Persona Profile: Zaeryn (Inactive)

Writer: Mirren

Name: Zaeryn
Age: 34
Birthday: m10 d21
Rank: Senior Journeyman Smith
Location: Dolphin Cove Weyr
Craft: Smith
Craft Rank: Senior Journeyman
Speciality: Jeweller

Physical Description of Persona:
Zaeryn has dark hair, almost black, which falls down her back in a tangle of curls. It's the kind of hair that other people envy but that is a challenge to brush every day. She'd love it short but just can't bring herself to cut it off.

Her skin is pale and marred only by freckles on her nose and a mole on the far side of her right cheek, near her ear. Her eyes are bright blue - the kind people look twice at, because they're so striking. She stands at 5'8, with a slim frame and heart-shaped face. Others might describe her as pretty, but it's not an adjective she'd use to describe herself.

Emotional Description of Persona:
Zaeryn (Zae to her friends) is quiet, mostly keeping her thoughts and feelings to herself. She doesn't like big crowds, preferring the company of a few close friends. She likes music, but prefers to hum along than to sing or dance. Humming is a bad habit of hers, which she usually indulges while working. It's not always a specific tune, sometimes it's just a hum. She doesn't handle change very well and will usually try to avoid new situations. However, she has been known to let herself be dragged into them.

A mind healer might suggest she has Asperger's, but is very mild on the spectrum. Mild enough hat most people would only know if they knew what to look for. Others might must perceive her as being quiet and shy.

History of Persona:
When Zaeryn was a child, she was painfully shy. She couldn't speak to anyone and never knew what to say if anyone spoke to her. She got so many compliments on her eyes that by the time she was two, she'd close them if anyone looked at her. Of course everyone thought this was cute and would laugh and wait until she opened them again. Being laughed at when you're that young isn't a great ego boost and didn't nothing to help her shyness. She barely spoke until she was five, and then only to her family.

Wanting to help her to come out of her shell, her parents fostered her to Green Valley Hold, to live with an aunt and uncle and their brood of a dozen children. Overwhelmed at first, she eventually made friends with her cousins and got dragged on various adventures.

Gradually, the shy little flit began to emerge into a more confident young woman, but she was never very chatty. She preferred to read or sing to herself while helping in the fields. Her aunt assumed she'd marry or become a harper, but she returned to Dolphin Cove Weyr at thirteen, surprising everyone at her desire to Stand.

She didn't, however, surprise anyone when she never impressed. She gave up at age 17, deciding instead to take up an apprenticeship as a smith, specialising in jewellery.

Approved: November 2nd 2015
Last updated: March 13th 2016

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Persona Profile: Zaeryn (Inactive)