Sidori stands at a height of five feet and eight inches. This comes from her father who was over six feet tall. She has sun-bleached dirty blonde hair that usually sits just a bit below her shoulders. Her hair is naturally wavy from being kept back in a rider's braid. Sidori has crystal clear blue eyes that resemble the clear water of some of the coves around the southern continent. As a child and while growing up, she was usually on the beach anytime that there was daylight, either playing with her siblings and foster siblings, or swimming in the warm ocean water. Her skin is naturally a bit darker due to all of the exposure she had to the tanning sun as a child.
She has a strong muscular complexion from her time swimming -- as she calls it, swimmer's strength. Yet, with this swimmer's strength, she wasn't prepare for the immense work she would be doing taking care of her life mate. From living off of the Weyr dining, she is lean, but not too skinny.
Sidori is not of the quiet nature, yet she likes to remain passive and neutral in all situations. She feels that keeping a stance like this, she would not be taking sides, for she only holds true to her own.
Sidori works hard for whatever she thinks is important, and anything that is important. She works hard to the point that she overdoes it sometimes, but that is just the way that she is.
Sidori holds herself below the standards, believing that there is always room for improvement and for discipline. She learned through life when to be emotional and when to work.
If Sidori was presented with someone to do all of her work, she would remain in the water all day long.
Brief History of Persona:
While growing up, she learned the hard way not to take sides. When her father left the hold to go work at the weyr, her mother refused to leave the hold. Because of this, Sidori spent time in both places and wasn't foreign to weyrlife. However, because she had taken sides with her father early on, she strained the relationship with her mother who was adamant that hold life was the only way of life.
Sidori worked on amending this strained relationship when she had worked out an agreement with some traders that she would be able to ride back and forth between the hold and the weyr, between her parents, whenever they were passing that way.
While Sidori was at the hold visiting during the winter season, she had been searched out, and she left her mother and all siblings and returned to the weyr to enroll in candidacy classes. She took her life's lessons and applied them to her classes, allowing her to gain the respect of her fellow candidates.
Her father and mother both respect her for her decisions to continue on at the weyr while failing to stand two times. On the third hatching, she stood and impressed a gold dragon by the name of Taeth when she was 18 turns old.
After impressing her lifemate, Sidori remained at the weyr enjoying life as a gold dragonrider. Thus, her ranking status is Senior Apprentice Healer due to lack of time to complete her journeywoman knots.
Description of Dragon:
Taeth's size is that of a normal Gold Dragon, just on the smaller side of average. Taeth enjoys the water as much as Sidori does. If either of them are missing, they are usually found on the beach or in the water. Due to meticulous care, Taeth has a smooth, strong hide that is free from score marks. Taeth usually prefers to remain around the bronze dragons, as she is a flirt. She knows her place as a gold dragon and sometime uses that to her advantage.
Through care of her lifemate, Taeth has learned that life depends upon all colors and status of dragons. Taeth respects all the other dragon around her. However, if she would have her choice, she would prefer to be around a bronze at all times.
Taeth pays close attention to her rider, learning from her mistakes, as well as providing a tender reassurance. However, with this reassurance, Taeth prefers to be frank with Sidori. Neither rider or dragon are of a work-all-the-time. They both prefer to remain laying out in the water under the sun.
Description of Pet:
Qetesh is a timid green flit that loves to play in the water with Taeth. She loves anything beautiful, especially shiny small things that she can easily carry. She is quiet and tends to go off on her own exploring all types of nooks and crannies. Grace and agility are ingrown in Qetesh. She will always make sure that she has the presence as a Queen would.
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