Kreta
"Being Deaf does not make you dumb, just as Hearing does not make you smart."
- Unknown
BASICS
RETIRE INFO: Dragon - Adopt /Character - Adopt (preferably adopted out as a pair if possible!)
NAME: Kreta
GENDER: Female
PRONOUNS: she/her/hers :)
ORIENTATION: Biromantic? (romantic orientation not clear) Asexual
BIRTHDATE: Early Spring, Turn 2749
AGE: 21 Turns, as of Late Spring 2771
LOCATION: Fort Weyr
OCCUPATION: graduated Dragonrider; Aurora Wingsecond!
WING: formerly Eclipse Wing; now Aurora Wing :D
APPEARANCE
EYES: Warm Brown
HAIR: Brown/Dark Brown (with a slight reddish tinge)
HEIGHT AND BUILD: 5'1-5'3 tall, of the famous stocky Ruathan build (although a bit on the healthy & slender side)
FULL APPEARANCE:
With a pair of glasses slightly magnifying her bright and intelligent eyes, and stray tendrils of natural brown hair softly framing her expressive face (often from whichever formal hairstyle was the current fashion among Hold ladies), olive-skinned Kreta would usually be found wearing her favourite clothes - a tunic and tan leggings (or light skirts in summer) often in, or at least embroidered with, the colours or emblem of her Hold (and now, her Wyer).
In winter, Kreta would also wear a warm fur-lined cloak and cozy fur-lined wherhide boots with her clothing ensemble when outdoors, due to the cold weather in Ruatha.
Kreta's mid-back length of brown hair would usually fall in natural waves and curls around her tanned shoulders, be bound back from her face in a slightly messy braid, or draped in some elaborate hairstyle for a formal occasion.
Of course, being Holdbred, when her family's Hold duties demanded her presence, she could hold herself with some dignity in her summery dresses and beautiful gowns of nearly every colour possible.
Kreta's naturally red-pink lips, delicate little nose, beautifully bold eyebrows and a stubbornly determined jawline rounds off her short and somewhat attractive headstrong Ruathan appearance.
PERSONALITY
PERSONALITY:
Capable of 'reading' other people as if they were open Records, Kreta is unusually smart/intelligent and literate for her age, due to her life-long love of reading (and you know, being deaf since early childhood).
She secretly admired many of Pern's dragonriders, and dreamt of the day when she might bond with a dragon of her own & achieve the desire to be a dragonrider herself. While quietly observant and perceptive, speaking only when spoken to or when she has something to say (mostly through sign language), Kreta is kind and honest, knowledgeable yet sensitive and headstrong. Loves her fire-lizard (Leirath) and being outdoors.
Extremely expressive and somewhat emotional, Kreta is sometimes known for occasional appearances of her terrifyingly fierce temper (think Lessa-level fierce) and her intolerance of bullies and wrongdoers. She more than makes up for her shortcomings (& short stature) with her can-do attitude and high capacity to do anything.
The fire that burns in her eyes and the ice in her normally warm expressions when she is fiercely angry, or feels the desire to defend others, theoretically has the capacity to bring even hardened men to tears.. You really don't want to be on her bad side!
HISTORY
FAMILY: A Ruathan minor Hold family - a mother, father, and at least 3 siblings (open)
SIGNIFICANT OTHER: none at the moment (open)
BIRTHPLACE: A minor Hold in Ruatha
HISTORY: Born as a deaf 2nd daughter in Early Spring of Turn 2749, into a minor Hold in Ruatha, Kreta has a relatively average life spent in silence.
Her benevolent father, out of love and hope for his unusual daughter, managed to persuade the resident Harper to try to teach Kreta how to speak/sign, read and write, and of course, help her learn her Teaching Ballads with the other Hold children, which inevitably flowed on to to new lessons and teachers.
This resulted in a permanent love of reading every and any type of Record she could get her hands on (apart from the few horribly gory ones in the Healer's rooms - a mistake she wouldn't make again), an extraordinarily high ability to 'read' people like a Harper, a healthy curiosity, finding a voice with her new language, as well as a burning desire to prove herself just as good as, if not better, at doing things as her hearing siblings and friends (a desire sparked by a situation involving a few arguably ignorant bullies), and a healthy respect for the dragonriders and their dragon companions who protected Pern from Threadfall during every single Pass.
At 14 Turns old, Kreta stumbled upon a clutch of fire-lizard eggs moments away from hatching while outside exploring her homeland with her two friends, and they hurried home to present the surprised Hold with the clutch. Ten minutes later, the eggs hatched to find new partners with their Ruathan Holdfolk.
Kreta was lucky enough to Impress a beautiful little white fire-lizard, to whom she gave the name Leirath, and she from then on loved the creature with unconditional abandon, teaching it to fly errands, do tricks, and a number of small tasks suited to fire-lizards in her spare time, when she wasn't required for Hold duties, or reading, or going exploring outdoors with Leirath. Over the Turns, Leirath also took on the role of becoming Kreta's 'hearing-flit', a role her little creature seemed to enjoy with relish.
For the remaining Turns, Kreta secretly wondered about her Candidacy - would there ever be a day when dragonriders flying on Search suddenly discovered her and decided she was a Candidate for a future dragon clutch, if she chose to accept the incredible honour?
In Late Winter of Turn 2766, Kreta was on the way to visit Fort Hold with her family, presumably for Hold reasons, perhaps a Conclave or something, that at the time remained undisclosed to Kreta & Leirath and her siblings.
UPDATES:
- Early Spring 2767; Searched by Bronzerider Tana & Greenrider Mirai, now a Fort Candidate
- Early Spring 2767; Turned 17 some sevendays later, surprised with a surprise birthday party
- Early Spring to Early Summer 2767; basically meeting new people, including (but not limited to) Poppin, Hayalina (who basically became her best friend), Trowa, Thor, a few dragonriders and several fellow Candidates..
- Early Summer 2767; Attended her first Hatching - The Last Warrior's Song (Blue Hinokath's single egg)
- Late Summer 2767; Attended second Hatching - You Belong To Me (Garnets Neozeoth and Xiometh, 4 eggs between them)
- Early/Late Winter 2767; Attended third Hatching - Benevolent Creatures (Gold Nornth’s madien clutch of 15 eggs) & Impressed her Blue Eseath [hatched 3rd]
- add other events here
- insert appropriate season & turn here; promoted to Wingsecond of Aurora Wing!!