Ashena had always been a bit flighty. Her twin sister Eshana had popped out half an hour before her own birth, and was almost always the first in everything. Ashena was okay with that, because it left her time to goof off. They varied in so many ways, but looked exactly the same. Eshana was the brains of the pair, while Ashena was the brawn.

Drawn to archery as a way to get on her father's good side, Ashena quickly mastered hunting and target shots even while on runner-back. She even taught her younger brothers - also twins - how to use the bow. Not for her were things like fancy lace and embroidered shawls. Ashena liked being out and about, and her attire as well as attitude reflected that.

So it was while she had been out and about that she encountered her first dragon rider. Distracted, Ashena allowed her runner to ignore her weak suggestion of staying on the path, and instead began to trot toward him. Unfortunately the rider was sitting on the edge of a rather high cliff! They narrowly escaped falling, and it was the man's blue dragon which saved both horse and rider that day!

It had also been on that day several years ago that she had been Searched. But when the rider dropped in on the cothold, he saw how busy the family was with the young brothers as well as an ailing grandfather. No point in breaking up the family even further, not yet anyway.

But soon the time did come, when Ashena was asked to come to Falas. The climate suited her, mostly, at least before the days leading up to the hatching! She'd hardly ever experienced such cold before, but then again neither had many of the locals at the Weyr! She was among those who bundled up thoroughly and even then her teeth clattered loudly when they were brought into the chilly classrooms for dragon instruction.

She'd made friends with several of the girls, and more than a couple of the boys, while there. The boys were impressed by her ability to use the bow - she outright beat all of them in one impromptu hunt - though the girls found her rather rude and abrupt for such a pretty thing. The hatching was large, scattered, confusing.

It was such a grand affair, too. Because her family was still needed on the Hold, they couldn't be there to watch, but she didn't doubt for a moment that they would be proud of her even for standing. Though there were tears and sniffles aplenty before she left, Ashena knew that her sister was far better suited to Hold life, while she herself felt right at home in a Weyr.

Many of the hatchlings had found their partners, and Ashena and one of the other girls were getting a little antsy. There had to be one for them!

Two green-sized dragonets, one pale with bronze speckles and the other a rich, dark copper, stopped near two girls who were trying desperately to entice any of the dragonets to them. You don't have to scream so loud in my head, Ashena . I'm right here. The girl blushed and dropped to her knees to hug Rodasheth's small head, apologizing profusely.

"Rodasheth... Rodasheth," Ashena let the name flutter through her mind like a flit in the wind. It had finally happened, she was whole, she was one with what had to be the most incredibly beautiful dragon in the whole world. While lots of others in this clutch had speckles or whatever... This one was special. She'd probably be announced as some kind of brown, though obviously female - and in her future residence of Dragonhope, there was one such female brown already! But this was copper, a richly metallic shade. However, it was also clear that Rodasheth would be small in size, compact head to tail tip. That suited Ashena just fine too! Because she'd ridden large runners before, she wasn't as intimidated as she might have been if she'd Impressed that pale gold!

Ashena & Rodasheth

Color: dark copper
Color Size: green
Length: 23'8"
Height: 6'7"
Genetic Code:

Clutch 14 - Nysheth & Ainnth

Status: Commoner, House Born child
Age: 16
Gender: female
Siblings: 4
Born: second
Legitimacy: a pleasant surprise to their happily married parents
Childhood Health: frail child
Adult Height: a bit short for an adult
Adult Build: kind of overweight but strong enough
Skin Tone: olive
Hair Color: darkly brown
Hair Style: afro-curled
Hair Length: cut to the neck
Eye Color: yellow-green
Literacy Level: can read with some difficulty and have poor penmanship
Politeness Level: everyone knows them as a rude person
Focus: they enjoy their work well enough but they love to play more often
This character is pretty good looking
They will rarely share with anyone

Values and Goals
Enjoys: their twin
Enjoys: hot places
Overwhelming goal: 'get away from it all'
Weak fear: fire/burning
Hates: Cliffs

Skill most often practiced: archery
Other skills: horse riding

Searched! When: a while ago, but it was kept a secret from them

Originally From: island community
Location size: smallish
Location climate: very hot

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