Post by Kitsuneko on Apr 8, 2012 15:15:32 GMT -4
Name Tesla
Pronunciation TESS-lah
Age 30 turns
Season Born in Fall, 174th turn of Interval
Gender Female
Sexuality Heterosexual
Appearance Tesla is a bit taller than average, but definitely on the heavy side, build wise. She is strong and thicker than average in build, with well-defined muscles. Hence, she's not very curvy or feminine, and she often prefers to dress in men's clothes, or at least in a more masculine fashion.
Her face also tends a bit more to the masculine, with a large nose, thick lips, and a round face. Her skin is naturally a creamy color but usually tanned, as Tesla does enjoy spending a lot of time outside when the weather is nice. She has rather large, wide eyes which are a deep brown in color. Her hair is thick and somewhat curly, though long enough to be tied back in a braid or bun, as it usually is. It is a golden blonde shade, with just a few hints of brown coloring.
Personality Shy and quiet, Tesla prefers not to stand out in a crowd, with a few exceptions. She has always been braver when her brother is around, and she enjoys showing off her singing voice as well. She is more comfortable around children than adults, and enjoys being a teacher. She is certainly the less outgoing twin, though she is close to her siblings. She has always been closest to Teyla, to an almost unhealthy extent--not in an incestuous sort of way, just very codependent.
She does not like to be on her own, and she doesn't do particularly well in a position of leadership; she very much prefers to follow orders and do what she's told. Tesla does open up a bit more once she gets to know someone, but she'll never be really outgoing, and she doesn't see anything wrong with that.
She loves music and particularly singing, which is about the only time she will deliberately draw attention to herself. Since she has several dragonriding siblings, she has no fear of dragons, but she is not obsessive over them either, and she never had any particular want to be searched, content to be a harper with her brother. While she is not entirely sure what to think about the mutations (and Serkan's not helping), she is definitely against what the rebellion is doing.
Family Istelborn: Father, 61, Holder
Krayla: Mother, 62, Journeywoman Harper
Istakray: Brother, 41, Holder
Istella: Sister, 40, Holder
Iskra: Sister, 38, Rider of Gold Maeleth
Kreysa: Sister, 36, Journeywoman Healer
Kr'ton: Brother, 34, Rider of Blue Selorth
Teyla: Twin Brother, 30, Journeyman Harper
Bekran: Nephew, 15, Weyrbrat
Location Apolla Hold, now Trelis Weyr
Rank Journeywoman Harper/Weyrling
History Tesla's mother was a journeywoman harper who met her father when she was stationed at Apolla Hold. Once it became clear Krayla was pregnant, though, she decided to resign from the Harper Crafthall and settle down to be the wife of a holder. Their first born child was a son, but they had many more children. The youngest were a pair of fraternal twins, Tesla and her brother Teyla.
Though Tesla was reasonably close to all of her siblings, her favorite was Teyla, perhaps unsurprisingly, with her older sister Iskra coming in a distant second. Though their parents didn't necessarily encourage them, Tesla and Teyla did everything and went everywhere together as they grew up. Tesla was always notably quieter and more introverted than her brother, and never really made many other friends; her siblings seemed to be company enough for her.
Though the twins were still quite young when Iskra left to become an apprentice harper, they received frequent visits from her, and it did not take them long to decide they would both be harpers as well, and join their sister. Things didn't quite turn out as they expected, for it was still years before they could apprentice when Iskra was searched by riders from Trelis Weyr. It turned out okay, though. Tesla and Teyla decided they still liked harpering and apprenticed when they were old enough, and Iskra eventually Impressed a gold dragon.
Tesla and Teyla went to the Harper Crafthall at thirteen. Considering their mother had been a harper, it was unsurprising that they were accepted as apprentices. While Teyla always found the work a little easier, Tesla soon demonstrated a surprisingly lovely singing voice and a talent for writing music. She worked hard, and she and Teyla always took care to help each other out so they could be promoted at the same time. It worked; the twins walked the tables at twenty, and were lucky enough to both be assigned to the same Hold upon becoming Journeymen.
They lived and worked happily there for a number of turns, but it inevitably had to come to an end. A few weeks ago, a new harper was sent to the Hold. At the same time, Trelis Weyr was in need of a new harper as well, so Tesla was sent to Trelis while Teyla stayed behind to help the new harper settle in. Tesla arrived at Trelis Weyr to find that Iskra had since transferred away to another Weyr with her dragon, so she knew nobody there. She was not pleased to leave her twin behind, and it's the first time they've been so far apart.
