Post by Taylor on Jul 5, 2012 19:44:43 GMT -4
Name: Jallis
Age: 19
Season Born In: Winter
Craft: Leather working
Ranking: Apprentice
Strengths: She's very good at making what she would call "functional" things. Need a harness? Need a jacket to wear between? She's your girl.
Weaknesses: Jallis has trouble with what she dismissively calls "foofy leather." She can make something strong and serviceable, but if you ask for her to do some fancy decorative elements, you'll either get a mangled attempt or just a flat "no."
Gender: Female
Sexuality: Panaesthetic homosexual
Appearance: Jallis looks a lot like her brother, Kyprioth. While no one would ever mistake them for each other - at five foot three, she could easily be tucked under her brother's chin, for one thing - there is no denying the family resemblance. Her hair is the same sun-bleached blonde as his, though she keeps it tended better. While his is a disorderly mop, hers is an even pixie, short enough to keep out of her eyes when she's working; she learned that value the very first time it slipped forward while she was scraping a hide, her attempts to push it back smearing blood and fat across her forehead. She got her father's eyes, a dark brown which has hints of golden amber in the sunlight. Her skin is fairly tan, though working inside has made it less dark than it was when she was a child. She has a smattering of freckles across her nose and shoulders and is now prone to sunburns if she spends too much time outside.
Personality: First, a note about her sexuality. Jallis is homosexual and homoromantic; she desires only women for her sexual and romantic relationships. She is, however, also panaesthetic - she feels aesthetic attraction to all genders. She may not want to have sex with that man over there, but she does find him stunningly gorgeous and will happily stare at him for hours. This has led to more than one awkward interaction when a man, noticing her captivated gaze, walks over to hit on her, only to be turned down by a startled and somewhat uncomfortable Jallis.
Jallis always tries to do the right thing, but her efforts are guided by emotion and passion rather than education or knowledge. She tends to see things in black-and-white, assuming that one person needs to be defended or their cause pushed forward, ignoring whatever faults they may have which suggests otherwise. Jallis is quick to throw herself into a conflict and try to sort it out or defend who she deems the victim. While she has managed to do something well a few times in the past, the more common result is that she irritates the other parties, even causing them to escalate the argument.
This (possibly excessive) emotional nature influences her outside of conflict, of course. When she's excited, she tends to get extremely excited, unable to hide it and bouncing around, babbling about it. When she is interested in something, she goes all out learning about it. When the object of her interest is a person, this can turn conversations into interrogations.
Jallis has a complicated relationship with her family which affects her day-to-day living more than you might expect. Because she has spent several years trying to hide the entirety of who she is and how she was raised, she's used to not telling the truth. Unfortunately, she's not actually very good at lying. Recognizing this, she tends to practice conversations in her head, rehearsing her lines over and over so she will be able to say them flawlessly. When someone says something that she can't respond to with her lines, she may get flustered and stumble over her words. This habit, and its consequences, have spread beyond just her past. Now, she tends to practice what she'll say in any situation and find herself at a loss for words even when saying something she is totally comfortable with.
Family: All involved with tuber farming, save Kyprioth, who is now a Candidate in Trelis:
Father: Jacob
Mother: Ralla
Brothers: Jac (30), Varlind (21), Kyprioth (18), Jeran (15)
Location: Born outside of Apolla. Now with the rebellion.
Rank: Apprentice leather worker and dragon Candidate
History: Born just outside Apolla hold, Jallis grew up on a tuber farm. As she aged, her mother babied her a bit; she was Ralla's only girl, and so she was occasionally treated as if she was more delicate than her four brothers. By the time she was five, she had started to dislike her family's farm. It wasn't that anything was wrong with tubers, necessarily, but...well, there wasn't much right with them, either. Despite what she saw in front of her every day, she became convinced that tuber growing was something that required no skill - you just shoved some stuff in the ground, tugged at random plants for a while, and waited for the plants you liked to be done growing. Then you yanked 'em out of the ground, waited a while, and started the whole process over again. There was no grace, no finesse. She wanted something that she could show off and brag about, and so she looked around for a craft.
She quickly found herself as an apprentice tanner. It may not have been as fancy as weaving or healing, but it felt practical, to her. It was a nice compromise, combining the strength and toughness of farming with the skill and artistry of a craft. She became an apprentice at age twelve, moving into the hold to train.
