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Name: Janet Connalyn
Gender: Female, straight, aro
Age: 14, on Alskyr
Origin: Eden's Gate / Kshau Protectorate
Rank: low Purple caste, browns included
Family: Father J'or of Brown Wirdnith, mother Jan, brother Jerrett
Other Relations: she is not shy, but she's also not interested in getting close emotionally so she's rarely in the company of people longer than necessary
Height: 5'7"
Build: slender but not really delicate, curvy to a degree
Hair: auburn gold with just a touch of red, wavy and very full, kept to just below shoulder blades
Eyes: darker hazel green, large and often concerned looking
Appearance: peaches and cream skin that freckles heavily in lots of sun; small and often pursed lips, likes wearing long skirts even in the warm Paniyan summers, and tends to keep her leather work apron on unless really not needed; her voice can be squeaky but it's not really childish or high-pitched
Genetic Oddities: like her father and brother, Janet is quite capable of listening in to the discussions of dragon minds around her, but she's much more attuned to their physical presence and how they relate to humans, since she is also an extremely strong human empath; she can detect both dragons and humanoid minds at around 100 meters, and sort out dragon speech at 50, with finely tuned humanoid emotion detection at 20 meters. She can actually soothe the emotional turmoil of a rider and dragon at the same time, so while she is in the dragon healers' camp she also serves as a helper in the human side too. This might be why she's a bit averse to getting too close to people

Origin: Shigan Weyr hatching 1
Dragon: Gold Winged Blue M Nakatoth
Creation Date/Updated: 7.3.22 / 8.8.22

Skills / Professional Training: Janet took very easily to helping in the healer's dens, drawn toward the infirmary in order to calm those who she thought were most in need. Even as a very young child she was gifted with a touch and a simple smile, distracting an injured person while their cuts or bruises were bandaged. This did develop as she grew so the healers kept her on hand, but when their dragons started attracting her attention they insisted she train with the dragon healers too. So she has extensive knowledge of not only human-type healing techniques and psychology, but dragon anatomy and care too. She is not squeamish and can handle doing difficult tasks such as sewing a wingsail or consoling a grieving parent.
Personality: even with her empathic abilities, Janet has had to learn how to defend her mind and her own emotions from getting swept away. Thus, she sometimes seems a little chill but it's never personal (unless she tells you it is). She has seen too many partners or jilted lovers get completely out of hand, and doesn't want to go that route. She is still very close with her family, and relies on them for her mental health.

History and Events: It was possible that because Jan and J'or had moved between worlds, and in fact been born on the Old World of Pern before moving to Alskyr in the first place, that Janet's abilities grew as strong as they did. While J'or's own mind could still connect with animals and dragons to an extent, only Janet's reaches humans as well.

She is well aware of how unique this is, but also aware that the leadership of Blackstone are also such people - H'lis absolutely has mental powers, but shh, don't talk about that. She would never! Being an empath has always meant that she knows when someone means ill or good, even if they are good at pretending about it. At an early age Janet had to learn how to keep her mouth shut about things, 'read the room' or in her case 'read the minds'. If a secret fell into the wrong hands, or if someone's life was to be ruined, that would always be far worse than the cheating or affairs typical among folks.

Though she was searched as a child, she always knew she belonged on a dragon. Even though their mother Jan was still only barely on board with her beloved family all going into the skies or fighting Ants or ... whatever? Jan still supported them, taught them with the other Eden's Gate children until they were brought up to the top of the peak and essentially apprenticed to the dragon healers there.

Janet enjoys her time with just the dragons or their pets, but steels herself every day for the inevitable mental issues that come up. From the kitchens and beast pens, to the highest weyr, there are always those who need her help, and the only way she can do this is to maintain her own sanity and health. She relies on Jerrett and he eagerly runs interference for her when needed.

What will a dragon bring, though? Will a dragon Impressed to her change how her mind works? She certainly hopes not. It didn't change their father's ability, even now a decade and a half after his own impression. Maybe it would make them stronger? She likes that thought!

 

*** hatch and growth***
Dragon

Name:Nakatoth
Gender:Male
Size Class: Blue Shoulder/Length: 8'6" at shoulder
Colors: Blue-Gold
Features:
Powers: Assisted Firebreath, Telepathy, Teleportation
Parentage:
Origin: Shigan Weyr hatching 1
Other Info: (from hatching) A striking gold-winged blue hovered over several of his siblings, guiding nervous nellies toward candidates and thinking through options with indecisive clutch mates. He'd made up his own decision fairly early but felt no anxiety in missing out. Once his siblings had been sorted and most of them were well on their way to choosing their own bonds, he broke apart from the group and headed toward his intended.

Janet likely knew of his intentions before he even reached her. Her empathy had drawn her to him - that delightful sharing of emotions, being known and knowing she could sense the feelings of everyone else around them. The blue stopped at her feet, thrumming with happiness and optimism.

:: I'm Nakatoth , and I'd like to do what you do. I want to help people. ::

Personality:
Nakatoth is something of a self-described mediator. He's calm, collected, and clear-headed; preferring to think through problems to find amiable, peaceful solutions for everyone. He's quite the pacifist and feels there's a greater benefit to finding permanent solutions to problems, than continuing to nip at the symptoms. Nakatoth is deeply empathetic and loves being connected to people. Janet's empathic abilities instantly attracted Nakatoth to her and he strongly desires to learn from her, becoming a useful ally in human and dragon healing techniques.