Profile: Gabriephine
stats ~ physical description ~ personality ~ relations ~ pets ~ history
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Stats
Name
GabriephineNickname
GabriAge
FemaleGender
17Rank
Candidate, Apprentice DolphineerDuties
.Birthplace
Sandy Reef Cothold, a smalltime fishing cot right "down the road" from the local Weyr's Dolphineer Hall.Home
(eventually) The Obelisk, Dusana Island's local Caer on Alskyr~ ~ ~
Physical Description
Hair
Her hair is soft and fine, thick straight locks are straw-like and light sandy-brown (tawny) in color. Her hair is extremely short at the base of her neck, mushrooming slightly to curve up over the top of her head. The fringe of hair falls about 3/4 of the way down her forehead.Eyes
Wide, curvy, long-lashed eyes are a light brown color, like rum. Her eyelashes and eyebrows are about two shades lighter than her hair, tending more toward pale blond.Physique
At 5'6” tall, Gabri appears petite and fragile but from her life near and in the ocean, she is surprisingly strong in a spring-like sense. She has excellent endurance and an abundance of energy left in reserve, which is not readily observed by others.Appearance
Gabri’s face is heart-shaped with a small rounded chin and snub nose. Her face is beginning that slow transformation between childhood and adulthood where the cheekbones become subtly more defined, and the cheeks become more hollowed out. Despite her long days in the sun, her complexion remains light, the only proof that she loves the water being her many freckles which cover mostly her face but also her arms and shoulders. Their numbers increase with exposure, seeming to bleed together as the summer months wear on. From a distance she may appear to have an attractive tan, but closer inspection reveals the truth; she is a little self-conscious about their appearance.Clothing
Gabri enjoys wearing sleeveless tops and cuffed shorts, preferring their freedom to the heat suffered in the hotter months. When it gets cooler, she tends to wear shorts as long as she can, and has taken up the use of a trench coat to protect her body from the wind. Favorite clothing materials include soft, cottony or canvas-like cloth, or soft leather in tans, browns, and blues. A wicked-looking diving knife (think bowie knife) strapped to her belt is carried at all times, barring formal occasions. Its strong, half-serrated blade can be used to stab, cut, saw, and pry, which makes it an excellent utility tool. Never does she use it to threaten, but has been forced on occasion to use it for protection.~ ~ ~
Personality
Gabriephine has a strong determination about her, which has been a requirement to make it anywhere in her craft. A natural love of and talent for swimming aided in her training, but the physical as well as mental strains of competition, long hours and people in general often taxed her resources. Self-doubt and self-consciousness can easily discourage her, but Green Waveskimmer has been an enormous source of moral support.
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Relations
Bondmate
None. She's standing at The Ring of Fire, for its Water Dragon clutch.Significant Other
None officially, though she has strong feelings for Alekzander and has yet to declare them.Children
None.Family
Her father Zoph (47) and brothers Szell (22) and Toloen (16) are all fishermen. Her mother Syreyna (39) and sister-in-law through Szell, Wynnona, are responsible for the upkeep of the cot. Toeny (18), is the Lady Cotholder through her husband Chemnol. She is Gabri's elder sister.Pets
Name
WaveskimmerNickname
WavesSpecies
'Old World' firelizardGender
FemaleAge
6Appearance
![[ Green Waveskimmer, Gabri's firelizard; image © Shard ]](HDFlitLickgrn_Waves.gif)
Overall, Waves is a marine blue-green in color. Medium-teal back and wing fingers fade in a gradient downward via sea green, lightening to nearly white on the throat, belly and insides of her limbs. The wings tend more toward turquoise than green and the legs toward blue, the arms are a more solid mint-green and the tail darkens from that medium-teal color to a dusky teal at the tip.
Personality
Waves puts up with much cuddling from her master, much like a rag doll must with a little girl. In this way she is very odd for a green, being patient and understanding of the girl’s needs for physical comfort. Luckily for Waveskimmer, Gabri is not the type to squeeze the life out of her firelizard, nor does she hold the independent beast very long when she does. Waves is protective of the girl, and has been known on occasion to scar the faces of jeering teenagers with her sharp talons.History
Waves’ egg was a present from her parents when Gabri first entered into the dolphin craft. It wasn’t exactly a going away present, as her home was mere miles away from the crafthall. She carried the egg in the front chest pocket of her overalls until the Green finally hatched, right in the middle of one of her classes!History
Gabri grew up in a cothold reachable only by boat. Located at one of the islands near Black Rock Dolphineer Hall, the homestead was otherwise isolated but nearly self-sufficient. Her family members are all either fishermen (the men) or keep watch and manage the cot itself (the women). Gabri learned to swim at a very young age like all of her siblings, but it was her affinity for the local dolphins that set her apart. It became clear to her parents that though they may try to deny it, young Gabriephine was destined not for the rearing of children but for living and working at the Dolphinhall, which was not so far away.
Gabriephine had never developed good people-skills like most children do. Her interactions were primarily with her mother and elder sister because her father and brothers were always out fishing, the cothold’s livelihood, or at market selling their goods. Because of her antisocial life, she became a loner at the crafthall, interacting with her new firelizard, the dolphins, and her instructors only. Labeled as a “teacher’s pet,” a great deal of the stress and heartache suffered during those times was because she simply did not know how to make a friend. She had no other friends, and often spent her free time sitting on the docks staring out to sea, or perfecting her skills with the diving knife at her belt. She never felt the equal of her peers, even though they believed it must be the opposite, that she considered herself too good to interact with the likes of them.
Gabri’s life was torn in half; on one hand the unspoken (to her face) animosity communicated by her peers made her life a perfect misery, but on the other hand, she loved the water, the dolphins, and the craft she might someday excel in. Sometimes she found her pale complexion, something she was always worried about, an advantage, for when on occasion she was found with pink eyes, people would assume it was from the sun or allergies, not even considering that she might have been crying. Or perhaps they just didn’t care; children and even adults alike can be very cruel.
Finally, Gabriephine found herself nose-to-nose with a handsome blue dragon. His rider Mixelemi and a boy about Gabri’s age smiled down at her with sincerely friendly smiles. No one else at the Dolphin Hall was Searched that day, leaving some muttering “good riddance,” while others grumbled that the Teacher’s Pet had done it again. At that moment, Gabriephine could care less.
Gabriephine ~ bond ~ destruction ~ transfers ~ catastrophe ~ escape
The Ring of Fire, the inhabitants residing therein and its adoptable dragon and flitter images © Silver Midnight.
The planet Alskyr is the intellectual property of it's many writers, myself included.
Dusana Island is solely mine.
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