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Name: Amalteia
Age: 112
Nameday: 3463.13:08
Sex: Female
Sexual Orientation: Eh!
Weyr: High Reaches Weyr
Rider Rank: Retired
Previous Rank/Craft: Master Starcrafter -- specializes in Astronomy
Physical Description: Tall and willowy with large lavender eyes. She never possessed a very womanly figure, despite being fine-boned. She has olive skin and dark hair that’s gone silvery. She has a small scar on her forehead where she hit a corner of a table too hard as a small child, and scars on her thighs and knees from Harpiath.
Personality: Amalteia is a quiet but kind woman, and now that she has nothing but time on her hands, she does her best to make the most of it. There’s a restlessness in her soul, a desire to do something that she can never quite put her finger on. In efforts to satiate this longing, she always seems to be working, and can push herself too hard out of her desire to keep busy. Being bored just doesn’t suit her. Amalteia has always been soft spoken, and radiates a quiet strength to her--a will of steel sheathed in velvet. No matter how grim the situation, no matter how dark the day seems, she knows the sun will always rise. She always seems to stay on the positive side of stubborn, and is not the type to give up on something just because it is difficult or painful.
Though her days of being at the forefront of things has long past, Amalteia is still a protector at heart. She cannot directly join her fellows in the fight, but, she can (and does) take those who need it under her wing. She also will not hesitate to command the attention of any she has to in order to correct a situation, utilizing all of her standing as an elder goldrider. This does not mean she interferes with leadership or how things are running--more that she will forcibly shed light on hidden problems, if she thinks it’s necessary.
For all her strength, however, Amalteia is a distant person. Turns and Turns ago, she promised her heart to someone--and when they died, they took her heart with them. The loss has not faded for her much at all, and to this day, she often looks almost jealously on young love while carefully guarding her own tenderness. She has a tendency to daydream, often dreaming up a new way her life could have gone--and when pulled from it, shows rare moments of upset.
Though she may not be the most educated person on Pern, at her age, she has a lot of life experience to share. The wisdom of time offers her much insight, and she’s happy to share what she’s learned with those she feels might benefit from it.
Positive Trait List Resolute, Wise, Protective
Negative Trait List Heartbroken, Restless, Longing
History: Born at minor hold on the Southern Continent, Amalteia love for the stars was prevalent even as a young child. Watching them shimmering over the oceans at night always filled her with a sense of wonder, and she often dreamed of finding out all there was to know about them. Her heart was set on going to the Starcraft Hall at Landing, and once she was old enough, she intended to travel there right away. That was before a dragonrider came in Search from Southern Weyr and managed to convince her to come Stand as a Candidate, first. There were eggs on the stand due to hatch any day now, and they didn’t have as much of a selection as they would like. Amalteia agreed, and was whisked away.
The eggs did indeed begin to hatch only a few days after her arrival, and one in particular seemed to be having a touch of difficulty. The side the dragonet was attempting to break out from was being blocked by another egg, and soon, the indignation and outrage emanating from the baby within was palpable to all the Candidates present. After what felt like forever, a sleek little gold burst from the shell, red-eyed and bugling her fury. Her egg blocking her own was given a mighty thwack for daring to impede her, and the rampage began. The angry queen slashed at anyone foolish enough to be even remotely close to her, even charging a few of them with her wings spread wide.
Amalteia quickly and quietly moved out of the gold’s path, but it wasn’t enough. The hatchling managed to catch her legs with her razor-sharp claws, and the pair of them nearly fell down together. Despite the pain, the young woman drew herself up, and found herself lost in a swirl of rainbow hues that seemed to sink right into her soul. She could feel the queen’s anger, her upset--and her lament that she had hurt Hers so.
The next few Turns were a whirlwind, and once the pair was deemed able to fly and go Between safely, they traveled to Landing, where Amalteia began to study Starcraft. She was fully immersed in her studies, and did not leave Landing until she had walked the tables as a Journeyman Astronomer. She wished to follow the stars across the seas to track their movements, and ended up meeting a bronzerider named L’er. He came from a family of sailors, and offered to help her navigate in her travels. Though originally uncertain, he managed to talk her into it, and Harpiath was keenly interested in his bronze Bostauth.
The pair traveled all over Pern together, and even if they drifted apart on occasion to fulfill separate goals, they always stayed in touch. Amalteia and L’er eventually pledged themselves to one another, and for many Turns, they were happy. Amalteia became a Master Astronomer after Turns of hard work and dedication, having never lost her wonder with the stars always shimmering above them at night. She had all she could have ever asked for, but it was not meant to last forever.
Unexpectedly, L’er suffered a heart attack and Bostauth threw himself Between. Amalteia’s perfect world found itself shattered beyond repair and left her reeling. The woman fell into a deep depression, listlessly floating through the next few Turns without purpose. Harpiath tolerated this grief for some time before intervening, forcing the woman to get up and do something with her life if only to stay busy. After wandering for a time, the pair eventually found themselves at High Reaches. Though the lifestyle was much different than anything they’d experienced before, Amalteia was able to easily lose herself in routine of constantly working and practicing drills. By the time Thread returned, both woman and dragon were too old to do anything but minimally assist, and both grieved at the losses suffered.
To this day, Amalteia can still be found staring wistfully up at the stars at night, dreaming of the love she lost far too soon.
Other: Amalteia probably had a few children with L’er, keeping that vague for any plotting shenanigans in the future! Being unaffiliated for the first half of her life, Harpiath likely clutched at Southern Weyr until relocating to High Reaches.
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