Name: Melisandae
Age: 28 Turns
Sex: female
Sexual Orientation: it's a mystery
Weyr: High Reaches Weyr
Rider Rank: wingrider
Previous Rank/Craft: kitchen assistant
Physical Description:
5'3" tall, vertically challenged and stocky - muscle, not fat - Melisandae is fairly average in appearance. Her skin is the ruddy tan of one who lives outside in the wind and sun and elements. With coppery auburn hair chopped so it brushes her shoulders, with shaggy bangs, and hair that frames a rather round face. eyes of a muddy green and with no special shine glow or anything other than a sharp intelligence that make them other than ordinary. She has a small pert nose that is turned up at the tip.
Sturdy, comfortable and practical are her by-word when it comes to her wardrobe. All is functional and weather appropriate and wearable for work. She is no-frills and no nonsense, but she will dress up - in dresses even - for feasts and festivals, though she isn't one to enjoy it. She favors earth tones, and colors that don't show mess and fabrics and materials that are easy to mend, clean and care for.
Personality:
A kitchen worker from the time she was old enough to help out, Melisandae was never afraid of hard work. Working hard allows one to achieve a great many things and will lead to a comfortable, stable life, so she believes, and so far, it has proven to be true, as she has a place in the weyr, four walls and a roof over her head, and three square meals a day... and that was before Zerouth came into her life. Since him, she has also gained more than she ever thought possible.
If she is given a task, no matter how big or small, nor what it takes, you can always, always count on Melisandae completing it (to the very best of her abilities, as it isn't worth doing anything unless you are prepared to give it your all). She is there on time, in her place, and doing what is expected when
it is required. Unless there is some disaster or catastrophe preventing her.
There isn't always just one way to solve a problem, to create something, to make it through a certain situation to a desired outcome. There are countless means and methods, and Melisandae is sure to know (and have tried, theoretically if nothing else) at least a dozen ways if not more. She knows what the desired outcome is, and enough ways to make her way there, even should unexpected circumstances crop up. She is quick to learn and adapt and do anything to achieve results, even if the methods might seem unusual or unorthodox.
Once she has made up her mind about a position, she is unyielding. Holding to her opinions and ideas with an unmoveable stubbornness. She strongly believes in rules, and that there is no way or circumstance in which breaking them is acceptable. She would break before she would bend.
She has a very black and white view of the world. Black is black, white is white and there is nothing in between. And she is quick to catagorise those she meets and actions they take as right or good and wrong or bad. And she is strict in her interpretations, and deliberate in how she reacts to both sides
Once anything captures her attention, she will persue it until the end conclusion and to the exclusion of anything and everything else.
Positive Trait List: Hardworking, Dependable,Resourceful
Negative Trait List: Unyielding, Judgmental, Tunnel-visioned
History:
Contrary to what others might believe or want or dream, Melisandae had never wanted to be a rider. She was the daughter of two riders who had only gotten together in the lust and haze of a Goldflight. She was dropped off in the creche, and raised there. When she was old enough to work, she found herself helping out in the kitchens. There was nothing quite as satisfying as preparing good food and having it be enjoyed. She was content in the kitchens, never wanting anything more.
Then she turned 14. She was helping out with the Hatching, ferrying the meat from the kitchens to the tables, making sure there was enough for all the dragonets and the new riders. She hadn't been paying much attention at one point, carrying yet another load, because it looked like they were running a little low, and that was not to be borne, when IT happened.
She had bumped into someone - or rather something - and was knocked back onto her butt in the Sands. Fortunately she didn't drop too much, but as she got up, prepared to rip whoever the clumsy person who tripped her up a new one, she met the swirling rainbow eyes of a lovely blue. She knew what that meant, and she was terrified. No, no, no this just couldn't be happening! This was never meant to happen. Not to her she didn't want to be a rider. She was meant to be happy working in the kitchen and having a safe, stable comfortable life.
Then Zerouth spoke her name and called her His, and she knew her neat orderly life would never be the same again. And once she got through that first year, with all the chores, and classes, and the hard work... well, while in her dreams she might think fondly of her neat, stable, comfortable life, nothing she had wanted could compare with the excitement of being a rider, and the absolute and unconditional adoration of Her dearest Blue.
Average in every way as a rider, but she and Zerouth are dependable and work hard. They aren't as social as some, but they don't go out of their way to completely avoid others. When it comes to relationships, neither Melisandae nor Zerouth have found the one (or ones) that have been able to claim their hearts, not that they've looked overly hard...
Other:
DRAGON
Name: Zerouth
Age: 13 turns
Color: Blue
Size: 32'
Physical Description:
Medium blue hide with darker blue speckling, neither the dullest nor most flashy out there, like his rider, he content to be seen as average or forgettable
He is blessed ( or cursed) with wide wings with strong muscular limbs, broad chest, and long thick neck.
Personality:
A gentle giant with a heart of gold, his head fairly consistantly up in the clouds, which is a great part of the reason he is well-matched to His. She keeps him focused, and curbs the worst of his flights of fancy, or offers him direction when he needs it. And he helps to soften her many rough edges, and brings forth her kindness and compassion that might not be seen otherwise. He is in a way lazy, only putting forth the bare minimum of effort when it comes to work and drills, but when it comes to actual Threadfall, and keeping himself and His safe, he will do whatever it takes. He has a difficult time with copping to failure. He is a bright personality, quick to gather attention to himself when he and his are actually out with others and being social, which admittedly isn't overly often, and while he would enjoy far more interaction than Melisandae, he respects her limitations and is happy enough with what she allows them.
Dragon Art or Proof of Obtainment: starter pack blue
