"A successful day starts from the morning. Let's give it our all today. "
BASICS
NAME: Rhaydiata | Elided as R'ydia
GENDER: Female ( Cis)
PRONOUNS: She/Her/Hers
ORIENTATION: Heteroromantic Heterosexual
BIRTHDATE: Early Spring 2749
AGE: 24 as of Early Summer 2773
LOCATION: Fort Weyr
OCCUPATION: Dragon Rider (Brown)
WING: Eclipse
APPEARANCE
EYES: Chocolate Brown
HAIR: Strawberry Blonde
HEIGHT AND BUILD: 6'0" | Willowy
PLAY-BY: Elizabeth ( Our Life - Beginnings and Always)
FULL APPEARANCE:
R'ydia is a tall and slender woman and moves with the fluid grace one would expect of a dancer. As with any active rider, she has developed a fair bit of muscle around her abs, arms and calves and tends to follow a sensible diet, though she has an intense love of meat. She wears her long hair back in a low ponytail or tied up in a bun when working with her dragon or in a small hat when not in work mode. Her eyes are a warm chocolate brown and her long hair is thick, strawberry blonde and soft as silk. She is a woman who does care about her appearance and will make sure to make herself look presentable and clean as possible when she is able.
PERSONALITY
PERSONALITY:
R'ydia is a woman who absolutely has thoughts of her own and the world around her will know them, whether they wish to or not. Brash, a bit abrasive and very commanding in her tone when she thinks she is right or what she has to say is important, she does not mince words, sugar coat things or beat around the bush. She says what she feels and will tell someone to their face directly if she thinks they are full of crap or wrong.
She absolutely can not resist adding her two cents to any conversation taking place in her presence and its most likely at the very least annoyed more than its fair share of people though she could care less if they were not someone in her orbit. Despite being less than charming, she is actually very sweet, loving and caring to those whom she deems important. She is also wildly protective of her baby brother and will go toe to toe with anyone that upsets or hurts him and to hells with the consequences!
She enjoys a good day under a tree and reading old adventure stories when relaxation becomes an order and just vibing with Zaylith and any friends she may make or still have from her candidate and weyrling days. But this is very much a woman that always has to have a goal or a task to occupy her or she will pace anxiously and become extremely irritable. She also really loves food and meats in particular, the more potent in spice when cooked.. the better. Dancing is another favorite hobby but its not one she really shares with anyone but those she trusts, as she has this strong and tough image to uphold after all!
HISTORY
FAMILY:
---Parents---
R'mon - Father | Rider (Brown)
Rhadelya - Mother | Rider (Green)
---Siblings---
Rhaenys of White Cosmiath - Younger Half-Sister | Rider
Timon - Younger Brother | Candidate
A'den of Blue Qamarth - Younger Half-Brother | Blue Rider
Rhaadys of Garnet Dysk - Older Half- Brother | Garnet Handler
SIGNIFICANT OTHER: None (Looking!)
BIRTHPLACE: Igen Weyr
HISTORY:
Rhaydiata was born as the result of a flight tryst between a pair of riders. From an early age within the creche, she was a take charge and dominant force within her friend dynamic, often looked to for answers on what to play that day and was the first to get in someone's face if they decided to bully someone close to her or dared to question her, she always knows best, its common fact! At least, that was her mentality most of her early childhood.
When she was eight years old, her parents had a second child, a boy they named Timon. Like her, he was given to the creche and suddenly, she had a new role in life. Wildly protective of her baby brother, she often was a looming force, making sure no one messed with him, even if he didn't always know she was there behind the scenes.
One day for reasons her mother never disclosed, she decided that she was going to Fort. Rhaydiata didn't understand why but she was then faced with a tough choice.. and ultimately decided to follow her mother to Fort Weyr, as she had felt a bit closer to her than her father.
Promising to write her brother as often as she could, she bid Timon and R'mon farewell and moved with her mother. Upon arriving and after a few days of settling in, she turned fifteen and decided that she wanted to be a dragon rider, like her parents. Thus she presented herself as Candidate material and soon was living the life.
She stood at several hatchings over the years, the impression not happening but this did not dampen her spirits, she believed with all her heart this was the life for her and she would not be swayed.. at least unless she aged out. But shoving that though aside, the confidant young woman refused to accept that reality.
Her time came at age nineteen when she stood for the Inescapable Rain clutch and watched as the first egg struggled and had to be helped hatching and revealed a beautiful white. She had thought they looked like a fine dragon and she did not understand why the rider seemed to dislike them so. It honestly made her want to march over and give her former classmate a piece of her mind. But before she could settle in on perhaps doing just that, a gorgeous brown hatched.
Rhaydiata smiled and watched him as he sauntered towards the candidate line, liking his attitude already. But then.. here he was, dropping in front of her and she froze for a second.
"Hey there, good lookin'."
He said simply to her and she let out a chuckle of amusement, of course she impressed a brown and he was already winning her over. A surge of pride and amusement warred within her as their bond formed. She then noticed her dragon gazing around behind her before reaching out again.
"Ah man, Joheith's already makin' things hard for himself. C'mon, someone's gotta do something good for him. Idiot." He added and Rhadiata chuckled again and beckoned to him to go on over to the feeding buckets, seeing no reason to carry him as he seemed capable of moving on his own.
Weyrlinghood was a dream, as both she and Zaylith had a weird synergy of a carefree attitude, though R'ydia was determined to work hard and make herself known and impress those around her. While she may have clashed a bit at times with her dragon's attitude, for the most part, they were ideal for one another and some of her early abrasive attitude mellowed with age.
Upon graduation, she joined the Eclipse wing and fell into the life expected of a full time rider. Life was good and she was happy. R'ydia was even happier when her little brother showed up in Fort and become a candidate and she could interact with him more. But then he had something important he said he needed to tell her.. whatever could that be?
UPDATES
- Early Fall 2768 - Impressed to Brown Zaylith!
