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I ran this transfer by the thread, asking for approval from players before hand. Approval from the general player base was gained. Additionally, I've owned the shop for 4 years and haven't taken anything for myself in that time.
Name: Amelia
Age: 20
Gender: Female
Sexual Orientation: Heterosexual
Craft: Minercraft
Rank: Journeyman Excavator Goldrider
History:
Born into a family that called the High Reaches Weyr home, her parents were both involved in minecraft. Her mother was a geologist while he father was an excavator. From an early age she has been exposed to dragons, riders, explosives and more dirt and rock then an average person would likely consider healthy. Her friends came from the weyr and the craft halls alike and most barely mentioned the work of her family. It bothered her and helped sow the seeds of a strong will and a deep-seated pride in the craft that ran in her blood.
When she was able to, Amelia joined the minecraft hall as an apprentice and quickly gained the title of journeyman at the age of eighteen. Having benefited from the knowledge and mentorship of not only the other miners but her parents as well, Amelia found she rather enjoyed the labourious work of an excavator - the blunt humour and honest work that would eventually result in countless feet passing through the tunnels she and her father bore through the rock. It amused her, really, to know that as thankless and humble the job was, each and every person who walked through the hand-hewn walls were placing their lives in the hands of geologists and excavators like her parents.
A turn has passed since her gaining the title of journeyman and her rough-and-tumble attitude has drawn her out of the lower caverns for longer periods of time. There is activity in the main areas of the weyr and curiosity has called her to investigate. It was easy enough to learn of the new clutch and the queen’s egg - a hatching she intended to watch.
Attending the Hatching, she watched as the dragonets made a spectacle of the thing and even came face to face with a young, unbonded blue that thought her very interesting. However, that blue did not choose her and she rather thought that would be her story to take back to the other miners. When the gold egg hatched, the young queen paraded about the Sands and proceeded to display a surprising helping of self confidence and awareness of her position by forcing those gathered to bow to her. Among the chaos of fighting dragonets, injured candidates, and a circus of a hatching, the gold eventually addressed those at the Hatching and declared Amelia her chosen one.
Since then, Amelia has been trying her best to adjust to the demands of a gold with ambition enough for the both of them and the duties and knowledge required of a rider - both unfamiliar territory for the woman but she was eager to learn. On the cusp of understanding Sharath, Amelia knows she must devote her life to the new calling but is at times struck by how she must leave her dreams behind.
When the Revolution hit, engulfing Malvren, Trine, and Benden, High Reaches took a no-involvement stance that did not sit well with Amelia. Sharath’s ambition was well known among the people of the weyr and she’d stirred more then a little trouble up so when it became known that Trine had been struck low, Sharath demanded they go to the tropical Weyr. Amelia refused - she was settled in High Reaches and while they weren’t the only goldpair in line for the leadership, Amelia was confident it would be theirs. But their competition took Flight before they and the hatching drove Sharath to fury, forcing the pair away from the Weyr for a few days. Sharath clutched soon after but without the title she so craved.
Fresh from a sour hatching, and bitter towards to gold clutched by her rival, Sharath convinced Amelia to make a new start elsewhere. The transferred to Trine - it was far away and the advances were in line with Sharath’s sense of importance as well as Amelia’s sense of equality. Neither had any interest in joining the Wherholds... at least not as they operated currently.
Appearance: With black hair, dark eyes, and naturally pale skin, she would have been a dark beauty had her life taken her over different paths. As it is, her face is almost always smudged with grit of some sort, her hair is pulled up into a messy bun and she nearly always wears coveralls for their practicality when excavating. Comfortable with shovel, pick, or explosive charge, she has a sort of unconsciously proud and confident posture about her. Quick to smile and unafraid to get dirty, it’s a rare sight to see her without some hint of her craft upon her person. Wearing minimal jewelry, Amelia’s sole fancy item is a necklace of a soaring dragon her family commissioned for her when she gained the journeyman rank.
Her body type is athletic and muscular due to her work. She is not petite by any interpretation of the word - standing just over six feet tall (6’1”), she can almost look her father in the eye without trouble and shoulders tools nearly as well as any other miner. That’s not to say she does not have feminine charms – well proportioned and well endowed, Amelia’s charm would shine through if she took the time to dress up.
