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 Posted: Sat Sep 26, 2009 8:45 pm
INFORMATION
Name: Ziarre
Age: 26
Sex: Female
Orientation: Heterosexual
Physical Description: From the first glance, Ziarre gives the impression of being harsh and unyielding. Her build is sharp and angular, all lean whipcord muscle and darkly tanned skin. While she's of average height for a Pernese woman, her wiry frame gives the impression that she's smaller than she really is. Straight, very dark auburn-brown hair remain pulled back from her wolfish face in a simple ponytail, and her eyes are a dull green below thick brows that seem to slash across her face. Her clothing is practical and sturdy, often colored with easily obtained, common dyes. A Sandstorm faction bandanna is on her person at all times.
Personality: Unfortunately, Ziarre is nearly as harsh as she looks. Quick to anger and slow to forgive, those that piss her off usually learn of her astounding ability to hold grudges. She'll remember why she can't stand this person or that person long after the fact, to the point where she's sometimes the only one who DOES remember. She prefers to snark and snipe with words rather than using her fists, but she'll certainly make an exception in...'extenuating circumstances.'
While she's not a very nice individual to be around, Ziarre's loyalty is unwavering once earned. She's surprisingly efficient in a wing, working with the same fierce passion that she applies to everything else. Her wing is second only to her faction, and her faction and her relationship with P'yralis are caught in a constant tug-of-war for influence over her decisions. For all of her grudges and sharp words, Faranth help the soul that messes with her wingmates, faction, or weyrmate.
In more everyday situations, she's brusque, blunt, and proud almost to the point where she'd have to have a broken leg before she took herself to a healer.
History: Born and raised in Igen Weyr, Ziarre's lineage is fuzzy, but the one certainty is that she's of rider blood--her mother was a bluerider that dropped her off at the creche once she was weaned. Perhaps it was to spare her. Perhaps not. Either way, her mother still managed to shape her life without ever being present. Children can be cruel, and growing up among taunts and gibes of her 'mannish' and 'thieving' mother's ways, and how 'you'll grow up to be just like her!' shaped Ziarre into a defensive, sharp, and prickly young woman with a massive chip on her shoulder. Despite the uncertainty of just what's in her bloodline, she grew up a fiercely loyal member of Sandstorm who wore the purple bandanna in stark contrast to the dull-colored clothes on the rest of her person. In some part, this was due to an insecurity instilled in her from a young age, a belief that she wasn't fit for a gold because her bloodline was somehow tainted even as she viciously berated anyone who even breathed a mention of her mother's inferiority in her presence. Impressing green Celaenoth at the age of eighteen, life was more or less normal for about four Turns. ('Normal' consisted of catching it from those that felt women should ride golds and leave the fighting dragons to the men, of course, in addition to lifelong snubs from those who knew her bloodline and disdained her mother for stealing a blue that 'rightfully' belonged to a man.) Then a mating flight occured in which Celaenoth took a liking to a brown named Rantonaeth, and despite frequent friction between Ziarre and P'yralis, the dragons formed a strong bond that eventually influenced a similar relationship between their riders. While they argue loudly and often, Ziarre is firmly loyal to P'yralis--even if he is in Rising Sun. They're a better match than either like to admit, although differing faction views are a frequent source of conflict. He's one of the few that doesn't hold her responsible for her mother's 'choices,' and this remains a small nugget of common ground in the fiercest of fights.
Pets: N/A
Other/Talents:
-Loyal to a fault.
-Long memory, especially for negatives.
-Hard worker.
Picture: (if you have one)
Igen or Ista???: Igen
DRAGON INFORMATION
Name: Celaenoth (name origin: one of the harpies in Greek legend, also appears in 'The Last Unicorn' as the harpy of the Midnight Carnival)
Color: Green
Personality: Celaenoth is sly, sneaky, and underhanded. With little care for the feelings of anyone besides herself, Hers and Rantonaeth, she could almost be said to be cruel. It's not far off the mark, for she takes a certain grim pleasure in cutting others down to size. She finds something that seems to make her opponent of the moment uncomfortable, and tries to dig until they snap...upon which she assumes a 'who me?' stance. Her confidence borders on egotistical--she feels that many dragons of Igen could stand to be taken down a peg or three, and who else to do it other than an oft-underestimated green? Due to her waspish ways, she has few friends, and prodding at that lack will flare any argument into a 'WELL SHARD YOU TOO. >[' It's never HER fault she doesn't have friends, a 'fact' she's thoroughly convinced herself of while clinging to Hers, her weyrmate, and what dragons she doesn't drive away. These dragons tend to be other greens, blues, and a few browns, for she harbors strong resentment for the metallics. Bronzes and golds have undisputed authority over her, and she knows it. She often grumbles 'under her breath' at her wingleader, but crosses the line at picking fights with wing-mates.
Ziarre is one of the few that can reel her in, with sharp reminders of the consequences if Celaenoth is believed to be trying to rise above her place. On the flip side, when Ziarre isn't paying attention Celaenoth is prone to egg her on, sparking more than a few passing disagreements into arguments between Hers and P'yralis.
A hair below average size for a green, she is lean and wiry, with a large dose of the speed and agility her color is famous for. In Flight she has a tendency to show off with sharp dives and hairpin turns, but there's rarely a question of who will catch her. She has a fondness for Rantonaeth and his chivalry, and he's almost always found upon her ledge afterward.
Appearance: Based upon a Harpy Eagle.
http://img29.imageshack.us/img29/5448/harpyfemalelookup062105.jpg
http://www.dkimages.com/discover/previews/1453/11181132.JPG
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Posted: Sun Sep 27, 2009 6:12 am
^^ Looks good over all to me! A little more detail in Ziarre's personality might be nice but I don't think it's really desperately needed.
Something I think you should go into however is the issue with her being a green rider at Igen. Some notes in her history about how she's dealt with the prejudice, if this is part of the reason for her harshness and so on would be awesome. Also, maybe you could note what P'yralis' opinion of her is? Again, does her being a green rider affect their relationship? Does he try to play it down due to being in Rising Sun? Stuff like that ^^
Over all though as I say, the rider and dragon seem like a good match for one another to me <3
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Posted: Sun Sep 27, 2009 12:33 pm
Taken into account, and tweaked accordingly. :3
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Posted: Mon Sep 28, 2009 6:01 am
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