While her family had always lived close to Apolla, they weren't actually in it. No one in the hold proper had heard of her little tuber growing family, which meant she could make her own name for herself. As young Jallis settled into her new home, she began to think of this as an opportunity. Part of her knew that she was being an elitist jerk, but a bigger part of her leaped at the chance to create a new history for her. Her bemused master made no comment when she fabricated a new life for herself. Jallis the tuber farmer's daughter became Jallis, daughter of a journeyman healer in Fort Weyr. Jallis was surprised at how happy she was with this new lie; she hadn't realized how ashamed of her family she was until she left them behind.
She made frequent trips to see her family, keeping in close enough contact that they never suspected she erased their existence the moment she got home. Her family rarely traveled into the hold, their tubers more often joining a larger shipment combining the produce of farmers nearby. When she was seventeen, her uncle gifted her and Kyprioth with firelizard eggs. Kyprioth was the sibling she was closest to and missing him was the only thing which made her occasionally question her decision to live far away from home. The firelizard which hatched was startlingly tiny, a little white who she named Pria. Pria, once she was old enough to fly, helped Jallis and Kyprioth keep in touch more easily, easing her loneliness and prompting her to spend more time in the hold and less with her family.
Two turns later, at age nineteen, she was heading out of the hold to the animal pens nearby. Several animals were due to be slaughtered and she was being sent to collect and prepare the hides before bringing them back to the workshop, leaving most of the blood and gore outside of the hold. As she approached, she heard the herdbeasts bawling and, alarmed, looked up just in time to have a dragon swoop down and pick her up. She found herself kidnapped away to the Obsidian Rebellion and held as a Candidate. It took Pria a few days to figure out how to find her, and by then Jallis had accepted this fate.
At first she had been angry at the way in which she was "searched". But then she realized this was the ultimate way to sever ties with a family which embarrassed her. Any more communication would be on her terms, just her and Kyprioth, instead of being coddled by her parents during the obligatory visits. She now looks forward to living here, either mounting a dragon to aid with their fight or else continuing her work as a leather worker and supplying them with the harnesses and such they need.
Pet
Name: Pria
Pronunciation: PREE-uh
Age: 2
Type: Firelizard
Rank: White
Size: 7 inches
Color Codes: FFFFFF
Appearance: Pria is a tiny firelizard, as you might expect from her color. She is small enough to curl up on Jallis' shoulder or be easily carried in the crook of her human's arm. Because of this, and her fondness for food, Pria is...not exactly tiny in all respects. She's a bit chubby, which she thinks just makes her more adorable (something which Jallis will reluctantly agree with.) Pria is primarily a milky white, but she has pale swirls of pink and aqua, as well.
Personality: Pria is adorable and she knows it. She likes to play it up to get what she wants - usually pets and eyebrow scratches, though she won't turn down a bit of food, either. She's rather like a kitten, pouncing into your lap and nuzzling against you and then running (or flying, though she seems more fond of running, for some reason) off to play with someone or something else. She can be corralled into seriousness if needed - Jallis can get her to deliver messages - but it will be clear she would much rather be playing or napping.
Dragon/Wher
Name: Shyith
Pronunciation: Shy - ith
Age: 0 (Early fall T203)
Type: Dragon
Rank: White
Size: 15 feet full grown - 3 at hatching
Color Codes:
FFFAFA
EEE5DE
DFFFA5
Appearance: Shyith is...white. You could very nearly leave it at that, and most people might. Snow white from nose tip to tail tips, the dragon has no vibrant markings and really nothing that stands out even if giving him a quick assessment. Look very closely at his wings, however, and you'll notice some green. It's nothing drastic, just a slight tint of sea foam green on his wingsails, framed by the white fingers of his wings. Apart from that, there's nothing too unusual about him. He's on the very small end of a normal white size range, just fifteen feet long. When he was born, he was small enough to be carried, something Jallis took advantage of, carrying the white around, snuggled in her arms and sleeping with him curled up in her bed. At three months, many dragons were larger than he became fully grown. He's a well put together dragon, all muscle and sleek skin. His legs are somewhat thinner than one might expect, well muscled shoulders and haunches narrowing to forelegs and ankles which seem impossibly thin, but they support him perfectly well.
