Name: Jasiline
Age: 20
Gender: Female
Sexual Preference: Straight
Craft/Hall/Rank: Rider
Personality: Jasiline is very determined and single minded when she sets her sights on something. She’ll dive in with everything she’s got and won’t give up until the bitter end. This can be admirable in the right circumstances but more often than not she’s just plain reckless. It doesn’t occur to her that something could go wrong or there could be consequences to her actions. She often doesn’t recognize her own limitations and being told ‘No’ or that she can’t do something is both an insult and a challenge.
More often than not she will grudgingly obey a respected authority figure. If she really wants something badly though, nothing short of punishment will deter her. Should the denial come from another candidate, or someone she doesn’t view as in charge of her, they can stuff it where the sun don’t shine. Reverse psychology would work on her, even if she knew what you were trying to do. Just hinting that you doubt her ability to do something will make her want to do it, if only to prove you wrong. This doesn’t mean she’ll be ABLE to make that 5 star meal, but shard it she’ll slave over that stove till she’s out of ingredients.
When failure does rear its ugly head it’s a painful blow to her. She’s spent her life working to keep up with her brothers, proving she’s not just the baby, not just the little sister. She refuses to accept it until its shoved right into her face. She gets angry and can verbally and sometimes physically lash out. Jasi has a nasty jealous streak that smolders hot in such cases.
Being reminded of past failures brings it up fresh all over again. If given a chance she’ll keep trying the same task until she succeeds. She’s ashamed of when she attacks someone else because of her own failure. She knows it’s not their fault. How she goes about fixing it can depend upon the person though. If it’s someone she’s emotionally close to she’ll apologize and try to make things right. It may not happen immediately and she’s been known to take days working past her embarrassment to finally make that first move. If she’s not ready she’ll do what she can to avoid that one person in particular until she is. If it’s someone she thinks she’ll rarely or never see, she’ll most likely try to forget that it happened. She’ll still feel embarrassed every time she sees that person though.
In general she’s very outgoing and a social butterfly. She likes to talk to people, even if they don’t take part in the conversation. Jasiline hates being alone and will seek out company like water. One conversation is enough to become Jasi’s friend in her mind. If you seem cool then you’re in the club. She’ll drop you like a bad habit if you then prove to not be as pleasant as she first thought. She hates clingy dependent people. You need other friends and hobbies than just her. Jasiline will want a circle of best friends rather than just one.
She prefers physical activity to mental and is very much a kinetic learner. She has difficulty learning from books or lectures, preferring to learn through experience. She’s not illiterate it’s just books are sOOoooo booooorrrriiinnnnng. She’ll read all of the text but her mind will have wandered elsewhere and none of it will sink in. Same with lectures, she can never focus on the teachers words unless there was a way for her to participate herself. She’s considered skipping but it’s doubtful she ever would. What if she missed something important? She’ll go and try to pay attention but something will trigger a thought and the next thing she knows the lecture is over and she has no idea what just happened. Embarrassed, she’ll glean what she can from the other students. She never saw this as a failure, it was just how she was raised. Learning her father’s craft was a very hands on experience and her mother taught her children to read and do basic calculations with actual marks and little letters carved into small wood tablets. She wasn’t taught to learn any other way.
Physical Description:5’6” and lanky at best. Jasiline’s built like a long distance runner, all bones and ropy muscles. She’s rather androgynous and other than the fact that when she’s not out hunting she wears exclusively skirts, she could be mistaken for a young boy. She’s got darker skin, more cinnamon in color with a heavy layer of dark freckles from head to toe. Her dark brown hair reaches her mid back. It’s wild and un-kempt, usually pulled back by a scrap of leather. Jasiline is partial to earth colors, particularly olive green because it matches her grey green eyes. This is where she displays a small amount of feminine vanity. She also likes bracelets and necklaces made from hand carved and painted wooden beads. The marks she makes from helping her family usually goes into frivolous purchases such as those. Outside of her accessories, she doesn’t care much what she looks like. So long as her hair is out of her face and her body is decently covered she’s content.
She’s got a handful of scars decorating her arms and legs. Most are generic cuts and scrapes from running in the woods but on her calves she has two sets of decent claw marks. Her siblings and father bear similar scars. They’re just a side effect of their line of work.
History:Jasiline is one of three children born to Sijara and Linerad, a Beastcrafter/Tanner pair at Ista Hold. Her parents met through their crafts, working closely together and eventually making a match out of convenience and profit.
Jasiline is the youngest of her siblings, and the only girl. Her brothers are only a turn and two older than her. She grew up quite the tomboy, never realizing that she should act differently from her older brothers. Her parents encouraged it, preferring another pair of eager hands over a delicate flower. At the age of 10 turns her father began teaching each of his children about the trade, letting them join him on their first hunt at 15 turns.
She won’t admit it but Jasiline isn’t strong enough or skilled enough to take a full sized beast down on her own. Her headstrong attitude keeps her trying though. Thankfully with her father and brothers around she was never severely injured. They worked together and always have each other’s backs in the wild.
Her mother wasn't too keen on losing her only daughter to the Weyr when the search rider came and singled Jasiline out but her father talked her into it. They had two sons to follow in their footsteps and really, they both knew their daughter would never make a happy little wife even if she could find a man who would allow her to keep her craft.
He pointed out that just because he didn't mind his women with less than womanly skills, didn't mean other men did as well.
Jasiline was given permission to attend the Weyr as a candidate until such a time as she aged out. Then she would return home and pick up where she left off.
Talents:Tracking and stealth mainly, learned from hunting felines in the forests around Monaco. She is a fair hand at skinning as well.
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