Edelnareiss
BASICSNAME: Edelnareiss - “Eda” for short [[edel'reiss]]
GENDER: Little Lady
PRONOUNS: She/her
ORIENTATION: She sassy, watch out
BIRTHDATE: Winter 27--
AGE: 22 as of 2775
LOCATION: Semaca Weyr
WING: N/A
APPEARANCEEYES: Light green but noticeably cloudy looking
HAIR: Very light brown, long, and almost pushing to the blonde spectrum. Edelnareiss' hair is rather wavy and almost 'crinkly' with a lot of volume to it. It's almost always pulled back and twisted into some hairtie, lest it constantly get in her face.
HEIGHT AND BUILD: 5'2 but moderately built. She's not what someone would call 'skinny' as she likes to move around a lot and be active. She personally thinks she has too much in the chest department.
PLAY-BY: Original
APPEARANCE: Edelnareiss is reasonably small and will always be small. While she usually dresses in rather nice looking clothing, there seems to be a mismatch from time to time. Long shirts or blouses that could almost look like a dress, while wearing pants or leggings underneath, paired with intricately designed shoulder covers, among other accessories. She tends to dress far nicer than the more average person, but is usually found running about through the brush and being physically active, closer to a Holdless on the run.
If left unattended, her hair would be a matted mess, but then always kept it a reasonably nice done up style. A flop of bangs pulled over one side and braided sections on the side pulling her hair back to be tied in one big section. Clearly something she took time to do every morning.
With semi-rounded features, namely in the cheeks, Edelnareiss seems right in between of 'baby fat' and thinning to adulthood. Most noticeably, there's a severe band of scarring going up the left side of her face, ending close to her eye. This is noticeably something she rarely tries to cover, in fact, she seems to purposefully make sure it's seen.
Her usually clothing color preferences are greens, oranges, and reddish browns.
PERSONALITYPERSONALITY: Edelnareiss may be short in stature, but she well makes up for it in personality. While generally 'nice', she has no qualms or hesitance to speak her mind. She doesn't take well to people belittling her for her height, her gender, or anything else. Try to cause trouble for her, and she'll give it right back in a moment's notice. One of her most used tactics is kicking the shins of people who get it started with her. It's always been a good way to get people down to her level for a 'fair' fight. Such an attitude has gotten her into heaps of trouble, and certainly into a lot of things that were well over her head to handle. It takes a lot of effort on her part to bite down such things – to weigh the worth of a fight or to prove a point.
As she started her life relatively poor in health, Edelnareiss is out to live for herself on her own terms. While not 'childish', she's always more interested in things that suit her tastes. She's hyper aware of her mortality, and she's determined to live without regrets, even if there will always be some to bear. Despite this, she also knows she has a penchant for trouble. She's usually torn on matters of doing what she wants and being true to herself and her motives, but through it all, she doesn't actually like being a bother to people (if they really don't deserve it). It is something that dwells deep in her heart, and it's one of the few things that can sober her up, causing her to go into a secluded and dreary spell. Having caused unintentional stress and hardship on her family, due to her past health and antics, it is something that weighs heavy on her. Should someone close to her call her a 'burden', she takes it exceptionally hard.
Overall, Edelnareiss takes pride in being honest and forward when she speaks and acts. It makes her feel less bothersome if people don't have to question her motives or such. She's spunky and she pouts when things don't go as she likes, but she's determined to shine and live. So while her overall health has improved, one major plague on her is that her eyesight is relatively poor from it and occasional gets worse. She can see well up close, but distance is an issue and reading too much can give her head and eye strain. Edelnareiss likes to say it's from the scar on her face, though her eye trouble has no correlation. She relies heavily on the shared sight of her blue flit, Muiren, in hopes others won't notice. She gets very uneasy when he's not present, and he's usually always with her. She's absolutely going to fake it until she makes it~
HISTORYFAMILY: Parents – deceased
Uncle – Alive
Cousin - Alive
SIGNIFICANT OTHER: Bleh
BIRTHPLACE: Nerat Hold
HISTORY: Edelnareiss was born to a merchant family within Nerat Hold, namely focused on the making and distribution of oils. Originally started from the produce of the local farmcrafters, they'd spent decades working to expand, now covering a wide variety of oil types and uses, and branching out to the ports within Nerat's borders for trading. A relatively simply but lucrative thing to specialize in, mostly headed by two brothers – Edelnareiss's father and uncle.
Born on a cold winter evening, Edelnareiss arrived exceptional small and exceptionally sickly. She'd been most fortunate to have rather attentive parents, eager for their first and eventually only child to thrive in the world. The bountiful resources at their disposal also helped greatly in terms of medical needs and care. By the time she was five, Edelnareiss was a much more active and chipper child, though she still had relapses. Namely taking lots of tumbles and bad falls due to her poor eyesight. The aid of glasses seemed to offer no improvements either. Her parents, though very loving, always seemed at the end of their rope – from either fretting over her health to fretting over the demands of their family trade. Their daughter easily picked up on such things though, noticing the constant private talks they would have and pouring over papers and books. The constant split of interests would unfortunately lead to tragedy by Edelnareiss' 9th turn.
