Wing Second Naleni

Name Naleni

Gender
Female, she/her, straight

Homeworld Pern, likely one from an alternate history with pressure on riders to fight Thread more frequently

Species Space-faring Dragon Riding Human

Totem Chinchilla, the 'I am sneaky but please do not immerse me in water or all my fur will fall out in clumps' totem. Secretive, quiet little freaks, the chinchilla often manifests itself in the form of dark arts, skullduggery, subterfuge and telemarketing.
+1 Bod, +1 RWP, +1 Luck, -1 Drive, +2 Looks, +6 extra KK's.

Nut Doesn't feel like a nut at all

Class Sophomore, 25kks

Smarts 8

Bod/Feet 6 > 7

RWP 1 > 2

Luck 2 > 3

Drive 3 > 2 *Ride/Navigate 5

Looks 8 > 10

Cool 7

Bonk 4

Powers
Dodged It - whether it's responsibility, blame, or incoming laser fire, they will miraculously be missed almost all the time (almost) in addition. This has been of the highest importance since she had barely made it into the hatching, under a pretext of delivering a message - and suddenly a bronze impressed a girl. Would there normally have been trouble? You bet. She's dodged it every time. She knows from experience at this point that she can extend this ability to her dragon, as well as the entire Wing she fights with, when they're going up against Threadfall. This comes as a +3 to skills needed for a Wing, cooperative and coordinating skill use is strongly increased.

A Natural Born Talent - you've got a ^Cluster of skills (or 2 related Skills) at +3 and can buy more related Skills at half (1kk each). She is a filch, an embezzler, a fence, a thief, and a wing leader. Wait, what? She's got the gift of gab, and always seems to know the best way to handle any person when things go wrong. If her Dodged It ability doesn't catch it, she'll be able to handle whatever comes at her easily.

Not-So-Subtle Emotion Control - With a glare or a sigh, Naleni can manipulate the mood of up to 4 people when they're close by, or one single person up to 50 meters away. They must be able to see, hear, or somehow perceive her, but even strong empaths or those with telepathic shielding cannot resist her whim and wiles. She has a much stronger ability to influence dragons, via her own dragon's mind, up to 12 Pernese or Alskyran dragons of varied ranks* at up to 20 miles distance! The farther away from either Human-person or Pernese Dragon, the lesser effect this will have, but if, say, a very powerful entity normally capable of vast and impressive telepathic abilities is residing within a human flesh body... that body dictates the results
*Ranks would definitely influence this, 'low/green-blue-red-purple' count as 1, 'mid/cream-brown-slate' types count as 2, while 'high' ranked dragons (alskyran greyscales/silver, copper, bronze, gold, 'starry', etc) would rate as a count of 3, her own dragon is excluded from the count. So she could effectively manage a normal wing of 3 green, 3 blue, 2 brown, and maybe a bronze thrown in.

Dragon Riding - By virtue of having impressed a very large, very in charge highly ranked bronze male, Naleni is bucking the system entirely and loves to flaunt this fact. Her dragon brings his flight, teleportation, communication, and fighting to her whim

Clusters 12
Confidence Girl +4 (3) All the confidence in the world, including the alternate definition meaning 'scam artist'. But that doesn't mean she's lying or trying to pull something, far from it. She can recognize a scam or ruse, and pull the rug out from under the scammer. Very casually she can start or end trends in the halls just by whispering the right words to the wrong ears. Whether she's actually in a wing to protect Pern from dangers, who even knows at this point, because she might still be playing the long con on an entire weyr, and because her mind is so damn slippery not even H'lis knows whether that's the case...

Dragon Coordination As An Artform +3 With a Wing at her command (well, hers and someone else's usually) she assesses their appearances, abilities, and riders, to put them to work in as flashy or effective a manner as possible. Do you need to advertise your new business in the same color scheme as your logo? Done! Bring her some contracts and she'll find the dragons needed! And then put on a show that is well worth your money, she promises to deliver!

Skills 14
Appraisal +4^ Whether it is goods, services, people, performances, or locations, Naleni is capable of comparing and contrasting with some unknown internal measurement system, and seems to understand what is valued by those who need this appraisal done. Even the Zekirans are impressed with this, since she can come right up to a Steed from their world and know whether it's a winner or just a worker...

