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Dea and #Teddy#
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PostPosted: Mon Mar 18, 2013 12:48 am


Name: Ashlyn
Age: 21
Gender: Female
Sexual Preference: Heterosexual
Craft/Hall/Rank: Rider, Weyrlingmaster asst
Rider of: Gyafrith
Personality: Ashlyn is a very gentle soul, hating to see anyone being hurt or in pain. She gravitated to becoming a healer because she has a desire to help others, so she can alleviate some of the pain of those she encounters. She is always willing to lend a hand, even if it is her enemy, if she thinks they need her help. She has a love of every being in Pern, from the mighty dragon to the little bugs. She is very kind, trying to give what she can to those less fortunate than herself. Unfortunately, these traits also lead to one of her great flaws, she is sometimes a human doormat. She has a hard time saying no to others, not wanting to hurt anyone's feelings. Her need to put others before herself makes it where she sometimes neglects her own needs and wants. It also leads to some people taking advantage of her good nature, like cleaning up a mess they may have made or allowing herself to be teased by others.

Ashlyn is also very smart, having a knack for coming up with some plans at a moment's notice. She also is very creative, coming up with unusual solutions to some of the problems she has to face. She loves being able to think outside the box and come up with a plan that will work. On the flip side, she is also very quiet, sometimes coming off as very shy. Sometimes it could just be she is thinking or she doesn't know you very well.

Ashlyn is a leader in the making, being able to understand what needs to be done and how to do it. She is empathetic, knowing what a person needs and how to help them. She is also able to get others to listen to her because even if she can be a girl of little words around those she does not know, what she says is usually spoken with wisdom. She also knows how to analyze the strengths and weaknesses of each member of a team and help them become the best they can be. She knows how to encourage others to help her and how to have each strength counteract another's weakness. Unfortunately, she allows her fear to get in the way sometimes, making her doubt herself. Fortunately, she has her best friend to knock some sense into her and show her she can do it. She is starting to gain more confidence, starting to grow into a leader.
Physical Description: Ashlyn stands at about 5'4 and about 125 lbs. She has beautiful chestnut hair that is usually either in a braid ending mid back or loose with ringlets at the bottom ending just above her behind. She has a fair complexion and high cheekbones, very pretty in her society. Being the eldest female of her family, she would either get the best dresses her mother could afford or hand-me-downs from her mother. She has blue eyes the color of a sapphire.
History: Ashlyn is the eldest daughter of two prominent riders of her weyr and has a twin brother that is just a couple minutes younger than she is. Her parents were determined that their children would have the best life they could give them, but made sure to instill in their children the good qualities they treasured. Unlike many weyrbrats, Ashlyn and her siblings were raised by their parents, since the couple could not part with their little ones and loved them so much. So when one parent was busy, the other would stay behind to watch the children. In the event both were needed, then they would be left with a family member or close friend.

Growing up as the daughter of a rider, ever since she could remember, Ashlyn had yearned to be a rider. She knew her day would come, as her parents constantly reminded her, but she wished it would hurry. So while she waited, she was taught how to be a healer by one of the weyr's best and worked under that person in the infirmary. Ashlyn took to healing because she had a love of it and she wanted to help those around her. Being a leader, she had seen her group get hurt and she wanted to do everything she could to heal them. In the privacy of her family and friends, she would sing, so very few knew of this hidden talent. She also had to find time to help her parents with her siblings, especially when the two were called away to help their world. She now yearns to join her parents as one of the riders, bonding with a magnificent dragon of her own.

Ashlyn was eager to get her dragon when she turned twelve, thinking it was inevitable. When that year ended with nothing, she wondered if she had done something wrong. Then as the years passed, she got even more worried, thinking maybe she was not worthy to be a rider, that she wasn't destined for such a wonderful job. Now that she is nineteen and it is getting closer to the cutoff limit of when you can be a rider, she is getting worried. Her heart is breaking everyday that she is not bonded with a dragon, not knowing what she will do if she does not bond. Her parents have told her that sometimes a late bloomer is the loveliest flower of all and she tries to hold on to that hope, though the fear still gnaws at her.
Talents: healing, being a leader, and a hidden talent of singing.
Notes: Only that she is quite determined to be faithful to the man that chooses her.





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Name: Gyafrith
Colour: Blue
Size: Average
Impresse: Ashlyn

Egg: Standing at the back of the clutch in the shadow of its mother, this egg at first would appear to some as one to be avoided. Those brave enough to venture to the eggs side will discover its true nature. It is not a slithery, cruel, creature at all. The egg wraps its visitors in a protective cloak of warm, shielding them from whatever they might be avoiding, be it cruel words or harsh actions. Come, come, it’s alright. Vulture is here, it will look after you. There is no need to worry. There is a strong conviction in this shadowed egg, none shall come to harm whilst in its care.


