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The logs contained within this scroll:
Rider Choissir and Green Cereth of Unaffiliated
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Rider Banashe and Brown Severith of High Reaches Weyr

 

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Rider Choissir

Age: 29 Turns

Sex: Male
Sexual Orientation: Heterosexual

Location: Nabol Hold
Rank: Dragonrider/ Courier
Previous Rank/Craft: Courier

Physical Description:
Skin: Pale
Hair: Mid-length, straight, graying light brown, has a goatee a slightly darker brown than his hair
Eyes: Brown, small
Height: Average height
Weight: Quite thin
Build: Somewhat broad

 

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Rider Choissir's Personality

All of his life he’s been ascetic. When one doesn’t have much, there’s not much reason to surround one with material comforts. Even on the rare instances where he does come into some marks, they usually aren’t spent on him except for bare necessities. He’s quite happy with what he has. The one he does spend any spare marks on is Cereth, his brightly colored green. In fact, he will down right indulge the green in anything she desires. An extra herd beast bought for her feast, or fancy sweet smelling oil to be used after her baths.

Since Choissir doesn’t have much in the way of material possessions it’s relatively easy to keep everything neat. His rooms, his clothes, his appearance can all be described as neat. He refuses to keep anything that might make him look scruffy or ill-kept. Hidden around his rooms are tiny little objects of sentimental value from people he’s known in his life. Most belong to those who have passed away or parted friendship from him.

Unlike the revelry and gamboling nature of Nabol Hold, he is a serious fellow. He’s quiet, almost never raising his voice, thoughtful, and more often than not failing to laugh at jokes. His dragon comes up with the worst jokes she can to try to get him to laugh. Most fail, but Cereth keeps trying. Choissir leans toward being circumspect. He will take into consideration all possible circumstances and consequences before acting. Despite after considering the consequences he will still take the action that has the most meaning to him.

For the most part, he is disloyal. He lacks serious faith in most; particularly from growing up in and around the Nabol Hold area. Nearly everyone from the area is considered greedy in one form or another. One of the rare exceptions is Ameliah and Sharath. He finds the relatively honest goldrider an interesting difference from the usual Nabolian. Choissir finds her idea of a new weyr appealing. His one-dimensional view of the more traditional weyrs makes him leery of joining up with one. He feels the weyrs are almost as greedy as the Lord Holder of Nabol.

Positive Trait List Neat, Sentimental, Serious
Negative Trait List Disloyal, Indulgent, One-dimensional
Neutral Trait List Ascetic, Circumspect

 

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Rider Choissir's History

Choissir was born to two low class miners in 3548. He was placed in the cretch with his siblings until they were old enough to help their parents in the mine. He has one older sister, and one younger sister and two younger brothers. As he got older and was able to take care of himself, he also helped take care of his younger siblings while his parents worked in the mine.

What he recalls most about that time, is they never really had enough of anything. There was always something more they needed than they had funds for. Still they managed to scrape by, but his siblings grew cold, distance, and self-centered as time went on. Eventually he grew fed up with their grubbing ways and did his best to distance himself from them.

Choissir found himself working in the mines as soon as he was old and barely big enough to help. He started by carrying water and doing other small chores like pumping bellows. For many turns he worked down there although he never really liked it. He blamed working in the mines for his pale complexion and thin frame.

As he grew older and stronger, he would help with delivering the ore to Nabol Hold for it to be shipped or whatever they did with it. Choissir had a tiny apartment he called his own when he was there. He found he was troubled and disgusted by the greed he always seemed to find rampant in the hold.

When he was 18, little did he know how his world would change. In Turn 3566 a gold came to Nabol Hold to clutch. Choissir only heard a few rumors about the clutch down in the mine, and didn’t really pay much attention to them. The next time he surfaced, the hold was almost to a Gather point with the clutch being due to hatch any day.

At first he ignored it, but then his interest grew. He’d never seen a hatching before. The teen decided if it happened the clutch hatched while he was there, he’d try to sneak a peek; then he would have something interesting to tell those down in the mines. The very next day word went around the clutch was hatching. Choissir waited for the main crush toward the sands to finish, then snuck over himself.

The place was packed full, even with people standing outside the entrance. Even standing on tippy toes, he really couldn’t see much. Choissir listened though, he could hear eggs cracking and the crowd’s reacting gasps or ooohs or aaahs. About half way through the hatching he heard a confused murmur from the crowd and people near the entrance started shuffling.

Choissir felt a tickling in the back of his mind. Something or someone was calling him. He wasn’t sure at the time just why he started pushing through the crowd toward the sands, but the green reason was coming to meet him anyhow. They met at the middle of the entrance and Cereth promised he’d never have to go back into those mines again.