Personality:
In many ways, Shyith is the opposite of his Jallis. Where she is enthusiastic, bouncy, and driven by emotion, the white is quiet and calm, careful to assess any situation before acting. When he does act, it is generally in careful, somewhat unsure words, rather than actual decisive actions. Shyith is fascinated by the world around him, extremely observant, and often picks up on things that others miss. Did you notice, Mine, how the sunlight is glinting through that water on the grass? See, there are small droplets of water on the blades, do you see them? And the sun is shining on the water and it looks like someone has scattered jewels in the field, don't you think, Mine? He appreciates many things that others take for granted or flat out miss in their rush to go about their lives.
Shyith is generally impartial. He loves Jallis, of course, in a calm content sort of way. But other than that, he tends to be fairly objective. He doesn't often put value judgments on things; they aren't good or bad, they just...are. This is good enough for him, but may leave others frustrated as it seems as if he has no opinion. The one thing he has a clear opinion on is learning and observation. while he delights in noticing the little details in life, others pass them by and tell him to be quiet when he insists on bringing them up to speed on the shape and color of that pretty rock over there. This never ceases to frustrate him, and his bonded's willingness to listen to him - and genuine delight in every word he speaks - offers all the satisfaction and pleasure in the world.
It is somewhat unfortunate, some would say, that Shyith's observational skills do not extend to humans. He can tell you about the beetle he saw yesterday, describing it in delighted detail for fifteen minutes, but if you asked him what his conversational partner felt about him from tone or body language, he might struggle.
Clueless about other people and content with observing rather than acting or reacting, it should come as no surprise that Shyith is not utterly interested in relationships, particularly of the sexual variety. Why chase females - and the thrills which supposedly come with them - when he could pick out shapes in the lovely clouds above the females? Shyith is not asexual, just rarely interested. He does have a sex drive, however small, however, and can be seen chasing once or twice a turn.
Mind-Voice (If applicable):
I think you're my JallisMine...you seem like my JallisMine at least...I think you are. If you're not, can you pretend to be?
Age: 19
Season Born In: Winter
Craft: Leather working
Ranking: Apprentice
Strengths: She's very good at making what she would call "functional" things. Need a harness? Need a jacket to wear between? She's your girl.
Weaknesses: Jallis has trouble with what she dismissively calls "foofy leather." She can make something strong and serviceable, but if you ask for her to do some fancy decorative elements, you'll either get a mangled attempt or just a flat "no."
Gender: Female
Sexuality: Panaesthetic homosexual
Appearance: Jallis looks a lot like her brother, Kyprioth. While no one would ever mistake them for each other - at five foot three, she could easily be tucked under her brother's chin, for one thing - there is no denying the family resemblance. Her hair is the same sun-bleached blonde as his, though she keeps it tended better. While his is a disorderly mop, hers is an even pixie, short enough to keep out of her eyes when she's working; she learned that value the very first time it slipped forward while she was scraping a hide, her attempts to push it back smearing blood and fat across her forehead. She got her father's eyes, a dark brown which has hints of golden amber in the sunlight. Her skin is fairly tan, though working inside has made it less dark than it was when she was a child. She has a smattering of freckles across her nose and shoulders and is now prone to sunburns if she spends too much time outside.
Personality: First, a note about her sexuality. Jallis is homosexual and homoromantic; she desires only women for her sexual and romantic relationships. She is, however, also panaesthetic - she feels aesthetic attraction to all genders. She may not want to have sex with that man over there, but she does find him stunningly gorgeous and will happily stare at him for hours. This has led to more than one awkward interaction when a man, noticing her captivated gaze, walks over to hit on her, only to be turned down by a startled and somewhat uncomfortable Jallis.
Jallis always tries to do the right thing, but her efforts are guided by emotion and passion rather than education or knowledge. She tends to see things in black-and-white, assuming that one person needs to be defended or their cause pushed forward, ignoring whatever faults they may have which suggests otherwise. Jallis is quick to throw herself into a conflict and try to sort it out or defend who she deems the victim. While she has managed to do something well a few times in the past, the more common result is that she irritates the other parties, even causing them to escalate the argument.
