Character Name: Astrid
Age: Twenty-five
Gender: Female
Sexuality: Homosexual
Rank: Clever Genius Wherguard / Search & Rescue (when the need arises)
Age of Impression: Seventeen
Height: five foot, two inches
Hair Color: Chestnut, Astrid is much, much too preoccupied for styling her hair so her unruly locks are kept at shoulder length and more often than not is pulled into a hurried ponytail which leaves loose pieces of hair scattered recklessly about including her jagged uneven bangs that fall into her face.
Eye Color: Honey Brown with flecks of Green
Skin Tone: Fair
Body Type: Feminine Ectomorph: the typical skinny b***h. Astrid carries a light build with small joints and lean muscle all around including a rather gaunt draw to her face. Astrid has long thin limbs with shoulders that hold little width to them as well as a barely existent bust line. To be honest a stick has better curves but most people that know her tend to say she is ‘slim and a little bit foxy’.
Fashion: Due to her petite build and slim frame Astrid wears heavier garments such as coats with furred cuffs and lining to keep warm as well as fill out her lack of natural padding. Though she tends to dress in lackluster shades the wherhandler does have a bit of a flamboyant ‘gentlemanly’ flare to the choice articles she dons often, loose pressed trousers that stop at the calf where they meet white and black riding boots and a brown vest with large metal buttons are just a few examples of her standard apparel.
Appearance: Astrid is a dainty wisp of a woman with a narrow waist, no curves, small chest, and flat backside. A bright, friendly smile is normally found spread across her pale face as if she has a big wonderful secret that she can’t wait to share. Her facial features are feminine and soft and highlight her innocent brown eyes and elegant brows. By most standards Astrid is boyish though the way she carries herself has a rather alluring charm to it. The brunette isn’t a voluptuous woman but she is still without a doubt, unmistakably feminine.
Personality:
+ Lighthearted: Energy is an interesting thing, it is everywhere and it effects everything. Exuding negative emotions isn’t the fastest way to lighten a mood and why bother making things sour when everything should be sugary sweet. The care-free attitude that she carries around with her is more of a show for others rather than something deeply genuine though it takes a lot to keep the brunette down, she rebounds quickly, almost manically from any disheartening situation. There are things to do and people to see being cheerfully optimistic is the best way to run through life, smiling from ear-to-ear seems to be more aerodynamic zoom!
+ Intelligent: Oh yes, yes smart, brilliant, clever, genius in fact might be exactly how Astrid would choose to describe herself if she were asked. In actuality the comment might not be too far off from the truth and Astrid knows for a fact that her mind is her greatest asset and isn’t afraid to let everyone know that. Astrid is very smart, not just book smart but also the sort of intelligent that understands how things work and can piece that together to use logically to her advantage.
+/- Talkative: Circumloquacious! Isn’t that a fun word? Well of course it is! Astrid has a habit of talking in circles while at the same time evading any real questions thrown at her if she doesn’t wish to answer it. Give her a subject any subject, wait better yet let her pick a subject WAIT even better give her a question! Oooh yes, a question, she loves those! Interrogation is her favorite part of being a guard, if there is an answer that needs a solution Astrid is just the woman to find it even if the person doesn’t feel like talking the brunette has a way of making people open up to her though sometimes she can’t take a hint of when to shut up.
+/- Cheeky: Every sense of the term describes the wherhandler with supreme accuracy. Though she doesn’t mean to be disrespectful Astrid often makes offhanded comments towards others that hold a bit of a cunning bite to them. Her tongue is her greatest weapon and it is fine tuned to draw blood in the most cordial means possible.
+/- Curious: Childlike inquisitiveness plagues the woman. What is this, oh that looks neat, what is that, hoy that is fancy how does it work!? Astrid sees herself to be clever, oh so clever, painfully clever and that vast brilliance always needs to be filled--- or at the very least amused in some trivial way.
- Vengeful: One warning. Just one, there are no second chances. That is Astrid’s code, a single warning before she unleashes her punishment to those that persist in their hostilities. The woman has a strong sense of justice, it is her duty to protect the innocent, all of the innocent and if someone be it bandit or some other wrong-doer impedes that responsibility then she will be merciless in her journey to seek reprisal. One warning, one chance to make amends, that is all she allows because vengeance is forgiveness and forgiveness is the ultimate justice.