Several days later, and High Reaches Weyr and Western Weyr representatives had come to Nabol Hold to make their selection on which new riders to take back. Choissir found himself transported to High Reaches Weyr. There he spent the rest of the weyrlinghood. He learned the basics of dragon riding. Choissir decided not to shorten his name like other riders. He felt that it wasn’t him to shorten his name and he wasn’t a true dragonrider in the old sense so didn’t really deserve the honor.

Soon after he graduated to the ranks of riders, he left High Reaches Weyr. Despite them taking him in and training him, he felt no loyalty to them. He decided to return to his home in Nabol to try and do a little good for the world. Choissir set himself up as a courier service. He bases his charges upon how much a person can afford; he transports goods or people.

For about three Turns, he worked his own little business. Traveling to smaller holds and helping to transport goods to and from market. During one of these trips, he counted Ameliah and her gold Sharath. He found it was nice to have another rider to talk to. They came to an agreement where he would occasionally help her transport firestone.

As he got to know her better, he appreciated her honesty in a corrupt hold. When he found out she was interested in starting her own Weyr, he immediately signed up if she could pull it off. Five turns later, and he’s still waiting. Cereth and him help them out whenever they can.

He was dismayed and disappointed when thread did return a Turn ago. Despite the call for riders to return to the Weyrs, he has refused.

 

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Rider Choissir's Dragon

Name: Cereth

Age: 12 Turns

Color: Green
Size: 54' (27')

Physical Description: A radioactively bright green.

Adult
Colored by ShinosBee

Personality:
Cereth is a green who misses nothing. Her eyes are sharp and watching you. Yes you! With all the sneaks, thieves, and thugs surrounding Nabol Hold someone has to watch her rider’s back. With her bright colors, no one has to guess if she’s in the area or not. Thankfully, she is incorruptible. No one will be able to budge this green from her moral stand point. They might be couriers, but she won’t let her rider over charge their clients. Not that he would, but she stops him even if someone has pressured him to. If someone is more able to pay though, then it’s not over charging. There is a difference.

She might be his moral compass when it comes to marks, she is super miserly with what they do get. Cereth will sleep with their marks so no one can steal them during the night. She hates when they have to spend marks on anyone but themselves; particular her. While her rider is ok the bare basics, Cereth wouldn’t mind having a room at the Hold proper; which sadly Choissir would never put up with. She is fond of when her rider buys her new stuff, like a brush or sweet scented oils. On certain things she likes to self-indulge herself. Her rider is usually quick to give into whatever she wants.

To counter her rider’s serious exterior she keeps trying to get him to crack a smile with any joke she can come up with. Most of the time her bad jokes fail to have any effect. One day though, she’ll find the right one and she’ll see him laugh. Without Sharath and her goal for a weyr her own, Cereth finds herself aimless. She is willing to jump on someone else’s goals for themselves and help them achieve it, but she really has nothing for herself.

Pos: Incorruptible, Observant, Jokester
Neg: Miserly, Self-indulgent
Neut: Aimless

Per a crab: "Cereth sounds like the clink of money on the table, of a chair scraping back as someone moves to leave. She feels of being watched, the small shiver down one's spine as they're sure something is there just at the corner of your eye. Her taste is that of wealth, of a richness bought and not earned, but also of a joke stuck in your throat."

3566.06.20
Nimonth x Ravioth
Nabol Hold

 

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Rider Choissir's Firelizards

none

 

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Rider Choissir's Relationships

Dame Felixa (Teiha)- Comes to visit her inn on occasion. Runs a nice place. Will help get people out of a bad situation by "searching" them when asked.

 

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Rider Choissir's RP Colors

Cereth= #27b63b

 

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Rider Banashe

Age: 17 Turns

Sex: Female
Sexual Orientation: Straight

Location: High Reaches Weyr
Rank: Wingrider
Wing: Burning Aces
Previous Rank/Craft: Fisher Apprentice- Oysters

Physical Description:
Banashe is still young and thin. She has just started to grow her curves; most of the time though they aren't visible under her clothes. The young teen prefers to wear a white billowy sailor shirt, or one with the sleeves cut off for coolness, and brown baggy pants. She goes barefoot most of the time. Her hair is a dark brown with streaks highlighted by the sun. It's shoulder blade length and curly; a headband pulls it back from her face and keeps it out of her eyes. She stands 4'9" currently, but will be 5'6" at maturity. Her skin is olive and tanned from many days on the ocean.

 

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Rider Banashe's Personality

Despite her youthful age, Banashe takes a farsighted view. She views things in their long term benefits. Every choice is weighed for it's pros and cons; her goal is to give the most advantageous advantage to herself and her twin. Her farsightedness is all due to furthering her power-hungry ways. Banashe wants as much power in her grasp as possible. She doesn't like to give up her power. When she joined her uncle's boat her goal was to become the captain of her own boat as soon as possible. Whatever her lofty goals she remains reserved. Banashe has a tendency toward emotional restraint. If her plans don't work, she'll back up, regroup, and try again with a different tactic. Her twin is her right hand woman. They both desire power, and it's much easier to obtain it with solid backing than having to constantly watch over your shoulder.

