Name: Nyssa
Age: 20
Sex: Female
Sexual Orientation: heterosexual
Weyr: Western Weyr
Rider Rank: Wingrider
Previous Rank/Craft: Weavercraft
Physical Description: Nyssa is small, she's very short and slender, if she were a canine, she'd have been classed as the runt of the litter. Her eyes are a bright blue with flecks of green and seem large in her small oval face, her skin is pale, with extremely obvious freckles, her hair is a coppery red and curly.
Personality: Nyssa keeps herself to herself, she doesn't really socialise much, much preferring to stick with people she knows and is already comfortable with, namely her brother and her dragon. However on the outside she is superficially cheerful with others but in truth she doesn't let much get her down, even when it should, she tries to think positive. When she loves, she loves deeply, she gives her whole self which leaves her open to heartbreak but she tells herself never to stop trying, just as there was a Dragon meant for her, she feels there's a man who is the perfect fit, she just hasn't found him yet. She doesn't see herself as brave but in a situation that requires it, she will act instinctively, if someone is in trouble, she's the first to do something about it.
Now Thread has started falling again she can sometimes take too great of a risk but she would never endanger her dragon, not intentionally. When it comes to her brother, he can do no wrong, most of the time, but she's not afraid to tell him off if he needs it, usually when he's being hard on himself. She's not afraid of sticking up for him, and will overcome her shyness to try and get him seen in a better light, she's determined her deserves popularity, or recognition if his efforts at least. If she believes she is right in something, nothing but actual proof that she's not, will sway her mind and if she is forced to dislike you for any reason, you be damned sure it will be a VERY long grudge unless you do something to redeem yourself.
If you've broken her heart, she will pretend you don't even exist anymore, nothing short of a miracle will ever change that, if forced to work with said person, you'll be sure she'll be civil but interact with them only as much as needed to get the job done. With work she works hard and diligently, finding it physically more difficult (at first) than most, who are bigger and more robust than she is, but she'll pull overtime to get it done, at cost to herself. She also works hard trying to help her brother shine, if she can get away with doing something for him and he can take credit, she'll do it, she won't always tell him either.
Positive Trait List Loyal, Cheerful, Brave
Negative Trait List Shy, Stubborn, self-sacrificing
History: From a very young age Nyssa knew she was different from most kids, she would get tired too easily, often be laid for days with pain in her head, or chest, countless times she had seen healers, trying one firm of treatment after another to little effect, if she wasn't physically ill with head pain, she was breathless and in pain with her lungs but she never let it get her down, which worried her parents more, because she would overwork herself during the times she was well, which made it worse when she was sick.
As she got older she noticed that her parents were struggling to manage their craft, her and her brother and she became quieter, more withdrawn. She idolised her brother and when able, would follow him around everywhere, often leading her into issues with her breathing, more than once she felt terribly guilty when an attack came on after playing with him when they were young, especially when his parents seemed to blame him, they never meant it but the hurt in his eyes was clear, she started trying to do things to get him noticed. If she was sick and he drew her a picture, she would show it to her parents, telling them to look what Navvie did for her, sadly they were usually too busy to do more than murmur some praise. As the years passed they worked hard and took care of her during a bout of illness, hardly noticing the fact her beloved brother needed them just as much, if not more than her but because, by then, he was a independent soul, they let him do his own thing. She knew it was because they trusted him to be mature for his age, they loved him but didn't show it enough and it made her feel terrible for him. It didn't stop her following him about completely, shed sneak around after him from time to time, once, when she was about 10, she saw a group of boys teasing him for his drawing, one even shoved him and snatched the book from him, the next thing she knew, the boy was on the ground with his nose bleeding and her knuckles throbbing, almost growling at the boy, her tongue viciously berating him for taunting someone with a gift and that he was jealous, of course she was punished but it had felt good to stand up for him. She never got physical again but word had gotten round she was a spitfire.
As she got older, the space between her attacks of illness got further and further apart, until she was almost as healthy (if a little weaker) thasn most everyone else and it was just bad timing when she was struck down with both the pain in her head and the pain in her chest, just a couple of days before her Navvie was Searched. When the news went around, she took advantage of her father working and her mother napping (after being up with Nyssa all night when she couldn't sleep and cried through her pain) to get out of her bed while he packed, only to surprise him by standing with his few friends that attended, to wish him luck and say a tearful goodbye. She hoped that now was his perfect time to shine, she knew their parents were intensely proud that a DRAGON had Searched their son, not just his rider, Nyssa herself felt like her heart could burst she was so pleased for him, and told him so before he left.
