Name: Vyenta
Age: 112
Nameday: 3463.10.25
Sex: agender- so old no one remembers!
Sexual Orientation: Pansexual
Weyr: High Reaches Weyr
Rider Rank: Retired
Previous Rank/Craft: Journeyman Vintner
Physical Description: Vyenta stands at about 5’6 with long silver hair that is always pulled back into a braid down their backs. Their face is wrinkled and filled with laugh lines, their nose a shade of red that comes with much enjoyment of wine and startling blue eyes peer out from the wrinkles. No longer in absolute peak physical condition, there is however a lightness about their person that suggests they could hold their own should it be needed.
Personality: Vyenta has three main loves in life, in order of importance is their Dragon, wine, and themselves. If they have those three things (which they do) they are utterly content. Vyenta is the type who likes to share a bottle and tell stories about the days bygone. Usually the stories feature themselves in some predicament or other caused by them trying to “just have a good time”. While not a lush Vyenta does often enjoy a good vintage and has an excellent palate when it comes to tasting, and thus almost exclusively enjoys the finer things whenever able. Having grown up a Vintner's apprentice in their spare time they often like to pop down to Bendan and have a small crop of grapes they keep up for making their own special wine vintage. Having seen some hard things they can be prone to fits of depression, which usually puts their Livnath in a temper fit to be tied. Not much bothers Vyenta unless it bothers their Livnath though- and even though they like to play the gruff older crone they really do enjoy the time they spend with the weyrlings, keeping their hand in with small harmless pranks and hearing the tales of the barracks.
Positive Trait List Obsessive, Jovial, mischievous
Negative Trait List self-centered, egotistical, prone to depression.
History: Vyenta was a weyrbrat of Higher Reaches. They began working quite young, turn 7 or 8 because their family was hard pressed due to Vyentas father. Who got into a “relationship” with a courtesan and chose to run out on his responsibilities to be with her. As the 2nd youngest of the family, Vyentas mother- who was a cook for the weyr -put them to work young out of necessity in the kitchens. By turn 10 they’d decided they’d had enough of being a painful memory for their mother as they took after their father looks and personality both. They’d also decided the life of a cook was not for them, they longed for something more out in the open skies. Luckily for them they had an excellent palate and a memory for recalling flavors and notes of foods and drinks. Vyenta managed to secure an apprenticeship with a vintner and accompanied them back to Bendan Hold. There they got to spend time out under the sky more as they were working the grape fields, and soaking up as much knowledge as possible- but most importantly they were happy to be out of the heat of the kitchens, and away from the oppressive feeling that they were always in their Father's shadow.. They spent much of their teens at the vintners hall, figuring that they would become a craftmaster and grow old drinking wine and causing havoc on occasion. But even so something in their life was missing- and at turn 19 they were told what it was- they were searched to become a Candidate for Higher Reaches. So back to the Weyr they went, where they stood time and time again. Having given up hope Vyenta stood one last time before they were to age out. Nearly all the eggs had hatched, and it had not been a bloodless hatching, Vyenta had seen their friend Kayla go down under the talons of an angry dragonet- Kayla had gotten too close to the baby as it hatched. Heartbroken for they had been quite close, and knowing this was the last time they were standing they were considering just walking out consequences be blasted- left kneeling on the sands where they’d been trying to staunch the blood flow before the healers took Kayla away- when something bumped their hand from under the bloodpool on the sand. Brushing away the top layer Vyenta found a hidden partially covered over egg, with grey eyes looking out at them- eyes that held all the sorrow of loss and the desire to fight for life- then Rainbow!
Having Impressed their Livnath life was even better for many turns. Together they knew they could make it through anything- and indeed they did. Life was not easy at Higher reaches being a white rider- or a white dragon, but having one another made it all ok. Together they could get through anything right? Together they grew older being put out for retirement more on the early side even though they’d impressed late- apparently another “draw back” (read benefit) of being a white rider as Vyenta hit 102. In turn 3572 thread returned- and they were grounded. They had lived this long- togther, and they were not allowed to go out and DO what they were meant to do, be they 109 or younger. Thus they never actually FOUGHT thread due to their advanced age- they and Livnath helped by doing retired duties, but by and large they kept everyone as supplied with drink as possible and tried to sweep the whole thing under a wine cask as much as possible.
Other:

DRAGON
Name: Livnath
Age: 86
Color: White
Size: 16 feet long
Physical Description: Built long and lithe Livnath has maintained her form better than her Rider. Though many would at first assume her to be dainty and prim she is...well...not.
Personality: Livanth is the quiet type for the most part. She speaks when she has something important to say, and otherwise she watches, listens and learns everything else. This mannerism has kept her and her Vyenta out of trouble many a time simply by her having the knowledge she needed at the moment she needed it- usually to pull Vyenta out of something they’ve gotten into.

Fiercely protective of what she considers “hers” Livnath has a temper to rival the hottest head- who is likely the type that won’t see it coming. While not exactly known for it there are stories that Vyenta likes to tell of the time when Livnath went of on so and so….. That said she can be scary when need be, and sometimes just because she’s pissed too.

Livnath enjoys children' company and as such her an Vyenta are often assigned to help with the weyrlings…… whom are children to her. Woe betide any who gets in the way of one of her younger weyrling mentees, she will set a dragon or rider back with a few quiet words that cut straight to the heart of the matter.

QUEST INFO
Why do you want this character? I worked rather hard to make them for the giveaway, and Id like to see them become “reality”. I think it would be fun to play an older person about Pern, and help fill out the ranks of those whom are aging out.
What do you love most about this character, if anything? The fact that they don’t give a hoot what anyone thinks of them! It will be refreshing to play someone who has hit *that age* that they just don’t care what people think.
Anything else?I love the idea of the contest to fill out the older ranks, its not something I’d thought to do and it seems like a lot of fun!