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Persona Info:
Name: Bala
Pronunciation: bal-lah
Nickname: N/A
Age: 18
Gender: F
Rank: Searchrider
Birth Place: Nabol Hold
Current Location: Northern Barrier Weyr
Family: Father Inlan, 45, Assistant Steward
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Brother Lanian, 23, Assistant account keeper

Physical Description: Bala stands at 5'9", with chin-length, wavy black hair that frames a fragile, heart-shaped face, a small, upturned nose and large hazel eyes. Willowy and regal looking, she is always well turned out.
Personality: Bala is a kind, generous person, with a easy, personable manner and average intelligence. Extremely open, trusting, and honest, she expects the same from others, and is upset and hurt when she finds out someone isn't exactly who they appear to be. Very maternal, she has an excellent hand with small children, and would do anything for one. She has a passion for flying and a new found love of travel, and will often volunteer for sweeps and patrols just to get in the air. Bala is quite the eager beaver in terms of her duties, eager to learn and be a credit to her new Weyr.
Habits: She embellishes her flight gear with little decorative bows over the button flaps. Very social, Bala likes being around people, and hangs out anywhere they congregate. Is a terrible card player, and is a willing baby sitter when she has time, she loves children.
Hobbies: From time to time Jessa still likes to get out her guitar and sing, thought most of her time is spent with Bannuth. Her other hobby is knitting, something she was taught as a child.

History: Bala is the only daughter of one of Nabol�s Stewards. Balia, her mother, was never strong, and died when she was still a toddler. Sweet, naive, and gentle, she was very sheltered as a girl, her Father being a devoted parent to her and her elder brother. She grew up living the life of a well off Holder, expected to marry a wealthy man and was happy enough to do so. Nabol was all she knew, and she was content with that.

Searched at 16, she came to the Weyr with no understanding of what Weyr life entailed. But a golden egg was confidently expected, so her Father nervously sent her to try her luck. Weeks later, she was standing behind a line of boys. There was no Queen, only too few of the boys to offer. Weyrwoman Second Tarania insisted there be more candidates-so Bala and three other girls were Standing, with orders to stay out of the way of the dragons. She obediently kept moving back, until there was a bugle.

{{HELLO!!! Oh, I love you, Bala! You�re just perfect, is there food, I�m ever so hungry, it�s this nice? I was looking and there you were, and here we are, let�s go get food, and I�m itchy, Bala, very itchy, that�s not nice, oh, yes, I�m Curlinth.}} But it wasn�t a gold chattering in her head. It was a little green.

So Bala, Steward�s daughter of Nabol...became the rather bewildered Greenrider Weyrling Bala, rider of Curlinth. The Weyrwomen winced, her father groaned, and it was done. Alright. So she was to be a dragonrider after all. It happened, she would simply be in the Queen�s Wing, it was alright. Her family was very worried-but Bala was so happy to have Curlinth they accepted matters fairly well. Training was an eye-opening whirl that toughened her physically, but left her in many ways the wide-eyed hold girl she was when she arrived. She had realized early that special, horrified note was taken of her green when they first suspected she was a Search dragon. A woman greenrider was one thing-a woman Searchrider another! Surprised, she happily accepted that travel and meeting people would be a part of their duties, as a taste of the wide world had whet her appetite for seeing more of it. The Weyrleaders were not so contented. Search dragons were too rare and valuable to be wasted with a female rider!

Granted, Bala didn�t cause trouble and undoubtedly would do her best and do her duty...but they didn�t think High Reaches was ready for this. Faranth knew they weren�t. It was not bandied around, and they tried to think of something to do to mitigate the embarrassment when this became public knowledge. It wasn�t like she could be spared from riding Search. But the object of these worries was happily unaware of them as her green matured. Curlinth's first, thrilling and remarkably well attended flight opened a rather enjoyable life up for Bala, especially when she realized she wasn't expected to marry the rider who's dragon flew her Curlinth!

Then Malina decked her own second at the emergency conclave held when a girl Impressed a blue...and it was realized there was an opportunity. Bala graduated from Weyrling training-and was informed she was being sent to Northern Barrier. They needed riders, after all, Jolane had been begging for personnel and aid after the avalanche. A newly graduated Searchpair was a valuable gift. So they sent her hides ahead, with a small change to them. Searcher B�la, with a suggestion �he�d� be best suited to flying Eclipse Wing. Malina was informed this was a man. The Weyrleaders figured she�d never send Bala back once the girl got there-and she didn�t think any of her peers could do proper hidework anyways. Clerical errors happened, after all.

Dragon Info:
Name: Curlinth
Age: 3
Color: Green
Physical Description: Curlinth is a small green, a soft new leaf green in color with swirls two shades darker across her flanks. Very fast, she is extremely agile in the air, but tires quickly. In flight style, she better suits an upper Wing, but stays in the Queen�s levels because of her rider�s gender.
Personality: Curlinth is flighty, chatty, and upbeat, rarely pausing in her comments about anything and everything that catches her eye. She has been known to talk to others besides her rider, seeing no reason not to strike up a conversation when she's bored, which happens often. Switching subjects in mid sentence is one of her trademarks, along with her uncanny ability to stop, look at someone, and know they would make a good candidate, making her invaluable to the Weyr. Strangely, she has no problem remembering names of other riders or Weyr personnel she sees often. When she gets proddy, however, she becomes extremely snappish, sometimes literally.
Rider�s age at Impression: 16
Impressed At: High Reaches Weyr
Dam and Sire: Gold Udijath/ Bronze Visith
Wing Placement: Eclipse Wing