Description
Of medium height, bearing herself with an easy grace, Mishkia’s form, not quite that of a dancer but more athletic is thanks to the active life she leads and the variety of tasks she performs to do her part on her home hold. Her thick auburn hair is usually done up in a casual twist to be out of the way when she’s working, coppery-glints of gently curling wisps catching the sun where they fall down around the curve of her cheek and the back of her neck. Bright curiosity vies with intelligence in the dark-lashed, grey eyes that retain hints of an innate wariness until she gets to know a person.
Her dress, often spattered with water-darkened spots is of a rough, home-weave, the garment hand-sewn, form-fitting to bodice and waist, falling in graceful folds about the gentle curve of her hips and elegant calves. Within the hold enclosure her feet are oft bare but when in the swamps she dons soft-soled and supple leather boots that allow her to tread without making a sound.
History
Mishkia has lived her whole life in the swampy region outlying Xanadu Weyr in a small holding which her ancestors founded and dubbed with the name Mire Hold nearly 122 turns ago. It's an apt title, for the land while rich, was fit for neither man nor beast until they drained it by digging canals. Mire Hold, largely isolated by the terrain, is inaccessible by dragon. The only way in is by foot over little-used and unmarked trails, known to very few and thus the group living there has developed a culture unique to that of the rest of Pern's society.
Mishkia's line is a matriarchal one, tracing their lineage through the eldest daughters eight generations back to harper Archivist Niamara, founder Jamark's elder sister. It is these daughters who have been entrusted to keep the beastcraft, farmcraft and generational records of Mire Hold. As the eldest of her mother's female children, Mishkia has been taught the skills to continue the record-keeping tradition, taking on more and more of that responsibility as her mother ages.
Her childhood was split between chores and lessons and family gatherings in the evenings, her free time spent roaming the wilds. As her ancestors did before her, she tasted the fruits of a freedom that few on Pern ever experience as she learned early the ways of the swamp, its dangers… and its delights. Although aware that there is another world out there, having heard and read about it in the few books harpers have brought in, she is quite content with her life and really hasn't ever felt that she lacks anything. Unbeknownst to her, all this is about to change.
Family
| Name | Relation | Location | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tarmisnal | Father | Mire Hold | |
| Kianalla | Mother | Mire Hold | Records Keeper |
| Kiash | Grandfather | Mire Hold | Harper Archivist |
| Talinalla | Grandmother | Mire Hold | Records Keeper |
| Pacha | Great Uncle | Mire Hold | |
| Talmia | Great Aunt | Mire Hold | |
| Mein | Great Uncle | Mire Hold | |
| Ashki | Great Aunt | Mire Hold | |
| Chalm | Uncle | Mire Hold | |
| Tokson | Uncle | Mire Hold | |
| Henyanni | Aunt | Mire Hold | |
| Garwinni | Cousin | Mire Hold | |
| Gabit | Cousin | Mire Hold | Hunter |
| Tarmin | Cousin | Mire Hold | Healer. Of sorts |
Firelizards
Dragon
Mishkia's Playlist
Explanation of Songs
- The Voice - Ancestral Heritage
- Last of the Wilds - Leaving the swamps of Mire
- Walking in the Air - Turnover dance with Matrin
- Listen to the Wind - Kiss (Fog Magic)
- Across the Universe of Time - The pull of the wilderness and the longing for it
- The Soft Goodbye - TBD
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| Title | OOC Date | Cast |
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| Mattress Surfing at Mire Hold | January 06, 2012 | Keziah, Matrin, Chalm (npc’d by Keziah), Gabit (npc’d by Thea), Mishkia (npc’d by Thea) |
| Avoiding Pitfalls and Finding Treasure | January 08, 2012 | Keziah, Matrin, Mishkia (npc'd by Thea) |
| Harper... Influence | January 20, 2012 | Matrin, Mishkia |
| People, Dragons and Dens - oh my! | Janurary 26, 2012 | Derin, Matrin, Mishkia |
| Turnover Masquerade | January 27, 2012 | Ers'lan, Fl'ynn, Daoi, Derin, Matrin, Mishkia, Keziah, Thea, Zafirah, Muir (npc), Marella (npc) |
| Partial Paback | February 01, 2012 | Matrin, Mishkia |
| Fog Magic | February 09, 2012 | Matrin, Mishkia |
| Art Lessons | February 14, 2012 | Matrin, Mishkia |
| Do You Trust Me? | February 28, 2012 | Matrin, Mishkia |
| Blizzard! | March 01, 2012 | Inuelle, J’yn, Lorelai, Keziah, Matrin, Mishkia, Thea |
| Tastes Like Humans | March 12, 2012 | Matrin, Mishkia, Romth, Seryth, Xe'ter |
| Time to Think | March 12, 2012 | Matrin, Mishkia |
| To Touch the Sky | March 14, 2012 | Matrin, Mishkia |
| Legacy (Vignette) | March 14, 2012 | Mishkia |
| Wait For Me | April 4, 2012 | Matrin, Mishkia |
| Brave Face | April 10, 2012 | Matrin Mishkia |
| Seryth and Romth's Clutch Hatches | April 10, 2012 | Ers’lan Esiae Fl’ynn Iforian Inuelle Jeniosa Kershaw Keziah Kinzie L'yn Matrin Mishkia Ontali Qe'pol R'owan Sorayah Soriana Tarrin Thea Xe'ter Zinesha Zi'on |
| It's an Adjustment | April 14, 2012 | Mishkia M'trin |
| Something's a Little Off | May 12, 2012 | Laris Laurali Mishkia |