She, while seeking power, is still kind. Banashe will generously dole out praise where it has been truly earned. Although she wants power there are some lines that she won't cross to get there. Banashe won't try to remove anyone from a position of authority if they use it for the good of everyone. However, if power is abused then she will work to bring them down. Banashe can be well-meaning when she tries to tell someone they are unsuitable in a leadership position. She doesn't consider that perhaps they just need more experience to be a good leader.

Since she has moved to Tillek Hold, Banashe has developed a strong connection with the sea. There is something mystical about the ocean, particularly at night, that she loves. The ocean will always be her home. She is quite good at judging people or political situations with intelligence, insight, and sound judgement. This is incredibly useful in her bids for power. Banashe uses this intuition to help judge how advantageous someone or a situation will be to her. One thing to note about her is that she remains very bland in political situations. She keeps her emotions well under a rug.

Positive Trait List: far-sighted, kind, moral compass
Negative Trait List: power hungry/ambitious, reserved, emotionally restrained

 

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Rider Banashe's History

Banashe and her fraternal twin, Octavia, were born to their loving parents in Bitra. When the girls were in their fourth Turn, their house was robbed. Their parents were killed in an attempt to stop the intruder. They had no other immediate family in the area, so their extended family in various other places decided to send the girls to live with an uncle. The uncle happened to live in Tillek Hold and worked as an oyster farmer. Although initially difficult, Banashe settled down with her uncle. It wasn't until a handful of turns later that she could really understand that her parents were dead and not coming back.

As she grew, she developed a love of water and particularly the ocean. The young girl quickly got swimming lessons and how to be safe in the ocean. Banashe started to learn from her uncle all she could about the sea. When she was twelve she was apprenticed on his boat to another sailor. Banashe went through the different jobs on board the ship. She decided that she preferred being a diver for oysters. At one point she did consider becoming a dolphineer, but in the end chose not to pursue that line.

Her and her twin had been working on the boat for almost 2 Turns. While out on the boat one day, a couple of blue dragons stopped by. They had been arguing about something it seemed, and had come to settle the matter. One blue thought Octavia was a good choice to stand as a candidate, while the other blue favored Banashe. She was so surprised to be chosen at the same time as her twin. The girls packed their few possessions and Banashe said good bye to her uncle. She thanked him for everything he and his sailors had done for her, then promised to stop by sometime after she impressed her dragon.

Quickly she settled into being a candidate. Banashe did her best to be at the top of the list from the group, even if it earned her a few enemies from older candidates. She had plans to go far as a rider! Where best to start than with future riders? Banashe doesn't really see eye to eye with High Reaches Weyr on its viewpoint that non-goldrider women are worth less than goldrider women. She keeps most of her comments to herself on the subject, except to her twin, as she intends to prove her view point to them.

A Turn passed as the young teen collected a group of use-fulls around her and her twin. Her and her twin had stood for several clutches but neither had Impressed. In the Turn 3572, an unaffiliated queen decided to have her clutch at High Reaches. Banashe was eager for another chance to impress her dragon. Among the clutch, a blue and a brown hatched. They teamed up together against one of their blue brothers. After they sent him packing, they turned on each other and rolled over an unfortunate female candidate.

The pair of dragons separated and encircled a group of female candidates, including Octavia and Banashe. Banashe watched them as they circled, trying to formulate a plan to free her and her twin from them without getting mauled when a voice reached out to her.

Banashemine, tell that nitwit Zangoth it is tactics that wins the day, not just sheer ambition! Your Severith thinks it unfair he stands behind His!

She impressed the lanky brown, and her twin impressed to the blue. Banashe was delighted. They had both impressed their dragons together and would grow up together as riders. Nothing could stop them now. She did notice some of the dark murmurs that two girls had gotten fighting dragons, particularly one of them a brown. Not that they were going to stop her now! Severith approved.

Anytime Severith and Zangoth were together, they almost always broke into a fight. When they didn't fight though, they were a pair to be reckoned with. Over the next two Turns, Banashe and Severith grew into capable dragonriders. The derision heaped upon her for daring to be a female brownrider only made her more determined to prove the doubters wrong. She was now 17 Turns old. The teen had kept up her circle. She was ready to make her move.

Other: strong swimmer, loves swimming, enjoys swimming with shipfish(dolphins)
Twin with AstoriaFallen's Octavia

 

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Rider Banashe's Dragon

Name: Severith

Age: 2 Turns

Color: Brown
Size: 76' (38')

Physical Description:
Severith is an average brown in terms of overall length but his slim sinuous build makes him look long. His slight build (along with his acid tongue) will probably earn him nicknames such as Tunnelsnake from certain parties, say Zangoth for instance.