- Unsystematic: Babble, babble, babble. Astrid often mixes apparent nonsense with vital information and acts erratic and over exaggerated with her mannerisms. Back to front, front to back, somewhere in the middle, ooooh she will figure it out though not exactly in the correct order but bet your bottom mark she will figure it out and by the time she has she’ll know it better than most but her method in doing so isn’t one that is considered a benefit. Drawl out and scattered here and there her unmethodical means of speech and behavior makes her a trial of patients to those that must interact with her daily.
- Quick to Anger: Allons-y! Though normally Astrid is laidback, easy-going and lighthearted this petite wherhandler has a short fuse and an explosive temper when she feels her strong sense of personal justice is violated. Her ideals of right and wrong aren’t typical and attacks on her intelligence instantly summon fiery outbursts of anger.
Strengths:
- Cardio Finesse: Able-bodied and full of vigor Astrid might not be the strongest but what she lacks in muscle she more than makes up for in speed and agility. Climbing, running, swimming, running, tumbling, running, oh yes and running! Always the running, if it is one thing Astrid is exceptional at it is traveling long distances on foot.
- Clever: Yes, yes she knows she has already mentioned that she is clever but she truly is! Her mind is her best quality and her greatest armament against any task, great or small, daily or long-term.
Weaknesses:
- Under Weight: Due to her body type Astrid has never been able to keep the proper amount of weight , she can eat and eat and eat and never gain an ounce. This to some might seem like a blessing however for the physically active wherhandler having such an overactive metabolism is a burden. Not being able to keep a decent weight leaves her feeling fatigued at times as well as sore when she rides on her Wher for any prolonged period of time. Nibbles! She loves nibbles, seriously she needs to eat more.
- Insomniac: So much, so very much to do and think. Firmly rooted in bed under the warmth of her furs she just can’t seem to switch off her brain long enough to get any sort of rest, then again it isn’t like she really wants to sleep. There is so very much to do and get done, sleeping seems like a waste of time but a well-rested mind is more keen so Astrid attempts every day to manage slumber normally to no avail. Truly her lack of sleep affects her mood and makes her far more erratic and obtuse the longer she goes without.
-Oral Fixation: Astrid really enjoys putting things into her mouth, her fingers, flit tails, random things that really shouldn’t go into her mouth but it is a quirk of hers that she has always had. It isn’t unusual to see the woman lick things before she buys them, not just food but anything. It is said that Astrid attended two Touchings, both times she was removed from the hatching grounds because she licked the eggs. Golds really don’t take kindly to candidates molesting their unhatched children, Whers on the other hand seem to be a bit more lenient--- well--- more lenient in the sense of not seeing the action taking place that is.
History:
The past is a funny thing, all linear and in concise order. One thing follows the next which leads up to the current moment. Blah! So very boring and tedious but if that is the way the story must start then that is the way it shall. No one is really sure of what sort of parentage Astrid came from, most children in the Weyr could at least somewhat boast that they knew that their father or mother was a rider, even if it was just speculation or lies. Astrid however was never one to fantasize about where or whom she spawned from rather she took delight in having caring foster parents. Truly nothing eventful or traumatic occurred during her youth, her ‘parents’ coddled and as best they could pampered the impish little scamp and never once condoned her for her bizarre antics and behaviors.
At the age of twelve like all weyrbrats Astrid was allowed to attend her first Touching, it was a gleeful exciting moment for the overly exuberant girl and one that she thoroughly ruined with her curious nature. The moment that her feet had touched the sands she was off and running, scurrying around the clutch visiting egg after egg while giving each one a right proper lick. She after all was allowed to touch them so she chose to touch them with her tongue. Needless to say she wasn’t allowed to Stand when the eggs were ready, several turns passed and at the age of fifteen she was given another shot at Impressions and yet again she chose to lick the eggs much to the horror of the candidatemaster. Some people just didn’t learn however as Astrid saw it some people just didn’t understand her brilliance. There was talk after that, talk about how she just wasn’t ‘right in the head’ the term that they labeled her as was ‘drudge’. From the age of fifteen to sixteen she worked in the lower caverns, grunt work, dull labor day in and day out but it was during this time that those that worked with her realized that she wasn’t slow, in fact she was probably just too bright. Feeling the girl had potential, untapped potential that was overlooked by the pompous dragonriders and their strict set of rules; a guard by the name of Lester realized how useful she could be. Astrid was a bit odd but fabulously creative and thought outside the box, then inside of the box, then turned the box inside out and made something completely new out of it, a person like that in the right position could prove beneficial to everyone and Lester knew that. Taking it upon himself the guardsmen plucked Astrid from the muck that she had been cast into by those that thought themselves has the highest rank of authority and presented her to his friend whom was a wherhandler, a watchmen to be exact and insisted that he take her as an apprentice.
