Character type: Dragonrider Rank: Searchrider Age: 27 Gender: Female Sexual Preference: Heterosexual
Current Location: Other
Appearance:
Riola is of medium height, 5' 4", with light brown, straight hair kept cut a little longer than shoulder length. She's well-curved, and if she didn't have the physically strenuous activities of a rider to keep her in shape, she'd tend to put on weight. She was a bit "fluffy" all through childhood and as a Candidate, but slimmed down during her Weyrlinghood, to her delight.
Her eyes are a rather non-descript blue, and she has even features with a broad, full mouth and a strong jaw and chin. She's proudest of her slender, long fingered, strong-nailed hands and her bosom-- she keeps her nails as long as work will allow, and abets the softening effects of dragon oil by rubbing in more, before sleeping.
She tends to wear outfits that shove her considerable "assets" up and out, though she isn't flamboyant in appearance otherwise. She saves that for those who get to know her.
Personality: Once upon a time, back when she was a Candidate, Riola was a wall flower. She'd been told all her life that she was the "smart, but awkward" one of the family, and that her sister was the one that got all the looks and the charm. Pudgy and plain and shy, she believed them and played the part. She'd hang back, until she got to know someone. Then, she'd be a faithful friend, and a good listener.
She can still be a faithful friend and a good listener, but she hasn't been anyone's idea of a wallflower for Turns. Riola is all about living the lush life. After all, life's short, no matter how many Turns one racks up, and there's so much to be enjoyed. Especially the joys of the flesh.
Despite her acceptance of mortality, Riola's not a solemn sort. Life's too precious to take to seriously, in her estimation. She's got a sly sense of humor, able to spot the ridiculous in others and in herself, and point it out in a way that gets laughs rather than irritation in return.
Her chief flaw is her unrepentant tendency to be shallow and self-centered, sometimes attracting a deeper relationship than she intended or wants. When it happens, she corrects the situation with what could be seen as brutal honesty and decisiveness. Riola's all about Riola, basically. She loves her life, her dragon, and doing what a dragonrider does, but she doesn't concern herself overmuch with the woes and emotional entanglements of others. A happy hedonist, and one with no regrets or unsatisfied desires.
History: The dutiful middle daughter of a dutiful middling cotholder, Riola would probably have lived her entire life out dutifully and never attracted much notice. But instead, she was Searched for the first clutch of eggs on the Arolos Hatching sands. Calenth cracked the shell and made her a part of the Stormhearts, and a dragonrider forever. Riola left her old life and old persona behind with the discarded eggshell and has never looked back.
Finally, she truly gave herself permission to be herself and shed the last of her Holder mentality. She threw herself fully into the Rider's life, with all its duties and prerogatives. Though she and Calenth have never distinguished themselves as a fighting pair-- they're good enough, and that's good enough for them both-- they have made a mark as a Search pair.
On the personal side, Riola wandered into a mutually satisfying relationship with another bluerider named B'noten. Both of them share the same view of sexuality and the futility of commitment, so they get along together well-- though his habit of living in disgusting squalor drives her to frothing at the mouth on occasion.
To everyone's surprise, including hers, the pair have drifted through the Turns, more often together than not. Of course, that in no way excluded anyone else who caught their attention. Rider J'mich got thoroughly corrupted by the pair while still a malleable Candidate, for instance. He was far from the last.
It was during one of their times at apogee that she drifted off to Igen while B'noten whiled away some time at Telgar. Lately, though, she's gotten restless again, and put in a transfer for Arolos. Such an interesting Weyr, not like the stuffy, hidebound northern ones at all-- and besides, some of her fondest memories reside there. Not all of them having to do with Calenth, either.
Information about Riola's pets
Pet Name: Speck
Pet Type: Firelizard
Appearance: Speck is, frankly, the ugly little runt of a wild green's clutch. She's skinny, very undersized, and of poor conformation, with limbs that seem far too long and spidery to support her. Her only visually redeeming feature is her color. Speck is a dark, even avocado green, shading to a deep lime-peel green on her wing sails. Riola keeps her impeccably groomed, and Speck, for all her ugliness, is perfectly healthy so her hide has a glimmer and glow to it.
Personality: Speck is sweet, openly affectionate, and has a roaring case of kleptomania. Speck is easily attracted/distracted by... oooh SHINY things!.... and is always swooping down and making off with some bit of glitter. She's been known to snatch spoons from bowls, and hair clips from the heads of visiting Lords and Ladies.
Speck isn't very selective about what she snatches... bent spoon, or diamond-studded hairpin are both equally attractive, as long as they sparkle in the light. Luckily, she's also not very selective about where she stashes her haul, usually choosing to stuff the purloined item under her sleeping cushion.
Obviously not the brightest of flits, Speck is still fiercely loved by Riola and Calenth, and they do their best to shield her from the repercussions of her innocent thievery.
Information about Riola's dragon
Dragon Name: Calenth
Colour: Blue
Age: 8
Wing (Weyrling Group): None
Appearance: Calenth is the achingly blue color of autumn skies in the Northern half of the planet. His color shades to a deeper, ultramarine only in the creases and folds of his hide. Calenth is built along solid blue lines. He's well-formed but not a lithe, graceful dragon. All male and a little on the chunky side.
Personality: Calenth is as quiet and as unassuming as his rider is extroverted, but shares her keen intelligence and basic optimistic outlook on life. He likes the greens and chases often, not really minding if he's not successful. The chase is its own reward at times, along with the flirting before and afterwards. He has a close friendship with his longtime ledgemate, B'noten's Luruth.
Highly empathic, Calenth is an excellent Search dragon, though the pair is only mediocre as wing riders. Competent, but not likely to advance beyond their current rank.
Weyr of Origin: Arolos
Abilites and weaknesses: Calenth has the average abilities of his color, though his conformation compromises his agility more than more gracefully built blues. He can fly a full Fall, but it's a stretch for him.
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