Name: Alya
Age: 16 Turns
Sex: Female
Sexual Orientation: Undecided
Craft: Cooking - baking craft
Rank: Apprentice
Location: Western Weyr
Physical Description: For all intents and purposes, Alya appears to be a bright-eyed and pretty girl, little more and little less. Her skin is a lovely shade of olive, and her hair is thick and wavy, a dark brown that seems mixed with faint streaks of red in the light. She sports dark brows and almond-shaped eyes of similar hue. She has a small frame, which lends to the idea that she’s a little delicate, but her chest and hips are slowly beginning to fill in. It’s impossible to know how much just yet.
Personality: People don’t expect much from Alya, and she makes sure it stays that way. She’ll ask dumb questions, stare with wide-eyes when asked anything complicated, and will play the damsel in distress role with perfection. In essence, she plays dumb because that’s what everyone expects of her. It allows her to flit easily between groups; all she has to do is flutter her eyes, giggle a little, and ask brightly just what people are up to. No one expects much of her this way, and so when something goes wrong... well, it’s more or less dismissed because it’s her. That gives her plenty of chances to sneak out and have some fun, whether that’s flirting with the boys around the Hold until they take her chores for her, or finding some mischief to get into. Faranth forbid that her family every find out, but Alya longs for the thrill of adventure, for a bigger purpose outside of her little life.
Her sunny personality and her optimism is hard to miss, and Alya can easily mesh her way into a new group. Aggressive cheerfulness, she likes to call it, and it hasn’t failed her so far! On the flipside, Alya doesn’t actually have any close friends and doesn’t mind keeping it that way, content to keep everyone at a very huggable arm’s length before flitting on to the next group. She’ll work her charms on just about everyone—‘Oh, I’m so tired and I think I’ve hurt my back lifting this flour—could you please help me? Please?’ Then, when they turn their back to help the poor girl out, she’s winked out of sight. She doesn’t mean anything spiteful by it nor does she shy away from hard work—she’s just a flake!
Her theatrics can be a little ridiculous when she really gets going, and sometimes she lands herself in an even worse situation than she started in! For example, if she whines too much about a certain chore, she often gets settled with one that may involve less work, but is certainly more boring and time consuming. She can grate on nerves so much that she might even get punished for simply not sucking it up and getting it done!
Though she seems to have as much depth as a puddle, if anyone were to really get to know Alya, they’d find a quick-thinking, mischievous girl hiding underneath the façade. Friendly by nature, she’ll talk to everyone and anyone, and is more inclined to play than work. She doesn’t do well when someone tells her ‘no’ when she suggests something risky or unorthodox, and will often test to see if there’s any chance she could get away with it regardless of what she’s been told! Though she’ll outwardly agree to just about anything with a smile, she’s stubborn on the inside, and headstrong to boot. But playing The Game is the most important thing to Alya, and she wants to come out on top.
Positive Trait List Sunny, clever, adventurous
Negative Trait List Manipulative, flighty, dramatic
History: Alya has always been told she won’t amount to anything, as is expected of her. She’s supposed to become a baker, supposed to grow up beautiful, not supposed to talk too much, and, if all goes as planned, she’ll marry a nice, attractive man and have plenty of kids. No one even thought that behind the pretty face and big, dark eyes was a mind that saw her plight as a... gift, of sorts! She did begin to learn Bakercraft from her mother, but was never much good at it, often too busy daydreaming or sneaking out of the kitchens to explore her surroundings to her heart’s content.
The only child to a single mother, Alya's childhood was a happy, if uneventful one. They lived in a Minor Hold on the Western continent, where her mother was quite the established baker among the families who lived there. Her father was a cobbler, and though they loved their daughter dearly, they just wished she would settle and do what was expected of her! Her shirking her duties in favor of running around and getting dirty like a fool were quite unbecoming! Why, there were already talks of setting Alya up with a boy who was brother to the heir of the current Holder! If she didn't behave, she might miss out on such an opportunity! Which, of course, was exactly what Alya was trying to do... Who had time for marriage when there was so much she hadn't gotten to do yet?
When a new Watchrider assigned to watching the Hold, their dragon sensed that she had the potential to Stand. It was like a dream come true for the girl. Why, she hadn’t even had to try and use her tricks on him at all (not that she expected it to work on a dragonrider, mind)! She told her mother and father of her plan and swooped out the door before either of them could think to stop her, and quickly adapted to the life of a Candidate.
Other: Anything else you want to add?
Candidate Specific Questions
Do you want them to have an official Search RP? Nah!
Do you understand they will age every passing year regardless if you're there to RP the or not? Yes!
Do you want them to have a possible Stands Impression? Nope!
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