dragonriders during a green's flight, Iliyana was fostered at an early age to a lower caverns worker. She spent much of her childhood spending time with either her foster mother or the creche, often poking her way into what her age-mates were doing and attempting to bring any trouble being made to the attention of nearby adults. This wasn't quick to earn her any friends, however, and it took a few rough lessons for her to grow out of her tattletale stage.

Iliyana didn't have much contact with her birthparents growing up, but this never really bothered her - she had her foster mother, and felt perfectly loved and secure. If her birthparents didn't spend much time with her, then it was simply because they were all too busy - dragonriders had a lot to do, and so did she! There was rarely a time when she couldn't find something to do or to learn, and if she got underfoot a little in the caverns or too near a particularly grumpy dragon, well, she got to be quick about getting back out of the way.

Like most weyrbrats, Iliyana grew up hoping to be allowed to Stand, if not Impress, and now she finally has been given that chance and plans to use it to her advantage. Besides, there's a lot more to learn now that she's a Candidate!

Personality: Iliyana is something of a busybody. Curious, nosy, and just a bit self-important, she tends to poke her nose into business that really isn’t anything she should be getting into. Before becoming a candidate, she tended to boss around the other children in her creche and (prior to learning the hard way that it would earn her no friends) could be something of a tattletale. These meddling behaviors aren’t malicious in attitude – rather, Iliyana genuinely believes that she knows what’s best for those whose affairs she is meddling in (which, at this point, is limited to her younger Candidates and Weyrbrats – she’s not foolish enough to try and boss anyone else!)

When she’s not poking her nose into places she shouldn’t be, Iliyana is eager to learn any information that she can get her hands on – geography, history, any and all of it is interesting to her. She enjoys finding new sources of information, and is eager to learn ever more. Nothing ever satisfies her, because there is always more out there to learn! She's an eager student in nearly all subjects, ready to soak up whatever education she can get her hands and mind on.

To go with her thirst for knowledge, Iliyana is also fairly organized and neat. She knows how to keep information straight in her head, and can usually remember what she’d given – her work areas are always keep clean and organized as everything has its place. She doesn’t enjoy a sloppy work area, a messy environment, or a smelly body, and because of this she tends to undertake the effort to clean any area that screams sloppy to her, be it her responsibility or not!

Iliyana is a sociable creature, willing to talk to or listen to someone, and she tends to fuss over those she cares for in a hovering manner, always checking up on them to make sure that everything is going well for them, that they’re happy, and that they aren’t getting into any trouble. This can cause her to come across as a bit on the obnoxious side, but she sees it as being motherly and has no intention to stop.

Talents: Generally intelligent and analytical, has a good ear for trouble; tends to mother small creatures and fuss over them.