Nariana, Assistant Headwoman (WIP)

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Name: Nariana ("Nari")
Gender: Female
Age: Twenty Three (b. turn 850)
Birthdate (Season): Spring
Location: Quindell Weyr
Rank: Assistant Headwoman

Family:
Mother: Elenna, mother, b. 830, rider of green Aiurnath
Father: N'sil (Nishil), father, b. 828, rider of brown Denath
Siblings:

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N'sen (Nisouen), full brother, b. 851, rider of brown Darlerth
Nieness, paternal half sister, b. 853, rider of green Taiath
Nasyenn, full sister, b. 854, rider of green Cheyith
S'renn (Saiyrenn), maternal half brother, b. 857, rider of bronze Rilroeth
R'senn (Reylesenn), maternal half brother, b. 859, rider of blue Rilayth
Nillinna, full sister, b. 860, candidate
Syhina, maternal half sister, b. 862, weyrbrat[/ul]

Physical Appearance: Many peoples first impression of Nariana is that she's short, small, petite, delicate - and other adjectives of the same nature. All these assessments are true enough - however, being seen around her brothers as much as she is, thier sheer size and bulk make her look even more so that she actually is. Infact, Nariana's only just shy of being about average in height, she stands 5'5" in bare feet and once Nariana's taken out of the equation average is probably found to be the most appropriate of descriptions of Nariana. Her eyes are a medium brown shade, and her hair is a nearly identical shade, with a slight wave to it. This hair falls to just below her shoulder blades, and Nariana usually wears it loose, liking the feel of it around her neck and cheeks, but will pull it back out of the way into a single plait when needed.

With curves enough to make it clear she's a girl, Nariana doesn't bother to make anything of them - she's happiest in comfortable practical clothes, and if they happen to make her look pretty that's great, if they don't, then oh well, she'd rather be comfortable. Her wardrobe is limited, less so perhaps then what it was while she was a child and relying on hand me downs, but even so Nariana has never been one to accumulate clothes that barely get worn - and most of the items she's commonly seen in, she's owned for several turns. She does own girly clothes, and actually quite enjoys wearing skirts, but she doesn't find them practical a lot of the time and so out of habit she will usually grab a pair of trousers without thinking if she's dressing in a hurry (which she usually is).
(The playby is Marie Digby)

Personality: A down to earth young woman, Nariana knows exactly what she is and exactly what she isn't. She is content with her place in life even if it wasn't where she expected to be at twenty three, but she doesn't see the point in moping over "might have been" (or, as people often put it "what should have been"), she'd rather just get on and deal with the hand she has - and all in all, while she may not have the dragon lifemate she expected, her life isn't really that bad. She gets to spend her days organising the Weyr (and Nari loves organising things), but as she isn't the big boss she also gets to let her hair down sometimes as well.

Handling people is one of Nari's strongest strenghts, and biggest weeknesses. Empathetic to the feelings of others, Nari is good at seeing both sides of arguements, and delights in finding compromises that make both parties happy (and if that really isn't possible, she'll try to break the news as gently as possible). If someone is willing to come to her and admit they don't know how to do something, and need help with it, Nari will find the time to help them wherever possible - and when helping them herself isn't an option,she'll at least make the time to make sure they're in touch with someone who can. That said, those individuals who won't admit when they don't know what they're doing, or worse, insist they're doing things well when they really aren't, Nari has a tendancy towards loosing her temper and becoming a little sharp with them. She tends to remember these sort of people too, and once someones been labeled an arrogant/stupid/etc person, that's how they're likely to stay in Nari's mind.

Not especially vocal about things she doesn't know much about, Nari prefers to keep quiet and ask careful questions (happily allowing her ignorance to show through when it needs to) then say something that she isn't confident is correct - and she admires this quality in other people. However, when it comes to topics she's confident about, Nari's happy to discuss things in detail and at length... sometimes to the point of boring people.

History: Born and raised at Quindell Weyr, Nari entered the Weyr creche as soon as she was old enough, and was fostered to one of the Weyr's apprentice headwomen at three turns of age. One of the last foster children the woman took on, Nari will say she had a fairly close bond with her foster mother - she got a lot more attention then she could have had growing up, only ever having one or two foster siblings at any one time. With a family of riders, it was always expected (by Nari and most others), that she too would impress - so at the age of twelve she became a candidate and stood right through until she was twenty.

Watching one after another of her younger siblings impress before her was viewed with mixed feelings by Nari. N'sen impressing when she was 14 turns old was fairly ignorable, she had plenty of time left at that point still, and Nieness when she was fifteen was likewise dismissable. At seventeen when Nasyenn impressed, Nari was old enough to start worrying about how many turns she had left - but still young enough to feel left out and full of doubt in herself. However, by the time she turned twenty and S'renn impressed, Nari had to be honest, resigned herself to probably not impressing. More and more she'd been assisting her old foster mother with her tasks, and so when she hadn't impressed by the end of her twentieth turn, Nari was happy enough to take on that role full time - and when her foster mother decided to retire, Nari was quick to put herself forward as an option to replace her.


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