This (possibly excessive) emotional nature influences her outside of conflict, of course. When she's excited, she tends to get extremely excited, unable to hide it and bouncing around, babbling about it. When she is interested in something, she goes all out learning about it. When the object of her interest is a person, this can turn conversations into interrogations.
Jallis has a complicated relationship with her family which affects her day-to-day living more than you might expect. Because she has spent several years trying to hide the entirety of who she is and how she was raised, she's used to not telling the truth. Unfortunately, she's not actually very good at lying. Recognizing this, she tends to practice conversations in her head, rehearsing her lines over and over so she will be able to say them flawlessly. When someone says something that she can't respond to with her lines, she may get flustered and stumble over her words. This habit, and its consequences, have spread beyond just her past. Now, she tends to practice what she'll say in any situation and find herself at a loss for words even when saying something she is totally comfortable with.
Family: All involved with tuber farming, save Kyprioth, who is now a Candidate in Trelis:
Father: Jacob
Mother: Ralla
Brothers: Jac (30), Varlind (21), Kyprioth (18), Jeran (15)
Location: Born outside of Apolla. Now with the rebellion.
Rank: Apprentice leather worker and dragon Candidate
History: Born just outside Apolla hold, Jallis grew up on a tuber farm. As she aged, her mother babied her a bit; she was Ralla's only girl, and so she was occasionally treated as if she was more delicate than her four brothers. By the time she was five, she had started to dislike her family's farm. It wasn't that anything was wrong with tubers, necessarily, but...well, there wasn't much right with them, either. Despite what she saw in front of her every day, she became convinced that tuber growing was something that required no skill - you just shoved some stuff in the ground, tugged at random plants for a while, and waited for the plants you liked to be done growing. Then you yanked 'em out of the ground, waited a while, and started the whole process over again. There was no grace, no finesse. She wanted something that she could show off and brag about, and so she looked around for a craft.
She quickly found herself as an apprentice tanner. It may not have been as fancy as weaving or healing, but it felt practical, to her. It was a nice compromise, combining the strength and toughness of farming with the skill and artistry of a craft. She became an apprentice at age twelve, moving into the hold to train.
While her family had always lived close to Apolla, they weren't actually in it. No one in the hold proper had heard of her little tuber growing family, which meant she could make her own name for herself. As young Jallis settled into her new home, she began to think of this as an opportunity. Part of her knew that she was being an elitist jerk, but a bigger part of her leaped at the chance to create a new history for her. Her bemused master made no comment when she fabricated a new life for herself. Jallis the tuber farmer's daughter became Jallis, daughter of a journeyman healer in Fort Weyr. Jallis was surprised at how happy she was with this new lie; she hadn't realized how ashamed of her family she was until she left them behind.
She made frequent trips to see her family, keeping in close enough contact that they never suspected she erased their existence the moment she got home. Her family rarely traveled into the hold, their tubers more often joining a larger shipment combining the produce of farmers nearby. When she was seventeen, her uncle gifted her and Kyprioth with firelizard eggs. Kyprioth was the sibling she was closest to and missing him was the only thing which made her occasionally question her decision to live far away from home. The firelizard which hatched was startlingly tiny, a little white who she named Pria. Pria, once she was old enough to fly, helped Jallis and Kyprioth keep in touch more easily, easing her loneliness and prompting her to spend more time in the hold and less with her family.
Two turns later, at age nineteen, she was heading out of the hold to the animal pens nearby. Several animals were due to be slaughtered and she was being sent to collect and prepare the hides before bringing them back to the workshop, leaving most of the blood and gore outside of the hold. As she approached, she heard the herdbeasts bawling and, alarmed, looked up just in time to have a dragon swoop down and pick her up. She found herself kidnapped away to the Obsidian Rebellion and held as a Candidate. It took Pria a few days to figure out how to find her, and by then Jallis had accepted this fate.
At first she had been angry at the way in which she was "searched". But then she realized this was the ultimate way to sever ties with a family which embarrassed her. Any more communication would be on her terms, just her and Kyprioth, instead of being coddled by her parents during the obligatory visits. She now looks forward to living here, either mounting a dragon to aid with their fight or else continuing her work as a leather worker and supplying them with the harnesses and such they need.