Personality:
Proud, bold, and confident, Amelia isn’t afraid of lending a hand. Proud of her family and her craft, she’ll often spend hours simply exploring the tunnels they’re in the process of building, memorizing the twists and turns even as she learns about the techniques and tools used in excavation. Easy going and inclined to laugh, she has no qualms about chatting with fellow miners or weyrfolk alike – though weyrfolk, and riders, tend to pass her by. She usually shrugs the lack of attention off easily, confident enough in herself to know that it’s not a personal sleight. Now that she is a goldrider and she can rarely pass a day without someone defering to her, Amelia often stops them in embarassment and asks these people to call her by her name like a friend. The sheer amount of attention is confusing the girl and she wonders if it's only because people see the colour of her dragon or because they're genuinely interested in her as a person.
While she is not afraid of closed or small spaces, Amelia does enjoy the openness of the Weyrbowl. She does not, however, know how to swim and tends to avoid Faseth's Lake on principle. Strong and intelligent, she is well suited to her craft and sometimes surprises people with her quick wit and strong understanding of numbers. Secretly, she sometimes enjoys that reaction and believes she’s made an impression upon the person she’s surprised. Eager to learn, to do, and to inform she can be found teaching the apprentices a thing or two when she is not involved in training of her own. With a dragon in tow, she is hardly ever seen without Sharath and spends a great deal of time taking care of the growing gold, though she tries to return to her roots in the busy and hectic schedule - a habit she knows she must break but is reluctant to do so. At a crossroads of sorts, she's slowly changing her routines and putting her old life to bed. Nonetheless, Amelia is looking forward to the challenge of the future and does not regret Sharath one bit - the gold, despite her faults, completes Amelia in a way she did not quite expect and she revels in the feeling of having someone there.
Possessed of a strong sense of curiosity towards the dragons, another favourite past time of hers is to sit along the edge of the Weyrbowl and watch the dragons wheel about overhead. Much like any other non-rider, she wonders just what it’s like to call a dragon friend but does not expect to find an answer to that question.
On a final note, Amelia has a temper. It is slow to ignite but when she is angry she will fume and yell and argue until her temper has run itself out. Be warned, however, if she believes herself truly wronged she can and does hold long-lasting grudges. In a fit of temper she will fling hurtful, pointed things but when holding a grudge she can be very cold – to the point of being disrespectful and ignoring the person as if they don’t exist. Also vindictive to a point, Amelia is not above seeing someone get their ‘just deserts’. She also tends not to back down from a fight and can be particularly stubborn in that respect. Whether defending friends or her honour, she’ll do her best to face down whatever opponent it is; however, she’s not particularly trained in fighting as while strong, lacks the finesse a warrior would possess.
Other: She likes to keep her hands busy and will work on small excavator projects for people.
Name: Sharath
Age: 3 Turns
Gender: Female
Sexual Orientation: Heterosexual
Rank: Goldrider / Junior Queen
History:
Right out of the shell, Sharath was a commanding and unforgettable presence. She took her time to inspect the candidates and found them all lacking then forced the entire gathering of people at the hatching bow to her glory. Innately aware of the prestige of her rank and the role she is to fill, she is a born leader but possessed of several glaring faults. Once she commanded Amelia to come join her on the sands, she hissed and spat at the fighting hatchlings before they found their way out of the Hatching.
During the Hatching Feast that soon followed, the two made quite the impression on the Weyrwoman and Weyrleader, complete with temper tantrum from the young gold when she learned she could not sit with the ranking officials for dinner. A meeting of the riders followed and the dinner went relatively well.
Sharath grew quickly and once Amelia sorted out the how-to portion of taking care of a dragon, was in good health. Small for a queen, however, she’s seemed to have grown up on par with the bronzes and browns so far. Amelia has not noticed the difference, or thinks it normal, but Sharath did and it irks her something fierce. She will always be small in relation to the other golds and it feeds deep-seated insecurity and ambition.
