Goldrider Mara
Name of Persona: Mara
Age of Persona: 16
Residence: Silver Ridge Weyrhold
Dragon Color: Gold
Dragon Name: Aureliath
Dragon Age: 1
Pet Kind: two firelizards(green and blue), two felines, a runner
Pet Name: Melody, Caelum, Smokey, Snowcrystal, Shooting Star
Craft: Dragonhealer
Rank: Jr.Apprentice
Description of Persona: Physical: Mara is about 5'6", slender, and in good shape from all her exercise. Her hair, which she calls her one vanity, hangs almost to her hips and is a lovely golden color(although she has a tendancy to dye it shocking shades of purple, or blue, or silver, or whatever suits her mood at the time). She loves to braid it into intricate styles when she has time, and simple puts it into a french braid when she doesn't. Her eyes are her other favorite feature about herself. They have a habit of changing shades to reflect the color of clothes she's wearing and the light. They can be a hazel-greyish color, but more often(and Mara's favorite), they're a shade of green that starts out dark green on the edge of the iris and is a lighter green with flecks of amber toward the center. Other than that, Mara doesn't pay the least bit of attention to her appearance. Others, however, aren't quite as oblivious and will tell you Mara is actually stunningly beautiful, especially when she graces the world with a rare smile. If you're waiting for Mara to figure that out, however, you'll be waiting a long time. She doesn't think people should be judged by appearance, and consequently doesn't think about hers or anyone elses, except to make sure she's clean and her hair's brushed.
Emotional:Mara is, emotionaly, a very complicated person. Best one-word description of Mara is:weird. She's just a very unique person. She's a free thinker with some very different ideas. She hates rank. Despises it. She hates stereotypes and tries her hardest to defy them--thus the purple hair and behaviour rather different from most goldriders. She can be very friendly. She can be very sarcastic. She's a little bit jaded at the world. She's seen a lot of death, and lost a lot of loved ones, and it's effected her. She can sink into a depression suddenly remember those she's lost. She tries to be a mother to everyone and does a pretty good job of offering advice and solving problems, except when they're her own. She often puts everyone else's needs in front of hers. She's a very responsible, hardworking person. If something needs to be done, she's not going to put it off or forget about it. It's going to get done. She has a deep love of animals and won't stand for anyone hurting them. She loves stories. Written or told by someone, she could hear them for candlemarks on end. In some ways, she finds them an escape from reality. She loves music(she plays instruments, but her singing voice leaves much to be desired. She describes it as the voice of a dying crow), swimming, painting, and riding. In a way, Impressing Aureliath was the best and the worst thing to ever happen to her. It was the worst because she is forever trying to get people to treat her like she's just a normal person, and she's not attached to a shiny dragon. As a result, she's rather insecure about whether people like her for her or because she's a goldrider. It was the best because it gave her love she didn't think she was capable of feeling. Mara has always had a deep fear of love. She is terribly afraid of getting hurt and shied away from loving anyone too much, even as just a friend. For a very long time she thought she was incapable of loving a boy as more than a friend. Time, and R'nar's patient teaching her it was okay to love, and Aureliath's constant support, made her realize she was just a late bloomer and that she had always loved R'nar. She recently weyrmated him, and although she is still afraid of getting hurt, she has learned it's worth taking that risk.
Brief History of Persona: She has 6 older half-siblings that she grew up with and considers her real siblings. Her mother is a Master Weaver and her father is a bronzerider named L'daven, who lives at Ridge Crest Weyr. She was born in a northern hold and moved a lot. 2 months after she turned 14, she Impressed green Melody. She lived a pretty average life until she was Searched to stand for a clutch at Ridge Crest Weyr. After that, her life became full of surprises. On m6d2, she impressed blue Caelum. After her best friend Raynar(now R'nar) Impressed and she didn't at Zennith's hatching on m6d7t24, Mara decided to become a dragonhealer. Her mother ordered her to return to the hold, but Mara refused. Not long after that, she learned that her mother's husband, a Master Harper, was not really her father. A bronzerider name L'daven was, and she was the result of a mating flight. Mara learned she had a half-sister and three-half brothers, L'daven's children, plus a whole bunch of cousins and aunts and uncles on L'daven's side of the family. Mara turned 15 on m8d4 of the 24th turn. On m8d8 of the 24th turn, a greenrider from Silver Ridge Weyrhold named Reya Searched Mara. Mara moved the the weyrhold the next day, still desperately hoping to Impress. She was at Silver Ridge for about two months when on m9d28, Brith's clutch hatched. To Mara's surprise and delight, the little golden queen Aureliath picked Mara to be her lifemate, making Mara the happiest she has ever been. However, the happiness was short lived. A horrible threadfall in month 9 took the lives of many Mara knew, including many of her dragonriding family members. In month 11, T'vinyo, Mara's cousin and Lord Weyrholder, died in threadfall. A plague struck in month 12, killing many riders and non-riders alike. But the worst was yet to come. On m12d27, two people very close and special to Mara died:Kelse, the Lady Weyrholder, died in childbirth, and worse for Mara, her father L'daven died. Mara was devestated that the father she had barely gotten to know had died. That was the last of the disasters for that stretch. Mara learned to /between/, and all the other weyrlings from her group transfered out as was customary at the weyrhold, leaving Mara quite by herself. In late month 2, R'nar transferred to Silver Ridge, much to Mara's delight. On m2d27t25, the day before she was to graduate from weyrlinghood, Aureliath rose for the first time. Much to Mara's horror, R'nar's bronze Shevraeth caught her dragon. Mara was mortified that she had shared her dragon's first flight with her best friend. R'nar tried his hardest to convince her that it was alright and that he loved her. Mara, on the other hand, wouldn't hear of it, ignoring her own feelings for R'nar. Over the next two months, R'nar kept trying to bring out the love he knew Mara had to feel for him somewhere deep inside of her. On the day Aureliath's eggs hatched(m5d1t25), something happened at the hatching feast. Maybe it was the music, or maybe it was sleep deprivation, but whatever it was, Mara suddenly realized she had the same feelings for R'nar as he had for her. Needless to say, Mara wouldn't let R'nar go back to his weyr that night. The next day, R'nar asked Mara to be his weyrmate and she agreed.