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Late Summer
Benden: 24 C to 30 C
Fort: 13 C to 24 C
Ista: 30 C to 38 C
Telgar: 13 C to 20 C
Benden is still warmer than average, but the heatwave faded by late Month 7.
Mid Summer
Benden: 32 C to 39 C
Fort: 15 C to 26 C
Ista: 37 C to 46 C
Telgar: 15 C to 26 C
Benden is hit with a heavy heatwave in the last week of Month Six, and first week of Month Seven, which carries through to the end of the month. Their weather will begin to cool in the last week of the month, dropping to the low 30s.
Ista Isle is amused by the weaklings of Benden, but at least their heat is dry. Benden is muggy and riddled with heavy thunderstorms and downpours.
Early Summer
Benden: 14 C to 21 C
Fort: 7 C to 13 C
Ista: 33 C to 42 C
Telgar: 7 C to 13 C
Late Spring
Benden: 10 C to 17 C
Fort: 5 C to 12 C
Ista: 27 C to 35 C
Telgar: 5 C to 12 C
Mid Spring
Benden: 8 C to 15 C
Fort: 2 C to 9 C
Ista: 19 C to 30 C
Telgar: 2 C to 9 C
Early Spring
Benden: 6 C to 13 C
Fort: 0 C to 7 C
Ista: 17 C to 28 C
Telgar: 0 C to 7 C
Late Winter
Benden: 4 C to 10 C
Fort: −3 C to 3 C
Ista: 14 C to 26 C
Telgar: −3 C to 3 C
Mid Winter
Benden: −2 C to 6 C
Fort: −6.7 C to −0.7 C
Ista: 12 C to 21 C
Telgar: −6.7 C to −0.7 C
North: Late Spring | South: Late Autumn
9.9 C to 18.4 C | 13.7 C to 24.5 C
Ista is heating up swiftly, and preparing for a rough summer - hopefully nothing like the one from a couple turns before with the wildfires! The rest of Northern Pern is warming upsomewhat slower, but with no less gusto as summer begins to creep into the sky, keeping the sun awake longer, warming the ledges of the weyrs. Rainstorms are sporadic, but keep the world well watered, despite the heat of the days.
The Red Star can be seen by those who choose to see it, causing no shortage of whispers that Thread will return - and just as much dismissal from those who do not believe. After all, it's been so long, surely it is no longer a threat! Weyrleaders are, regardless, beginning to put together wings in their Weyrs, if only to keep troublesome and bored riders busy.
Winter -3 - 2 C | 26 - 35 F
Fort is already home to snowfalls, though early in the month they fade away when the sun rises. As the month progresses, more snow stays on the ground, ending up with several feet of snow before the month is over. The areas around homes and populations has the snow shoveled away or trodden down. Icicles attached to Weyr ledges prove some danger and are routinely removed.
Ista Boundaries:
Winter, 9 - 21 C | 48 - 69 F
Generally warm enough to go about without a jacket on, Ista has low humidity but high chance of rain, generally in the form of vicious afternoon thunderstorms. The storms wash away any bite of heat the day had, and leave it feeling fresh for the night. The days are short, but grow bright quickly and the afternoons seem to be particularly short when heavy thunderstorms roll in and cover the sky.
Telgar Boundaries:
Winter, -5 - 0 C | 23 - 32 F
Bitterly cold, with icy winds constantly flowing down from the mountains. Freezing rain is almost constant; the sky always a murky grey and the ground slippery with slushy refrozen ice. The days are extremely short, with the nights dropping a good number below the daily average. Icicles attached to Weyr ledges prove a major danger, and are checked upon every day, with anything bigger than a fist being removed.
Summer 27 - 38 C | 80 - 100 F
Light breezes down from the mountains tot he North keep the temperature comfortable, even when the sun can bake an egg on the edge of a weyr. Sunburn is common.
Ista Boundaries:
Summer, 34 - 43 C | 93 - 110 F
A very dry, dusty heat. Little to no rain, causing more than some to worry about the drought not breaking and the rest of the Isle being at risk of fires. Many seek the depths of weyr, hold or hall during the midday and early afternoon heat.
Telgar Boundaries:
Summer, 26 - 35 C | 79 - 95 F
Muggy, sticky and generally just plain humid. Thunder storms are regular occurances, often happening in the early afternoon or evening, with heavy rainfall before drying off sometime in the night. Mornings are usually crisp, but warm up swiftly.
