K'ali
(Formerly Kaehaali)
Age:
63
Nameday:
3529.01.28
Sex:
Female
Sexual Orientation:
Heterosexual
Weyr:
High Reaches Weyr
Rider Rank:
Wingrider
Previous Rank/Craft:
Kitchen Worker
Physical Description:
Honestly, K'ali doesn't think herself much to look at. A bit on the pudgy side, with broad shoulders and wide hips, she has a pear-shaped figure. Skin is dark, a soft tanned color, nearing dark brown. With wide eyes framed by long lashes, and slightly thinner lips, she thinks herself a harsher figure. One of her golden brown eyes is missing, and her black hair is wild and curly. She's only about 5'8" tall, and tends towards stooping a bit.
Personality:
If there's one thing K'ali has been since her days as a Weyrling, it was devoted. To study, to her work, to the weyr, K'ali knew her place and was happy in it. Every task she was ever given, she throws herself in to with her whole heart. Anyone she shows an interest in, even after a Flight, will be the light of her life until they no longer need her. Her devotion to life knows very few bounds, even after her Thread injuries. There is an issue that causes K'ali quite a bit of trouble, and it is that she often finds her sense of self-worth from her own work and other people. otherwise, she tends to be a bit self-depreciating. She knocks herself down and often overly-criticizes her mistakes and flaws. If she makes even one mistake, she will often drill herself and Squonth on it over and over again until they get it right.
Her devotion means that she's more than ready to dive headfirst in to the work that is to be done. From chores, to drills, to threadfighting, she makes sure that she's constantly on her feet and moving to learn or improve. If another Rider, or Wingleader asks her to do something? She's likely to pick it up. This does mean that she can tend to overwork herself if she's not careful. She likes to keep busy so much that she often falls victim to exhaustion or stress. As she gets older, she's also proving to not slow down the pace, also sometimes getting a bit ill.
K'ali is the type to want to know about what she's doing, and why she's doing it. The world around her, and the tasks she's done, and continues to do? She wants to learn everything she can until she's got nothing more to learn. Which, to her understanding and hope, will be never. She prays there will always be more to learn. Her curiousity does come with a healthy dose of fear though. A natural fear that creates quite a bit of anxiety. She often finds herself over-thinking, getting lost in a spiral of what ifs or buts.
Positive Trait List
Devoted, Hardworking, Curious
Negative Trait List
Self-Depreciating, Over-worker, Anxious
History:
Before Riderhood, Kaehaali was a nobody, and happy to be a nobody. The kitchens were home, and she could hide in the dark, scrabbling around to do what she was told without an issue. Her mother and father were a Drudge and a Wingrider, so Kaehaali rather knew the machinations and politics of the weyr. She grew up knowing her father and his Green dragon, and her mother and the kitchens. The caverns were her home, and there was so much to know and learn. It at least made her life easier, since she was naturally attuned to following direction and being given new tasks to understand.
She never even thought about Candidacy until she was searched by a Bluerider that was in her Father's wing. The blue INSISTED, apparently, that Kaehaali would be a fantastic addition to the weyr and that she had something special. For a girl who preferred to fade in to the background, to be a cog in the machine....This was something she didn't know how to handle. However, she didn't stand out much once she was in the barracks, and being able to work in the kitchens still made it easier. The only way she ACTUALLY stood out was in her devotion to the classes and the chores. If anyone needed a hand, Kae would happily offer to assist them, anxiously hoping that maybe she could earn favor with her Candidacy class.
Standing for clutches was....exciting, something she'd never thought to experience either. Sure, she'd seen it from the Stands, but this was different, wasn't it? Having little ones darting about your feet to and fro. Her Standing did take a while. Going in to Candidacy at 15, Kae ended up not Impressing any time early on. It took five turns before she heard a very timid, frightened voice that tugged at an instinct that she had no idea was in her. Squonth, begging her to maybe please accept him? He knew that he wasn't what she expected...but he was still good, wasn't he? The tiny blue was scooped up, and since that moment, they were inseparable.
Squonth smoothed out some of Kaehalli, now K'ali's, rougher edges, with unending love and support. He would love her, where she didn't love herself, and she, while anxious, became his backbone, helping him learn to stand up. They were a good threadfighting pair, and made it through Werylinghood with very little incident.
For many turns, the two have fought Thread and been a devoted addition to High Reaches. Threadscored as they are, they've still fight left in them!
Other:
None right now.
DRAGON
Name:
Squonth
Age:
43 turns
Color:
Blue
Size:
46'
Physical Description:
A tiny Blue, Squonth thinks himself nothing impressive. He is not trim and fit, but rather possesses an almost over-thin nature. One would think he would be rotund, but he's hardly lazy. The pair of them are hard-workers after all. He eats enough, he swears, but Squonth just has never been able to much put on weight. His neck and tail seem the largest parts of him, with his wings in a close second. His head is lean and his headknobs short. In fact, one might've expected him to be a White.
Personality:
Squonth is one of the kindest dragons you could ever hope to meet. Everything about him is permissive, happy and ready to be there for someone if they ask for him. He wants to make you smile, and he will do whatever you ask him in order to make that happen. After all, he is a blue! It's his place to be the good boy. Even in his eagerness to please, though, he's very quiet and withdrawn. He tends towards not talking to people, just following around and devoting himself to whatever it is they're trying to do, or asking him to do. He doesn't speak up during drills or threadfall either...which thankfully, is what K'ali is good for.
To his Wing, his Clutchmates, and his Rider, Squonth will forever be devoted and loyal. He wants to make sure that they know that he would follow them to the ends of Pern and beyond. He never really questions what they do, so he sees everything as justifiable in one way or another. It doesn't matter if it's bad. If he cares deeply about them? They MUST'VE had a reason for it! That only makes sense, right? He knows they wouldn't do anything to hurt the Weyr, or him, or K'ali! He tends to be extraordinarily blind when it comes to his friends or those he's devoted to.
Squonth likes to make sure he's always telling the truth. After all, it's important to be honest when you make a mistake. Or when you're talking to your friends. Or...WELL. Any time. It's rare for Squonth to lie about anything, even the things he sees others do. If he's pressed by a Dragon above him? He'll make sure he tells them exactly what he's experienced or heard. Not to gossip! But because they asked and that's his job is to be at the beck and call of his superiors. This can mean that he's a bit blind to the ways of the world beyond his place as a cog in the weyr machine. Devious machinations, and political stuff goes right over his head. As far as Squonth knows, everything is sunshine and rainbows.
Positive Trait List
Sweet, Loyal, Honest
Negative Trait List
Quiet, Blind, Naive
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