Persona Profile: Teiluka

Writer: Cait

Name: Teiluka
Age: 27
Birthday: m12 d11
Rank: Candidate
Location: Dolphin Cove Weyr
Craft: Dragonhealer
Craft Rank: Senior Apprentice

Physical Description of Persona:
Teiluka, known to all who wish to preserve their health as Luka, is probably easily one of the smallest women in the area given she barely tops five feet and is a skinny girl. She's active and fit, but not what anyone would call particularly muscular. In fact, there's very little about her that isn't, well...little. She has small feet and a small, round face that couldn't be called anything but cute. With a tiny nose and lips and big dark brown eyes, Teiluka isn't necessarily even pretty, just...cute. Her skin is light brown, roughly the color of klah with cream and her hair is so dark a brown as to appear black in all but the strongest of lights. It's about shoulder length and usually braided to keep it out of her face, especially since its curliness means it can be a royal pain in the rear end.

Emotional Description of Persona:
Teiluka is quiet, but not shy, she prefers the term "reserved." She's friendly, but not all that talkative. It's Luka's sense of humor that usually gets her in trouble, bordering on the sarcastic and dry, people tend to think she's either being rude or miss the sarcasm altogether and just get confused. She has a little bit of a dark twist and tends toward cynicism, often finding amusement with the more cheerful, outgoing types. For those that get her sense of humor, she proves a warm and happy if not necessarily cheerful person, as long as you don't talk to her before breakfast. Perhaps her greatest flaw is her temper. She's no-nonsense and opinionated with little patience, often being harsher than she should be in her annoyance. And she's terrible at apologizing. She'll bend over backward to be incredibly nice yet never mention the incident just so she doesn't have to say the dreaded, "I'm sorry." Intelligent, Luka is happiest reading and learning and makes an excellent if challenging student. However, in a world where women are prized for their childbearing, she actively dislikes children. She's been told she'll grow out of it, but she doubts it. Unfortunately, children don't seem to share her dislike and as even Luka can't be mean to a child without feeling guilty, she just tries to escape as soon as possible.

History of Persona:
Teiluka was the second child of nine (and counting) born to Nyvran, a journeyman Healer and his wife, Valena at Thayan Peak Weyrhold. As one of only two girls, she grew up in a rather rough and tumble family and got used to making her wants known early, hence her lack of shyness about voicing her opinions. Despite their size, Luka's family was very close and remained so even as the children split off on their respective paths. When she was nine, tragedy struck in the form of the earthquake that destroyed the Weyrhold. Luckily, Luka's family managed to escape unharmed and grateful and moved to the newly reopened Dolphin Cove Weyr. As she grew, Luka showed an early interest in healing but was far more interested in dragons than in humans. Starting apprenticeship at 12, she happily studied at the Weyr for the next seven Turns, finding a stray little feline in the process who slowly claimed her as his. Or at least his source of food. Luka knew that in order to progress any further in dragonhealing, she would have to Impress. With this in mind, she petitioned to Stand and became a candidate. She's hoping she won't fail since that would mean going the human direction, something she's not real sure would be a good idea.

Family and Friends
Navan, 28, Junior Journeyman Healer, Dolphin Cove Weyr (Oldest brother)
Thyriane, 25, Sr. Apprentice Weaver (Younger sister)
Nyvran, 51, Sr. Journeyman Healer (Father)
Valena, 47, Foster Mother (Mother)

Pets

Kink, Feline: aged 10, born m5 d2
Kink is a small, skinny little feline and about as black as it gets with yellow eyes. His tail is kinked (hence the name) from being broken more than once and he's missing the tip of his left ear.

A rather rough and tumble looking little guy, Kink is also one of the most friendly felines out there. He's especially partial to Luka as she's his mama and source of food, but will snuggle up with anyone. Strangely enough, he doesn't appear to mind being a headrest, so long as you return the favor by petting him endlessly.

Approved: December 13th 2008
Last updated: December 12th 2008

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Persona Profile: Teiluka

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