Name/Nicknames: Belle Moore
Gender: Female
Rank/Position: Paleontologist
Age: 33
Birthplace: First Centauri
Physical Description: Belle inherited her father's dark hair and blue eyes. She once wore her long, wavy black hair down to her mid back, but recently had to cut it off due to it becoming matted and tangled beyond repair. She is a tall woman at 5'11". She was always thin and lacking in real curves, but in recent months appears to be sickly malnourished due to the harsh conditions in the north.

Personality: Belle never thought of herself as a leader nor a follower. She was an independent and private person who kept her innermost thoughts to herself. She loved being a bachelorette and had many friends. She occasionally would take a lover, but their relationships were always brief and private. Being in dire straights, and the drive to protect her children, has awakened the part of Belle capable of taking charge; it's often said reluctant leaders are the best kind. She's practical and realistic, always has been, and is the type to encourage looking to the future instead of dwelling on the past. So it does also figure that she wouldn't take her own advice and harbor some grudges of her own; there's always been some resentment of her father's lack of presence in her younger years, never forgotten even if forgiven and understood. And more recently, against Malloren Morgan for bringing Cave Hold and its people so close to death and not caring or seeing it.

Background: Belle was young enough to have escaped the horrors of the Nathi war. She was a privileged child who loved to bury herself in books rather than socialize. She studied paleontology in college and dreamt of digging up fossils on newly discovered worlds. Her father was always away growing up, so she saw the Pern expedition as not only a chance to get to know him better but to use her new degree in paleontology on an explored planet. The hardest part was leaving her mother behind, but the chance to study a new world was too tempting. Belle adjusted well into life on Pern. She had two children, holding up her end of the agreement to people the world, but kept the identities of their fathers to herself. She found motherhood a pleasant surprise. She'd never felt so much love for another human being until she held her daughter.

The unexpected Threadfall created a rift between Belle and her father, or rather furthered a small rift that had always been there. Though they'd grown closer since coming to Pern, she'd always had an opinion that her father was a bit too soft and willing to give in to others. Now their differences were much greater than minor disagreemnt. She believed there was no way even Kitti Ping could successfully create giant fire-lizards in such a primitive genetic laboratory. It was best people come together and get underground. She believed that was their only chance of surviving Thread. Belle and her father exchanged harsh words before she left to move north.

Belle lost her young son, Atillio, during the first harsh winter. His death was an eye-opener, and Belle realized what a mistake moving to the north had been. She became a quiet supporter of a return to the south. With tensions so high, she feared being too vocal for the safety of her daughter. From his sickness and the shared stress of worrying over young chidren, she became friends with Lilly Lee. Then when her good friend Sutton was killed in an "accident," Belle decided she had to take action and rallied a group of people to hijack a boat and return to the south. She hopes to re-settle to her former position in the sciences there, but time will tell if that will happen or if she'll remain a leader in the people's eyes.

Family/Friends:
Father Jack Moore/67/Mayor/New Landing Hold
Brother Joseph Moore/36/Assistant Mayor/New Landing Hold
Brother Benny Moore/10/New Landing Hold
Daughter Miriam/7
Son Atillio/4/Deceased

Hobbies & Skills: Social drinking, studying natural histories If your persona were a song, the title: These Boots are Made for Walkin' Pets: Belle once had a menta'd bronze fire-lizard, but he abandoned her for warmer climates after a faithful year in the north.