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.