Post by serenitychick on Jun 21, 2009 16:31:33 GMT -5
Humans:
Name: Sasheen
Age: 17
Gender: Female
Sexual Orientation: Hetero
Rank: Candidate
Physical Appearance:
The most noticeable feature about Sasheen is her rich brown hair and the way that it seems to shine when even the smallest amount of sunlight hits it. The cascading waves are a mess of loose curls that fall below her shoulder blades when left down, though are often twisted at the back of her head to keep her hair out of her face when she is working on something, though a few strands usually always work themselves free to frame her oval face, a face that might not be considered beautiful by conventional standards. With a long nose and a jaw line more defined than usually seen in feminine features, it is at least softened by a rounded chin. Sasheen has wide, expressive hazel eyes, a shade somewhere between sandy brown and light green, and a full mouth that she considers one of her best features.
Her short, slightly curvy stature belies the muscular frame that she has built from a lifetime of hard work. The palms of her long-fingered hands are rough, a product of her upbringing, her arms and face usually tanned from hours spent outside in the sun and though her choice of dress is completely practical, Sasheen never lets herself run about dirty or mussed. Personal hygiene is important to her but she isn't afraid to get dirty when the time calls for it.... She just prefers to be able to clean up as soon as possible.
Dresses and skirts are not convenient for the work that she was brought up doing and prefers pants and shirts that move freely. The young woman is nearly obsessive about caring for her things, knowing they are not easily replaced and she's become quite talented at making her brothers' old clothes fit her frame well with a few carefully placed stitches and tucks. She loves footwear and prefers boots over anything else. Dressing up, though, is such a rare occurrence to her that when the opportunity arises she takes a girlish delight in fancying herself up for whatever occasion.
Personality:
Sasheen is a hard worker, uneasy with simply being idle and naturally competitive though she comes by these traits honestly; a result of her upbringing. Her family had to fight to survive and such habits are hard to break. Though she is an intelligent young woman she has little in the way of real life experience and this can often show up whether she realizes it or not. Her mother taught her to read from an early age and she was doing numbers for her father after her mother died. She not very musically inclined, preferring to dance or listen rather than sing or play, but she appreciates the talent in others.
Spoiled with love as the only daughter, Sasheen likes attention... especially from those of the male persuasion. She finds they are much more willing to bend to her controlling nature than other women, especially those who do not see eye to eye the way she ruled her brothers with an iron fist. Sasheen is very particular about certain things; the way her clothes are taken care of and put away, the state of her garden when she's able to have one and a need for her environment to be tidy (amongst other things) and she can become irritated when things do not go the way she expects.
Growing up with three older brothers taught her the ease of telling a joke or being the butt of one and although she feels at ease in most social situations, she becomes anxious and nervous around large crowds; particularly when expected to speak in front of them. She is most comfortable around the forests and trees she grew up around and has yet to get used to spending a lot of time in a large Hold. Sasheen is secretly afraid of open water, having only experience with small streams and creeks that rarely went above knee level. She could loves to climb, adores heights and the view at the tops of trees and when she's stressed enjoys escaping by herself for a long walk.
Sasheen is the sort of girl that is confident about herself and isn't afraid to show it when needed. This combined with her love of attention usually makes her quite popular among males of all ages and less so with females. She has had few close girlfriends in her lifetime and she is attracted to developing friendships with strong women, women that emulate the best in her mother and (she hopes) in herself. The girls she grew up with were often lazy and selfish and Sasheen cannot stand these traits in others.
History:
In a small copse in the woods outside Nerat Hold live five families who make their living cutting down the trees and selling them to Nerat for the Smithcrafters. They live in small caves within a short distance from each other and over the turns have become nearly completely self sufficient. One of these families was a young man named Saheeit, who inherited from his father, his young wife Heena and their five children; four boys, Heenit, Ahen, Sahron and Eren, and their only daughter Sasheen, the youngest. The family was very close and worked hard together, the parents teaching the children how to select trees and safely fell them whent he time came. Every year they'd travel to Nerat for the gathers to get in touch with relatives and old friends, to connect with smiths and harpers and to purchase products they could not make themselves.
When Sasheen was six years old Heena became violently ill and though a healer was called for, she died before he arrived. Saheeit was devastated by the loss of his wife and wrapped himself protectively around his children. He stopped taking his children to gathers and would instead spend whatever coin he could on encouraging harpers to say a bit longer in their encampment than most in order to teach his children.
