Character Name: Lallinuka

Nickname: Lalli

Birthdate (age): 10.17.3307 (43)

Gender: Female

Birthplace: Southern Weyr
Current Location: Last Hope Weyr

Family: Father - Korell Rider of Brown Norsuth from Southern Weyr (Deceased)

Mother - Sarena Rider of Green Omdunth from Southern Weyr (Deceased)

Husband - Drudge Marrell at Last Hope Weyr (50 turns)

Son - Wild Dragonrider Marrinuk (25 turns)

Daughter - Senior Journeyman Beastcrafter Naharra at Last Hope Weyr (24 turns)

Daughter - Drudge Mianarrah at Last Hope Hold (17 turns)


Physical Description: Lallinuka stands at 6'0" and weighs 150 lbs. She is rather thin, and only her arms really have much muscle. She has brown eyes and brown hair that she keeps long and in a bun on the top of her head. It's always in the bun, and the bun is rather severe as well. She's kept her hair the same since Marrinuk was born. She has a defined jaw and cheek bones, a very defined face in general. She tends to wear very stylish clothing, though practical. She prefers brighter colors and stylish cuts, but can also be seen in a rather plain smock. It all depends on what type of work she's doing.


Abilities, Strengths, Weaknesses: As with her son, Marrinuk, Lallinuka's distrust of dragonriders can be a weakness. She'll automatically second guess anything any dragonrider tells her, even the Weyrwoman. She never lets any of them know she's secondguessing them. This means she is oblivious to the possibility that a dragonrider is truthfull and upfront. She thinks every rider is hiding something from her, and this makes her dealings with them a little strange. She won't tell a rider she's talking to that she suspects them, but she will definately think it.



Lallinuka is also one who is comfortable with being in control. She's good at giving orders and somewhat suprisingly, she's not really all that bossy. Instead of ordering someone to do something, she would probably explain that it just needs to be done and that someone has to do it and so on. And she can organize people and chores extremely well. She can usually tell the physical and mental abilities of a person, when it pertains to work, rather well. She's good at recognizing a particular drudge's limitations and tries to organize work to accomodate each person's strengths and weaknesses.



Physically Lallinuka is rather weak. She's not big or strong. If someone required any sort of heavy lifting, Lallinuka couldn't help at all.

Personality: Lallinuka tends to take control of a situation, but in a nice way. She'll ask someone to do something, or explain that they need to do something rather then demand it. And this hasn't just developed as she's been Headwoman, this was actually a characteristic she's had since she was a child. To go with this somewhat controlling nature, she is also quite firm in her convictions and beliefs. As a child she was raised to distrust dragonriders, and now nothing could sway her from that. She feels that family is important, and no one could sway her from her belief in that either. However, she isn't one to sit and debate such beliefs. She is much more practical then that.



Other then that Lallinuka is a very level-headed, calm person, and brutally honest. When asked a question she will answer with complete honesty. This, of course, excludes questions about dragonriders that are asked by dragonriders. After all, it wouldn't do to get fired. The only reason she can see for lieing is to keep yourself and your family safe.

History: Lallinuka was born in Southern Weyr before the rest of the Weyrs moved there. The first three turns of her life were normal. She lived with her parents, both of them loved each other and loved her; life was quite happy. There was plague all around, especially in the north, but she was oblivious. She was surrounded with love, and her attitude in those first three turns reflected that.



Even after all of the rest of the Weyrs combined in Southern, she was happy. After all, it just meant there were more people to watch and more dragons to look at. It meant more friends, and at 3 that's really all one cares about. And so, while the rest of Pern was in social tummult, Lallinuka was blissfully happy.



Then, when she was 7 turns old, both of her parents fell ill with the plague. Lallinuka was immediately taken from them, and never saw them again. She was told they both died within moments of each other, just a few sevenday after they fell ill. She cried and cried, unable to understand why the left, and what caused it. And out of this lack of understanding came anger and hate. Who was to blame for her parents death? Why did they die and who caused it?



Unfortunately for little Lallinuka, she was to find those answers in the creche. The women of the creche were rather skeptical and distrusting of the dragonriders, and were determined to teach the orphaned Lallinuka all about it. Granted, it was possible not all of the creche workers felt that way, but the ones Lallinuka were in contact with definately did. And so, the girl who was born to two dragonriders grew to distrust all of them. These dragonriding people, she decided, was what caused her parent's death. The dragonriders were to blaim for the plague, and so her parents died.



While she remembers her parent's death almost purely in emotions, she remembers the destruction of Southern extremely well in images and feelings. The moment the shakes started, Lallinuka hurried out of the Weyr with everyone else, and after getting far enough away, turned to see the Weyr destroyed. For awhile after that she would have nightmares of getting caught in the rubble. She was among those who founded Last Hope, though at the time she had no real role, what with being 13 and all.



Once Last Hope was found, it occured to her she might stand on the Sands. After all, she had that right as a child of dragonriders. She decided against it, though, and all through the time that she could be a candidate, refused to even attend Hatchings. She didn't want to end up Impressing from the stands, like she'd heard had happened on occasion. She wasn't afraid of the dragons, she was afraid she would be forced to join the ranks of the untrustworthy dragonriders. Then what would she do? It was better, she knew, to just stay away until she was too old.



She has lived through the rest of Last Hope's history, as strange as it all is. And it has all just gone on to further her belief that dragonriders are untrustworthy. Obviously they have been the cause of all the disruption that's occured at Last Hope. Her own children were raised with the same belief.



Lallinuka met Marrell when she moved to Last Hope Weyr, and the two instantly hit it off. They were just friends for quite some time, then, when Lallinuka was 15 turns old, it became romantic. Two turns later they were handfasted, and a turn after that she had her first child, Marrinuk.



She thought her children would grow up right, but they were a dissapointment. Marrinuk went and became a dragonrider, and Naharra became a dragonrider lover. Mianarrah is the only one who's stayed with the belief that dragonriders are untrustworthy, and even left to Last Hope Hold to, presumably, get away from the riders. Lallinuka just wishes she would do more than be a drudge.

Just a 5 turns after Mianarrah was born, at the age of 31, Lallinuka was made the Headwoman of Last Hope Weyr. It is a position she holds to this day, and intends to hold until she can no longer perform her duties well. It's made for a very interesting Weyr, a Headwoman who doesn't trust the dragonriders she works for.

LOWER CAVERNS

Caverns Rank: Headwoman