Psychology and Sociology +4^ Getting around rules or supporting causes is vital to her daily routines, and understanding people and their behavior is the groundwork for that. If she wasn't a dragon rider, she'd definitely be able to pull a sociology degree or become a professional psychologist, and may yet, but for the moment she's got a wing to maintain

Physical Fitness And Riding +3 Upon Impressing Zozurinth, it was obvious that she needed to be fit and strong, agile and capable in the air. After all who wants a bronze in charge with a poor excuse for a rider? She remembers harper songs about such things, lame! Not going to happen with her. She diligently works out and even if she gets 'help' from others to do big jobs, that's part of the duties

Knacks 5
It's Not A Game +3 Even if she is actively manipulating people, or messing with rules or authority, she's never seen as 'pretending' - people might know that she is in fact manipulating them, but they do understand that she means it. Not frivolous manipulation, from her, when she puts her mind to it, it means that something is going down that she wants to be on top of, and there's no reason not to follow her lead, because the top is way better than being buried

Style and Fashion +2 She knows she looks fantastic, and people keep giving her gifts like scarves and pins and hats and whatever else? She knows how to use these items but also how to walk, talk, pose, and accessorize. She's gorgeous with or without a color-coordinated outfit, but knows how important it is to give a good visual impression. She even smells lovely, applying only-just-enough of a scent to mildly entice, rather than make people think she's overdoing it

Period Class / Instructor / Grade (Failing, Passing, Decent, Excellent, Superb)

1 Nexus Geohistory / T.Kshau / Excellent

2 Debate Tactics / Oryx / Superb

3 Cartography / Lari / Decent

4 Dragon Flight Formation Training / Barnes / Superb

5 Martial Arts for the Fashion Conscious / Carver / Superb

6 Speech / Prescott / Superb

7 Practical Anatomy / Masui / Decent

8 Careers: Diplomatic Envoy / TBD (Rider/Dragon Relations) / Superb

Pets None, doesn't really need a pet since any given dragon and / or their rider can be one
Parents? Unknown, but possibly a Melissa variant might be involved
Siblings? If there is a Mel involved there are a lot of siblings
Image From Doll Divine Inkscribble Dragon Rider
Other Info They live off campus in the Dragonry dorms, but may have other hidey-holes

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Dragon

Name: Zozurinth (zoh ZOO rinth)
Gender: Male
Size/Shoulder/Length: Medium 13' s / 45' l / 80' ws
Colors: Brown Marked Bronze; Overall a roasted bronze-orange, with darker brown-tinted curve bars along head, neck, shoulders, body, tail, and wing arms only; belly and nose/chin/neck area is pale orange-bronze, and wingsails dusty pale bronze
Features: non-traditional Pernese, no head knobs, ridges, and a single tail end; otherwise normal except for that he chose a female rider
Powers: Winged Flight, Zozurinth is gorgeous to behold, speedy and accurate in his flight. He can pick up large objects and maintain steady flight even if they're ungainly, but prefers only having his rider on his strong back, because she loves zipping and zooming around just as much as he does
Teleportation, local, nexus, team; Zozu's ability to coordinate with his rider and all dragons nearby is superb, and this extends to him helping other dragons move through the Void, Between, or whatever other space there may be, without hesitation and without fear. He prefers to pull everyone along to battlefields or events, as his rider instructs 'this is how you'll look best coming out from between', and it shows. He can teleport on-site numerous times in short succession without tiring, and moves through the nexus with precision
Telepathic Speech, he has a beautiful mental voice, in addition to being quite loud - he needs to be heard both sonically and mentally, giving orders and receiving information with a keen reception as well as projection. He can speak to dragons who have telepathy at up to 200 miles, and closer by he lets Naleni do her thing; can speak into any given sentient mind at around 20 miles, but prefers to listen in rather than send thoughts, since he is not the one going to be making any deals or trades
Command, as his rider, Zozurinth is capable of commanding and arranging a team of up to 12 other dragons regardless of ranks. This comes in the form more of cooperative mind-sharing, 'seeing through their eyes', and the like, rather than actively forcing any of them to do things for him
Unassisted Firebreath, like some brought through the Nexus, Zozu's ability to breathe fire is innate, and needs no further help from coal or firestone. His burns brightly, in the same color as his belly, and can be controlled to snipe at up to 500 meters, or lay a burning line through the air at around 100 meters, or a fan some 20 meters wide, all of which will burn virtually anything flammable, but particularly he can see where Thread is falling, and chooses at the time what kind of shape or duration to give off. He can keep this up at least as long as any bronze in the sky, but doesn't need to refuel!
Parentage: Red striped snowy salmon Brown Lorewrath and Chestnut dun-striped copper caprice Kastanja-Kupari with added Etiuruth (size/rank)
Mate/Offspring: None yet
Origin: Brought from a Pernese dimension, hatched on Twoarth
Art By: 8Siren on Bronzehalo lines from deviantart
Other Info: Though not the biggest of bronzes out there, he looks and feels like the leader that his rider is, equals in their ability to show off or defer as needed.