U'det

Appearance: squat, tremendously muscular, a body-builder’s frame due to his long hours of work on construction in the stone of the Nidus. Fair skinned, scarless though he doesn’t even know how he’s escaped any marks from either riding or construction. He has wavy, dark blond hair that is often dangling in his face, resting at his shoulders. He has light blue eyes. All those things might normally be considered attractive, however U’det is just not. He has a bent nose, uneven teeth, and tends to squint a lot.

Personality: rather selfish, and a bit abrupt with those who happen to get in his way. He has a large family, almost all inhabitants of the Nidus, none of them close. Born in the middle of his large sprawling family tree, he was glad to be able to find a dragon bond, and distinguish himself that way. But primarily he was trained for construction. He has been found outside the Nidus appraising stone quarries, forestry sites, and the like, getting an idea of what he can use to build things. And while out there, picked up an assortment of very odd skills: playing a hide drum for traveling gypsies, figuring out where people are from by their accents, and weirdly being able to locate and befriend almost any nest of flitters. They don’t often remain with him, but there are almost always at least three flits of some kind hanging out, and they all take instruction from him as though he’d trained them from day one.

No one ever messed with U'det. Not even when he was still known as Uludet, back in the days before he had been Searched. Well, some did mess with him, and sure enough that was how he wound up with that badly broken nose. Never once had anyone raised a knife to him though, the presence of his pickaxe and other assorted heavy duty tools prevented any sane person from accosting him after he was in his teens.

And no one even messed with him after his impression, but that was to be expected. He was a rider, and due some respect.

Even with a purple dragon. A female, purple, dragon.

Of course, no one messed with Blanketh either. For any kind of annoyance she felt, she would absolutely go off on the culprit for as long as anyone would listen. U'det always listened, at least in the back of his mind, sometimes adding commentary or a gruff agreement.

They were a well-suited pair, enjoying heavy work and slow easy flights across the landscape. So when some members of the now-crowded Nidus were summoned to be sent off to another locale, U'det found it to be less of a pain and more of an adventure.

They didn't have too many purple dragons, on Pern. He learned that right off. But honestly Blanketh loved it.

U'det and the Master Miner S'vax who was the son of the Weyrleader, and a rider as well, had enough in common that U'det fit right in with the Dragonhope construction workers. They had innovative machinery and enjoyed their own fighting wing. Blanketh might have been a smallish sized dragon among those burly browns and bronzes of that construction crew, but she definitely enjoyed herself tremendously when comparing herself to other dragons at the Weyr.

There were nearly a dozen golds, more than a score of greens, even a couple silvers and whites.

But there was only one purple.

Values and Goals
Is very happy with: the unusual trait that they always attract lots of flitters
Is very happy with: Wilderness
Moderate goal: learn
Moderate fear: the opposite sex or having intimacy
Extremely strong like: Weyr Heights
Is very happy with: a friend

Picked up gypsy things, wandering performers in the meantime

Name: Blanketh
Gender: Female
Species: Pernese/Alskyrian
Father: Bronze Plustith: http://dray.pegaruny.com/Dragons/Dmae.htm#Plustith
Mother: Gold Abeytzith: http://dray.pegaruny.com/Dragons/Terry.htm#Abeytzith
Size: Medium-Small
Height@Shoulder: 7'2"
Abilities: Assisted Firebreath, Telepathy, Teleportation
Personality: Soap-box ranter, easily offended, high standards