Idralia

Description

Idralia is an average woman in many ways - average height, average weight, average looks. Her face is oval in shape, framed by black hair cut to shoulder length with bangs drifting just above her hazel eyes. Her skin is a light tan, the color a combination of genes and the work of the sun. Idra's nose is medium size, her lips slender and pale, with freckles lightly dusting her firm cheeks. Shoulders and hips are broad, with hardly any narrowing at the waist, and she carries her moderate weight in muscle more than fat.

Idralia's clothes suit her work, a plain black blouse over tan trousers. Her shoes are black half-boots that are kept as dust free as possible. She often carries pencil and paper in a pouch on her plain black belt, counterweighted by a simple eating knife on the other hip. Her clothes are worn but well kept, with no significant damage or repair work.

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History

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Idralia, often called Idra for short, was born and raised at Southern Boll Hold. She is the second of four children and her parents' oldest daughter. As a child, Idralia showed interest in her father's craft, fascinated by the technology he maintained and repaired throughout the Hold as the resident Journeyman Techcrafter. While her siblings shared her mother's passion for music and took lessons from Nalina, Idra would follow Idoran around the Hold, watching him painstakingly clean, repair, and refurbish the finicky radio systems used by the Hold. It was only a matter of time before Idra followed in his footsteps. She was sent to the Hall at Landing for her apprenticeship when she was twelve.

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Being half a world away from her family was hard on Idra and for a time it looked like she might have to return to the Hold in disgrace, as her performance was not up to the exacting standard of the Techcraft. However, a journeywoman, newly promoted after finishing her apprenticeship at the Hall, recognized the strain on the young apprentice and took it upon herself to mentor the girl. Seliki, a native of Telgar Hold, understood the feelings of homesickness and isolation, and supported Idralia through her first trying Turn. In time, Seliki was posted back at her home Hold, but by then Idralia had found friends and was comfortable at Landing. She was able to focus on her classes and, after seven grueling Turns of study and practice, was awarded her own journeywoman's knot.

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For the next several Turns Idralia travelled where her Craft dictated, assisting with the installation and upgrading of systems at a number of Holds, Halls and Weyrs. One of her first assignments involved a brief stay at Fort Weyr when their uplink to the Landing database was installed. This was a unique experience for the TechCraft as a whole and a delightful one for Idralia, who found the Weyr exciting and welcoming. So when the order came a few Turns later to return to the Weyr and take up a long term post there, maintaining those systems with the Computer Crafters already on staff, Idralia was willingly sent north to install herself at Fort Weyr.

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Upon her arrival at Fort Weyr Idralia immediately set about getting to know the people she would be working with the most - the local computer crafters. Within a few months she was integrated into the maintenance team for the uplink system and started looking around for other things that she could help with. The tempermental heating and cooling systems were brought to her attention, leading to many long days and sleepless nights while the systems received some serious work. By the end of her first Turn at the Weyr, Idralia had become proficient at managing both sets of duties. Finally, she had time to start making some improvements.

The natural vents and man-made ductwork throughout the Weyr became Idra's pet projects. She worked steadily to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the temperature and environmental controls, seeking to maximize their output without causing the system to fail. Filters, fans, and constriction grates gradually made their way into key vents, improving airflow and significantly cutting down on the amount of moisture and dust that could sneak into the air system. The vents along the bathing cavern, which had always required regular manual cleaning to keep sanitary, began to dry out as fans were set up to draw humid air from the area and shunt it away from the rest of the Weyr, reducing the risk of mold growth and respiratory ailments. Exterior vents began to be screened over to cut down on wind-blown debris and rain falling into the system. Idra's efforts gradually began to improve the performance of the heating and cooling systems, allowing more residents to breath and live in comfort.

