Post by Mystery on Mar 4, 2013 21:49:58 GMT -5
Katarina
Name: Katarina
Pronunciation: Kat - Ah - Rhi - Nah
Age: 15
Season Born In: Spring
Gender: Female
Sexuality: Pansexual
Appearance:
Oh don't mind that pretty little blonde hanging upside down from the ceiling, that's just Kitty.
Kitty is not an imposing figure, she barely hit's the five foot mark, and that's in boots. In reality, she's probably about half an inch under five foot, but don't you let her catch you saying that - she'll have to pout until someone else hurts you - she'll take that half an inch and run with it. She's not particularly strong either, and that's obvious in her build that's light and tiny and curvy in a way that is the only thing that stops people from calling her a twelve turn old. She's stronger than she looks though, but she's certainly not a fighter. Oh no, she can dodge until you're tired thank you, she's getting no where near someone close enough that they can grab her. There's something about Katarina that is just simple beauty. It's not stunning, her hair is a nice light blonde with darker natural highlights and she's got it cut raggedly - almost a belt knife job - so that it falls just past her shoulders in a wavy, thick mass, and her skin is a nice, healthy creamy colour with few blemishes and marks, but there's something just pretty about her.
It's the casual kind of beauty that comes from not caring if she's walking around the weyr in someone else's shirt and nothing else, or that her hair might be a mess and she's curled up somewhere by a fire like a cat. Facially, she's pretty, but when that face is most often hidden by her hair as she hangs upside down, people rarely get the time to really appreciate the looks. Her eyes are a dark, stormy grey, which coupled with the rest of her pale colouring is quite the 'classical' look really. She's most often found wearing whatever she can get her hands on that might be clean and easy to move around in, though she does tend to favour things that help her blend in a little more with just a touch of colour somewhere. Though there is always the point that those grey eyes are never looking directly at people, but rather a point past them.
Personality:
Katarina is no doubt a different lady, and she can't even claim a younger age as an excuse for it all. Nope, she's just a little odd. Katarina is as nice as they come, energetic and peppy when she's not just being downright cheeky and that's rare enough. It's hard to get her on the wrong side of the bed really, because she sprawls across it because she's just not fussed by anyone's opinions of her. Or rather, if they bother her, she keeps that hidden. Kitty might be happy and eager to make friends, but there's a certain wall up that will always be between her and the rest of the world. She doesn't show negative emotion if she can help it, especially a temper. When angry, she does her best not to let on, though there's certainly a twitch in her eye and a change in her breathing or the smile will freeze on her face at every annoyance. Even with those little cues though, it takes a while to get Katarina worked out when she's in a grumpy mood, since it doesn't happen that she's actually irritated. Oh she sulks, like no one's business. No one can do a sulky pout quite like Kitty, complete with wide eyes and a pouty bottom lip, but angry? Now that takes something else.
She's just a little bit of a hoarder, but she deals in very specific things. Information. That's all she wants, and she doesn't care if it's gossip or fact and if it is a rumour, she either started it or is spreading it quicker than wildfire. The worst thing about Kitty is she just has a way of finding these things out, and no one is really sure how she does that. She's just too good at being in places that she shouldn't be and has no right to be in, really. When she's not working or doing something for her friends, she'll always be curled up with something to read and it really doesn't matter what it is, and if she's not reading, she's talking to someone, getting all the information she can. Unfortunately for those that wish she'd forget something, Katarina has an almost flawless memory. Although mostly in an auditory, scent and touch sense is, she can remember everything she's heard, everything she's smelled and textures of touch and that tends to take a toll after a while. She tends to seem very dazed and off in the clouds a lot of the time, constantly sorting through her precious information.
Unfortunately, this hoarding tendancy tends to make getting information from her almost impossible. It is her information and possessive is the word to use when it comes to little kitty. It's hers, she's not going to share unless you ask really, really nicely. She's also no where near as innocent as she comes off. Playful, sure. Clever, certainly. Innocent, most certainly not. She'd never survive if she was as innocent and naive as she tends to come across. Katarina is quite clever, quick witted and resourceful, she just doesn't usually bother. Why should she be trying to show off what she can do when those that are important already know all her tricks.
She also doesn't really do focus. Keeping her on task requires more than just something to be interesting, keeping her listening for one piece of information or sorting through everything for just that one tidbit is going to take reminding and/or treats. She loves pretty things - her hoarding doesn't stop at knowledge, she likes shiny things too - and when you want something from Kitty, that's one of the best ways to get it. Unless you're a friend. Katarina is unbendingly loyal, and few have that well and truly claimed. It's almost impossible to break her trust and word to someone, which is why she rarely gives anyone her solemn word. To fail that would break her heart more completely than any lover could ever hope to do, she just wants to do what she can to make life a little easier on those she loves. Speaking of, physical affection is Kitty's joy. If you're not comfortable with someone clinging to you like a monkey and demanding piggy back rides, it's best to tell her right off, otherwise she'll just keep 'em coming.
Katarina is a very kinetic learner. She learns best when she actually gets to get up and do things - which helps burn off any restless energy that might result in shinies that aren't exactly hers going missing it just fell into her pocket,
Just don't make the mistake of thinking she's harmless. If she doesn't know everything about you, she'll find a way to find it out.
Family: Blue rider Karlan / Father
weaver Tirina / Mother
Kalirana / Cousin
Location: Rebellion
Rank: N/A
History:
Katarina was born an only child in Trelis Weyr to her weaver mother and blue riding father. At first, the child seemed completely normal, growing like babies do, but as she grew older, it became obvious that she lacked sight. For whatever reason - her father blames her mothers constant intake of alcohol throughout the pregnancy - Katarina saw nothing from the day she was born. That didn't stop her making up for it in a million other ways. It was impossible to sneak up on her, even if they were being astoundingly quiet, and she remembered everything she heard. There was nothing unfamilliar to the little girl and she demanded to be read to, constantly. Time and time again, she sought out information and explored her way around the weyr without assistance, determined to make her own way in the world without someone telling her what she could and couldn't do.
Despite her inability to see, she flitted around the different crafts, aching to learn whatever she could - whatever they would let her learn until her parents came up with the idea to offer her to the wherhandlers as some kind of apprentice. Whers didn't discriminate like that, and it seemed like the girl adored dragons and whers to a point that most other people perhaps wouldn't and since she couldn't see, she couldn't compare their appearances. To the confused couple, it seemed like a good idea, and especially since all that issue with the new colours and the rebellion, perhaps if she went with them, she'd be out of danger, out of the way and able to explore new avenues.
So along with the rebels Katarina went, surprisingly useful despite everything else, longing to learn how to work with dragons and whers, maybe she could show them all how it could really be. Especially since that one blind girl did Impress, there was hope there after all.