Personality: Ever watchful, nothing gets past this blue. He is always aware, always ready for action. A protective dragon, this blue is always out to fight the good fight, defend the weak and destroy evil. Although he may have the best intentions, this can wear thin at times. In all his attempts to protect and defend, Gyafrith can become overbearing. He means well and is only trying to make sure those he cares for are safe, but sometimes the blue underestimates those he is trying to protect. As he grows he will become increasingly aware of how small and fragile humans are and he will seek to protect them, occasionally from things they do not need to be defended against. This dragon can sometimes be too eager to fight others battles for them and can at times blunder into a situation when they neither need, nor want, a champion to step up for them.

Gyafrith has a pre-set idea of what is right and wrong, seeing everything in black and white. This is bad and that is good. Those that do bad things are bad and those that do not are good. His naivety to all the shades of grey in the world is something that Ashlyn will have to consider when handling her bonded. Gyafrith is dedicated to honour and what is right; to do something he sees as bad or allow it to go unpunished would be very distressing for him, leading to a very distressed dragon. Fortunately dragon memory allows him to soon forget these things and the names of those he once branded as bad.

Solidly in the belief that his chosen is the champion of champions, Gyafrith assumes that she is the best at everything. The concept that it is possible to be better than Ashlyn does not cross this blue’s mind. His rider is the pinnacle of humanity; no other could possibly match them. The pair of them will brave the trials of this world together. Forever united in the defence of Pern.


Inspiration: Vulture
PostPosted: Mon Mar 18, 2013 8:16 pm


Hi Dea, you'll have to bear with me here since this is my first time criting a profile, if there's anything you would like further explained feel free to ask me here, via PM or through aim.

Firstly in regards to Ashlyn's personality. We need a bit more expansion, primarily into her faults. She has many positive features, but the only thing in her personality that hints toward negative is that she can be sarcastic, but this seems infrequent (Plus, being someone who is sarcastic a large chunk of the time, I don't see it as a fault exactly, unless it's out of hand).

There are also traits which are mentioned, but never fully explained. For example you say she's a natural leader, who people come to in any situation for advice. Why do they do that? Does she have an air of confidence to her? She was described as being quiet earlier. Is she particularly good with empathising with people, this would fit with her gentle nature? Remember however that often being too empathetic can effect a person's ability to lead a group. Also, what situations has she been put in where her natural leadership has come out?

Also her love of creatures. You explain her love of dragons and that's absolutely fine, but what other creatures does she have experience with? Pern is very agricultural and it's unusual to have an animal that doesn't serve a purpose, most are farm animals, as Pern's native wildlife isn't known for being friendly. The Weyr would have herdbeasts such as cattle for the dragons to eat, perhaps the odd runner or canine, but there wouldn't be that many as the Weyr has no need for them.

The final note on her personality I will make is that she is described gentle and quiet, but then toward the end is described as having a fiery temperament. These two things clash for me as fiery people tend to be outspoken, a little harsh, rash, usually have rather easily provoked tempers. These kind of people are very passion driven, whereas Ashlyn so far has given the impression of being calm in her approach to things.

Her history is fine, however I would like to address two things. Firstly is having her being both a talented singer and healer. Crossing crafts is generally not done and to be considered skilled in either of these things she would most likely become apprenticed. In singing to a harper and if healing then she would be an apprentice in the infirmary. She wouldn't have enough time to dedicate to both these crafts, alongside candidacy, so we're going to need you to make her either a healer or a harper.

Something I, personally, would like you to add in would be perhaps a paragraph on how she dealt with not impressing so far. Candidacy begins at 12 and ends at 21, so she's probably been standing now for seven turns. It is very clearly shown how much she wants to impress, which means she's going to have dealt with a lot of disappointment up to this point. She's also getting near to the age that she will be too old soon. Is she starting to worry? Doubt herself? I'd just like to know how she's dealt with not succeeding the first, or even first few times, to impressing as she seems like the kind of person this would be a harsh blow to.

I know it can seem daunting and can be upsetting when people ask for you to make changes to a character you've worked on. But for us we need that explored, fleshed out, personality so that we can suit Ashlyn with a dragon that complements her personality. Otherwise it would be a guessing game and we could end up giving her a dragon we think would suit her from what we've seen, but does not suit her more complex whole personality that only really you know. As I've said, I'm here to help if you wanna bounce ideas around and I really look forward to seeing her played once she's all polished up.

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Dea and #Teddy#
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PostPosted: Mon Mar 18, 2013 8:29 pm


Muffin, I don't I have your AIM blaugh
PostPosted: Mon Mar 18, 2013 9:15 pm


Oh sorry sweatdrop
It used to be in my signature, forgot I took it out.
It's muffin.puppy

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