Game: Sapphos
Area: Sapphos Weyr
Position: Candidate
On-Site Profile: Niyfe
Dragon:
Flits: Bronze Caligula
Local Species:
Pets: Blue M Ikuzu Nero, White F Ikuzu Queen Mary, Green M Ikuzu Charlemagne, Grey F Ikuzu Juliet
Consise/Basics
Name: Niyfe
Nickname:
Position: Candidate
Past Ranks: Weyrbrat
Gender: Female
Sexuality*: Pansexual
- Note that all sexualities are fluid or basically pansexual, due to ness's own sexual mindset. All characters are at base pansexual; they could go for anyone based on personality over gender. Some of them may lean, and have a gender preference. Some may be more bisexual. Bigenders, transgenders, and other genders may not be an issue on pern, so that aspect may not be an issue. Point: Personality over sexuality, which is why they will be listed as Pansexual with a potential lean.
Looks
Relatively small for a pernese woman, Niyfe is only 5'5". Her skin is naturally a creamy tan shade, but is usually darker thanks to exposure to the sun. Her eyes are a dark gray shade, naturally, and her hair is an even brown, usually shorn as short as possible, forI practical reasons. Her features are delicate and pointed, though the shape of her face itself is rounded, and her lips are full.
Personality
Niyfe has never met a stranger she didn't like- unless, of course, they were being outright hostile to her or her people. She's friendly and forward, occasionally downright bubbly. There's always a confident smile on her face, carried on shoulders who are easy-going and perfectly aware of their own capabilities. She's also somewhat flamboyant: she likes wearing bright colors and clothing that show off some of her shape. In her spare time, she likes to investigate the weavers, and see what things they're making with brightly colored cloth.
Bright is an adjective for Niyfe in several ways: to a lesser extent, she's bright as in sharp and intelligent. She's certainly witty, and a quick learner, especially in tasks which interest her. That definition is overshadowed by the brightness that comes with her force of personality, which is similar to that of a lab's. She's enthusiastic, eager to please, and gregarious. She's more inclined to be social, and likes to have a group of friends she can trust, and a larger group of friends she can be around at any given point in time. Malice doesn't seem to have occurred to her: she's helpful and she means well, and the only thing she needs to convince her that other people are worth being around is the fact that they are human and moderately friendly.
Niyfe will take people for who they are. Shards, with Astor as a mother, she's used to strange and unusual people. She's accepting of strangers, and easy-going. It takes outright hostility to put her on edge or get into her bad books. She's openminded, even for the weyr, and limits or glass ceilings don't seem like objects that would stand in her way. Society's constructs— even it's taboos— are things to her that are easily shed, if she doesn't see the point in them. In today's world, she'd be that friendly, energetic punk rocker. She's a light tomboy as well— it's not a social movement, to her, but it's simply how she is. She's more the sort to run around with the guys then do anything remotely domestic, and she has no skill for domestic tasks. Indeed, she's rather clumsy with them- in the kitchen, she'll knock things over by accident, she'll make more of a mess cleaning then when she started, and she'll prick herself with sewing needles. That these things should be assigned by gender seems absurd to her: Clearly, she is female, and she's no cook.
Niyfe is deeply emotional. Everything she feels, she feels deeply. She likes to be happy, and will usually go out of her way to seek pleasant, comfortable situations, especially socially. She doesn't like strife, and will try to put fights out. That doesn't mean for a moment, however, that she cannot rise to a sticky situation and be brave- she reckons she could face down the same things as her father if she absolutely needed to. Likewise, if she has a reason to feel something, she will feel it, and strongly. The right unpleasant stimuli will drag her into a deep depression for days, and she will mope about it. It's stimuli that bring these things about, so if the unpleasant stimuli is removed, she'll cheer up considerably- she's gotten good at pursuing these and fixing them herself, when they're in her power.
