Persona Profile: D'ral

Writer: Caladria

Name: D'ral
Age: 26
Birthday: m3 d23
Rank: Wingrider, Cyclone Wing
Location: Dolphin Cove Weyr
Craft: Baker
Craft Rank: Junior Apprentice

Physical Description of Persona:
Darale's currently near the end of his last growth spurt, finishing up as fairly but not excessively tall, and though he'll hope that he'll eventually spread out to find a respectable width to him, he's always going to be wiry rather than burly. His foster mother calls him a string of nothing, and she's not far off the truth. Maybe one day his brown eyes, shaggy brown hair and dark tanned skin will get him attention, but anybody looking at the minute will have to look past the gawkiness that all adolescent boys are gifted with.

Emotional Description of Persona:
Being born and raised in a Weyr means that Darale knows his way around better than some of his craft and hold born compatriots, but boy, does he know it. Some people have an answer for everything and a smart remark for most of it, and his position of knowledgeable insider has exacerbated those tendencies to the point where he can be quite cutting. But despite that, Darale lacks any ambition - if he does something, it's because it's the easiest option and the least effort. He's not stupid though; expending just enough effort to not be perceived as a slacker _saves_ effort in the long term, and so that's exactly what he does. He's not a bad lad by any means, he just has a quick mind that he doesn't want to put to good use.

History of Persona:
Born to two riders in a drifting on-again off-again relationship, Darale was fostered out to a woman in the Lower Caverns as soon as he could be and his contact with his birth parents has been relatively sporadic since then - they care, but they're busy with their own lives and expect him to be busy with his. His foster mother was as affectionate as a woman could be with a large brood of children - some hers, some not - and he never lacked for anything. He fell into Candidacy as the easiest and expected choice of a child of two riders, and waited around for seven years until blue Samith's arrival _made_ life happen to him.

Family and Friends
Tainn, 61, Lower Caverns (Foster Mother)
D'net, 52, Wingrider (Birth father)
Ralayne, 59, Wingrider (Birth mother)

Dragon's Name: Samith
Dragon's Age: 6
Dragon's Hatching Date: m6 d11
Dragon's Colour: Blue
Description of Dragon:
When Samith, who'll grow to be a medium sized blue, gets described as "sea blue", it's by people who know Northern seas - his colouring is dark rather than the sparkling clear blue seas of the South. He's too big to be exceptionally agile, and he's too small to be exceptionally long staying, but he's hit a sort of Goldilocks compromise size that allows him to be good at most things without standing out as exceptional at anything.

His staid colouring is false advertising for his temperament, though - inquisitive seems too mild a word for it, and nosy is accurate but harsh. He's not a leader by any means, and he'll quite happily follow whoever seems to be the most interesting person in the room, whether that's interesting in a good way or bad.

Approved: February 11th 2012
Last updated: March 23rd 2013

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Persona Profile: D'ral