Pet
Name: Pria
Pronunciation: PREE-uh
Age: 2
Type: Firelizard
Rank: White
Size: 7 inches
Color Codes: FFFFFF
Appearance: Pria is a tiny firelizard, as you might expect from her color. She is small enough to curl up on Jallis' shoulder or be easily carried in the crook of her human's arm. Because of this, and her fondness for food, Pria is...not exactly tiny in all respects. She's a bit chubby, which she thinks just makes her more adorable (something which Jallis will reluctantly agree with.) Pria is primarily a milky white, but she has pale swirls of pink and aqua, as well.
Personality: Pria is adorable and she knows it. She likes to play it up to get what she wants - usually pets and eyebrow scratches, though she won't turn down a bit of food, either. She's rather like a kitten, pouncing into your lap and nuzzling against you and then running (or flying, though she seems more fond of running, for some reason) off to play with someone or something else. She can be corralled into seriousness if needed - Jallis can get her to deliver messages - but it will be clear she would much rather be playing or napping.
Dragon/Wher
Name: Shyith
Pronunciation: Shy - ith
Age: 0 (Early fall T203)
Type: Dragon
Rank: White
Size: 15 feet full grown - 3 at hatching
Color Codes:
FFFAFA
EEE5DE
DFFFA5
Appearance: Shyith is...white. You could very nearly leave it at that, and most people might. Snow white from nose tip to tail tips, the dragon has no vibrant markings and really nothing that stands out even if giving him a quick assessment. Look very closely at his wings, however, and you'll notice some green. It's nothing drastic, just a slight tint of sea foam green on his wingsails, framed by the white fingers of his wings. Apart from that, there's nothing too unusual about him. He's on the very small end of a normal white size range, just fifteen feet long. When he was born, he was small enough to be carried, something Jallis took advantage of, carrying the white around, snuggled in her arms and sleeping with him curled up in her bed. At three months, many dragons were larger than he became fully grown. He's a well put together dragon, all muscle and sleek skin. His legs are somewhat thinner than one might expect, well muscled shoulders and haunches narrowing to forelegs and ankles which seem impossibly thin, but they support him perfectly well.
Personality:
quiet, demure, very observant, slow to react, universally objective, more interested in his surroundings than in people
In many ways, Shyith is the opposite of his Jallis. Where she is enthusiastic, bouncy, and driven by emotion, the white is quiet and calm, careful to assess any situation before acting. When he does act, it is generally in careful, somewhat unsure words, rather than actual decisive actions. Shyith is fascinated by the world around him, extremely observant, and often picks up on things that others miss. Did you notice, Mine, how the sunlight is glinting through that water on the grass? See, there are small droplets of water on the blades, do you see them? And the sun is shining on the water and it looks like someone has scattered jewels in the field, don't you think, Mine? He appreciates many things that others take for granted or flat out miss in their rush to go about their lives.
Shyith is generally impartial. He loves Jallis, of course, in a calm content sort of way. But other than that, he tends to be fairly objective. He doesn't often put value judgments on things; they aren't good or bad, they just...are. This is good enough for him, but may leave others frustrated as it seems as if he has no opinion. The one thing he has a clear opinion on is learning and observation. while he delights in noticing the little details in life, others pass them by and tell him to be quiet when he insists on bringing them up to speed on the shape and color of that pretty rock over there. This never ceases to frustrate him, and his bonded's willingness to listen to him - and genuine delight in every word he speaks - offers all the satisfaction and pleasure in the world.
It is somewhat unfortunate, some would say, that Shyith's observational skills do not extend to humans. He can tell you about the beetle he saw yesterday, describing it in delighted detail for fifteen minutes, but if you asked him what his conversational partner felt about him from tone or body language, he might struggle.
Clueless about other people and content with observing rather than acting or reacting, it should come as no surprise that Shyith is not utterly interested in relationships, particularly of the sexual variety. Why chase females - and the thrills which supposedly come with them - when he could pick out shapes in the lovely clouds above the females? Shyith is not asexual, just rarely interested. He does have a sex drive, however small, however, and can be seen chasing once or twice a turn.
Mind-Voice (If applicable):
I think you're my JallisMine...you seem like my JallisMine at least...I think you are. If you're not, can you pretend to be?
- Tentative in how he speaks, usually talks a lot to get his points across.
- Gentle in its tone.
- Takes a while to complete his observations.