Worried about the contents of a particular storehouse, needing the contents in for a very high end trade agreement, Edelnareiss' parents unwisely go to keep check on it during a particularly bad Threadfall. Everything is lost when a missed clump of Thread if missed by the dragons flying overhead. The oil, the storehouse, and her parents: gone. All she has to keep of the event is a painful scar from a firestone mishap, going up her cheek.
Hearing of the news, Edelnareiss' uncle immediately offered to take her into his care. He knew he wouldn't serve as a proper replacement for what she lost, but he could atleast offer enough comforts and care. As well as her cousin being only a few turns older and willing to serve as ample company. Sadly, it would take her quite a bit of time to perk up from the incident. A gift of a firelizard egg does eventually help her spirits to lighten; the companionship of the little Blue that hatched, as well as her cousin, able to bring her back to her more upbeat self.
The event would forever stay with her though, feeling that it was her presence -her fault- that her parents were met into such a cruel end. Had she'd been healthier, they wouldn't have to worry. If she'd been better, they could have focused on more important things and not during Threadfall. So, while her rather uncle assured her otherwise, Edelnareiss knew he felt the impact of his lost sibling just as painfully as she did, and can't help but fault herself for that too. Pushing down such things, she resolves to be better and more independent. She won't be a burden to anyone ever again. Any problems to come up because of her, would be solved by her.
Edelnareiss would spend the next number of turns under her uncle's care, and as she got older, tries to find what she wishes to do with herself. While it's never explicitly decided for her, Edelnareiss had a strong suspicion her uncle would like her to either marry or help with the trade. As appreciative as she is, Edelnareiss understandably wanted some space...wanted to do something all her own. Something she won't have to rely on someone else for or be burdensome due to her weaker points.
After a lot of thought, Edelnareiss decided to travel to the southern content, to Semaca Weyr and their newly set up port. While she explained the reasoning as helping to set up trade for oil and other supplies to help her uncle down the line, a part of her wonders if she'd make it as a dragon or wher candidate. Semaca is very far, but part of her feels the distance will help. To really make it feel like she's on her own and she's all she can rely on to make the effort count. Edelnareiss is very skeptical, as riders and handlers seem to be the best of the best... She isn't willing to squander the chance. If she can manage it, she will and she wouldn't have to live with the idea of what-ifs.
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UPDATES----------
IC InformationWhat type of candidate is your character: Dual - Dragon preferred
What color/s does your character want?: Any
Does your character have any personality preferences or concerns?: An independent one, but also friend
Does your character have any other preferences or concerns?: Not to much
OOC InformationIf your character is a dual candidate IC, do you have a strong preference on whether they Impress dragon or wher?: Dragon
What color(s) are you willing for your character to impress to?: Large sizes highly desired honestly
Do you want your character to be eligible for gold?: No, icky
Do you have any personality preferences or concerns?: Personality I'm a bit more open with - something that melds well. Friend preferably, but I am ok with a butting-heads type of thing. Maybe something to assure her confidence of not being a burden etc
Do you have any other preferences or concerns?: Hopefully nothing like 'can't stand eachother only using for end of means'. I'll be dead honest, I would really prefer a larger variety of dragon for her. So big it's a problem for everyone including the dragon themselves~
Why do you think these choice/s would be a good fit?: Seems fun
Do you have any preferences about the conditions of your character’s impression?: I'm ok not having her impress for awhile if it means a really good match comes along.
Are you alright with your character getting hurt? What injury level is acceptable/what should be avoided?: Up to major is ok - preferably no losing limbs or things or blinding her proper etc. She tough, she bounces
Are you willing to impress a creature with a mutation/oddity? Anything that should be avoided?: Sure, but preferably having the dragon able to fly still if possible.
Is there anything you will ABSOLUTELY NOT accept?: No teenies weenies if possible~ Beeg beeg beeg
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Muiren
(From Flit Trove)
BASICSNAME: Muiren
BIRTHDATE 2762
AGE: 13 as of 2775
APPEARANCECOLOR: Blue
FULL APPEARANCE:Muiren is a noodly little firelizard. Mostly a solid color, the lightest of blue over his body, perhaps looking a touch silver in the right light. He has a slightly round belly and rather long tail.
PERSONALITYPERSONALITY:Muiren is a loyal little friend, always keeping close to Eda's side. He's very observant, trying to keep track of most things going on around him, as he basically functions as his owner's 'better' eyes. For all his loyalty, sadly his stomach tends to get the better of him. He loves to eat, soft pastry type things being his absolute favorite, even over meat. Meat pies are just heaven though~ If tends to get himself and Eda into trouble, as he tends to forget to ask before shoving his face into something absolutely tasty - and said tasty thing is rarely his own.