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Name: Daverin

Gender/Age: female, 23

Location: Alabaster all over the place

Rank/Craft: Journeywoman Smithcrafter (tinkering) Apprentice Starcrafter, Apprentice Beastcrafter, Candidate at Talor Cliff Weyr

Relatives/Family: deceased, girlfriend Brinna, occsaional "boy" friend Kalkin

Dragon if any: Green Askabeth from Talor Cliff

Physical Description: 5'9", 130, very skinny and bony, darn pale skin with many scars on it, often henna-dyed hair but usually a mouse brown and always badly cut, green eyes that are small. Lopsided smile, and considers herself not to be very pretty though others would argue. She wears, like Cha'z, most obnoxious and inappropriate clothing for whatever occsaion she finds herself at, preferring black to anything else, and leather to other things. She has a scratchy, nasal voice.

Skills: with or without Aivas, she will develop the computer chip. She is unnaturally intelligent, simply put she was also experimented upon by Kalkin's former Master healer, but much earlier in her life and with less personal attachment. She makes things with her hands, loves to look at motion, and loves animals that can talk back to her. Many animals apparently do. She is planning on breeding smart fire lizards, if possible. She throws herself into any situation usually before she's ready for it, but always manages to keep her head above water before drowning.

Emotional/Mental Description: a bit unbalanced, quick tempered but easily talked down as well. Passionate about certain subjects and completely inattentive to others. Has a flawless eiditic memory, and is usually present when Engell must make decisions. She is trustworthy and solid as a friend, rarely forgives a grudge however. She is compassionate and willing to take on other people's pain, if need be, witness her love for Kalkin that might save him but kill her. Willing to give all that up for Brinna. She likes being watched.

History: born in the Hold, to a dragon rider father and crafter mother. When Thread began falling her father left the hold and disappeared somewhere north. Her mother kept up her duties as a weaver until Daverin was 15 years old, and then was killed in the line of fire on an attempt on one of the Lord Holders. Suddenly without a family but too old to really need fostering, Daverin came to the Hold with the intent to make herself useful. Most of the craft Masters had seen her work and admired it, but at the same time didn't much want such a young girl running around their feet out doing them. She was made a Journeywoman quickly, for that reason. Just to keep her out of their hair. She and others have been involved with Engell's plans but she more closely since he at one point considered asking her to marry him. Though she's barely older than his son, she greatly resembles in spirit his dead wife. However, rather than finding him as a husband, Daverin met Brinna and realized suddenly that she wasn't as steadfastly "straight" as she had been before. After an incident involving yet another plot against Engell, Daverin met up with Kalkin for the first time, and fell madly in bed with him, rather to the distress of everyone else around them, except Rami. Daverin is trying to heal Kalkin, but it remains to be seen how she will do this if she Impresses.

Notes and Special Information: Daverin is considered the glue that holds Alabaster together, often binding people in unexpected ways. She knows practically everyone, on some level, and has been known to throw parties where all those unexpected people show up.

Pets/Hobbies/Posessions: she has a stream of pets go in and out of her weyr, though most of them don't stay for any length of time, she likes to let them go after tending wounds or trauma.

Davern wasn't sure what to make of the tall guy, but she thought very much that Kalkin would like him. Well, in that way, yes. He'd love him. Tall and slender. Daverin snorted out some klah from her nose when the tall handsome man looked at her with those beautiful blue eyes (everyone around here has blue eyes, Daverin thought, why can't I?) and said, "Jeremoth says you'd make a great rider." "He what? Who's Jere-- Oh!" Daverin quipped off a few choice words when the klah dribbled ungracefully down her shirt. "Where! When? When did we meet? I mean--" Shard just watched the skinny-necked girl do little circles around herself. She was rather comical to watch, but he sensed the grace and the intelligence from her immediately, like Jeremoth had. He waited for her to calm down. "Your Lord Holder gave me leave to organize the Protectorate around people who could stand the best chance of defeating Thread. I believe his causes are ... in line with ours." Shard smirked. He'd done heavy-arm work for the Lord Holder, long before being Searched himself. Of course he knew what kind of operation Alabaster was! "But... Well. I suppose I have to tell Brinna that I'm off... Unless she can come too?" "She is welcome, but I don't think she's right for Talor Cliff's sands. Not yet anyway." Dejectedly, Daverin slumped. Then, she smiled her cockeyed grin, and laughed. "But at least this means I'll have something new to do! Great!"

"A white! Can't believe the hatching started with a white..." Daverin muttered to herself. "Amazing..." She watched the rest, but then didn't need to watch for very long! A blue and a green both strode up to Daverin and the other young woman beside her. The blue looked over Daverin and she was half-sure that he would choose her, but instead, she found herself gazing at the green! But the pair of dragons tumble down into a tangle of limbs, and she and Vanni must help the two dragons out. As Daverin looks at Vanni, and Vanni at the Alabaster weyrling, they grin. Unasked, they both shout out the names of their dragons, "Askabeth!" Daverin has to say!

They left the sands and Daverin began to explain things to the green. "That is a hallway leading to the barracks," she said, "and this guy is Nootal the cook, he's got our meat waiting! Look, you'll love this!" Daverin helped feed her dragon but it seemed that Askabeth was able to handle most of it. More! That is very good! I like how you remember things, my friend!

"I remember everything," Daverin admitted. "So I think it will be easy for me to learn how to fight thread with you, my little green love." I will do my best to remember too... Nootal is giving more meat to that dragon and not us! "Because you've eaten enough, Askabeth! You have to slow down a bit. Chew it!" I know, I know... Read more about their new life on Ash'r's page!

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