Itessi Candidate/Former Lady Holder/Singer in Training

Name: Itessi 
Age: 20 turns 
Season of Birth:Mid Winter
Gender: Female
Rank: Lady Holder of Fort Hold/Singer at Harper Hall

Dragon/Wher: 
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Play-By: Park Shin Hye
Eye Color:
Brown
Hair Color:
Brown
Height:
5'6"
Build:
Slender with soft curves in an understated way.
Overall Description: Being the youngest daughter of a Lord and Lady Holder Itessi has always had to watch her appearance in social gatherings and tends to be rather neat and orderly in her appearance.  Long dark hair waves down past her shoulders and can be found in many different plates and designs when not loose.  Style of dress is dependent on the event and situation.  As a lady she has a selection of dresses for everyday use and special occasions but her favorite things to wear are her soft hide pants and tunics.  It is so much easier to run and frolic if you are not tripping on skirts.  Itessi has a soft complexion with sunkissed elements but still a shade on the pale side from lack of exposure.  Her dark eyes are constantly full of some deep mirth or question that draws you in.  Lips a dark shade of pink are not overly large or small but shaped more like a bow and tend to be curled in a small or creased in thought.  Long limbs made for a very awkward few years but have now been transitioned into an asset for dancing.  Long fingers are used for guitar and flute playing from time to time and scribing when allowed.  Not a curvy girl she is more softly waifish and on the slight side.  




Likes: Music, Running, Children, Helping (whether it be in the kitchen or with a needle and thread), Mediating, Level headed people, Learning, Conversation, Being respected for what she can do.

Dislikes: The thought of being forced into a loveless marriage for political reasons, People who treat others badly, Willing Ignorance, Inactivity, Being useless, Being told she is below a man, Knowing that she will someday be nothing more than the youngest child of a Holder.

Strengths: Leading others calmly and fairly, Singing, Creativity, Knowledge of Hold life and how to Run a hold, Teaching Children, Usually picks things up after first or second time, Finding solutions to conflict, Big Hearted Nature.


Weaknesses: Loses temper when being forced into situations she does not like.  Sweets, she will do just about anything to get a fresh bubbly pie!  She fears and will avoid the talk of love because she doesn't believe she will have that chance, at the same time she will swoon and coo over it in secret.  Will wall herself off from anyone who treats her like the weaker sex and therefore she has a hard time asking for help until it is absolutely needed.  Will become extremely upset if ever caught crying or showing weakness. 

Overall Description: Being a Lady Holder Itessi is used to leading others and has a natural, unoffensive way of getting people to follow her.  She is level headed in most things of the mind but when it comes to the heart she is hot and cold.  If she loves you you are loved forever, if she dislikes you gotta work your shells off to get her to form a different opinion of you.  She is fiercely protective of those she cares for and tends to mother those around her as her own mother would.  Growing up in a hold she has learned the ins and outs of politics and can play the game with the best of them so it was not uncommon for her parents to use her in their plots and schemes to gain followers to their cause.  Due to the stipulation that she would marry for an advantageous alliance she has avoided and shunned male company outside friendship.  Love is something she hasn't been able to contemplate until recently.  Creative and thoughtful she has always loved the Harper life and was in the process of making it her livelihood when things were taken from her grasp.  Stubborn enough that she refuses to be turned from that which she feels is right she can be a great ally or a pain in your rear.  Her heart, while generally kept close, once given will be given fully in whatever capacity she chooses.  Loyal and determined she is a friend worth having.  Watch her temper though because she is not one to let things go easily.  She can hold a grudge with the best of them and her trust, once lost, is hard to regain.  Life in a Hold teaches you to keep your friends close and enemies glued to your skirts.  ( It makes them easier to trod on when you so choose.)





Mother: Essilla (49 Lady Holder of Fort)

Father: Itexen (54 Lord Holder of Fort)

Siblings:

Xenilla (32 Lady Holder Tilek Married to Lord ****)
Itessen (30  Future Lord Holder of Fort Hold)
Exilen (29 Journeyman Smith)
Illena ( Wife to Heir of Benden Hold)

Haruka( Twin to Illena believed to be still born.)