More then once she’s caused trouble for people, even when the encounter has gone well, and has proven to be quite the handful for her rider. It is simply a good thing that Amelia is as strong-willed and stubborn as Sharath.
Appearance: Primarily a buttery, rich gold, her underside is a lighter hue with a slash of dull amber down her throat. Her wing membranes echo the colour of her throat and a thick stripe of the same colour as her belly runs from nose tip to tail tip along her back.
Personality:
Sharath is one passionate gold. Her infinite ambition means she'll never fall short of incentive to keep going, come what may. Ever assured she's one step ahead of her associates at all times (including her rider), it would take the most overwhelming problem possible to make her hesitant. To leave her speechless, you'll need something no less than devastating. Negative commentary would never influence her; not at this age. She never forgets her status and she refuses to overlook it.
Sharath also forgets a queen without content followers isn't much of a queen at all. If someone disagrees with her, she's outraged they would dare. She'll throw a fit over the matter and accuse them of going against her out of jealousy. In Sharath's world, being gold makes you right. Opinions that don't line up with hers she undermines without realizing she's doing it. What do you mean you don't think the exact same way she does? You, madam, are ridiculous! Greatness will only bless Sharath if she learns it takes a queen to lead a Weyr, but many dragons to build one. Else she meet with disaster. Her rider can help her with this, but it won't be an overnight ordeal.
The sooner this problem is addressed the better. Sharath gets what Sharath wants, and Sharath wants her own Weyr. She doesn't care if it's High Reaches or not; she'll be glad to move or even establish a brand new place all together if need be. The idea of failing doesn't frighten her into behaving more courteously, because as far as she's concerned, failure is not an option. She's willing to risk anything and do anything to make her dream a reality, and she expects her rider to be happy going along for the ride. After all, Sharath is so loyal and would not let any living soul utter a single bad word about Hers. She will even speak directly to another rider if she feels they're insulting her own. Who, don't forget, is a goldrider.
Everyone is a hypocrite. Yes, Sharah, even you. This gold has no problem insulting other queens or their riders out of spite. Taking orders from the Weyrwoman's dragon (and having other dragons take her orders over Sharath's) annoys her something fierce. The older she gets, the more diligent her rider will need to be. This is a larger than life dragon who needs to be kept under control or both this pair will face serious consequences. Not much of the population will think far enough into her trouble-making to realize Sharath's bitterness toward her fellow gold is no more than a feeble attempt to compensate for her small size.
She will be more than ready to rise by time she's old enough, but only under the condition the male she deemed worthy to catch her does so. She takes flight with one dragon in mind and one dragon only. Her opinion will not be swayed by anyone, not even her rider. The dragon she's partial to may be a bronze or a brown. Sharath is not picky about colors as long as everyone knows she's the most important one. In fact, her best friend (other than Hers, of course), is Green Redfith.
Sharath is able to separate the actions of rider and dragon, recognizing they are individuals rather then viewing them as an equally responsible unit. As such, one of the two may offend her but she will not lash out at both – only the one she considers offensive. She’s not easy to get along with but as long as one remembers their place, she seems content to be ‘pleasant’ enough.
Other:
Sharath wanted a rider who didn't really want her. It might sound odd, but she's smart enough to know that she's important, and it's hard to be sure when someone wants her for her and when someone just wants her because she's a gold. Amelia displayed contempt for her actions during the hatching which, interestingly enough, helped her make her final decision.
Amelia may not know as much about the Weyr as other candidates (especially given she's not a candidate), but Sharath considers this a good thing. It means her opinion will be less biased if this gold decides something needs to change. She is, it seems, following in the footsteps of Dorath.
Amelia will never have to worry about anyone overlooking her again, but the fact that she was okay with it in the past intrigues this little queen. Her rider is willing to talk to anyone as an equal, and this is something Sharath knows she needs to learn.
Of course, her temper delights the queen as well. She wouldn't want a complete pushover anymore than she'd want a gold digger. Pun intended.
Finally, Amelia seems an ideal choice. An unlikely goldrider for an unlikely gold. People underestimate Sharath for her size and Amelia because of her bloodline, but from now on that's all going to change.
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