Name: Naressa
Age: 28
Sex: Female
Sexual Orientation: Straight
Craft: Healer Apprentice
Rank: Search Dragon (I was approved in the Ranking Up Thread)
Physical Description:
Naressa is slim, but don't let that fool you. She's got a grip that would shock anyone that just looked at her. She stands at about 5'7" and weighs 140lbs and is well muscled in a lithe sort of way from helping do just about any job she could get her hands on. She was always found helping the Wher and Runnerbeast handlers most of the time and that kept her actively engaged, giving her the physique she now holds. Her eyes are a light shade of green and her hair is a lovely shade of chestnut that is often tied back in a braid. Her skin is light, though not fair.
Personality:
She is extremely hard working and believes that everything is earned by dedication and commitment. Her father was a and her mother was a Healer so she did her best to make them both proud by being the best child they could have, especially being the only child they had. Her mother had gone through some complications with her birth that left her infertile and the lack of siblings made Naressa want to make up for what she believed was her fault.
She might seem brutally truthful but she means it in a caring and helpful way. She always hated being lied to as a child and therefore deemed it her mission in life to tell the truth, even if it hurt to hear.
There are times when she speaks before she thinks and that has gotten her into a tight bind every now and again but she works through it. Most of the time it's harmless but sometimes people take it the wrong way until they get to know her.
One big thing about her is the fact that if she thinks she's right, she won't back down until you can either prove she's wrong or just go with it. She rarely second guesses herself and once she's made up her mind on something or about someone it usually sticks. She believes in first impressions, so if you come off the wrong way you might as well kiss any chance of being her friend (or more) goodbye.
When it comes to being in a group of people she has found it difficult to make friends at times, but when it comes down to it she will always tell you the truth and sometimes people can see that, or they get offended and that’s that. She does try to keep her bluntness down a notch because it can be a problem creator and she’s aware of this and is trying to get better at this. She’s a passive aggressive personality type in most cases. She can be very leading and she can sometimes let someone else take the stand. It really depends on what is going on. She likes to be around others, but tends to be a bit alone because not many can stand her honesty, but she is trying to work on this so she can have a wider group of friends, not that she has many right now.
If she knows she’s right she won’t let someone call her a lair and will prove her point at just about any cost within reason. She won’t humiliate anyone, but she will point out the hard facts and make sure she is heard. If there are a negative consequence, which is 90% likely, she will take them as they come. It’s part of the package when it comes to standing up for yourself in such a manner. She may be a bit disgruntled about the outcome, but overall she knows it is an expected result and just tries to find a different way to come about things. Live and learn is one of her mottos.
She wants to be the best she can in what she knows. She apprenticed with her mother and wants to help out as many people and dragons alike with the knowledge she has. More so, she just wants to be accepted for who she is. She knows she’s a bit rough around the edges, but down inside is just a young woman screaming to be loved. She just never really learned how to be social because there weren’t many kids for her to grow up with. She is concerned that she might not be searched and just might not impress when it comes to the hatchings, but she tries to not think about that and wants to just handle the situations as they come at her.
Strengths: Hardworking, Passionate, Trustworthy and Committed
Weaknesses: Naïve, Stubborn, Outspoken and Brutally Honest
History:
The only child to Neylin and Alekan she grew up well off, in a hold near Trine weyr, but she resented herself at times because she always heard people talking about how it was her birth that made her mother unable to have more children. She always tried to find ways to compensate for being the only child and was often over working herself doing multiple chores and tasks. She learned at an early age certain herbs that were good for healing and that came in handy for when she was older and able to help the wher handlers.
When Naressa was 15 threadfall hit her hold horribly before the dragon riders were able to arrive and she had watched, devastated, as homes were burned around them and people injured and even killed in the ordeal. To this day she still recalls the events from time to time remembering that there are dangers that befall their peaceful skies and has made a silent promise to herself that she would one day help fight threadfall as a dragon rider, if the chance ever arose.