She did buy a fire lizard egg to ease her loneliness, but she's not entirely sure what to think about the creature that hatched from it. As red as blood and possessing a vicious temper, Serkan is not an easy flitter to take care of. Not to mention the extra tail that just adds to his strangeness.
Craft Harper
Ranking Journeywoman
Strengths Singing, writing music
Weaknesses Crafting and playing instruments
Pet:
Using the flit mutation: Extra tail
Pic by Kitsuneko
Name Serkan
Pronunciation SER-kahn
Age 9 months
Type Fire Lizard
Rank Garnet
Size 32 inches
Color Codes Base color: 930707
Markings: 60020B
Wings: B03542
Personality/Appearance Serkan, like most garnets, has a long, lithe body and a wedge-shaped head. His wings are particularly large, with wing membranes that are a significantly paler than the rest of his hide. The base color of his body is a deep blood red, and he has irregular splotches of darker red over his back and tails--yes, plural, as this fire lizard has two equally long tails.
Perhaps Serkan senses his owner's hesitance with his appearance, but this garnet tends to be even more vicious and ill-tempered than most, and he is not afraid to turn his teeth and claws on Tesla, though more often he'll just slap her lightly with his tails. He is a good deal more friendly around other fire lizards, but he has a tendency to stalk huntyres and distrusts most humans. He'll avoid them entirely, when possible, only coming out when Tesla's alone.
Dragon
Image by Zirin and Bella
Name: Syth
Pronunciation: Sith
Age: 6 months
Type: Dragon
Rank: Green
Size: 21.5 Feet (4.3 Feet at Hatching)
Color Codes:
aeff00
197b30
005525
Appearance: Like a bird of prey, Syth has a sharp, angular look to her medium-sized body. There is a healthy, natural weight to her form and coupled with her short legs and neck she comes off as a sturdy young dragoness. Her tail is an average length, though her tail fork is longer and thicker than most greens. She makes a striking figure in the air. Her large, angled wings catch thermals and currents with ease and allow her to glide for long periods of time as well as letting her turn on a dime.
Her natural ease in the air is not the only thing that may draw attention to this dragoness. Her hide is a striking, almost painfully bright green with a slight hint of yellow. A darker, mossy green covers her feet, reaching up to her ankles on all feet but her hind left, which spread partway up her knee. Her wing tips, the underside of her tail and most of the tip of her tail are also a mossy green. A stripe of colour stretches from her nose, over her head and along her spine ending partway down her tail. From the line, the dark green also crosses her eye and skirts along her cheek to the underside of her jaw. A small section of her neck is also dark.
If there is one thing to be said about Syth it is that she is a master of endurance, at least for a green dragon. She has a knack for finding and using thermals to her advantage and can usually be seen gliding serenely through the air. There is a grace to the way she moves, even if she is not as skilled on the ground as in the air. When she is resting, Syth has a strange habit of spreading her wings out slightly, as if to offer protection to anyone who sleeps next to her.
Personality: Passive, Quiet, Gentle, Self-conscious, Loving
Syth is, first and foremost, a quiet and gentle green. She’s the kind of dragoness who is content to sit on the sidelines and avoid jumping into new or scary situations. It’s not that she’s a scared dragon, she simply prefers to be the quiet encouragement for the other dragons. A loving green, Syth is always willing to be the shoulder to cry on and the voice whispering words of hope in your ear. Despite her love of supporting her friends, her quiet, passive nature does get in the way from time to time and she sometimes fumbles over her words or can’t draw the nerve to speak up.
This green dragoness is a playful one, surprisingly enough. Though it may take some careful pushing from her rider, once Syth gets involved she puts her heart into any activity. She will never be a very competitive green, but she will do what she can to have fun and be a valuable member of any game of team. The same applies for her willingness to help others. Though she may not physically get involved with helping, she likes to lend her support verbally and she is always willing to listen to the problems of others.
If there’s one thing to say about Syth, it’s that she can be incredibly self-conscious. Her biggest worry is, and always will be, hurting others. The very idea that she could inflict pain on another living thing, mentally or physically, just doesn’t sit well with Syth, and it’s not uncommon to see her become withdrawn if she believes she has hurt someone. Hers will have their hands full bringing her out of her withdrawn state, as she likes to hide away and become ‘invisible’ while she mopes.
