Name: VeeAge: 19 (Born 13.08.162)
Gender: Female
Sexual Orientation: Mind your business
Role/rank: Candidate, former Holdess
Origin: Fort Weyr
Appearance: Rather short with skin and wiry muscle stretched over bone, Vee is probably just what people think of when you say Holdless brat. She's better fed these days and though her clothes are simple and repaired here and there they fit her but there's still something tense and intense about Vee's manner that marks her out from the norm. This visible expression of her forceful personality along with her sharp high voice make it hard to overlook her when she starts shouting. Her hair is thick, black, and tightly coiled, usually worn in short corn-rows to the nape of her neck. Her eyes are more or less the same hue as her hair and her skin is a scant few shades lighter.
Vee is fond of body modification, in as much as Pern has it. Her left ear is pierced all the way around the outer edge and in the lobe; most of the time she just wears small bone studs as elaborate jewellery is expensive. More impressive than the piercings however is the scar on her arm; her left bicep is adorned with an elegantly shaped V about two inches tall and notably raised about the skin. It's pretty obvious that the mark is deliberate and she shows it off with pride whenever she can.
Personality:
Strengths: Steadfast, practical, protective
Weaknesses: Short-tempered, short attention span, insensitive
Neutral: Ambitious, emotional
History: 13.08.162 - Born Holdless, grew up fighting and stealing. Her parents were both first generation Holdless, runner thieves who'd been caught, branded, and thrown out of Fort Hold. They joined up with a group of about 20 who had variously been banished themselves or whose parents had been banished. Life was rough but Vee survived and then thrived; she was small but fast and dexterous making her formidable with a knife or other light crude weaponry such as they could lay hands on. They moved between Holds and lurked on trade routes making their living as best they could, survival was the top priority and there wasn't any time for compassion for outsiders.
3.6.177-16.6.177 - (16) Vee and her comrades attack a trade caravan and make off with their portable valuables including a clutch of firelizard eggs. They'd debated between keeping and selling the eggs but they hatched before they reached the next Hold so it was a moot point. Vee bonded to a bronze who she named Brute.
20.09.180 - (19) Vee's family group was captured by hold guards, Vee wasn't present at the time and she couldn't find them when they were banished. Knowing she'd not make it alone she stayed in Fort Hold getting by as best she could, so stealing mainly.
12.1.181 - (19) And then she got Searched. Going to the Weyr sounded better than staying where she was and so she went. She and the rider became close, she looked up to the tough old woman but then her green died and she did too.
5.5.181 - (19) Vee steeled herself to stand for the next clutch, it was why her friend had brought her to the Weyr and the least she could do was honour that even if she was scared. Anyway, just think of it, a Holdless girl on a dragon!
Other:
BruteBronze firelizard
3 turns old
28 inches
An extremely dark bronze with a bright brassy mask, toes, and rosettes on his rump.
An alert firelizard who dislikes the touch and even presence of strangers. He is a skilled hunter and has been trained to fight.
