Kiralyn - Ista Weyr

Kiralyn

Description

Where so many might blend in to the busy backdrop of hold or weyr, there is something about Kiralyn that makes her stand out, at least a little. Short, boyishly cropped champagne-blonde hair hangs loosely around her face in thin, layered strands. Her skin is equally pale with a few fading freckles dotting her cheeks. Her face has rounded, soft features, thin pink lips and longish nose. Looking out from beneath her thin eyebrows are a pair of stormy gray eyes, carrying with them a range of emotions. In the realm of both height and weight things are average, although she is a bit more toned in the shoulders and arms than some girls her age. There is a gentle roundness to her chest and the hint of some curves well hidden beneath the working clothes she tends to wear.

In stark contrast to most of her pale appearance, most of her clothing is dark toned. A black, high-necked shirt hangs loosely from her shoulders, made from a thin material. A pair of dark gray trousers are held up by thin suspenders and a wide belt holding a few pouches and straps for small tools. A pair of glass goggles, wrapped with tanned hide dangles from her neck, or is pushed up along her forehead if she's just finished working.

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History

It just so happens that on a very busy day, at a most inopportune time, a baby girl was born in an alcove off the main glass crafthall in Telgar Hold. Most inconvenient as both her mother and father were crafters working on an important project for the Telgari Lord Holder. Luckily for them, they had understanding relatives near Ista Hold who volunteered to take the baby, at least until things calmed down and her parents had more time to raise her. However, as often happens, things never did calm down. One project after another came and went and there was always some excuse for why the couple couldn't take care of their daughter.

So, Kiralyn grew up in the care of her aunt and uncle, learning side by side with her two young cousins. Everyone in the family was involved in the glass or smithcrafts. At times, her uncle even boasted that their blood line went all the way back to the early smiths of Pern, and insisted that some distant relative had a part in re-establishing the glasscraft after it was lost for so many turns. Of course, there wasn't any way to prove any of these claims, as lineages of crafters weren't often kept anywhere but in memory. So, it was expected that Kira and her cousins would train in the crafts as well. Her eldest cousin went off to live at the smith crafthall in Telgar, and she and her youngest cousin trained under her uncle.

Kiralyn's uncle was a journeyman in the glasscraft, but unfortunately not a very good one. He'd stagnated early on, never progressing much out of his specialty. So, when her cousin wanted to work more with optics he was sent off to Telgar as well. Being the youngest, and as a girl, her uncle really hadn't expected much out of her. At one time, he thought only to marry her off to one of the young journeyman, but the bright eyed girl proved to pick up on things far faster than the crafter's own sons. So, when she came of age, he had little choice but to hand her over to the hall as well. Fortunately, Kira didn't go too far from home and the only family she'd ever known. The hall assigned her to a master working at Ista Weyr. Teryn, a long time resident of the Weyr, worked with both metal and glass and rarely took an apprentice. Kiralyn's experience in both crafts seemed to make her a good fit. Under the sometimes enigmatic crafter, Kira has started to refine her work with standard glass and discover new compounds and mixtures for her colored glassware. Normally, the change over from cothold to Weyr life might have been daunting, but she's taken to it easily enough and already blends in among the regular weyrfolk of Ista.

Projects

Craft Training

Title	Description	Status
Mentor:	Teryn (NPC Master Glasscrafter)
Glass Additives	As part of her education in the glasscraft, Kira is researching additives which she can include within various types of glass to create interesting and unique colors as well as what effects they have on the glass's stability.	In Progress
Glass Blowing	As part of her regular duties to the weyr, Kira is learning from the more experienced glasscrafters how to create everything from intricate stemware to thicker glass planes. She seems more suited to the delicate work rather than the industrial, though.	In Progress
Glass Sculpture	More as a hobby than true training, Kira spends a lot of her time creating tiny glass baubles, usually in the shapes of various animals or creatures around the weyr. Most often, these tend to be dragons or firelizards.	Complete

Commissioned Items

Title	Description	Commissioner	Status
Weyrling Pendants	A series of pendants colored like each of the weyrlings from Nziekilth and Malphath's unusual all-blue clutch. These will be given to them at Weyrling graduation.	Cenlia	Design DONE. Sketches DONE. Spinning Glass…

_{@mail Kiralyn for information on commissioning a piece!}

Example Pieces
_{OOC Note: Images lovingly borrowed from various places on the internet as an example of the sort of art-glass sculptures that Kiralyn is able to do.}

Family

Name	Relation	Location	Position	Adoptable
Ralyn	Mother	Glasscraft Hall (Telgar Hold)	Jr. Journeyman Glasscrafter	No
Kiboyo	Father	Glasscraft Hall (Telgar Hold)	Master Glasscrafter	No
Sanidan	Uncle	Cothold outside Ista Hold	Jr. Journeyman Glasscrafter	No
Salino	Cousin	Smithcraft Hall (Telgar Hold)	Sr. Apprentice Smithcrafter	Yes +3T Male
Salamar	Cousin	Glasscraft Hall (Telgar Hold)	Jr. Apprentice Glasscrafter	Yes +1T Male

Firelizards

Hunter of the Evening Forest Brown Lynx
Description: A shade of dusky brown sweeps over this fire-lizards form, wrapping him in various shadows like fallen leaves. Splotches of darker color dot along his ridges, flicked in random patterns of varying sizes. A faintly lighter tone like sand clings to the end of his drawn out muzzle and down onto the tips of each of his broad paws. Across his oversized wings, a shade of mottled gray seems almost translucent, growing darker near each wingspar and edging into shadowy umber. A shade of darker brown like molten chocolate touches the tip of his long tail and marks haphazardly against his neck and shoulders. Gleaming, opalescent eyes watch the world warily, like a hunter looking for prey.

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Logs

2012

Date………	Log	Characters	Description
02-08-2012	A Late Breakfast	B'ky, Kiralyn	Shortly after arriving at the Weyr, Kiralyn encounters B'ky and his pile of paperwork.
02-27-2012	A Rogue Weyrwoman	Cenlia, Kiralyn	Kiralyn encounters an escapee Weyrwoman who seems to have an interest in her firelizard trinkets.
03-13-2012	Beauty Treatments	Cenlia, Kiralyn, D'len	Kiralyn and the Weyrwoman are dragged in for impromptu beauty treatments which neither are happy about, although the Weyrlingmaster, D'len seems quite content.
03-25-2012	Weyrwoman Pantsnapping	Kiralyn, Sorayah, Cenlia	While studying runners for a new set of figurines, Kira encounters a wind-swept Sorayah and a prettified Cenlia. Being the most 'normal' dressed of the two crafters, the Weyrwoman gives the glasscrafter an interesting proposition.
04-11-2012	How to Kill a Conversation	Cenlia, P'rel, Kiralyn, Sorayah, Angharad	While attempting to sketch the weyrlings for her project, Kiralyn ends up under the frightening gaze of Cenlia's gold Nziekilth. Not for long, as a single question totally derails all conversation.

_{OOC Note: Images used on this wiki are from a variety of sources, primarily photographs of a model named Hilma Helina from Deviantart. Some images are edited, some are not. I claim no ownership/rights to these images. They are here just as a visual representation of the character.}

page revision: 28, last edited: 19 Apr 2012 17:36

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