Ista Boundaries: Season, Low to High
Telgar Boundaries: Season, Low to High
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North: Early Spring | South: Early Autumn
−1.9 C to 4.7 C | 20.0 C to 29.0
Spring has sprung, with the snow slowly melting in much of the North, creating mushy grounds and greyish, icy snow piles that are doing their best to melt. In comparison, Ista finds itself naturally warmer, (~10C / 50) and many people who can find rides are making their way to the Island to spend some time in warmth and sunshine, away from the lingering touch of winter.
Katila is beginning to cool down to more reasonable temperature, but is no less muggy and uncomfortable to those who are not used to the seasons. It is still a good place to escape to when seeking a warm day or a nice swim at the lake, though.
The Red Star can be seen by those who choose to see it, causing no shortage of whispers that Thread will return - and just as much dismissal from those who do not believe. After all, it's been so long, surely it is no longer a threat! Weyrleaders are, regardless, beginning to put together wings in their Weyrs, if only to keep troublesome and bored riders busy.
North: Early Spring | South: Early Autumn
−1.9 C to 4.7 C | 20.0 C to 29.0
Spring has sprung, with the snow slowly melting in much of the North, creating mushy grounds and greyish, icy snow piles that are doing their best to melt. In comparison, Ista finds itself naturally warmer, (~10C / 50) and many people who can find rides are making their way to the Island to spend some time in warmth and sunshine, away from the lingering touch of winter.
Katila is beginning to cool down to more reasonable temperature, but is no less muggy and uncomfortable to those who are not used to the seasons. It is still a good place to escape to when seeking a warm day or a nice swim at the lake, though.
The Red Star can be seen by those who choose to see it, causing no shortage of whispers that Thread will return - and just as much dismissal from those who do not believe. After all, it's been so long, surely it is no longer a threat! Weyrleaders are, regardless, beginning to put together wings in their Weyrs, if only to keep troublesome and bored riders busy.
North: Late Winter| South: Late Summer
13.4 to 21.0 C | 13.8 C to 25.6 C
North: Mid Winter| South: Mid Summer
13.4 to 21.0 C | 13.8 C to 25.6 C
North: Early Winter| South: Early Summer
-3.1 to 2.1 C | 20.4 C to 29.4 C
Winter has come slowly to the Northern lands of Pern, with more rain and cold winds than snow. As the month progresses, more and more snow will fall, with frequent blizzard-like storms towards the very end of the month. Telgar and Fort will in particular become burried under mountains of snow, while Ista is sunjected to frequent icy rainstorms, and heavy winds coming in from across the ocean.
North: Late Autumn| South: Late Spring
13.4 to 21.0 C | 13.8 C to 25.6 C
North: Mid Autumn| South: Mid Spring
13.4 to 21.0 C | 13.8 C to 25.6 C
North: Early Autumn| South: Early Spring
13.4 to 21.0 C | 13.8 C to 25.6 C
Following the disastrous fires (sometime in around the 28th of Month 08), Ista Isle has found itself suddenly in the midst of constant rain; not enough to flood, but a steady, dreary downfall that seems to only take a time out for a couple of hours here and there, before coming back again. Its cast the entire sooty Isle into a sombre and depressed mood. Alongside the rain, the weather is muggy and while not hot, is not particularly cool, either.
The rest of Northern Pern is getting their usual weather, though they, too, have been called to action following the wildfires that savaged Ista. Many individuals who called Ista Island home have been relocated not just to Ista Weyr, Ista Hold or Sea Cliff Hold, but also to other areas of Pern, whether with family or friends.
The Red Star can be seen by those who choose to see it, causing no shortage of whispers that Thread will return - and just as much dismissal from those who do not believe. After all, it's been so long, surely it is no longer a threat! Weyrleaders are, regardless, beginning to put together wings in their Weyrs, if only to keep troublesome and bored riders busy.
North: Late Summer | South: Late Winter
17.4 to 25.5 C | 10.8 C to 23.2 C
Ista is still unseasonably warm - 37 to 45 C - has resulted in an incredibly dry summer, with little to no rain. This was climaxed by a dry thunderstorm, the results of which caused three fires to start across the Island on the 24.07.739 in the early morning hours. While the results of this are yet to be played out, the events will no doubt leave more than just the scarring of the land.