History
Daughter of the searchrider Astor, Niyfe grew up in the tribe, and has always been fairly close to her father. Her childhood was relatively ordinary- she grew up as a weyrbrat, developed into a young girl, and never really took much of an interest in any crafts. A great student, the weyr's harper urged her to think of a career in that craft, but Niyfe refused: she had eyes for only one profession, and that was riding a dragon like her father.
Astor did not take much of an active hand in Niyfe's raising. Her father was a lower-caverns man, and as such was available to raise her own daughter. She saw Astor in the weyr, and occasionally spent some time with her: she was more of an interesting heroic story figure to her then an actual mother, and that may be why she puts so much stock in dragonriding. she's heard of her mother's adventures secondhand, and she's distant enough to still be mysterious. Their relationship is strange.
When Niyfe turned 14, she entered an occasionally rocky relationship with a girl of the weyr who Impressed bronze shortly after beginning their relationship. At times, the relationship was great, but at other times, Niyfe suffered for it. The bronzerider was arrogant, and occasionally cruel. They broke up several times, and came to shouting matches several more times. On Niyfe's 15th birthday and the bronzer's graduation, their celebration night ended with Niyfe getting beaten: she called off the relationship the day after and gave the bronzer a wide berth for several months. In that time, she started a brief relationship with, of all things, a boy. She eventually got back with the bronzer, but the relationship was brief- when the bronzer learned of Niyfe's relationship with a boy, things ended explosively. Niyfe will not talk about that night, but it ended up with her having a miscarriage from a pregnancy still fairly early in it's term.
It took Niyfe some time to rebound from that- for a month she was sequestered in the infirmary, and for months after that she was jumpy and took time to relax. She gradually sunk back into her ordinary self, and acted finally on her urge to be a dragonrider in order to further come out of her shell: it's a dream she's always wanted to pursue, so now she will pursue it.
Family
| Name | Relation | Location | Position | Dragon | PC/NPC/Adoptable? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| x | x | x | x | x | x |
Dragon/Wher
Firelizards
Caligula
Bronze M flit
Pets
Note on the Ikuzu: They're technically local species, but because they do not Impress, I didn't put them in that section. They're vermin creatures which can be kept as pets in the same way as we keep rats nowadays.
Home
Active threads
Past Threads
- Talking Politics with Friends (Candidate Housing / Niyfe, Lerelus, OPEN)
- More New Faces (Goldhome > Candidate Houses / Lerelus, Niyfe, L'on, and Morrigan)
- Regrets and Thinking Twice (Candidate Housing / Open)
- Animated First Steps (hatching / Hatching Clearings / Candidates + interested parties)
- Firelizards (Yeskith's Seahold Proper / Any interested parties)
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Theme: ndrtnks
Started as: candidate
Starting Age: 16
Summary page stuff
-Niyfe
Gregarious, Friendly, Forward, Bubbly, Confident smile, easy-going, aware of her own capabilities, flamboyant: likes bright colors, likes weavers, bright, sharp and intelligent, witty, quick learner, bright personality, enthusiastic, eager to please, social, wants group of friends, nonmalicious, helpful, means well, takes people for who they are, accepting of strangers, openminded, taboos easily shed, gives things a chance, today would be a friendly punk rocker, energetic, slight tomboy, ondomestic, rather clumsy, deeply emotional, feels everything, likes to be happy, dislikes strife, dislikes strife, will rise to situation and be brave, will feel strongly, will be emo and brood if she has reason. Not always happyface. Dynamic.
-Caligula
Attention Hog, Show Off, Skylark, Thief, Loyal, Trusting, Loves to pick a Fight, Protective, Little Lizard Complex
-Juliet
Stubborn, Lazy, fat, eats everything, blank, nearsighted to the point of being blind
-Charlemagne
stupid
-Queen Mary
Tiny, likes to bite children, intelligent- rat level, energetic
-Nero
Eats everything, slob, lazy, doesn't like to do things, more intelligent then Queen MAry