Mind-Voice (If applicable):
I didn't hurt you... did I?
There is a gentle, mothering sound to her voice when Syth is calm. However, in moments of extreme emotion, especially when she fears she has hurt someone, her voice can become quite piercing.
Inspiration: Nepthys
At the time of the Fifth Dynasty Pyramid Texts, Nephthys appears as a goddess of the Heliopolitan Ennead. She is the sister of Isis and companion of the war-like deity, Set. As sister of Isis and especially Osiris, Nephthys is a protective goddess who symbolizes the death experience, just as Isis represented the (re-)birth experience.
Nephthys was known in some ancient Egyptian temple theologies and cosmologies as the "Useful Goddess" or the "Excellent Goddess". These late Ancient Egyptian temple texts describe a goddess who represented divine assistance and protective guardianship.
Nephthys is regarded as the mother of the funerary-deity Anubis (Inpu) in some myths. Alternatively Anubis appears as the son of Bastet or Isis.
As the primary "nursing mother" of the incarnate Pharaonic-god, Horus, Nephthys also was considered to be the nurse of the reigning Pharaoh himself. Though other goddesses could assume this role, Nephthys was most usually portrayed in this function. In contrast Nephthys is sometimes featured as a rather ferocious and dangerous divinity, capable of incinerating the enemies of the Pharaoh with her fiery breath.
New Kingdom Ramesside Pharaohs, in particular, were enamored of Mother Nephthys, as is attested in various stelae and a wealth of inscriptions at Karnak and Luxor, where Nephthys was a member of that great city's Ennead and her altars were present in the massive complex.
Nephthys was typically paired with her sister Isis in funerary rites because of their role as protectors of the mummy and the god Osiris and as the sister-wife of Seth.
Less well understood than her sister Isis, Nephthys was no less important in Egyptian Religion as confirmed by the work of E. Hornung, along with the work of several noted scholars.
"Ascend and descend; descend with Nephthys, sink into darkness with the Night-bark. Ascend and descend; ascend with Isis, rise with the Day-bark."
Pronunciation TESS-lah
Age 30 turns
Season Born in Fall, 174th turn of Interval
Gender Female
Sexuality Heterosexual
Appearance Tesla is a bit taller than average, but definitely on the heavy side, build wise. She is strong and thicker than average in build, with well-defined muscles. Hence, she's not very curvy or feminine, and she often prefers to dress in men's clothes, or at least in a more masculine fashion.
Her face also tends a bit more to the masculine, with a large nose, thick lips, and a round face. Her skin is naturally a creamy color but usually tanned, as Tesla does enjoy spending a lot of time outside when the weather is nice. She has rather large, wide eyes which are a deep brown in color. Her hair is thick and somewhat curly, though long enough to be tied back in a braid or bun, as it usually is. It is a golden blonde shade, with just a few hints of brown coloring.
Personality Shy and quiet, Tesla prefers not to stand out in a crowd, with a few exceptions. She has always been braver when her brother is around, and she enjoys showing off her singing voice as well. She is more comfortable around children than adults, and enjoys being a teacher. She is certainly the less outgoing twin, though she is close to her siblings. She has always been closest to Teyla, to an almost unhealthy extent--not in an incestuous sort of way, just very codependent.
She does not like to be on her own, and she doesn't do particularly well in a position of leadership; she very much prefers to follow orders and do what she's told. Tesla does open up a bit more once she gets to know someone, but she'll never be really outgoing, and she doesn't see anything wrong with that.
She loves music and particularly singing, which is about the only time she will deliberately draw attention to herself. Since she has several dragonriding siblings, she has no fear of dragons, but she is not obsessive over them either, and she never had any particular want to be searched, content to be a harper with her brother. While she is not entirely sure what to think about the mutations (and Serkan's not helping), she is definitely against what the rebellion is doing.