The rest of Northern Pern is getting their usual weather, though they, too, have been called to action following the wildfires that savaged Ista. Many individuals who called Ista Island home have been relocated not just to Ista Weyr, Ista Hold or Sea Cliff Hold, but also to other areas of Pern, whether with family or friends.
The Red Star can be seen by those who choose to see it, causing no shortage of whispers that Thread will return - and just as much dismissal from those who do not believe. After all, it's been so long, surely it is no longer a threat! Weyrleaders are, regardless, beginning to put together wings in their Weyrs, if only to keep troublesome and bored riders busy.
North: Mid Summer | South: Mid Winter
18.0 to 26.6 C | 10.2 C to 21.9 C
Ista is still unseasonably warm, with average weather being in the 37 to 45 C range, making it now a more than slightly undesirable escape for the rest of the Northern population from the more enjoyable early summer weather. There has been very little in the way of rain, though the coastal areas are no stranger to the salty wind. Ista's limited farmlands and fields are dry and dusty, with golden straw instead of grass where there is any growth at all.
Meanwhile, the rest of the Northern areas are still getting a lot of evening rain and the occasional thunderstorms, which cools down the populus and allows them to sleep easily without sweating their brains out like the Istans.
The Red Star can be seen by those who choose to see it, causing no shortage of whispers that Thread will return - and just as much dismissal from those who do not believe. After all, it's been so long, surely it is no longer a threat! Weyrleaders are, regardless, beginning to put together wings in their Weyrs, if only to keep troublesome and bored riders busy.
North: Early Summer | South: Early Winter
14.9 C to 23.8 C | 11.8 C to 21.9 C
Ista is still unseasonably warm, with average weather being in the 37 to 45 C range, making it now a more than slightly undesirable escape for the rest of the Northern population from the more enjoyable early summer weather. There has been very little in the way of rain, though the coastal areas are no stranger to the salty wind. Ista's limited farmlands and fields are dry and dusty, with golden straw instead of grass where there is any growth at all.
Meanwhile, the rest of the Northern areas are still getting a lot of evening rain and the occasional thunderstorms, which cools down the populus and allows them to sleep easily without sweating their brains out like the Istans.
The Red Star can be seen by those who choose to see it, causing no shortage of whispers that Thread will return - and just as much dismissal from those who do not believe. After all, it's been so long, surely it is no longer a threat! Weyrleaders are, regardless, beginning to put together wings in their Weyrs, if only to keep troublesome and bored riders busy.
North: Late Spring | South: Late Autumn
9.9 C to 18.4 C | 13.7 C to 24.5 C
Ista is still unseasonably warm, with average weather being in the 32 to 40 C range, making it a highly desirable escape for the rest of the Northern population from the chilly mid-spring weather. There has been very little in the way of rain, though the coastal areas are no stranger to the salty wind.
Meanwhile, the rest of the Northern areas are getting a lot of rain, thunderstorms, and cloudy days. Grass is growing, flowers flowering, and baby animals popping up all over the place! Yay spring!
The Red Star can be seen by those who choose to see it, causing no shortage of whispers that Thread will return - and just as much dismissal from those who do not believe. After all, it's been so long, surely it is no longer a threat! Weyrleaders are, regardless, beginning to put together wings in their Weyrs, if only to keep troublesome and bored riders busy.
North: Mid Spring | South: Mid Autumn
4.1 C to 11.5 C | 10.0 C to 27.4 C
Ista is still unseasonably warm, with average weather being in the high 20s to low 30s C, making it a highly desirable escape for the rest of the Northern population from the chilly mid-spring weather. There has been very little in the way of rain, though the coastal areas are no stranger to the salty wind.
Meanwhile, the rest of the Northern areas are getting a lot of rain, thunderstorms, and cloudy days. Grass is growing, flowers flowering, and baby animals popping up all over the place! Yay spring!
The Red Star can be seen by those who choose to see it, causing no shortage of whispers that Thread will return - and just as much dismissal from those who do not believe. After all, it's been so long, surely it is no longer a threat! Weyrleaders are, regardless, beginning to put together wings in their Weyrs, if only to keep troublesome and bored riders busy.