Within that turn Astrid had astonished the man with her keen learning skills and grasp of his teachings, in theory at least. When the chance arose Astrid was allowed to pick out an egg of her very own from a rather tiny clutch, she was told not to lick the eggs, in fact she was explicitly forbidden to lay tongue on the little hardened ovums. Picking out the loneliest of the batch Astrid sealed her fate as a handler and when her old master changed his profession from watchwher handler to wherguard he took his favored protégé with him and the rest is as they say; history.
Wher Name: Ask
Wher Image:
Wher Personality: Never has a brown been more suited to be a fatherly figure (more like mother but whatever) than Ask. A gentle and nurturing soul this wher is always at hand to offer support and as close to a reassuring hug as a beast can get. Despite his massive size this wher carries an air of dignity while somehow managing to seem dainty, he values manner as what he deems as proper behavior, luckily Ask is not snooty about it. Still the brown will allow himself moments of unbridled joy where he will allow his spirit to fly free and indulge in things for the sheer enjoyment.
Ask is a gentle and kind soul, however, a word of caution, with the caring nature of this wher comes a dangerous trap. Should he be wronged or his handler be threatened than this brown’s vengeance will be unrivalled. It is as though the brown has the power to stop anything flourishing in his rage and that nothing will bloom until he has been appeased.
There will be no escaping the preening of this wher. Naturally Ask wants his handler to look her best. Do straighten up, dear, and remember to keep your hair out of your face, you are just so pretty. It is really just the loving brown’s way of showing that he cares; he just wants everyone else to be able to see his handler as he sees them. Still he is always there to support Astrid in whatever she should choose. Although he may at times try to change her, he truly does adore her and will stand by her in whatever she wants to do. Even if Ask himself doesn’t approve of it.
+ Well-Mannered: Ask is a proper lady---erm Gentleman. He has manners with everything that he does and even though he is a big ol’ boy that is a guard he doesn’t throw his weight around and is generally friendly to everyone that he meets.
+ Willing: Anything. Anything at all Ask is willing to do and try anything. Even when he was little and Astrid wanted to do weird things that weren’t his idea of fun or proper he would do them anyhow, he would do anything for his handler, anything.
-/+ Feminine: Even though his hide is a lovely shade of brown Ask feels more like a fabulous gold or an enchanting green trapped in the wrong body. Due to this he carries himself rather daintily and at times almost prissily, he is a pretty, pretty princess dammit and you had better address him with some decorum ruffian.
- Fussy: Ask likes to think of himself as just opinionated but his rather high set of standards as well as structure of manners makes him one that is open to complain. When he isn’t happy he is sure to voice this discontent and even when he is happy he is sure to nag to make sure his handler stays on her toes.
- Lustful: If he can mount it more than likely he has tried at least once though he assures you he was a gentlemen about it when he attempted. Ask enjoys chasing females and will do so whenever the chance arises, this in itself isn’t such a bad thing however Ask feels that it is his responsibility to interfere with his handler’s love life as well much to her dismay. Astrid is just the most bestest, prettiest thing ever, couldn’t you just eat her out--- up--- oh whatever that expression is go on and have a taste! Squeal~
Why this pair? Why not? Astrid was able to get her choice of the clutch everything else just seems to fix just right, they are the oddest pair of the bunch but they play off of each other well.
Other: Even though she has her Ask, her darling Wher, Astrid gets lonely easily especially since she finds it hard to sleep so she has a fondness for firelizards and takes pride in training the little winged-beasts to be useful ‘tools’.
