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 Posted: Mon Nov 29, 2010 7:20 am
Name: Ralla
Age: 24
Gender: Female
Sexual Orientation: Heterosexual
Rank: Wingleader
History:
Ralla is holdborn, the youngest of three daughters, and was a malcontent from childhood on. She wanted nothing to do with dresses and ribbons, and later, nothing to do with marriage and children. So when she was searched at 15, she jumped at the chance to leave her cothold behind and be a dragonrider. She Impressed her first time around, to a blue named Voivoth, and they've been testing their limits ever since. They were difficult Weyrlings, the kind who had a tendency to go just a little further than they should, to practice outside of lessons, and try things before they really should have, just to see if they could. Through a combination of luck and grit, they managed to get through it unscathed.
Ralla grew up as just another girl, and Voivoth hatched as just another blue, but just will never be good enough for either of them, and that includes just being wingriders. The surest way to get this pair to do something is to tell them it's not possible; they'll try it to prove it is, and that they can do and be whatever they want.
Appearance:
Ralla is of average height, about 5'4", with dark brown eyes and medium brown hair. Her facial features are sharp, and her figure is thin with only a hint of curves. Though she usually keeps it tied back and out of her way, her straight hair falls to mid-back when she lets it.
Personality:
Ambitious, tenacious, and dead-set on doing whatever she puts her mind to. Ralla doesn't know how to give up, and will throw herself at a task repeatedly, from whatever angle necessary, until she's accomplished it. There is not a sharding thing a man can do that Ralla cannot, and that includes being a wingleader, thank you. Her dragon may be a blue, but he's a big one, and every bit as tough as his rider - and as determined to prove that he can play with the big boys as she is. Just a girl? Just a blue? No such thing!
They'll work as hard as they have to to prove it, and work their wing just as hard, because their wing reflects on them. It's not good enough just to do well; Ralla and Voivoth won't slow down until theirs is better than bronze- and brown-led wings, because only then will they have proven themselves and their point. Even when they get there - even if they never get there - they will keep pushing.
Ultimately, work is life for Ralla, and it's rare for her to stop and relax; when she does, she's very fond of alcohol, which loosens her up a little. It even lets out her well-hidden sense of humor. But, no matter what state she's in, never make the mistake of underestimating her...or belittling, demeaning, or otherwise messing with her. Push her too far and you'll be in for a fight. She doesn't know when to back down, and is not above using her fists if she has to.
One day she may learn to balance out her toughness, but only once she's satisfied that she's achieved her goal.
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Posted: Mon Nov 29, 2010 7:22 am
BLUE VOIVOTH
[picture here]
Come with me, RallaMine. It is time for us to begin.
Personality
One might be tempted to say that Voivoth was born the wrong color, as he has enough ambition and drive for at least one bronze, if not two. That would be a bad idea, though, because he's a blue and proud of it; he is not, however, just another blue. If he had his way, there'd be no such phrase as 'just another blue,' or 'just another green.' The lower colors are vastly underappreciated, in his opinion, and he's on a mission to show everyone what he - and by extension, other blues and greens - is capable of.
He believes every dragon has potential, even if they don't realize it, and tries to encourage his fellows to find and reach theirs. They may not get the glory they deserve, but they are the bulk of the population: they are Pern's fighting force, and should be proud of it, putting in every effort to make sure their world is properly defended. He has no tolerance for laziness or complacence; anyone in a wing with him had better be giving 100%, preferably more.
This blue gives credit where credit is due, and tempers criticism with encouragement. He wouldn't ask you to do it if he didn't think you could; the best way to inspire someone to greatness is to believe in them. It would take a truly hopeless case to make him despair. Where his greatest difficulty lies is with bronze dragons and the sense of entitlement and superiority most of them seem to have. What have they done to earn it? It's not fair, and it rankles him. He likes browns a little more, as long as they don't 'side' with the metallics. He can come to accept a metallic, but only if they prove themselves to be a decent, hardworking individual who doesn't think they're better than everyone else.
Voivoth is big for a blue, very nearly brown-sized. He was exceptionally large as a hatchling, but didn't quite stay that way as he grew - he's a big big blue, but not a total freak. He participates in Flights only when the green Rising has a male rider Ralla finds agreeable, which is to say not very often.
Why Me?
There were a lot of disappointed boys on the Sands when Voivoth hatched out of his large egg - one everyone had felt sure contained a bronze or at least a brown. Instead, they got a very big and very angry blue. How dare they be disappointed with him?! He was a perfectly good dragon, one anyone should be glad to have. He tore through the male candidates with a vengeance before setting his sights on the girls, and focused in on one as dissatisfied with people's expectations as he was - and, just as importantly, one who had no interest in Impressing a Queen. One who would never find him disappointing, or less than what they expected. Instead, he was everything Ralla could have wanted, and vice versa. Together, they could go as far as they liked.
Voivoth's Stats STR: 15 CON: 18 DEX: 8 INT: 11 WIS: 11 CHA: 10
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