Family Istelborn: Father, 61, Holder
Krayla: Mother, 62, Journeywoman Harper
Istakray: Brother, 41, Holder
Istella: Sister, 40, Holder
Iskra: Sister, 38, Rider of Gold Maeleth
Kreysa: Sister, 36, Journeywoman Healer
Kr'ton: Brother, 34, Rider of Blue Selorth
Teyla: Twin Brother, 30, Journeyman Harper
Bekran: Nephew, 15, Weyrbrat
Location Apolla Hold, now Trelis Weyr
Rank Journeywoman Harper/Weyrling
History Tesla's mother was a journeywoman harper who met her father when she was stationed at Apolla Hold. Once it became clear Krayla was pregnant, though, she decided to resign from the Harper Crafthall and settle down to be the wife of a holder. Their first born child was a son, but they had many more children. The youngest were a pair of fraternal twins, Tesla and her brother Teyla.
Though Tesla was reasonably close to all of her siblings, her favorite was Teyla, perhaps unsurprisingly, with her older sister Iskra coming in a distant second. Though their parents didn't necessarily encourage them, Tesla and Teyla did everything and went everywhere together as they grew up. Tesla was always notably quieter and more introverted than her brother, and never really made many other friends; her siblings seemed to be company enough for her.
Though the twins were still quite young when Iskra left to become an apprentice harper, they received frequent visits from her, and it did not take them long to decide they would both be harpers as well, and join their sister. Things didn't quite turn out as they expected, for it was still years before they could apprentice when Iskra was searched by riders from Trelis Weyr. It turned out okay, though. Tesla and Teyla decided they still liked harpering and apprenticed when they were old enough, and Iskra eventually Impressed a gold dragon.
Tesla and Teyla went to the Harper Crafthall at thirteen. Considering their mother had been a harper, it was unsurprising that they were accepted as apprentices. While Teyla always found the work a little easier, Tesla soon demonstrated a surprisingly lovely singing voice and a talent for writing music. She worked hard, and she and Teyla always took care to help each other out so they could be promoted at the same time. It worked; the twins walked the tables at twenty, and were lucky enough to both be assigned to the same Hold upon becoming Journeymen.
They lived and worked happily there for a number of turns, but it inevitably had to come to an end. A few weeks ago, a new harper was sent to the Hold. At the same time, Trelis Weyr was in need of a new harper as well, so Tesla was sent to Trelis while Teyla stayed behind to help the new harper settle in. Tesla arrived at Trelis Weyr to find that Iskra had since transferred away to another Weyr with her dragon, so she knew nobody there. She was not pleased to leave her twin behind, and it's the first time they've been so far apart.
She did buy a fire lizard egg to ease her loneliness, but she's not entirely sure what to think about the creature that hatched from it. As red as blood and possessing a vicious temper, Serkan is not an easy flitter to take care of. Not to mention the extra tail that just adds to his strangeness.
Craft Harper
Ranking Journeywoman
Strengths Singing, writing music
Weaknesses Crafting and playing instruments
Pet:
Using the flit mutation: Extra tail
Pic by Kitsuneko
Name Serkan
Pronunciation SER-kahn
Age 9 months
Type Fire Lizard
Rank Garnet
Size 32 inches
Color Codes Base color: 930707
Markings: 60020B
Wings: B03542
Personality/Appearance Serkan, like most garnets, has a long, lithe body and a wedge-shaped head. His wings are particularly large, with wing membranes that are a significantly paler than the rest of his hide. The base color of his body is a deep blood red, and he has irregular splotches of darker red over his back and tails--yes, plural, as this fire lizard has two equally long tails.
Perhaps Serkan senses his owner's hesitance with his appearance, but this garnet tends to be even more vicious and ill-tempered than most, and he is not afraid to turn his teeth and claws on Tesla, though more often he'll just slap her lightly with his tails. He is a good deal more friendly around other fire lizards, but he has a tendency to stalk huntyres and distrusts most humans. He'll avoid them entirely, when possible, only coming out when Tesla's alone.
Dragon
Image by Zirin and Bella
Name: Syth
Pronunciation: Sith
Age: 6 months
Type: Dragon
Rank: Green
Size: 21.5 Feet (4.3 Feet at Hatching)
Color Codes:
aeff00
197b30
005525
Appearance: Like a bird of prey, Syth has a sharp, angular look to her medium-sized body. There is a healthy, natural weight to her form and coupled with her short legs and neck she comes off as a sturdy young dragoness. Her tail is an average length, though her tail fork is longer and thicker than most greens. She makes a striking figure in the air. Her large, angled wings catch thermals and currents with ease and allow her to glide for long periods of time as well as letting her turn on a dime.
