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BASICS
NAME: T'ani; originally Tahani
GENDER: Feminine
PRONOUNS: Feminine (she/her/hers)
ORIENTATION: Questioning, but very romantic and hopeless
BIRTHDATE: Late Spring 2752
AGE: 20 as of Early Winter 2772
LOCATION: High Reaches Weyr
OCCUPATION: Apprentice Healer, Greenrider
WING: Healer's
APPEARANCE
EYES: Steely Blue
HAIR: Dark Brown
HEIGHT AND BUILD: 5' 1", round and soft
PLAY-BY: Tiffany Taubman
FULL APPEARANCE:
Small and soft, nearly able to be called "pleasantly plump", T'ani boasts a height of 5' 1" in total. Her hair falls in dark brown waves to beyond her shoulders, brushing her mid-back. Her eyes are a lovely steely blue shade, wide and large in her face, just like her bright smile. As for her choice of clothing, T'ani prefers wearing sweaters and long shirts in muted shades and pants that hug her body close, along with her standard everyday boots.
PERSONALITY
PERSONALITY: TW: feelings of worthlessness (mention)
T'ani is a sweet girl, with both a shy and outspoken side to her. She loves people and enjoys speaking with anyone about anything, to the point she can become annoying. If given the chance, she would take in every animal that needed her love, for she has so much love to give. Yet at times, she is simply not talkative or outgoing. While she is deeply attuned to others, her shyness and insecurity can stay her tongue, even in critical situations. Her love of life extends into her healing, for she seeks to tend to every hurt she can and meet the needs of her patients before they even know they need something. It's her job as a Healer to heal the sick and injured, and her duty as a dragonrider to protect Pern from the ravages of Thread, and thus finds great joy in both aspects of her work in aiding all people.
T'ani finds words and numbers difficult. Just difficult and utterly frustrating. It's difficult to explain it from her viewpoint, just all around troublesome. Not only does she have a problem analyzing this input, but she is not a very savvy person in general, which only worsens it. It can get so bad that T'ani will burst into tears out of sheer bitter frustration, and can be quite inconsolable. Stemming from this is a sense of insecurity and worthlessness. Who would want to interact with a person who stumbles over her words and can't figure out a simple mathematical problem? This can cause T'ani to withdraw from people for a short time, at least long enough to calm herself and don a bright smile. She tries to avoid situations where she must write long sentences or perform mathematical equations, but she stumbles through them when she must.
T'ani is very naive, to be blunt. She always sees the best in people, even if they have done horrible things in the past. This can lead her to be easily manipulated, her kindness a weak point to exploit. When she realizes what has happened, T'ani will often retreat into herself, trying to determine what went wrong. Another thing of note is T'ani's reluctance to break a rule. Even if the harmony of Pern hangs in the balance, she finds herself nearly unable to disobey an order. These rules were put in place for a reason, and they have to be right, right? Yet her biggest weakness of all is one of her strengths: her love of life. Should anyone - anyone at all - be threatened, T'ani will bend over backwards to do what is necessary to ensure their safety.
HISTORY
FAMILY:
Tyffon - Journeyman Healer - father - alive
Bayani - Journeywoman Healer - mother - alive
Numerous younger siblings - all living - open ties!
SIGNIFICANT OTHER: Open!
BIRTHPLACE: Red Sands, Minor Hold of Ista Island
HISTORY:
Born to caring Healer parents in Red Sands Hold, Tahani wanted for nothing. She had a good home, loving parents, several annoying - yet loved - siblings, and an education she adored in store. She grew up fair and gentle, patient from her years of tending her younger family members to ease some of the load from her tired parents. When she became eligible for Apprenticeship, she began immediately. No better time like the present! She loved her studies, for the concept of helping people and tending their hurts pleased her greatly. Besides, she was following in her beloved parents' footsteps. What wasn't to like?
The Turns passed, and Tahani progressed well in her studies, despite her difficulty with numbers. However, something...more began stirring in her heart. She wouldn't give up her Apprenticeship for anything...but what would happen after she graduated? Would she remain here, in the same old Hold she'd grown up in? Or would she spread her figurative wings and fly, to see the world outside the walls she known all her life? Well, her answer came in the form of an Istan Searchrider. Out of all the eligible men and women, they'd chosen Tahani! Shocked, but delighted to go on this adventure, she accepted and packed her things, bidding her family farewell and heading to Ista.
A Candidate at the sweet age of 16, Tahani was eager to please and excited for what might come. She stood at hatchings and was passed up, yet she remained hopeful. She had many Turns before she would age out of Candidacy, and then she could stay in the Weyr and become weyrfolk! Truly, opportunity abounded in Ista. It was the third hatching in the Turn Tahani was 17, and fortune smiled down on her that day. A brightly colored shell cracked and sent shards everywhere from the hatchling's excitement, and the green within tripped into the sand. Shaking herself off, the dragonet bounced among the Candidates, headbutting those who seemed like a decent match. But then the green stopped at Tahani‘s feet after knocking the girl into the sand, letting her name be known: Amphelisith.
T'ani and Amphelisith soon graduated from their weyrling lessons into a fully fledged pair with little difficulty. Yet there was one wish both T'ani and Amphelisith hoped to see fulfilled: Amphelisith wished to clutch, and T'ani was proud to aid her bonded see this desire through. The pair respectfully declined firestone, instead helping with other tasks that didn't requite the phosphine breath of the dragon. When the time was right, T'ani and Amphelisith requested swift transfer to High Reaches and said their farewells. A new adventure awaited them on the horizon, one both eagerly looked forward to experiencing together, as one.
UPDATES
- Late Winter 2772: Amphelisith rises - in surprisingly short order after transferring from Ista Weyr - and chooses blue Bolduth.
- Early Summer 2773: A weyrbrat handing out fire-lizard eggs gives one to T'ani, which promptly hatches into her blue Zale!