North: Early Spring | South: Early Autumn
−1.9 C to 4.7 C | 20.0 C to 29.0
Spring has sprung, with the snow slowly melting in much of the North, creating mushy grounds and greyish, icy snow piles that are doing their best to melt. In comparison, Ista finds itself uncommonly warm (~12C / 53.6) and many people who can find rides are making their way to the Island to spend some time in warmth and sunshine, away from the lingering touch of winter.
Katila is beginning to cool down to more reasonable temperature, but is no less muggy and uncomfortable to those who are not used to the seasons. It is still a good place to escape to when seeking a warm day or a nice swim at the lake, though.
The Red Star can be seen by those who choose to see it, causing no shortage of whispers that Thread will return - and just as much dismissal from those who do not believe. After all, it's been so long, surely it is no longer a threat! Weyrleaders are, regardless, beginning to put together wings in their Weyrs, if only to keep troublesome and bored riders busy.
North: Late Winter | South: Late Summer
−5.6 C to 0.4 C | 21.3 C to 30.0
The late-season weather is settling, with much of the Northern hemisphere coated in snow (the exception being the much warmer Ista region) while Katila remains humid and sweltering in the height of Summer.
The Red Star can be seen by those who choose to see it, causing no shortage of whispers that Thread will return - and just as much dismissal from those who do not believe. After all, it's been so long, surely it is no longer a threat! Weyrleaders are, regardless, beginning to put together wings in their Weyrs, if only to keep troublesome and bored riders busy.
North: Mid Winter | South: Mid Summer
−6.7 C to −0.7 C | 21.5 C to 30.3 C
Gold Nadioth of Vaeyla, of Ista's flight was won by bronze Rhezalth of N'mor. You can view the Flight Thread here! Gold Aradissicath of Fort has brought about a clutch of [TBA] eggs! The proud mother is jealously guarding the Sands from her fellow gold, and keeping her mate on his toes! The cautious are able to catch a glance, but best not be caught!
The Red Star can be seen by those who choose to see it, causing no shortage of whispers that Thread will return - and just as much dismissal from those who do not believe. After all, it's been so long, surely it is no longer a threat! Weyrleaders are, regardless, beginning to put together wings in their Weyrs, if only to keep troublesome and bored riders busy.
North: Early Winter | South: Early Summer
−3.1 C to 2.1 C | 20.4 C to 29.4 C
Gold Nadioth of Ista is set to take flight this month (though it'll be a surprise IC), while gold Aradissicath is preparing to take full command of the Fort Hatching Grounds as she lays her Clutch early in the month.
The Red Star can be seen by those who choose to see it, causing no shortage of whispers that Thread will return - and just as much dismissal from those who do not believe. After all, it's been so long, surely it is no longer a threat! Weyrleaders are, regardless, beginning to put together wings in their Weyrs, if only to keep troublesome and bored riders busy.
North: Late Autumn | South: Late Spring
Autumn is coming to an end, with the days slowly becoming shorter still, with early nights and late mornings. The temperature is getting very cool, with jackets being more required, but it has yet to actually snow. Despite this, it is often raining and miserable.
The Southern contient is in full bloom, with flowers coming to life in the grasses and on the trees. The skies are bright blue with fluffy clouds, and occassional sunshowers bringing a dampness to the day. The nights are still crisp, but not cold. The ground is starting to dry up as water is absorbed by the blooming flora.
North: Mid Autumn | South: Mid Spring
Autumn is in full tilt, with the leaves a shocking array of orange and red, and more of them on the ground than on the trees. The skies are often a clear and crisp blue, with a cool breeze flowing, shifting the leaves and sending them scattering. Rain is not common, but when it does roll in the skies are dark like night come early, and thunderstorms are not uncommon, though they don't last for long and the amount of rain that falls isn't too heavy.
The Southern contient is in full bloom, with flowers coming to life in the grasses and on the trees. The skies are bright blue with fluffy clouds, and occassional sunshowers bringing a dampness to the day. The nights are still crisp, but not cold. The ground is starting to dry up as water is absorbed by the blooming flora.
North: Start Autumn | South: Start Spring
Nothern regions are entering into Autumn, with the trees beginning to change to their reds and oranges, while the air is beginning to feel more crips. There are still more warm days than cool, and the nights are mostly warm enough for light bedding still. Rain has faded away and most days are clear and bright.
