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| Lauren; Gold Vandrath-- Jr. Weyrwoman | |
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| Khaleeco | Mar 15 2008, 05:08 PM Post #1 |
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![]() "There's no need to salute me or give me any sort of title. I'm merely Lauren, and nothing more. Really!" Name| Lauren Age| 33 Turns Gender| Female Orientation| Polyamorous Heterosexual Rank(s)| Jr. Weyrwoman, Wingsecond in Storm Flight Wing (Queen's Wing) Weyrmate| n/a Romantic Interests| Wingrider R'san, rider of blue Deviath; Wingsecond S'rin, rider of bronze Gilrith Appearance| Just under 5'7, well built as many approaching middle-aged dragonriders are, with light chocolate-brown hair cut to just above her shoulders and light, golden brown eyes. When younger, she was on the thinner side of builds, though still well proportioned. She has a habit of tying off the hair around her face to keep it out of her eyes. She has a slight Southern accent, having been born and raised in Southern Hold. Personality| Lauren is an optimist. The permanently naive sort. She is kind, gentle, and tries desperately to see the best in everyone and everything. She dislikes very few and those she does find a fault in she avoids rather than confront or cause a conflict. Lauren hates conflicts and would much rather that everyone just talk out their differences, work together, and get along. And she doesn't understand why that is such a difficult thing for others to do. She has a rather unusual dislike of dun lunnews, stemming from a pet one she had in her twenties that abandoned her to raqs during a rare attack the Weyr suffered. Though, if ever actually confronted on this, she would certainly react in horror that she could generalize an entire color of lunnew and work to fix such an oversight on her part. Despite having over 15 Turns as a Jr. Weyrwoman, she is only now beginning to get into the more nuanced nature of the position. For Turns she was allowed to run about as the face of the Weyr administration for the Weyr populace itself. And it worked well. And still does. Very few people dislike Lauren, even if they think her a bit daft, silly, or naive. She listens to everyone and takes their complaints and issues to heart. But she needs to be prepared to take over should something ever happen to Relina. Which could very well happen, given the numerous assassination attempts on the Sr. Weyrwoman over the Turns. If Lauren held resentment towards anyone, it is a growing one towards Relina. More precisely, it is a resentment towards choices. Relina made her choose between her duty to the Weyr and her hold-given right to motherhood. Her lovers are forcing her to choose between the two of them. Her duty is forcing her to choose between being buried in hidework and regulations and protocol and being able to mingle freely with the Weyr and tend to their needs. On top of this building resentment is the very real realization that her H.A.D. abilities seem to be diminishing, an unknown side effects of the drugs she was on when kidnapped by Deep Forest Hold. Once able to hear everyone, she now can only easily hear the dragons she has been closest to and the young ones that have not yet learned how to broadcast their thoughts quietly. The growing quiet in her mind where there was once a constant chatter from dragon gossip has been stressing her out, scaring her, and she wishes she knew a way to fix it. History| Lauren was born to a runner trainer in Southern Hold. Her mother, tragically, did not survive childbirth. Taking after her father, Lauren has always had an affinity with animals and has had a rather large accumulation of pets over the Turns. She was discovered to have H.A.D. abilities while still young, on a trip with her father to visit her aunt and uncle and their daughter, Robyn. Robyn did not appreciate that her holdbrat cousin could be a H.A.D. while she, a weyrbrat proper, was not. Always expected to Stand at Southern Weyr, she was unexpectedly Searched by her future lover, bronzerider S'rin, when she was 15 Turns, who was acting as the Searchrider for the newly formed Deep Forest Weyr. She Stood at the first clutch of Delrith's and Impressed her Vandrath. Weyrlinghood was a fun, if at times dangerous, experience and Lauren befriended anyone and everyone around her. Her closest companion to come out of it was her future lover R'san, rider of a rambunctious and playful blue dragon named Deviath. Since her first mating flight, Lauren has discovered that she and Vandrath are unlucky when it comes to weyrmates. The Jr. Weyrleader position is clearly cursed. Her first weyrmate, T'am of brown Tommath, threw his partner and himself between to end the suffering of slow healing injuries stemming from a raq attack on the young Weyr. Though she had never grown particularly close to him, he was her first weyrmate and first lover and it was something she was unable to put behind her for Turns. Her next weyrmate, V'jean and his bronze Kelarth, was fresh out of Weyrlinghood and roughly 10 Turns her junior. The situation was a difficult one to play and she often found herself acting as a big sister or mother rather than a lover. V'jean was later stripped of his rank and exiled for a time after losing control of his dragon and of the riders under his command during an attack by the holds on the Weyr, causing the dragons to do the unthinkable of killing and eating the attacking holders. This absolutely horrified Lauren, who had thought such an action unthinkable for any dragon or man to even consider. Though she did later forgive him for his actions, believing it to be caused by youth and inexperience against an unthinkable horror of attacking