Post by Ivy on Nov 29, 2012 14:28:40 GMT -5
Name: Camille (Cami)
Age: 18
Turnday: February 14, 3005
Gender: Female
Sexual Orientation: Heterosexual
Rank: Candidate
Physical Appearance:
Petite. Small. Short. Delicate. Little.
Any and all of those terms have been used to describe the girl throughout her life, and she has hated all of them. To one's defense, she is below average when it comes to size for her age - she always has been. She did not sprout like the other girls she grew up with, nor did she ever really fill out. If it were not for a few subtle hints as to her gender, one might confuse her for a very effeminate man.
Standing a mere 4'9" and weighing maybe 100 lbs she is tiny and slender. Her chest is only large enough to make it so she's not completely flat chested, not much to it at all. Wide hips ae her saving grace as far as making her look like an actual woman, those and her long lashes. Dirty blonde hair washes down her shoulders and tickles mid-back on the petite girl, though she often keeps it braided or pulled back in a runner tail. Bold, wide blue eyes take up much of her face, perched between them was a high nose that had a sort of up-turned appearance to it. Shallow cheeks and high cheek bones make her pretty but also looking as if she could use a good meal.
While her looks do not immediately jump towards the spectrum of sexy, she does her best to push herself that way in what she wears. Many of her tops are cropped just below her modest bust-line to show off her flat stomach - as long as the weather permits of course. If it is chillier she wears something that covers her midriff but shows off what little cleavage she has. Short skirts and shorts in the summer, tight pants in the winter.
Personality:
Big things come in small packages - at least that's how Cami feels about herself. Others spent most of their time looking down on her, but she knows she is better than that. Despite having a ho-hum childhood with no real mother or father figures to speak of, she managed to come out with a high sense of self. Her self esteem is so-so; some days she thinks herself on top of the world, while others she feels desperately low about herself. She's far from innocent but also far from a trouble maker - from time to time she will find herself getting into mischief but not that often.
She is receptive to change and while she may rage inside she is very mature in how she handles herself. Not allowing herself to be overly quick to anger she can be very diplomatic about things. Often times her friends come to her to settle their differences, as she can see both sides to their arguments and voice an unbiased opinion.
Despite her age she is wise beyond her years, or so she likes to think. While she may think she is oh-so-wise and mature the truth is she does have some growing up to do still. She is level headed when it comes to most things, but when it comes to men she tends to lose a little bit of her senses. Feeling not quite as pretty or desirable as other women has led her to rushing herself further in relationships than she feels comfortable at times. Being Weyrbred she is not overly prudish about most things that happen between two people behind weyr doors.
History:
The war was already being waged when one of the kitchen drudges of Fort Weyr gave birth to a little girl, Camille. When you are raised in an atmosphere where war is a constant it tends to fall to the background, something that is just accepted as being and you do not question it. Growing up there were few real constants in her life - all she really knew was the creche, and that Benden Weyr was the enemy.
Her mother rarely visited her in the creche and while her father spent some time there it was not often - she only has fleeting memories of either of them. When her mother was lost to an illness when the girl was six she cried and was sad but that didn't last long. It was hard to miss a mother who was never there to begin with. Her father she knew a bit better, but still there was no real closeness between herself and the Brownrider who sired her. When his life was taken in the war she felt the emptiness of his loss more than she had her mother's, but life moved on.
Despite her father being a rather poor specimen when it came to dragonriders and the war that continued to rage on, when Cami reached the appropriate age she requested permission to Stand as a Candidate. She was denied the right to Stand however, as the Candidatemaster refused to believe she was old enough due to her small stature. It took another full turn before she was allowed to finally Stand - though she was met with disappointment.
Disappointment was to be another constant in the young weyrbrat's life, for she stood and was left on the sands without a dragonet. With the next turn there was even more disappointment as her life was turned upside down. The war was over, Fort had lost.
Benden and Selenitas forces moved in to occupy Fort to ensure there would be no retaliation from some of the few groups of riders left who were still loyal enough to Fort to try something. No clutches were laid. Candidates were soon put to work as mere drudges around the Weyr while a summit was called to decide the fate of Pern. Soon, shortly before Cami's fourteenth turnday, the fate was decided upon and sealed - a new Weyr would be formed and the Candidates would be shuffled to either Selenitas or the new Weyr, Inverness.
It was decided Cami would be among those sent to Inverness and over the course of the next turn she set about helping to build up her new home. While she could be of no real use in most of the projects, as she had no dragon, she was used to help move furniture and other items from Fort to Inverness. By the end of the turn Inverness was populated and Fort was left to be a ruin of its former glory.
Over the next few turns Cami settled in to her new life at Inverness. She was far from happy, but as disappointment had grown to be a constant in her life she accepted it as just that.
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