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Watchrider Marista
Vayera misto102@yahoo.com

 

Common Knowledge: It is commonly known by now that Marista is blind, but anyone that knows her also knows that she gets along just fine with the help of her dragon and firelizard. They know she is quiet and that she doesn't like others to feel sorry for her.  

Character Name: Marista

Birthdate (age): 04.13.3296 (24)

Gender: Female

Birthplace: Ista Hold
Current Location: Last Hope Weyr


Family:
Father: Marton, 52, Southern Hold, Master Smithcrafter-deceased
Mother: Lomista, 45, Southern Hold, house wife - deceased
Brother: Loton, 10, Southern Hold, Apprentice Smithcrafter-deceased

Physical Description: Marista is 5'7" and on the slender side, she stays fit so most of the flesh on her bones is muscle. She has a tanned complexion due to the southern sun and mild climate. Her hair is mid back length, straight and a golden honey color. She has a very delicate look to her features, with high cheekbones and a small, slender nose. She has striking ice-blue eyes that unfortunately no longer see anything but light and dark. Despite her slender figure Marista still has all the curves of any woman and many men would call her attractive.


Personality: When Marista was younger she was the sweet, but adventerous child of her parents. Since losing her sight though Marista has become much quieter and is far more cautious but that is simply because she is being careful. She is generally in a good mood but there are some moments when she gets very frustrated at her condition and when that happens she usually tries to be by herself because she has broken down in tears before, though those moments are less frequent than when she first became blind. One thing that Marista despises is the treatment she might get from others, she accepts no kind of pity from anyone and will be very vocal about it if she senses anyone showing her favoritism. Marista also believes she can do anything anyone else can if given the opportunity and though her blindness is a weakness, she has very sensitive hearing along with her other senses which seem to be heightened.


History:
Marista was born as the oldest child to Marton and Lomista of Southern Hold. It was a little bit of a disappointment at first to Marton for his first child to be a girl but his disappointment quickly turned to joy as Marista quickly won his heart. Marton doted on his little girl and most said he spoiled her but Marista was always a very happy and well behaved child in every situation. Lomista appreciated Marton's adoration of Marista and the family grew happy. Lomista knew that Marton really wanted a boy and after a few years Marton's awaited for boy joined the family.

Marista's family life was nothing out of the extraordinary and she grew helping her mother but there was always a little bit of fear surrounding the small family as there had always been talk of the plague swarming through the hold and many that they knew had died but the family had so far escaped the tragedy until one day Lotan came home with a scorching fever and both Lomista and Marton knew what it was and that the prognosis wasn't good. Marista's typically happy life was torn apart as her brother quickly went from bad to worse and one day he was gone. But the sadness didn't stop there, her mother who had been tending Loton had come down with the fever followed closely by her father. Marista stayed with them and tried to help care for them as the healers were overburdened by the number of those sick but there was nothing they could do and Marista soon found herself an orphan, alone with nothing in the world. Marista didn't know what to do so she stayed at the little cot that had been her families home doing what she could to stay alive. Eventually Marista realized that she couldn't stay where she was, there was nothing left for her there so Marista packed up what she could and started on a trek to one of the port holds, anything away from Igen, as she didn't want to be reminded of what she had lost.

Sometime during Marista's 17th Turn she was awoken by a strange sound near where she had been camped out and came face to face with a beautiful but tired looking dragon. the rider had looked just as tired and worn but when he offered her an opportunity to go with him and maybe become a dragonrider herself she couldn't help but take him up on the offer. This dragon and rider were her way to a new life some place away from all the loss she'd suffered. The rider took her between to Southern where she became a candidate for the Queen egg on the sands.

While standing on the sands for the Hatching, it quickly and sadly became determined that the Queen egg was not going to hatch and Marista had thought her chance for a new beginning was lost. But that was not to be as a decidedly dark green head butted up against her back and warbled an impertinent greeting. **I am Sulenth..and you are mine..no one elses**the large green dragonet had stated rather matter of factly. Marista's eyes widened...a green...but weren't females only suppsed to impress the gold..but she noticed that many of the other gold candidates were impressing other dragons as well. In the blink of an eye Marista's new life had begun.

Marista and Sulenth grew up in Southern Weyr together and Marista soon couldn't believe how lucky she was to have Sulenth, the two were inseparable and Marista couldn't imagine how she'd ever gotten along without her. One morning before the sun had risen both were dozing and on the verge of waking when suddenly the ground began to tremble and shake. Pieces of the ceiling began to fall and both Marista and Sulenth darted for the weyrledge to get out of the weyr. Sulenth made it to the entrance but as Marista was about to reach the safety of the open space a large piece of ceiling hit her in the side of the head and she dropped cold. Sulenth wasn't about to leave Marista and picked her up gently in her claws and carried her to safety. Marista was in the Infirmary for many sevendays and when she awoke Marista was shocked and slightly hysteric, she couldn't see, the world had gone dark to her eyes. The healer and others tried to calm her and he explained that the hit to her head had damaged the connections in her eyes and that there was no chance of it healing. For several weeks Marista let herself wallow in self-pity until a very irate green let her know that she would manage and that she had to do her best. Shaken by her dragon's words Marista knew Sulenth was right, her parents would have hated to see her like this so she shook off the self pity and began working hard to find a way to manage as a blind dragonrider and now with Sulenth's eyes and direction help her get around and she functions just as well as any of the other riders.

DRAGONRIDER INFORMATION
Dragonrider Rank: Watchrider 

Dragon Name: Sulenth

Hatch Location: Southern Weyr

Age: 7 turns

Color: Green

Physical Description: Sulenth is large for a green, but despite her larger size she is still very manueverable and quick in the air. her hide is a deep forest green color with highlights of emerald green on her legs and wings.

Personality: Sulenth is unlike most greens in that she is calm and level headed and not very flighty. She is a stable force in Marista's life and will take no remarks against her rider, even from Marista herself. She is quick to defend her rider and is even quicker to give her rider a boost of confidence and won't take any self-pity from her rider either. For a green Sulenth is very quick-witted and will give any of the browns or bronzes a run for their money and she doesn't back down from any of the other colors.