The Southern contient finds itself heading into spring, with rain and flowers vying for attention. The ground is often muddy and squishy, while the skies are either bright and blue, or overcast wtih fluffy clouds.
North: End Summer | South: End Winter
Summer is winding to an end in the Northern hemisphere, with the weather slowly cooling and the trees beginning to turn their leaves. The days are still long and bright, but the sun is beginning to lose some of its strength.
The coastal Weyrs are falling victim to coastal storms, strong winds and heavy rains with thunder and lightening.
The more inbound Weyrs and Holds find themselves drier, not getting nearly as much rain or storms, they find themselves on the end of a long drought.
North: Mid Summer | South: Mid Winter
Summer is in full spring in the Nothern hemisphere, with the bulk of each day being unbearbly hot, followed by vicious thunderstorms and heavy humidity in the evenings and at night.
The coastal areas are experiencing monsoon like weather, and spend a lot of their time locked away in Hold, Hall or Weyr.
The more inner locations find themselves faced with more dry heat during the day, and horrible humidity in the evening and at night while the thunderstorms rage.
Last Update: 2021.03.07
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Meryem
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Full Name:
Meryem
Nicknames:
Merry, Mer (Maire)
Date of Birth:
31.10.723
Place of Birth:
Fort Hold
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Appearance
Eye Colour:
Blue
Height:
5'3"
Hair Colour:
Brown/Black
Build:
Fit
General Description:
While not tall, Meryem is still not the shortest, she keeps herself neat to a fault, usually wearing trousers and tunics with her hair tied back and knotted or braided up - if she hasn't cut all her hair off again, which she does periodically between five and ten years. It grows really, really quickly.General Dressing Style:
Neat. Neutral colours and blues. Almost always trousers and tunics. Never, ever dresses. She has one dress in her closet in case she 
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Personality
Likes:
Stringed Instruments: She enjoys writing, making, and performing.
Singing: She has a voice that can be heard clear across the Weyrbowl. Her pitch is perfect.
Composing: Strings & Ensemble
Klah: She enjoys her klah black with a little tiny bit of sweetener.
Singing: She has a voice that can be heard clear across the Weyrbowl. Her pitch is perfect.
Composing: Strings & Ensemble
Klah: She enjoys her klah black with a little tiny bit of sweetener.
Strengths:
Love of learning: In the face of all her frustrations, when presented with an opportunity that means she will get some learning out of it, she'll do it. Whatever it is. Even emptying chamber pots.
Openmindedness: She's always open to new ideas or new solutions and actively seeks out answers from many different sources. If she didn’t keep her eyes and ear open, who was going to bag talent when they saw it?
Passionate/Dedicated: When she commits to something, she does so with everything in her. Beneath her steely demeanour, there's a brightness waiting to be released.
Openmindedness: She's always open to new ideas or new solutions and actively seeks out answers from many different sources. If she didn’t keep her eyes and ear open, who was going to bag talent when they saw it?
Passionate/Dedicated: When she commits to something, she does so with everything in her. Beneath her steely demeanour, there's a brightness waiting to be released.
Dislikes:
Being passed over for parts that would suit her perfectly every Turn
Compositions rejected because she has breasts and must have cheated
Bullies
Sleeping alone: Despite her frostiness and ire, she would rather sleep in a cuddle pile. The more the merrier, really. If she could coax a bunch of people into her bed for a snuggle, she totally would. Especially in the winter months.
People singing off-key: It almost physically hurts her when someone sings off-key near her. It jangles the crap out of her nerves and makes super grumpy.
Most Meat: She prefers fish or wherry and has bovine very, very rarely.
Compositions rejected because she has breasts and must have cheated
Bullies
Sleeping alone: Despite her frostiness and ire, she would rather sleep in a cuddle pile. The more the merrier, really. If she could coax a bunch of people into her bed for a snuggle, she totally would. Especially in the winter months.
People singing off-key: It almost physically hurts her when someone sings off-key near her. It jangles the crap out of her nerves and makes super grumpy.
Most Meat: She prefers fish or wherry and has bovine very, very rarely.
Flaws:
Judgemental: She's overly critical when it comes to things involving dragons, riders, Masters and people who seem to have everything laid out for them in life. If she has to struggle, how come they don't? No amount of study can compare to field training, anyway. And if she has to do training on her own time, well, she’ll do it.