Children: No children as of yet

Background: Born the youngest of five children Itessi has been raised and groomed to be a Lady from the very start.  Her early education was all things running a hold as well as the Harper education all children are privy to growing up.  With two older sisters she was quickly shown how to act in public, proper dress, and tone of voice as well as all things an female heir should expect.  Life in the hold was not terrible but her strong nature made it hard for her to follow submissively.  She was expected to marry well one day and that was to be her greatest aspiration.  Her mother was the perfect picture of a lady in public, polite, knowledgeable, fine mistress of her hold, firm mother, soft spoken.  In private she was a heavy handed mistress who expected her girls to curtail to their future husbands in all things.  Itessi was frequently punished for bulking at the idea.  At the age of 7 her father took a hand in her education as she was the brightest of her sisters and it was clear he loved her deeply.  This did not stop him from trying to drill into her that she would never be anything other than a wife and stewardess of a great household.  The Lord Holder of Fort found that he enjoyed teaching his daughter how to keep the accounts and inventory of the hold and that she was quick and fair in judgement in situations where one would have to discipline or find a solution to a problem. 


At the age of 14 he was saddened by the thought of losing his little girl to the Harper hall for vocal training but her mother would have it and the child was talented.  Itessi's mother had bigger plans though and it was soon made clear that she was using the child's talent to bring in suitors of wealthy holds and craft halls.  At 17 her mother convinced her father that a marriage was well worth the trouble of convincing their unruly child and so Itessi was informed that she would be handed over to the man of their choosing.  A rift was soon opened up between them when she went to her father and begged him to not allow this.  When he told her it was for the holds benefit she fought with him and made it clear she would never agree to this and threatened that she would run away if forced.  Her father, being more soft hearted, relented causing a rift between husband and wife.  It was soon discovered that Lady Essilla was hungry for alliances and the next few years she did her best to throw her children at the best and most connected holds. Itessi couldn't help but feel guilt toward her father for causing the chasm between her parents but she was not ready to be bought off by a rich old holder or his spoiled son.

A short while after she turned 20 something amazing happened. While out in the fields of a farmer on her family lands she was approached by a dragon rider asking for water. A conversation started up between them and she was not prepared for what was to come next. The man apologized and informed her that she had been searched, shucked her on the dragon, strapped her in and stole her away. If the man had bothered to ask she would have informed him that she would be more than happy to accompany him, as it would mean possible escape from a meaningless marriage. However, when stolen, deposited, and given no choice in the matter her stubborn nature took hold and she let it be known that she was not pleased. Back in her Hold, when the news was released about her disappearance her father was forced into a great depression. Her mother was furious about the news and began to investigate. Her plans where not to be thwarted and a rich Holder had promised her a great price for her talented, and beautiful daughter. Word was spreading about young people disappearing and the Lady Holder was a like a dragon after blood. A reward for information was put out and runners were dispatched far and wide. If it were to be discovered that she was forced to stand the ramifications could be drastic.

For the last few months Itessi has begun to warm up to Weyr life and the idea that she may be bonded with a dragon that would love her for herself. Love in a not so traditional sense was appealing. A dragon partner would be someone she could tell her thoughts to without worry or judgment. It helped that woman were treated as equals in the weyr. She would never be looked on as if she were nothing more than a title she would be useful to those around her and Pern as a whole. Life would be full of real responsibility. Her Hold upbringing had already made her useful in day to day things. She was a great inventory keeper and was good at judging the tithes that came in. Not to mention she was valued for her harper trained voice. Maybe being kidnapped wasn't such a bad thing, as long as her mother didn't get a hold of her. Itessi had only one regret with these developments and that was the fact that her father must be worried sick. She begged the candidate master to let her send word so he would not worry, but was denied at the moment.