NEW HOPE CHARACTER PROFILE

Name: Peritha
Gender: female
Soul name: n/a
Soul name known by: n/a
Others' soul names known:
Generation: 3rd
Date of birth/death: NH 306
Original tribe: New Hope
Hair color/length/style: Sandy blonde, wavy, to mid-back.  Usually in her eyes.  Style varies with mood and the occasion.
Eyes: Hazel (Brown w/gold flecks)
Skin: Fair
Height: 4'4" (**And a half!**  **I don't think so...** **Welll... and a quarter...**)
Build: Slender, medium-curvy.
Voice quality: Lilting mezzo-soprano, almost always with an undercurrent of laughter
Physical attributes: Heart-shaped face, long lashes, dimple in right
cheek.  Unbearably Cute(TM).  Very often smiling; a dimpled half-smile that lights up her eyes and looks like it's going to break into her father's killer grin at any moment, but usually doesn't--the occasions when it does are worth waiting for.
Parents: Piet, father; Rahirah, mother
Siblings: Snowflower and Methyr, half-sister and -brother on father's
side; Frodis and Shahn (D) half-sister and -brother on mother's side.
Cheyvah, sister; Kyeer, brother.
Other close relatives: Reevirah, grandmother; Vaynyar, Mikail, uncles;
(now that's a frightening combination!) Mischa, Vanjir, Tathlyn and
Daikyo, cousins; Mistkit, nephew
Current mate: TBD.  Fever and Dash are both interested and she likes both of them, but both are way too rambunctious for her to put up with for long stretches.
Recognized? No
Previous mate:  Had a BIG crush on Sudu while he was in New Hope; TBD if anything ever came of it.
Children: No
Closest friends: Shadepool, others TBD
Magical talent: Good but not phenomenal sender; better at reception than projection.  Animal bonding, probably with horses.
Skills: Beekeeping, and attendant wax and honey production; candlemaking.
May someday learn glassblowing and make lamps.  General survival skills and general fishing/boating skills.
Hobbies: Gardening, embroidery, cooking.  Plays gitar and dulcimer.  Not the musical savant that Piet is, but a dern sight better than her mother. Sings in the chorus.
Bondbeast: Series of horses, stabled at Foxlair
Weapons: Knows how to use a knife and a bow but hopes not to have to.
Jewelry/special possessions: Likes a few nice bracelets or necklaces for special occasions, but no one special piece.
Outfit most often worn: For work in the garden and around the house, sensible tunic and breeches or long skirts.  Has some special clothes for working with her bees (a hat with netting, etc.)  For dress-up very fond of flowing, ethereal gowns.  **Dresses you can twirl in.**  Likes shimmery pastels.
Personality/history: Peritha's a quiet person--she prefers sending to
speaking, and doesn't say much even so.  She's not shy, but very friendly, outgoing and social.  She has very animated face and body language; you often don't notice she's not saying anything.  When she does talk, she's direct and to the point.
     She tends to see things as wholes; she's good at looking at systems and if necessary identifying what's wrong with them.  She doesn't do this in an analytical fashion--more "Aha!  That's it!" leaps of intuition.  Not a leader-type personality; Peritha's perfectly content to sit on the sidelines and watch the interesting things everyone else does, or follow someone's lead.  Very perceptive, a good listener.  Peritha absolutely does not gossip; anything she's told will remain confidential unless it represents an immediate threat to life and limb.  She hates hurting anyone's feelings and would rather say nothing than criticize, which means that she's sometimes manuevered into situations she'd rather not be in because of her unwillingness to say no, this sucks.  (Note that this refers mainly to emotional situations, not actions: though she's somewhat naive, she's not stupid, and she won't let herself be pressured into something she knows is wrong or dangerous.  Peer pressure doesn't work very well on her at all.)
     A tactile, sensual person in the sense of thoroughly enjoying physical sensation of all kinds.  Loves the feel of squishing mud between her toes as much as the feel of fur and silk and satin.  She has something of a sweet tooth (which is how she got into beekeeping).  Likes helping out in the kitchen and cooking.  Likes to listen to music as much as or more than she likes to compose or perform it.
     A loving, warm person, merry-hearted and usually on the verge of laughter, Peritha paradoxically retains an elusive sense of privacy about her; an air of having delightful secrets.  She's willing to be friends with everyone, but reserves real intimacy for a chosen few (TBD who those chosen few are.) Particular about lovemates; not any kind of a flirt--if she likes someone she'll tell them right out, and if she's not interested she'll decline as kindly as possible.  Usually Peritha's a very accomodating person, a peacemaker, but she's also quite capable of digging in her heels and being as stubborn as a deaf mule if her principles are roused. Devoted to her parents and her household; very fond of her older brother Methyr, whom she considers a confidant.  Has less contact with her older sisters, who live in other households, and regards Frodis especially as a Mystery.  Her relations with her younger siblings are more maternal; she helped raise them.  Cheyvah's contrary streak often alarms her and Peritha spends a good deal of energy trying to curb her younger sister's temper.

Opinions on trolls, elves, and humans: (blank look) **I'm supposed to have different opinions about trolls, elves and humans?**  Likes all of them, and adores Preservers.