In her youth years she was extremely sensitive and took everything personally but she finally grew out of it when she hit her early teens and started to realize that when people said things, it wasn't necessarily a bad thing what they were saying. She just always had this impression that she had done something wrong since the day she was born so it took her a long time to grow out of that mind set.
Being the only child she was blessed with learning from both parents in their particular crafts. Her father was a Beastcrafter and her mother was a Healer so the two combined themselves well for her. She apprenticed to her mother, but she still learned a few things about beast craft from her father from time to time.
Many things happened from them time she was 18 until the point of her impression and thereafter. However, she tried to focus on things at hand with her family as issues in Trine seemed to escalate. Especially with everything that was going on with Benden Wher and Trine it was hard not to hear all of the chaos that was pursuing. Still, her family continued to treat traders, animals and riders alike if they came across their paths.
(-7 turns) Clutch 4: Gold Killakeeth (Trine)
The day came she never thought would come, a search dragon and his rider appeared and took her. She was almost near the end of the line for a candidate and it had seemed to her that she would have never impressed, especially at such an older age. Sure enough, with all the chaos and the falling of the Golds it was to be. Upon those sands amid a mess of fangs and claws her Reciproth called to her.
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Lanky Blue lifted his head high, staring straight through a tiny slip of a thing that seemed to be shielding him from his intended target. His eyes flashed pure red before he began to trudge forward with intent, his dark-edged wings flailing open and giving a powerful flap of irritation that cracked the air.
He wanted... he NEEDED..
There was a boy in the way, and the blue ROSE to his hind legs, looking the boy square in the eyes. The feminine male's horror reflected a thousand times over in the blue's ruby facets, and the blue growled low.
The boy was not quick enough to move for the blue, whose wing reached out and roughly tossed the boy aside into the wet sand. Only Naressa stood before him now, and his wings splayed wide, flapping gently to steady him. As awkward and gangly a creature as he was, he stood on his overlong hind legs and looked intently into her eyes, sizing her up and searching her gaze for something... perhaps acceptance. Was he good enough for her? Would she be honest, forthright, and never trick and deceive him? These questions seemed to loom heavy in the air, like the aura of emotions that they had exuded while in their shells.
One of his hind legs came up and tucked into his body, and for a long moment he stood there suspended, standing so very similar to wherries when they roosted, resting upon one leg. Except he was much more graceful.. at least for a moment before he bodily slumped against the candidate, his wings closing to caress her tightly and hold her to him. They were both wet and slippery and he clung with all of his might, the thumbspars on his wings tangling in her wet hair and there was pain, and he creeled his apology emphatically.
Please, be honest. Be just. Be Mine.. Naressa.
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In those moments it was to be and they two catapulted through their training. He very much wanted to be a search dragon and so it was to be, for one never questioned what a dragon wanted, especially not her dragon. It was crazy to think that the two of them had only been bonded for a mere three years, it seemed like they had been together for a lifetime for she couldn't imagine her life without him now.
However, the time of her Impressing happened along side the raid on Benden. She honestly still didn't know much of the politics of what was going on. She just knew how to heal and that she needed to care for her Hatchling Dragon. Those were the only two things that were abundantly clear to her. She stayed out of the gossip and stuck to herself because she honestly didn't understand what most of everyone was talking about since she had been living outside of Trine the past 21 years. Her healing skills came in handy for when people were injured during the raiding and many of their chores dealt with getting supplies ready and making sure things were well prepared. Beyond that, she didn't involve herself too much.
When it came to Keller falling and the end of the wars, there really wasn't much her and Reciproth did to contribute to the actual fighting or any of the capturing. They're main concern was fighting the ever present thread that fell. By the time the fall of the queens happened they had decided they wanted to do something more, something worthwhile. They applied and were approved to become a Search Dragon and Rider. Which pleased both of them. She wanted to be the one to bring in candidates who never thought that this was a possibility for them. She recalled all that long time ago, how a blue and his rider had brought the two of them to Trine when she was almost too old to even impress. She wanted to return the favor to others and continue to do just that.
Other/Talents: none right now
Will this character be a candidate?: No
If Yes, will they have a NPC or PC Search?NPC
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