Name: Dase
Age: 23 (Nameday 2551.12.12)
Sex: Female
Sexual Orientation: lesbian
Weyr: High Reaches Weyr
Rider Rank: Wingrider
Previous Rank/Craft: Holdfolk, no Craft training
Physical Description: Dase is about 5'6", with a fit compact build and modest curves. With creamy brown tanned skin, she has big green eyes that tend to hide beneath the heavy shaggy fringe of her long light auburn-brown hair. Her bright happy smile is usually readily visible, however. She has strong hands from working with runners most of her life; wrangling a dragon is no problem for her at all.
She wears plain brown shirts and trousers and warm low boots, adding her Threadfighting jacket when it's chilly, or a long fur-lined coat and fur-lined flap hat when it's really cold. Rarely if ever will anyone see her in a dress (she feels exposed in even floor-length dresses). Her riding leathers are brown and Threadscored.
Personality:
Dase is a greenrider, and that's all she is. She knows and understands her place in the grand scheme of things at High Reaches, and she's perfectly fine with it -- considering where she came from, this is a big step up. She's loyal to High Reaches, incredibly so, and strongly believes in their way of doing things, especially fighting Thread. The legacy of High Reaches, the venerable history of the Weyr, is something she greatly admires, and she tries her best to live up to it all. Sometimes it's hard, but hard work is what she's used to.
A fierce Threadfighter, Dase is known for throwing herself and her dragon into the battle with everything she's got. Secretly, though, she is completely blind terrified of Thread, which is why she fights it so fervently. This is something she keeps to herself -- not even her Wingleader knows -- but she always throws up in her weyr just before mustering for a 'Fall. She's just a bit embarrassed to be so afraid and to have such a violent reaction to the thought of it; she chalks it up to being Holdbred, not Weyrbred, despite how well she adapted to life in the Weyr.
Dase has a warm and friendly demeanor in general, always quick with a smile and a laugh, but she's especially friendly toward the Lower Caverns staff. She knows what their life is like and appreciates them like few do. She's a regular at the night hearth, laughing and talking to the workers and whomever else is there. One of her favorite pastimes is listening to the harpers, and she has been known to get up and dance after a few drinks. Dase loves and admires her Weyrwoman; she's also fond of her fellow riders and enjoys spending time with her wing, whether for work or for relaxed fun. She loves klah and ale in equal measure, which is a lot.
She's still Holdbred, as noted; coming from a very restrictive Hold, Dase is still awkward about her own sexuality -- anything other than the norm was frowned on when she was a child. Awkward, shy and uncomfortable around most girls, she doesn't know whether it's because she likes them or just doesn't fit in with them. So she keeps it to herself, preferring to hang out with the guys. It's just easier that way. She doesn't find the looser mores of Weyr life strange or uncomfortable any longer, at least.
Positive Trait List loyal to High Reaches, warm and friendly, hard worker
Negative Trait List awkward, secretly terrified of Thread, keeps problems to herself
History: Dase is originally from a minor hold beholden to High Reaches Hold. Born to a pair of Runnercrafters, she was raised in the stables of the Lord Holder and grew up working with the hold's runners. The Lord Holder was a staunch traditionalist who treated her and her family like little more than drudges, but as long as she had her runners and she and her family were left alone, everything was all right. And for the most part this was the case.
As she grew into a teenager, she caught the attention of the Lord Holder's oldest son. This boy was a creep who thought he could "fix" her after catching her in the stables with another girl, exploring her newfound sexuality. Luckily she was Searched on a sweep from High Reaches Weyr at 14, and she escaped to her new life gladly and willingly, before the Lord Holder's son actually did anything to her. She still feels that the Weyr saved her life.
The girl adapted to Weyr life easily for the most part; what problems and issues she had in adjusting, she kept to herself and mostly sorted them out on her own. Besides, Candidate training kept her plenty busy. The first clutch she stood for was at 15 Turns, the clutch that resulted from the Weyrleadership flight of Eveleth and Thistreth. To her utter amazement, she Impressed green Fiornith. The bright green hatchling wobbled its way up to her and bowled her over, then promptly licked her face and demanded food and a bath. It was love at first sight. Or lick.
Dase proved to be an apt student, taking to Weyrling training like she was a weyrbrat who grew up knowing half the information already. She and her dragon excelled in drills both on the ground and in the air, readily demonstrating their promise as wingriders. Dase was welcomed warmly into her new wing at graduation. Hazing ritual? No big deal!
It was all good until Thread returned. That wasn't supposed to happen, despite what the leadership of High Reaches said! Dase and Fiornith managed to perform well during the first Threadfall in over a thousand Turns, but it still terrified her. She promptly drank herself into oblivion with her wingmates once it was all over. Dase doesn't do that any longer, though she prefers not to be alone after a 'Fall.
Other:
DRAGON
Name: Fiornith
Age: 8, shelled 3566.07.18 from Eveleth x Thistreth's clutch
Color: Green
Size: 27'
Physical Description: Fiornith is a large, elegantly slender green with a long delicate neck and tail and large graceful wings. Her hide is a vibrant green with slightly darker green swirls and spirals on her face, neck, back and tail, wing-spars and legs. She's healthy and robust, capable of making a long flame though she demands a lot of firestone. She's a bit of a bull in a china shop on the ground because she's larger than she thinks she is, but in the air she is quite nimble and zoomy despite her size.
Personality: Fiornith fancies herself dainty and demure, and in some ways she is. She's a sophisticated lady (she feels) who loves being pampered by her rider and demands frequent bathing and oiling. One of her favorite things to do is visit the nearby hot spring and soak in the warm water there. This green is a sociable girl who will loll about in the bathing pool and chat and gossip with whomever else is in there, be they human or dragon; she's quite fond of her clutchmates, and very fond of her mother. Good-natured and good-humored, Fiornith is inclined to speak to other riders (and some non-riders), much to their shock and her delight. She is a dedicated and fierce Thread fighter, though, who believes her Weyr is the very best of all Pern. Fiornith rather enjoys the attention she gets when she rises, despite how uncomfortable it makes her rider feel. All these dragons chasing her! Such fun! She doesn't fancy any color over the others, or any particular suitor. She's fair game, boys!
Dragon Art or Proof of Obtainment: Durgs and Kisses Advent egg event