Her natural ease in the air is not the only thing that may draw attention to this dragoness. Her hide is a striking, almost painfully bright green with a slight hint of yellow. A darker, mossy green covers her feet, reaching up to her ankles on all feet but her hind left, which spread partway up her knee. Her wing tips, the underside of her tail and most of the tip of her tail are also a mossy green. A stripe of colour stretches from her nose, over her head and along her spine ending partway down her tail. From the line, the dark green also crosses her eye and skirts along her cheek to the underside of her jaw. A small section of her neck is also dark.
If there is one thing to be said about Syth it is that she is a master of endurance, at least for a green dragon. She has a knack for finding and using thermals to her advantage and can usually be seen gliding serenely through the air. There is a grace to the way she moves, even if she is not as skilled on the ground as in the air. When she is resting, Syth has a strange habit of spreading her wings out slightly, as if to offer protection to anyone who sleeps next to her.
Personality: Passive, Quiet, Gentle, Self-conscious, Loving
Syth is, first and foremost, a quiet and gentle green. She’s the kind of dragoness who is content to sit on the sidelines and avoid jumping into new or scary situations. It’s not that she’s a scared dragon, she simply prefers to be the quiet encouragement for the other dragons. A loving green, Syth is always willing to be the shoulder to cry on and the voice whispering words of hope in your ear. Despite her love of supporting her friends, her quiet, passive nature does get in the way from time to time and she sometimes fumbles over her words or can’t draw the nerve to speak up.
This green dragoness is a playful one, surprisingly enough. Though it may take some careful pushing from her rider, once Syth gets involved she puts her heart into any activity. She will never be a very competitive green, but she will do what she can to have fun and be a valuable member of any game of team. The same applies for her willingness to help others. Though she may not physically get involved with helping, she likes to lend her support verbally and she is always willing to listen to the problems of others.
If there’s one thing to say about Syth, it’s that she can be incredibly self-conscious. Her biggest worry is, and always will be, hurting others. The very idea that she could inflict pain on another living thing, mentally or physically, just doesn’t sit well with Syth, and it’s not uncommon to see her become withdrawn if she believes she has hurt someone. Hers will have their hands full bringing her out of her withdrawn state, as she likes to hide away and become ‘invisible’ while she mopes.
Mind-Voice (If applicable):
I didn't hurt you... did I?
There is a gentle, mothering sound to her voice when Syth is calm. However, in moments of extreme emotion, especially when she fears she has hurt someone, her voice can become quite piercing.
Inspiration: Nepthys
At the time of the Fifth Dynasty Pyramid Texts, Nephthys appears as a goddess of the Heliopolitan Ennead. She is the sister of Isis and companion of the war-like deity, Set. As sister of Isis and especially Osiris, Nephthys is a protective goddess who symbolizes the death experience, just as Isis represented the (re-)birth experience.
Nephthys was known in some ancient Egyptian temple theologies and cosmologies as the "Useful Goddess" or the "Excellent Goddess". These late Ancient Egyptian temple texts describe a goddess who represented divine assistance and protective guardianship.
Nephthys is regarded as the mother of the funerary-deity Anubis (Inpu) in some myths. Alternatively Anubis appears as the son of Bastet or Isis.
As the primary "nursing mother" of the incarnate Pharaonic-god, Horus, Nephthys also was considered to be the nurse of the reigning Pharaoh himself. Though other goddesses could assume this role, Nephthys was most usually portrayed in this function. In contrast Nephthys is sometimes featured as a rather ferocious and dangerous divinity, capable of incinerating the enemies of the Pharaoh with her fiery breath.
New Kingdom Ramesside Pharaohs, in particular, were enamored of Mother Nephthys, as is attested in various stelae and a wealth of inscriptions at Karnak and Luxor, where Nephthys was a member of that great city's Ennead and her altars were present in the massive complex.
Nephthys was typically paired with her sister Isis in funerary rites because of their role as protectors of the mummy and the god Osiris and as the sister-wife of Seth.
Less well understood than her sister Isis, Nephthys was no less important in Egyptian Religion as confirmed by the work of E. Hornung, along with the work of several noted scholars.
"Ascend and descend; descend with Nephthys, sink into darkness with the Night-bark. Ascend and descend; ascend with Isis, rise with the Day-bark."
