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Name: Ryala
Age: 17
Sex: female
Sexual Orientation: heterosexual
Craft: Harper (singer/vocals)
Rank: Candidate
Location: Rivercrest Hold (Gather)

Physical Description: Standing around 5'7", Ryala's slender form seems to be growing daily, though her bust remains small. This can tend to be a bit of a problem for her, especially when looking for appropriate attire. Under arched brows, lovely blue-grey eyes view the world from behind wayward strands of long auburn hair, which gently falls halfway down her back. Her strait nose is bridged by a faint scattering of freckles, which also appear lightly on her arms. Aside from that, her skin appears to be flawless. However, despite her natural slightly tan skin tone, she can still be subject to sunburns if she stays in bright sunlight too long.

Her pointed chin seems to give her face the appearance of being delicate, an impression helped by her long slender fingers. Her long legs end in feet that are definitely not delicate... they're larger than she likes, and when walking the big toe on her right foot tends to pop up. The one on her left foot does, too, but not as noticeably. The problem causes her to go through footwear in anywhere from a sevenday (if the workmanship was shoddy) to half a Turn (with better material and craftsmanship).

Personality:
Generally quiet and gentle by nature, Ryala has been known to surprise folks with her strong will. She's a hard worker, and sincerely believes that there is nothing wrong with someone being their self. Oddly enough, she seems to be rather self-centered, though she's unaware of it. She will listen to what she's told, and follow orders until they clash with her own judgement. If she's told to do something that she disagrees with, she'll first ask why she should. If given an answer that conflicts with her beliefs, she'll ignore what she's told and instead do what she believes is right. Fortunately, this hasn't been a major issue over the Turns.

She also has little tolerance for those who try to shirk their duties, though she tries to be patient when dealing with them. She will not accept bullying, and tries to talk the offender into finding a better solution. She doesn't mind joking around, whether she's the one doing it, or someone else is, as long as it doesn't hurt anyone. She has great respect for workers of most professions, but has a particular fondness for music herself. When it comes to thieves, bandits, and *ahem* temporary company, though, she believes that they should be drawn and quartered, or dropped between.

Ryala can handle some of the day-to-day chores, like cleaning pots or mending bedfurs. However, she's an absolutely lousy cook, and should never be left responsible for fixing any meal. She absolutely refuses to touch any sort of alcoholic beverage, preferring to drink klah, fruit juices, or clean water.

Positive Trait List quiet, caring, respectful, honest, helpful
Negative Trait List stubborn, a little uncertain, can't cook, slightly self-centered

History: Ryala was born and raised as the second of three girls in a wealthy family in Bitra. The problem was, their wealth came from cheati -- uhh, gambling -- as tends to be the Bitran way. Although she turned out to not have any talent or interest for the art herself, she had no problems with spending the marks earned by the family. After all, if people felt the need to continuously be conned by the same tricks every time, then they deserved to lose their funds!

Being the middle child, Ryala was occasionally accused of having done things that her sisters did. Since, in her parents' eyes, her older sister was "old enough to know better" and her younger one was "too little to have done it", she ended up taking the fall for them a few times... but only when their was something in it for her, like a ribbon that she wanted. Otherwise, she found a way to prove that it was them that did whatever it was. The three of them mostly had fun together, though they still had nasty nicknames for each other. Ryala's sisters were fond of calling her "Beanpole", due to her growing height. It didn't bother her much, since her younger sister was a chubby little "Creampuff", and her older sister was a nagging "Wherry-hen".

As the girls grew older, their parents started looking for suitable husbands for them. Of course, "suitable" meant "wealthy". Not wishing to be stuck with some ugly old lecher simply because her parents liked his money (not yet a reality, but almost certain to happen, in her opinion... especially the way her parents were talking), she turned to the Harper for advice. Fortunately, her voice had, at this point, altered into a fair enough soprano that the local Harper had already given thought to requesting that she go to the main Harper Hall for training as a vocalist. With her parents' grudging permission, she gladly went. Sadly, voice was all that she was good at, but still she tried her best. When Thread returned, she felt herself fortunate indeed to be within those stone halls.

By the time she was 17, Ryala had grown skilled enough in her vocal training to be sent to perform at Gathers in distant Holds. However, when preparing to catch a dragonride home from a rather boisterous Gather at Rivercrest Hold, the dragon, one from Western Weyr, took an interest in her, and claimed that she had potential as a Candidate.

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Candidate Specific Questions
Do you want them to have an official Search RP? Yes
Do you understand they will age every passing year regardless if you're there to RP the or not? Yes
Do you want them to have a possible Stands Impression? No

Hey Ryala,

First off, can you please remove the images of the models or whoever from the profile? We actually have a rule in Echoes of Pern where play-bys aren't allowed. I believe it's in the Character Approval rules, and the front page to make unique characters.

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Do not use copyrighted or franchised material to represent your characters. We're not a shop that uses play-bys, so please keep your character unique.

Using a doll maker is fine, or having someone create art of your character, but we do ask that real photos not be used.

Secondly, is it possible to rephrase the "renting property to tourists"? It just sounds really modern for our Pern. Renting some of the Hold's more picturesque or desired beach side rooms might make more sense. If she wasn't planning on following in her family's footsteps, what was she planning on doing with her life?

Just living by the beach? Just hanging out? How did her family feel about that? Pern still prefers its children pick up a craft between the Turn 10 and 14. Was she just potential marriage fodder?

As a note, someone wouldn't necessarily know the difference between the clutches by egg count alone. Gold and greens both can clutch small or large clutches, and both greens and golds can be more (or less) maternal or protective of the eggs. While it's fine to have her go make mischief with firelizard eggs, she may have likely also been attacked for getting near. Also, a person in our canon can only ever impress one gold firelizard. Multiple one result in one of the queens being driven off by the other, if not killed. It's noted in a few places, I just wanted you to be aware given your "other" note.

Updated, hope it helps!

I might just have her borrow a fellow Harper's flit, or have them bear word themselves. I had forgotten about that, thank you! heart