She missed her Navvie terribly but during his time away her health just improved and improved until she hadn't had an attack since the day Navarian left, she had wanted to attend all of his Hatchings he Stood for but their parents forbade it, so she focused on creating a special outfit for Navarian, something special for him to wear once he had Impressed, of course of wasn't going to be finished until she got proper measurement but it wouldn't take her long to finish once she had those. It wasn't until Navarian's fourth Hatching that their parents relented, she'd insisted she was well enough to go
between even going so far as to threaten them with sneaking out and walking the entire way, she was so sure Navvie would Impress, she just HAD to be there.
At the Hatching, Nyssa could hardly contain her excitement but had a sinking feeling in her gut as egg after egg hatched, leaving him Standing. She closed her eyes as the next egg cracked, hardly daring to breathe, only when she didn't hear much did she open her eyes, there was her Navvie, in the ground with a strong looking brown hatchling atop him, his eyes whirling rainbow, Impression, to NAVVIE!! she screamed in joy for him, their parents eyes shining with pride. She didn't even notice an egg literally explode from within, brown wings unfolding from its almost too-small egg, until the hatchling ran over his brown brother and Navarian.
NYSSA, MY NYSSA!!! the hatchling boomed, audible to her and the boy he trampled
I waited and waited but you didn't come out here, so I am coming to YOU!The brown raced across the sands, climbing into the stands to get to a shock stricken Nyssa, who was mumbling "nonononononono" this was Navvie's time to shine, she wasn't even a candidate, but she couldn't help comforting the brown, Creeling in hurt, she had to drag herself from her brother's glory to tell her Loteth that of course she loved him and wanted him absolutely. Tears coursed down her face as her parents turned their faces from her brother to her, she hadn't the heart to tell them the tears weren't JUST happy ones.
As Loteth grew she found he occupied most of her time, she had been concerned with how slim he was compared to smaller dragons, he often wrapped himself in his wings, they seemed overly large but that was only due to his slender build. After multiple trips to the dragonhealers, she finally came to terms with the fact it was just how he was and honestly, she would have had difficulty sitting astride a bulkier dragon, so realised they just .... Fitted
She spends as much time with N'var and Licerth as possible, after initially staying away until her brother sought her out to congratulate her and tell her he didn't feel anything but proud of her, shed returned the sentiment, as well as trying to reassure him how much Impressing his Licerth meant to their parents. Though it did little at the time, Nyssa strives to make N'var see his worth in his OWN eyes, rather than anyone else's, putting him second (her dragon always coming first) over anyone else, often studying twice as hard to help N'var where he struggles. She tries her best at everything she does but especially tries to get N'var to believe in himself as much as she and, yes, their parebts do.
Now Thread had returned, Nyssa dreads her brother getting hurt, looking out for him as much as she can, Thread absolutely terrifies her, she trembles at the thought of it but shoves it down inside until it's over, because her job, every Riders job now, is to flame Thread, to protect the people of Pern. So she bottles it up, forces the fear down until its done and she's alone in her Weyr with Loteth, then she cries herself to sleep, making Loteth keep it a secret, even from N'var.
b]Other: Her childhood Illnesses were a combination of migraines and asthma, by the time she Impressed shed grown out of the asthma and only the odd migraine,
article here showing these can be outgrown.
DRAGON
Name: Loteth
Age: 6 Turns
Color: Brown
Size: 40'
Physical Description: Loteth is a large brown but as he's built rather slim and athletically, his wings seem oversized for his body, something Loteth is (secretly) proud of.
Personality: Loteth is quiet, calm and collected, his Hatching is about as excited as Loteth gets, except when he involves himself in chasing a rising Female, then he is ruthless, vicious even, towards his fellow males, afterwards he feels terrible about it and will apologise to any dragon he hurt, so he rarely Chases. He'll always attempt a Gold, what brown would want to sire a Clutch?, but he has to really like the green for him to Chase her.
With his brother Licerth, who he's extremely close to because of the attachment His has to Licerth's, he is very playful, almost puppyish but to others he is just quiet, dependable Loteth, who wants to help everyone in his own gentle way. He hates arguments and tends to insert himself in the middle, quietly looking between the offending parties, silently judging almost, once the fighting stops, he leaves.
Loteth can never be called Lazy but if he finds a more efficient way of doing something in a shorter amount of time, only his ranking superiors can call him on taking the shortcut, especially as he never leaves a task undone. Because His thinks much of her brother, he tends to treat N'var more familiarly than he would any other adult human except His.
Loteth adores anything small and cute, he wants His to own many 'small cousins' as he calls fire lizards, children absolutely fascinate him, small humans are great, he loves to make them giggle though Nyssa is less keen on them, preferring to avoid them if she can, but Loteth will always volunteer to be guinea-pig whenever lessons are needed or snall children are allowed to play with a willing Dragon, he wants to be able to help teach candidates as much as he can but Nyssa avoids it, one of the few things they disagree on. Lotheth's memory is short, even for a dragon but picks what he needs from Nyssa's memory when he can.
Dragon Art or Proof of Obtainment: Starter Brown Here
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