Sasheen was an active child who could climb trees before she could walk steadily and who wasn't afraid of dirty or creatures. The young brunette soaked up the education that was offered by the harper when they were around and constantly followed her brothers around 'helping' when they let her. The creeks and streams allowed her a shallow place to play in the water but she never learned to swim, which would later spark a deep fear within her. By the time that Sasheen was eight years old she was caring for her family, growing food in the gardens and cooking for them, tending to the house and caring for them when they were ill.
A woman from Nerat Hold once came when she was thirteen to teach her lessons on being a lady but Sasheen never felt the urge to leave her home or her family. She was happy with her life and as she matured into a woman thoughts of creating her own family were far from her mind. Sasheen had always had a talent with boys, from getting her brothers to bend to her will to winning the affections of the boys who lived nearby. When Sasheen was fourteen years old her father was killed, an accident felling a tree with his youngest son, Eren. Heenit stepped in to take over the family's business but there were details that Saheeit had never gotten around to sharing with his son. Because of this, Heenit took a trip to Nerat Hold to meet with his father's contacts and was horrified by what he witnessed there. He gladly returned home as soon as he could, relieved to be away from the madness that he felt was overtaking Pern and effectively hiding his reservations from his siblings.
They had to work harder than ever and as Sasheen grew, she also gained experience in lumbering trees; her brothers needed another hand, having been used to working with five, and as ever she was ready and willing to work and learn. The next few turns passed quietly until a Benden dragon rider showed up one sunny afternoon when Sasheen was sixteen. At first the siblings and their neighbors were simply surprised to see him there, wary of his intentions but nevertheless curious. Until he announced that Sasheen was being searched as a candidate and he was taking her back to Benden. Heenit, remembering what he had seen when he had visited Nerat several years prior, was adamantly against this idea.
The four brothers stood in a protective circle around their baby sister and refused to allow the Benden rider access to her. But the rider was only used to getting what he wanted, even if by force. A fight quickly broke out and when the rider looked like he was going to be overtaken by the four, the dragon roared and made to step in. Scared witless Sasheen, believing the dragon and his rider would kill all four of them, stepped in between them and did the only thing she could to stop the fight... She agreed to go to Benden.
Heenit and the others were furious with her but quietly let her go, packing the few things that were her own and hugging them tearfully. Sasheen's first ride on a dragon was a bittersweet experience... she was terrified of what was going to happen to her now but she couldn't help but love the experience. The thrill of being higher than the tops of trees, higher than she'd ever been before, and the cool wind snapping against her face. It was a perfect experience until he went between. Popping out of between outside Benden gave her something to think about other than the all encompassing cold she'd just left.
Trying to find a place for herself at Benden Weyr was impossible, from the moment she arrived Sasheen's senses were assaulted by what she witnessed. She watched as a group of riders beat a candidate nearly to death, a weyrling be murdered and herself was raped as she slept in the bed that was supposed to be safe. Not even Sevendays passed before she had a mental breakdown, losing touch with whatever was inside her that caused the search dragon to choose her in the first place. Sasheen was deemed unfit for candidacy after all and while the candidate master considered what to do with her, a bluerider took pity on her and her situation and snuck her off one night. He knew that Sasheen was most likely going to be entered into some sort of slavery, which would have broken her completely, and for a reason he couldn't name there was no way he was letting that happen to her.
He took her South to Selentas Hold, where she was at peace and safe. Once her physical injuries healed she tried to heal the mental ones as well. After the first time she was reprimanded for taking a walk outside the Hold by herself she found a strong young man to accompy her and the time alone with him did more to heal her heart and soul than any talking to the healers ever did. Where she was once carefree and happy at all times, Sasheen would never again be that lighthearted. But she would not sink into the depression they'd feared and it seemed she would not self desruct or abhor all males either.
One of the aspects of her healing process was to see how she did around dragonriders and they brought her before a dragon from Selentas. Much to everyones surprise, including Sasheen's, she was announced as a candidate for search. Sasheen knew that she could never return home, not after what had happened to her, and as much as she loved Selentas Hold she wanted to be a dragonrider. She wanted to be chosen and she wanted to fly. What had happened to her at Benden Weyr gave her inner strength she might not have ever found otherwise.
So she agreed, steeling herself for the unknown future ahead of her, and went with the dragonrider from Selentas, where she is now arriving….
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