holders against the Weyr. The position has been vacant since. Lauren is no less lucky in her love life in general. She always knew, on some level, that she loved R'san as more than just a friend. She only realized just how much when Deviath won the mating flight of a white dragon named Opleth. She also always knew she had feelings for S'rin, unsure of how to process them given his relationship with her as a mentor. Holdbred, even of the Southern sort, she did not know how to come to terms with the simple fact that she loved two men and could not choose one over the other. She was able to confess her feelings to R'san (with the help of wine, which she holds as well as a sieve) and the two consummated their relationship, conceiving Lauren's first child, a daughter named Tarena. Both relatively shy about their relationship, especially given their rank differences, the relationship stayed secret for several months, until it was hard to deny her being heavy with child and needing to come up with a name. Relina was... less than pleased. V'jean, who had returned from exile at some point, was broken from the news. He had been led (no matter how well intentioned) to believe that the child was his. It confirmed the end of their strained relationship and he moved to his own weyr. Lauren offered the vacant space to R'san when he was asked to leave Kiara's (Opleth's rider) weyr due to her own disapproval of the relationship. Not long after Tarena was born, Lauren disappeared from her weyr one night, kidnapped and offered as a "gift" to the Lord of Deep Forest Hold by the bluerider M'tho. M'tho was never implicated in the plot, his motivations stemming from irritation and hatred at the weak and soft goldrider. Also because he's an asshole. At the hold, she was consistently drugged with something that prevented her mind from reaching dragons as well as a sedative. It took everything the Weyr had to prevent Vandrath from throwing herself between in anguish of not finding her rider. Thankfully, an incompetent drudge managed to miss a dose and she was able to become lucid enough for her location to be found. A rescue mission was launched by S'rin, Searchrider G'had, and several other riders. Not an easy task. But she was found, saved, and returned to the Weyr in relative good health. During her recovery, S'rin spent a lot of time at her bedside. They realized their attraction was a mutual one, but were unsure of how to progress. The progress worked itself out later, after an incident involving the death of one of S'rin's firelizards (and more wine). That relationship was consummated and also had the consequence of the conception of their son Rylen (sex makes babies, who knew?). Lauren realized she could not reasonably choose between the two men, even though both certainly were demanding it once she had to bring them both together and explain things. The Weyr populace was infuriatingly holdbred in its views. While S'rin didn't understand why he wasn't the obviously superior choice, given his rank, color, and just general personality when compared to the bluerider, R'san was deeply hurt and wounded that their love wasn't as strong as he had come to believe. Lauren couldn't stand to hurt him further, and chose to keep him as her weyrmate, hoping that the idea that they were clutchmates and friends first, lovers second would override her feelings for S'rin. It hasn't. And she is struggling to find a way to progress with how she'd like things when neither male rider is willing to work with her. She doesn't want to hurt R'san any more than she already has. Shortly after the birth of Rylen, Lauren was forced into another choice-- motherhood or duties. She had been raising the children with her and R'san in her weyr. And, well, it was never a choice to begin with. Relina could not find a way to force the silly woman to pick the obviously better suitor (her cousin), but she could force Lauren's children to a creche, as was proper Weyr behavior. These choices, on top of her realizing her H.A.D. abilities are diminishing, are fast leading Lauren to a path of mid-life crisis. And she is unsure how she will handle it all. Dragon| Gold Vandrath Dragon's Genetic Code| XRXr CcBbss Dragon's Clutch| Delrith 1 Dragon's Description| Vandrath is a calm gold, rarely angered, and often the one others ask questions to because she doesn't have that vanity that Delrith basks in. She also has next to no broody-ness when it comes to her clutches, not minding if people come and explore her eggs. Vandrath is 39 meters (128 ft) long and a lovely yellow-y gold that fades to a pale, peachy gold on her underside and wingsails. Offspring| Tarena (f, 3 Turns), sire: R'san; Rylen (m, 1 Turn), sire: S'rin Fitting Song| "Heart Skips a Beat" by Lenka, "Everything's Okay" by Lenka Star Sign| Pisces (March 12) Alignment| Lawful Good Pet(s)| Flit(s)| Bronze Marron, blue Noir Lunnew(s)| Grey Duvet Wyrum(s)| Gold Amber Edited by Khaleeco, Jan 25 2018, 10:08 PM.
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Riders Lauren, gold Vandrath-- Jr. Weyrwoman A'ron, brown Broth-- jr. weyrleader; Candidate Master Kiya, silver Anzuth-- Wingrider Livilan, silver Viliveth-- Wingrider Al'x, blue Ryogath-- Wingrider M'tho, blue Temanarth-- Wingrider Tyrina, blue Zaleoth-- Wingrider Robyn, green Caseth-- Wingrider V'thz, green Karanath-- Wingrider Y'kib brown Talsoth-- Jr. Weyrling Q'tin-- green Isometh-- Jr. Weyrling Risxthwiniatopia (Risx)-- green Valianth-- Jr. Weyrling Weyrfolk Sylvia-- Master Healer (Dragon), Master Archivist (Lunnew; Wyurm) Rinous-- Steward Zocheri-- Weyr Support Staff Weyrbrats Arilan, Benedda, Gordis, Kevarob, Myrna, Seyvia, Syloron, Tarena | |
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