Fight, to ignite
Not for gods nor the coming of night
If I'm the last of the men to fall
Then this warrior's growing in might
For fear and for love
And survival when push comes to shove
The red hood is coming to take you home
The bearer of soul and of light
BASICSNAME: Tuckal
AGE: 32
ORIENTATION: Pansexual
BIRTH SEASON AND TURN: Early Winter 2739 (32 as of Early Spring 2772)
LOCATION: Fort Weyr
WING: Midnight Wing
OCCUPATION: Weyrwoman
APPEARANCE
EYES: Blue
HAIR: Blonde
WEIGHT: 145lbs
HEIGHT: 5'5"
PLAY-BY: OC, artwork by Virenn and Jiefinch
FULL APPEARANCE:
One thing that almost everyone notices about Tuckal is that she is well... rather masculine. Well, very masculine. In fact, Tuckal's body is male. Tuckal doesn't seem to mind her masculine body, even on her days where she tries to fit into a skirt only to find out it's doesn't fit. She has a very strong jaw and rather narrow lips. She keeps her hair short and wild, bleached bright by the sun. Her eyes are a grayish-blue, more blue on the best days. She is pale, and burns rather easily. She often wears loose-fitting tops with form-fitting pants and high boots.
After the assassination attempt, Tuckal's face is heavily scarred and there is no way to hide it. There is a firmness, a hardness to her expression, and her remaining eye burns with fire great enough to scorch the sky. She is missing her right eye completely, the right side of her face scarred heavily from the attack.
PERSONALITYPERSONALITY:
Tuckal is transgender, and is finally comfortable in her own body.
Though she was wholly unprepared to be a Weyrwoman, Tuckal has struggled. She has jumped the gun numerous times, and has had various problems keeping her temper in check. She thinks she knows what is right for the Weyr, and has struggled to maintain any semblance of balance. She does not always do a very good job of it, but she has tried. She is a woman overwhelmed by her duties, and has a hard time not taking criticism personally. A slight against the Weyr means a slight against her leadership, and she cannot entirely say it is wrong. Turns of fumbling her way through being Weyrwoman has changed her from a cheery, positive person to someone far more guarded and cautious. Letting too much out gives people fuel to use against her.
Despite this... she's still her. She's a fierce survivor, and she strives to still be a peacekeeper. Her judgment has slowly grown better over the Turns, and she finds herself more stable than she was before. Her smile is genuine now. Tuckal loves the Weyr, and finds herself more than willing to do what it takes for those she has to manage. She has grown to love and handle Serapheth too, and what was once a rocky beginning is now a solid, unbreakable pair. Tuckal smiles at the small things now, appreciating them instead of taking it all for granted. She's changed, and she thinks it's for the better.
HISTORY
FAMILY: Tirka of Green Everieth (older sister), Gellera of Blue Virtrath (younger sister)
SIGNIFICANT OTHER: Jeremiah of Brown Cogeath
BIRTHPLACE: Fort Weyr
HISTORY:
Tuckal was always an interesting child. Raised as a boy for much of her life, Tuckal had an affinity to walk the line between male and female, never afraid to play dress-up with her sisters, or learn how to sew while learning how to fight. It earned her a fair bit of bullying from several others in the creche, but Tuckal was never one to let it get her too down. More often than not, she got into plenty of fights, her quick temper more than enough to punch first and ask questions later. At her core, however, she always wanted to be a dragonrider, or a wherhandler, she just wanted to be bonded to something and do good for a change.
It wasn't long after her 10th Turning Day that her elder sister surprised her with an egg that she and her green had found. That egg, to her surprise, hatched into a gray-faced little White firelizard, a very musical creature who loved to chirp and chitter and make all sorts of noises. Tuckal named her Journey, and the two were inseparable companions.
Tuckal, when she was old enough, immediately started to stand. Even before she was old enough, she would always sit in the stands hoping a dragon would choose her, or that maybe one would climb up into the stands and find her. She was always so excited, and always was unable to sleep when the hatchings drew near. But after five turns of getting passed over multiple times, she started to grow disheartened, allowing her more depressive urges to occasionally take hold.
After all, she was already 20. What dragon would want her if none wanted her thus far?
UPDATES
- Winter 2761 - Impressed to Gold Serapheth, after Serapheth murdered candidate post-impression.
- Late Spring 2763 - With no more Golds at Fort, Tuckal becomes Sr Weyrwoman
- Facing opposition, Tuckal attempts to keep peace across Pern
- Late Fall 2764 - Serapheth banishes Brown Vaugnairth after cracking a gold egg, forming the Titans
- Early Summer 2765 - Tuckal interferes in the Flight, placing Monty of Bronze Sinanjuth as Weyrleader instead of Negan of Brown Wireth
- Early Fall 2765 - an attack is made on Tuckal's life, leaving her with severe scarring on the right side of her face, along with occasional seizures, hand tremors, headaches, and total blindness in what is left of her right eye.
- Early Summer 2771 - Tuckal is imprisoned during the coup lead by Z'osh of Bronze Diyarth. She remains under house arrest until Mid Fall 2771.