Subborn/Prideful: Deep down, her need to make sure she succeeds in life is rooted in stubborn pride and overachievement as a means of controlling her own life and making her own destiny.
Nosy: Like a good Harper, she keeps her mind and ears open and totally knows all the good gossip.
Obsessive: It's easy for her to get stuck in a loop where she does something over and over until she's satisfied that it's something she can do from muscle memory. It may be something more obsessive-compulsive than not. The more she sinks into her peer group and establishes herself among them, the less she hits this particular flaw.
Perfectionist: Meryem loathes leaving work not done to its highest quality as if knowing something has a flaw in it ruins the entire piece of music, guitar, or what-have you. It just leaves a sour taste in her mouth.
Subborn/Prideful: Deep down, her need to make sure she succeeds in life is rooted in stubborn pride and overachievement as a means of controlling her own life and making her own destiny.
Nosy: Like a good Harper, she keeps her mind and ears open and totally knows all the good gossip.
Obsessive: It's easy for her to get stuck in a loop where she does something over and over until she's satisfied that it's something she can do from muscle memory. It may be something more obsessive-compulsive than not. The more she sinks into her peer group and establishes herself among them, the less she hits this particular flaw.
Perfectionist: Meryem loathes leaving work not done to its highest quality as if knowing something has a flaw in it ruins the entire piece of music, guitar, or what-have you. It just leaves a sour taste in her mouth.
Habits & Mannerisms:
Glaring out into space when she's composing. She doesn't even look down at the paper. It's super unnerving. General Personality:
While she may seems as if she wishes to burn down the world, she is a person who is incredibly frustrated with the patriarchy and women not being allowed to do just as much as the men. It's to the point where she hates herself and the fact that she's female at all. Luck of the draw made her inferior when she knows she can be and is better than many of her male peers. This doesn't mean she hates men, on the contrary, they can be very nice.She's intelligent but finds her intelligence strangled, creative and yet the only way she has an outlet is in her work with instruments. No one gets that she feels incredibly stifled 900% of the time. It makes her seem distant and steely.
Really, she just wants acceptance...and she's afraid she'll never get it as a Harper and that she'll be stuck at Apprentice Harper for the rest of her life.
Now at Telgar Weyr, she's much lighter and happier than when she was at the Hall, probably because she sees her father less.
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History
Parents:
Father: Yesha
Rank: Master (Voice & Cartography)
She hates him and thinks he's a walking penis because he told her to her face that he wished she was his son instead of his daughter. As far as she's concerned, he can fall off between.
Mother: Mirala
Rank: Weaver (Fort Weyr)
She's a rather meek woman and really never had much contact with Meryem after she was creched. She does send her pretty outfits and has learned that trousers will be better treated than Meryem giving frocks to her peers.
Rank: Master (Voice & Cartography)
She hates him and thinks he's a walking penis because he told her to her face that he wished she was his son instead of his daughter. As far as she's concerned, he can fall off between.
Mother: Mirala
Rank: Weaver (Fort Weyr)
She's a rather meek woman and really never had much contact with Meryem after she was creched. She does send her pretty outfits and has learned that trousers will be better treated than Meryem giving frocks to her peers.
Siblings:
4; Youngest 12, Oldest 30
Relationships:
Nothing to write home about. She's not a virgin and engages in sexual activity usually when goldflights are too loud to ignore.
Offspring:
None
Secrets:
Meryem has pretty severe dysphoria when it comes to her body. She's adamant that she was born the wrong sex, that she should have been male. Her mother will never acknowledge this but Meryem was a twin only her brother never survived. Her father, Yesha, was so angry about the loss that he always heaps his anger hard on Meryem, who if she were a boy, would have made Journey easy with her talents.
The animosity between them is so palpable it's a wonder no one's been murdered.
She has decided to go to as many Hatchings as she can. Just because.
The animosity between them is so palpable it's a wonder no one's been murdered.
She has decided to go to as many Hatchings as she can. Just because.
Known:
If you want an instrument done right, you go to Meryem. Anything she charges is fair and if it's expensive, it should be.
If you succeed in being Meryem's friend, you're a friend for life.
Do not ever interrupt Meryem when she's staring off into space and writing on a hide.
If you succeed in being Meryem's friend, you're a friend for life.
