Post by GoldRiderKeistra on Jul 19, 2008 10:24:43 GMT -5
Name: Keistra
Name Pronounced: Kay-ee-struh
Age: 22
Gender: Female
Character Type: Dragonrider
Rank: Wingrider
Sexual Orientation: Heterosexual
Current Location: Angel's Cove Weyr
Appearance: Standing at about 5'5, Keistra is considered average by those around her. She's leanly athletic in build and shows off a gracefulness in the way she walks. Her lean body is pale from living in the north though she does expect that she'll develop a bit of a tan staying at Angel's Cove Weyr. Keistra's straight red/blond hair barely makes it to her shoulders and more often than not she has it pulled back with a black headband so her bangs don't get in her way. She has steady aquamarine eyes and a soft voice.
Personality: Hardly a shy person, Keistra is none the less usually silent. She listens to all sides of a situation before stating her opinion so others tend to listen to her more. She's strongly opinionated about everything she particapates in and his extremely passionate about her work as a jeweler. Keistra is sometimes headstrong when she sees something she thinks isn't right but always looks at both sides of a problem. Keistra is steady and calm in an emergancy and rarely looses her cool.
History: Keistra was born in Ista Weyr to two dragonriders. When Keistra was about 15, she lived through the deaths of both of her parents. Her mother Tiana was a greenrider and her father M'rin was a bluerider. After a particualarly nasty threadfall, her mother's dragon Kitith was scored badly along with her rider and both jumped between. Her father and his blue Dorth were killed two years later in another fall. Because of these sad events, she isolated herself for a short time from the rest of the younger children in the Weyr Creche. A few weeks later, a benevolent cook from the kitchen noticed her isolation and began to befriend the girl and even offered to foster her. Having finally gotten her life back together after her parents deaths, she was a little hesitant when she was found and searched by a visiting Igen Weyr Searchrider. Despite being a little apprehensive about leaving her home, she did agree and was taken to Igen Weyr to await the next hatching.
Two days after arriving at Igen Weyr, she stood on the sands for the hatching with over fifty other hopefuls. Unfortunely, Keistra didn't Impress at that hatching and she left the sands that day in tears. After hearing the news, her foster mother Lura hitched a ride with one of Ista's dragonriders and came to console the young candidite. After many tears Lura managed to calm Keistra and she even talked her into trying again to Impress. Keistra agreed to stay at the weyr and wait. Seeing her foster-daughter settled, Lura then returned to Ista and her work.
After almost another year of standing and failing to Impress, and on the afternoon of her sixteenth Naming-Day, Keistra stood for one last hatching and this time, she Impressed. What found her that day was a beautiful green dragonet named Payath. Keistra was elated to finally have her lifemate and the two eagerly took to each other. Time passed by in a blur for the pair and soon they left their weyrlinghood behind. Things went pretty well for the pair as they grew and Payath became a very talented threadfighter. Because of her green's many talents and Keistra's own knack for looking at all sides of a problem, the two became Igen Weyr's very first greenrider pair to hold the position of Wingsecond. At this time, Keistra was nineteen and Payath was three turns old.
Keistra slid easily into her new position and proved to be a smart match for the job. After a little over a year of no injuries sustained during threadflight for her entire wing, Keistra was chosen to take bronzerider Y'vik's position as Wingleader when the bronzer stepped down. Not three days into her job as Wingleader, Payath rose for her very first mating flight with an absolutely terrifed Keistra along for the ride. Once the flight was over, Keistra calmed down and even spoke with the rider of the bronze that had caught Payath at length though nothing came of it. It seemed things were going back to normal when several weeks later Keistra started getting violently ill in the mornings. Terrified of what might be wrong, the greenrider immediately went to a healer only to be told she was three weeks pregnant. Unsure of what to do, Keistra located Su'rai, the bronzerider who she'd slept with during Payath's flight. The older bronzerider bluntly told Keistra that he wanted nothing to do with the child and that he didn't care what she did with it. Distressed, Keistra ran from the other rider and locked herself in her room.
Once again her Foster Mother Lura came to the rescue and ended up staying at Igen Weyr throughout Keistra's entire pregnancy. Nine months later, less than two days after Keistra's twenty-first Naming-Day, Keistra gave birth to a beautiful baby girl that she named Sari. Delighting in her new baby and steady now in her place in the weyr, Keistra set to work reestablishing order in her wing. While she worked, Lura watched Sari; then Keistra watched her little girl in the evenings after drills. After another year of this Keistra decided she'd had enough of the people in Igen Weyr and requested a transfer to the very new Angel's Cove Weyr in the hopes of starting her life over. Moving with her to the weyr would be her now one turn old daughter Sari and her foster mother Lura.
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Family:
Father: M'rin; rider of Blue Dorth(deceased)
Mother: Tiana; rider of Green Kitith(deceased)//Foster Mother: Lura; Cook at Ista Weyr
Siblings: none
Love Interests: none yet
Children: Sari; werybrat- 1 Turn
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Misc./Random Facts: Keistra loves children, but has a difficult time finding someone since she has a daughter.
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Dragonriders:
Is your persona a dragonrider? Yes
Dragon Name: Payath
Dragon Color: Green
Dragon Age: 6 Turns
Flight Wing: King's Wing
Appearance: Her rich jade hide is slightly darker than normal, fading to an even lime hue around her belly and on the undersides of her wings. There is a rather large streak of soft emerald going from the tip of her nose that fades as it reaches her forehead. Payath is a lithe and lean and over the years has grown into a beautiful young dragon.
Personality: Because of her smallish size, Payath is more than a little cautious when approaching things. She tends to stay out of the way of other dragons; especially Golds, because of a trauma she suffered at her hatching because of one. A bit shy around strangers, Payath tends to stick close to Keistra's side during meetings. Unlike most Greens, Payath prefers to remain quiet and gather information as opposed to talking a lot. This habit can lead to some rather hilarious conversations between she and Keistra. Despite her shy nature, Payath is, like most dragons, feircely protective and intensely loyal to her bonded. Payath is quiet and reserved, much like Keistra, and compliments her lifemate very well. Payath is also viciously protective of her lifemate's young daughter Sari and is often seen curled up near the toddler whenever Sari is with she and Keistra.
Abilites and Weaknesses: Payath small size makes her more agile in the air but this fact also means she has less stamina.
Weyr of Origin: Igen Weyr
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Is your persona a crafter? Yes
Craft: Jeweler (Artist)
Craft Rank: Senior Journeyman
Craft Specialty: bracelets and necklaces
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