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People

Family
Name	Relation	Location	Position	Age Diff	PC/NPC
Idoran	Father	Southern Boll Hold	Jman Tech	+32T	NPC
Nalina	Mother	Southern Boll Hold	Master Harper	+29T	NPC
Orlin(?)	Brother	Ista Hold(?)	Master Harper	~ +4T	NPC
Nadorie(?)	Sister	Harper Hall(?)	Jman Harper	~ -3T	NPC
Ranali(?)	Sister	Harper Hall(?)	Sr. App Harper	~ -8T	NPC
Friends
Name	Relation	Location	Position	Age Diff	PC/NPC
Seliki	Mentor	Telgar Hold	Sr. Jman Tech	+6T	NPC
Tamsyn	Friend	Fort Weyr	Jman Harper	-2T	PC
Miki	Friend	Fort Weyr	Phoenix Wingrider	-4.5T	PC
Polsie	Friend	Fort Weyr	Simurgh Wingrider	-10T	PC

NPCs are all adoptable; please contact Idralia if you are interested in picking up one of these characters.

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Firelizards

Green Sneak
This green firelizard is truly nondescript, much like her owner. She's of average size with a plain, forest-green hide, lacking any distinctive markings or unusual characteristics. The only special thing about her is the banding on her legs, which is twice the normal size in order to show her owner's affiliations with both Fort Weyr and the Techcraft Hall.

Brown Mickey
Yellow. The bulk of this firelizard's body is… yellow. A dinged and faded yellow, but the colour is unmistakable. In places, along his back and belly, the odd colouring seems to have worn away, chipping away like old paint, leaving a rich earthy brown in its place. Chocolate brown stretches up his legs, and across his wingspan, shining faintly as though still in molten form. Physically, he's sturdy and angular. His body is somewhat squat, and his limbs are incredibly straight, with odd creases running along the edges. His tail comes out in a very wide spade, tipped with silver flecked with brown. The firelizard's facial structure is a little unusual also, the eyes are unusually large, and set high in the face, giving the poor brown a perpetual look of surprise.

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Logs

2011

Title	Date	Cast
A Techie Arrives	20 February 2011	Casiella, Idralia, Melze, P'rius, Polsie
Tourist Time	20 February 2011	Idralia, Polsie
Long Lost Treasures?	21 February 2011	Idralia, P'rius
Children and Machines	06 March 2011	Idralia, Miki
Inventions	08 March 2011	Cypris, Idralia
Chitchat in the Caverns	19 July 2011	Idralia, Ely, M'lo, Neyuni
Party Planning	25 July 2011	A'dmar, Eldann(NPC), Idralia, M'lo, Miki, Tamsyn
Charades	28 July 2011	A'dmar, Ely, Idralia, M'lo, Miki
Crafters, on Life	04 August 2011	Idralia, Tamsyn
Elara Returns	25 August 2011	Elara, Idralia, Miki, R'oc
Are You Soliciting Me?	12 September 2011	A'dmar, Idralia
Visiting Miki	19 September 2011	Carlyn, Idralia, Miki, R'oc
Aniki vs. R'oc?	22 September 2011	Deitra, Idralia, Miki
Age Philosophy and Technology	23 September 2011	Deitra, Idralia
Relaxation Comes in Many Forms	28 September 2011	Deitra, Idralia, Mharen
I'm Not Looking for Anything, Actually	03 October 2011	Idralia, Mharen
Straw is NOT in Fashion	06 October 2011	Aniki (NPC by Miki), Carlyn, Idralia
Snowball Fights and Flights	09 October 2011	Carlyn, Deitra, Hanild, Idralia, K'ael, Kairhys, Miki, Neyuni, Th'ero, Ur'con
Where a Trader Calls Home	10 October 2011	Eizra, Idralia
The Nature of Specialties	10 October 2011	Carlyn, Idralia, Shena
Makeover Madness	12 October 2011	Adalinus, Aniki (NPC by Miki), Carlyn, Deitra, Idralia, Shena
Of Darts and Pool	16 October 2011	Idralia, P'rius, R'oc
Just Another Rainy Day	22 October 2011	Idralia, Tamsyn
Darts, Take Two	24 October 2011	Idralia, R'oc
What Makes Eggs Interesting	25 October 2011	Chrystyne, Idralia, Jaylen, Kimmila, Marissa (NPC)