Do not ever interrupt Meryem when she's staring off into space and writing on a hide.
Important History:
723 & 0-6:Born to Yesha and Mirala at Telgar Weyr, no complications. Rather a nice day out as far as autumn was concerned. Nice scarlet trees. Her eldest sister, a Healer, assisted the birth. Meryem was one of those wide-eyed newborns who sharing freaked everyone out by not crying at all. She just stared at everyone and decided food was better than yelling about the sudden event of her birth. She stayed that way, quiet, watchful, almost sneaky.
At six, the dark haired, blue-eyed Meryem was so good at going undetected, she would frequently give the instructing Harper minor heart attacks as she showed up for gitar. It was easy to see she was going to be a fine gitarist and for such a small thing she had a massive voice when she sang and exquisite control. Too bad she wasn’t a boy, her father said way more often than he praised anything she did. Those were the words that made her double down in learning. Yesha, who barely acknowledged the child, lamented her lack of penis. As if just possessing male genitalia somehow made things better!
She could compose!
She could sight read!
She had perfect pitch!
But time and again the instructing Harper doted on the boys (unbeknownst to her on her father's advice) and it infuriated her to no end. At seven, she took her mother’s shears and cut off most of her hair in a fit. Her mother was aghast. Her father was oblivious.
733 & 10:
Meryem wanted the rank she was due, even at ten, but speaking up for it was difficult and there were few people she let in her quiet walls. She clawed and fought for every solo, she used her words and eloquence on paper to appeal to Harper Hall and was not deterred when no word came. Her father was blocking the letters from getting to the right people. The letter writing continued, neatly written, beautiful penmanship, with scores she had composed herself.
Silence from the Hall. Kitchen duties for her gall.
735 & 12-18:
At twelve, against all odds, she was picked by a Harper not as biased as the ones her father always had around. Her apprenticeship at the Hall begins. She studies the same, hard and focused, quietly keeping her head down as she makes music instruments that are vastly superior to her classmates if only because she is so focused on perfection and “beating the boys” that she sacrifices sleep for designs and scrapped projects. She wants her Apprentice rank to become Journeywoman in a way so driven she has considered Standing for clutches if she can’t have what she wants. It’s a feeling that persists to the present day.
Her instruments are nearly flawless with the work she has put into them and are really pieces of art. A drum that looks like a firelizard holding a moon, shaped and pigmented so that if you didn’t know, you might thing it was real. A dragon-headed violin, a guitar painted with excruciating detail with a Flight spiraling up its length. Whatever she puts her mind to she does it with all of herself and with a determination that is almost so intense it’s become cutting.
741&18: Meryem is transferred to Telgar Weyr (Sr. Apprentice) with as little information as possible, a move by Yesha, who is still embarrassed by how good his daughter is with her hands and forever pissed off that she isn't a man. When a request for a Harper was sent it and it happened to be as far away from the Hall as possible, he jumped at it. Meryem is actually okay with Telgar, it's far enough away that her father essentially has little control and she thinks it's a breath of fresh air. Cold fresh air but fresh nonetheless.
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Education
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HarperDate(s) Tapped:
735 - Junior Apprentice
741 - Sr. ApprenticeSpeciality:
Luthier: Strings, Instrument repair, all, specialty ordersStrengths:
Perfect PitchNear-Perfect Recall - Her memory is almost perfect. She rarely forgets a face, order, or composition and has been playing by ear for ages, though she can sight read and compose.
This helps her with crafting instruments tailored to her customers personalities and likes.
She is very sense oriented, touch, taste, hearing, etc., make her that much better when repairs are needed and she usually makes adjustments that contribute to better overall tone and sound coming from the instrument. She is noted especially for her incredible carved pieces that make the instrument have more presence, character, and improve playability.
She favours stringed instruments but can repair just about anything.
Weaknesses:
She is waspish, snappish when she's working and will physically lash out if someone tries to touch something that isn't finished yet. She won't strike anyone, but she has more strength in her hands than it seems. Her squeeze is a quiet warning to not touch her shit.Frustration - She is easily frustrated when it comes to Master/Apprentice work and will prepare beforehand to the point where she gets the least Master contact possible. They have proven that they don't want her to succeed, so feck them in the eye.
She can be difficult to work with until her trust is gained.
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At (19 years old), Meryem's birthday is 31.Oct.01
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