Adult

Personality:
Severith is a cool customer with cunning and ambition enough for three. He wants the best and wants to be the best, he's intelligent and he knows it so he sees no reason he shouldn't rise to the top in life.

There is something in Severith's bearing that those who like him would call regal and those who dislike him would call haughty or arrogant. It's certainly true that this brown thinks a good deal of himself, he is not at all affected by low self esteem and has no truck at all with false modesty; yes thank you he is intelligent, he is logical, he is sleek and beautiful and whyever would he pretend he wasn't just to make others feel better about themselves? Indeed making people feel good about themselves is, well, it's not really in his skillset; Severith is rather blunt and will never honeycoat an unpleasant truth whether it be about a person or about a situation.

When there is something Severith wants trying to prevent him from pursuing it is nigh on impossible; he is patient, stubborn, and his confidence in himself means that being knocked back doesn't trouble him in the least; failure just means that you need to try again, once you've rethought your strategy that is. Mostly what Severith wants out of life is power, partially for its own sake - who wouldn't enjoy power? - and partially because he believes he has the skills required to be good at leading. Exactly what kind of power to go for he is somewhat open to persuasion on though really he would like to rise as high as he possibly can and fancies himself a Junior Weyrleader by the time he's ten turns old; again, nobody ever said he wasn't a little bit arrogant.

Much as he has no truck with cushioning people's feelings Severith has no patience for softness when there are hard decisions to be made, he is a ruthlessly practical sort who is quite prepared to make bloody sacrifices for the greater good if he deems it necessary. A general can't save everyone, pretending otherwise is foolish. Planning and strategies are Severith's strong suit, he does best removed from the action with plenty of time to weigh up possibilities before selecting the best one possible; thrust into the heat of it without a plan, or when a plan has gone awry, he will find himself at a complete loss and have to turn to others for a quick decision on what ought to be done.

Ah, and then there's Zangoth. Dear Zangoth. Severith thinks he is a hot-headed, soft-hearted, impatient, reckless, idiot. Nothing and noone gets under his hide like Zangoth can, if the two of them are together for more than five minutes or so expect an argument... and for the love of stars don't intervene. Really, just don't, because if you do they will both turn on you. Nobody messes with that little pipsqueak in his presence, and if you try he will cut you. He'd never admit it of course but under the rivalry and despite their great differences he respects the strengths that Zangoth has that he lacks; he would certainly never admit that he loves his fool sibling but he does. There are exactly two people on Pern Severith would risk his hide for, his rider is one and- no, no he will certainly not admit the second!

Why me?: Banashe and Severith are cool headed long term planners with boatloads of ambition, perhaps several fleets' worth in fact. Where Severith could be too cold-blooded at times Banashe's kindness will temper him but conversely when there is no 'nice' choice to make Severith will make sure they make the most practical one. While he might make a lot of noise about his displeasure at being linked to Zangoth through his rider's twin Severith is in fact secretly glad of this, for though they endlessly knock sparks off one another he knows they make a strong team when they pull together. Not having to make excuses for why he works closely with the blue is definitely something he appreciates.

Inspiration:
Seviper - #336 - Fang Snake Pokémon: Seviper’s swordlike tail serves two purposes—it slashes foes and douses them with secreted poison. This Pokémon will not give up its long-running blood feud with Zangoose.

Seviper and its rival Zangoose share several characteristics, such as being in the Field Egg Group, residing in the same Friend Area, and being the only two Pokémon with a base stat total of 458 (which is unique to only them). In Horde Encounters, Seviper can be encountered together with Zangoose. However, they will focus on and attack each other before targeting the player's Pokémon, referencing their bitter rivalry towards one another.

Seviper is based on a viper; specifically, the habu, a type of venomous snake that was often pitted against mongooses in roadside shows. This practice is now considered inhumane and is rarely seen today. Aside from its scars, the shape of its color pattern resembles that of the elegant pitviper.

Laid in clutch:
3572.01.02 - Unaffiliated Queen
Aloheth x Mianath
20 Eggs
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Severith lost an eye to threadfall.

 

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Rider Banashe's Firelizards

none

 

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Rider Banashe's Relationships

Octavia (AstoriaFallen): Thick as thieves with her fraternal twin.
Zangoth (AstoriaFallen): Octavia's blue obnoxious (but she'll never tell Octavia that) dragon.
R'aum of Brown Modrioth (Zaikt)- possible 3-way relationship, brownsquad!
I'ar of Brown Rouleth (Zaikt)- possible 3-way relationship, brownsquad!

 

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Rider Banashe's RP Colors

Severith= Brown