Profile: Falafael
stats / physical description / personality / relations / pets / history
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Stats
Name
FalafaelAge
FemaleGender
17Rank
Candidate, Amateur bard and traveler (harper)Duties
Formerly her job has been working for bread, lodging, and money, by singing, dancing, and acting, or cleaning and waiting tables. Now that she has met her niche among Dusana's shepherd dragon-riders and decided to become a candidate, her job has been to learn about dragons all that she can, to better prepare herself for the life ahead of her. Not that chores would faze her in the slightest...Birthplace
Dusana Island near the coast.Home
(eventually) The Obelisk, Dusana Island's local Caer on Alskyr~ ~ ~
Physical Description
Hair
Long, golden-blond ringlets sometimes pulled back with a simple thong when she's not performing. Otherwise she wears her hair knotted with silver clasps and ribbons into intricate braids.Eyes
Large and blue-grey in color with long, dark-blond eyelashes.Physique
Long-limbed and lithe, wraithlike, with the relative grace of a self-taught dancer.Appearance
.Clothing
Likes to wear both skirts and pants, the latter usually well fitted to the curves of her hips. Her favorite pair is cut from soft brown leather, with silvery metal studs running down the outer seams of the legs, a hunting knife strapped to her belt. A many-pocketed vest of cobalt-blue is worn with the pants, over a cuffed balloon-sleeve shirt. In footwear she prefers boots, but will often go barefoot, especially when wearing a skirt, most often a light and airy garment, gauzy and decorated in springtime pastels.~ ~ ~
Personality
Additude
Generally a cheery person, even in the morning, she was spoiled by her father growing up, as she was his only close companion. She is used to being treated with love and respect, and expects the latter from friends and strangers alike. Her bearing is confident, that of one who is comfortable with herself. She is naïve, looking for the good in all people, and loves to interact with people in large or small groups.Hobbies
She loves to sing and perform for others, to try to lighten their day. The quality of her voice is clear and bell-like, but simple and only of a medium range. It has the innocent beauty of one untrained yet talented and well practiced. Most of all, she loves to visit Aerie, Cove, and Caer, adapting her music to sounds the dragons and gryphons would find pleasing. She loves to watch gryphons and especially dragons, loves it when they enjoy her music.~ ~ ~
Relations
Bondmate
None. She will be standing at Falas Weyr.Significant Other
Arowhim (A'him), tentatively.Children
None.Family
Her father is a bard named Bohradon. He made enough money to finally retire, performing on occasion for a little extra spending money. Falafael was named after her deceased mother, Fallan, an animal healer specializing in forest creatures.Pets
![[ Shonan, Falafael's horse; image © Yakima ]](falasrousgray_shonan.gif)
Name
ShonanSpecies
Alskyrian horse of Old World (Earth/Terra) bloodGender
MaleAge
6Appearance
A blue-roan horse of medium height and a light work horse body-type (like a quarterhorse), his legs are lightly feathered at the fetlock.Personality
Shonan is in general a calm, brave horse (as far as an equine can be). He does not spook very easily and listens very carefully to Falafael's instructions, be they words, touch, or motions. They share a close bond and trust one another entirely.History
Shonan was once Bohradon's horse but when he finally retired he had an extra horse or two and gave the big blue-roan to her as a birthing-day gift. By that time she had already established a bond with the girl anyway, but she was nevertheless overjoyed to have her own horse, and one she loved so well. Falafael rode him from town to town as she eked out her existence as a bard, and more recently on round-up which they seem to do well enough despite their lack of experience.History
Falafael has always had the heart of a wanderer, traveling from place to place to briefly touch the lives of new-found friends before moving on. She loves to perform in music, dance, and plays, and to help others. To her, making someone happy and seeing them smile is the physical embodiment of sunshine.
Her latest stop brought her to the lands between The Obelisk and Dusana Aerie, where dwell the unique dragon-riding herders that supply food to both establishments. There she learned about their tiny dragons and the relationship between the three groups -- human, dragon, and gryphon, brought together through their foodbeasts. Intrigued, she decided to stay a while, learn particulars, and perhaps write some music.
It just so happened that one rider-dragon pair became involved in a unique clutch of dragon eggs lain not on The Obelisk's sands but on those of some distant planet. One thing lead to another, and she went too, her heart ensnared by the subtle, shy charms of Erasadorth's rider Arowhim. Sire of the clutch of tiny-gold eggs, Falafael was invited to Stand as Candidate by the Blue himself. Curious as always, she has every intention of attending the hatching, maybe to play a melody she's been working on for just such an occasion.
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Falas Weyr, its inhabitants, and Shonan (Rous Hold) and dragon (Falas) images found therein, © to Yakima.
The planet Alskyr is the intellectual property of it's many writers, myself included.
Dusana Island is solely mine.
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