Post by missing on Mar 2, 2011 9:42:01 GMT -6
Name: C'yan (Chyanne)
Age: 20 turns
Gender: Female
Sexual Orientation: Bisexual
Rank:weyrling
Family:
Father: Neil (41) Guard at Ista Hold
Mother: Hyalle (42) Cook at Ista Hold
Brother: Leilo (23) Guard at Ista Hold
Sister: Allei (16) Apprentice Weavercraft
Dragon: Green Viviath
Pets: Blue Firelizard Jolly
Appearance:
C'yan is a tiny thing at 5'2" and a slim, tightly muscled figure. She has long dark brown hair that falls a good bit past her shoulders and she typically wears it that way with an occasional decorative braid here and there. Her eyes are black and are constantly watching everything around her. She likes to wear dresses, but will typically tunics and pants instead, thinking that dressing feminine makes her look weak. She wears mostly purples, blues, and black which only seems to add to her stay the dangerous demeanor that she puts off.
Basic Personality:
Most people seem to think C'yan is a person to be avoided despite her physical allure and can't see how on Pern she managed to Impress, although no one is surprised that when she did it was a Green. C'yan is far from a demure little girl and, while she will obey the rules of the Weyr to a T, fails to behave herself in nearly every other aspect of her life. This isn't to say that she doesn't have morals, but she does seem to delight in going against the norm.
Strengths
- Can defend herself: C'yan's father may not have taught her how to use a weapon, but he did teach her some self-defense. Even before becoming a dragonrider she was more than able to put nearly any man flat on his back at at the very least get away.
- Graceful: Her mother made sure that her daughter learned SOMETHING girlie, but it seems the only thing she took to was dancing, and it shows in her movements and fighting. Though her dancing has a tendency to seem like fighting...
- Aware: She seems to always know exactly what is going on around her. From someone walking up behind her to a sound from across the dining hall, it's hard to get anything past her.
- Sweet: Though most people avoid her and don't really get to see this, C'yan is actually quite sweet and will go out of her way to help people she cares about.
- Adventurous: Life's an adventure and C'yan wants to see it all! The surest way to get her to involved is to suggest something she hasn't done or seen before.
Faults
- Rough around the edges: C'yan is not a delicate flower, and by the first egg you had better not treat her like one or you'll be sorry. It's not unheard of for some poor soul to end up on the floor because they made the mistake of coming up on her from behind either.
- Secretive: Other than the rider who Searched her, very few know anything about C'yan's past. Most people don't know if she has siblings, her interests, what she does in her spare time, or even what she's really like. All people see is a pretty little spitfire.
- Naughty: She tends to shy away from what she should do or how she should be. While she takes no issue with doing her duty to the Weyr, she is unlikely to behave herself in nearly any other setting.
- Sly: C'yan is a tricky thing to understand, and it tends to make people second guess her or not take her seriously.
- Stubborn: She can do things for herself thank you very much! She doesn't like accepting help from others, thinking it makes her look weak.
History:
Chyanne was born to a guard and a cook from Ista's main hold and her life as a child was fairly normal and uneventful. From a very young age she constantly followed her elder brother around, insisting on doing everything he did and learning everything he was taught. Her father did draw the line at actual weapons training (although she managed to teach herself a bit using sticks and broom handles in her spare time) but he did teach her hand to hand combat, mostly throws and ways to subdue a an opponent rather than beat the snot out of him. Though she showed great skill with her father's profession, she showed almost none for her mother's. Her mother often said that meals burnt just by Chyanne's presence in the kitchens, although the girl could brew some of the best klah in the Hold.
When a firelizard clutch was brought to Ista Hold, her father was given one of the smaller eggs but he gave it to Chyanne, saying that he didn't want anything to interfere with his duties (he actually just wanted something to distract her from fighting). When the little blue hatched Chyanne thought he looked a rather happy shade of blue, and decided to name him 'Jolly' and thus far, he has not lived up to that name.
At the age of 15 Chyanne had yet to show any particular talents in her life and it looked as if she might end up becoming a drudge unless her father somehow got her a job as a guard (something he very much doubted). It was then that a rider came to Ista on Search from Western and found her. Both Chyanne and her family was relieved when she was Searched, even if she didn't Impress she could always work in the Weyr where her particular talents would probably be accepted more than they were by holders. Chyanne stood on the sands for just over 4 years, and each time she was passed over she grew more worried that a life as a drudge may actually be in the cards for her. She knew very few weyrfolk expected her to Impress, and began to think about what she would do if she didn't. But Viviath seemed to have other plans.
Some were shocked when Chyanne shortened her name to C'yan, but at this point shocking the weyrfolk seemed a normal thing for the girl.
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