Aran Cloudspinner

[Aran]

Alias: None
Titles: None

Race: Drykas
Gender: Female
Date of Birth: 24, 12th Day of Spring 490 AV
Height: 5’ 9”
Weight: 135 pounds

Profession: Horse handler at The Guided Horse, 5 GM/per day
Housing: Endrykas, living with her Pavilion
Language: Grassland Sign, Pavi (fluent), Common (basic)

Likes: Horses and her strider Tali
Dislikes: Malicious gossip, fishing

Gnosis: None yet

Aran Cloudspinner of the Amethyst Clan

Physical Appearance:
A tall woman with a slender athletic figure and a light tan complexion, Aran is always garbed in a pair of plain breeches and embroidered tunics. Oh, there are dresses in her tent but they’re dragged out only on festive occasions. A series of intricate braids encircle her head though on some days it hangs loose and unfettered. A picture of a typical unmarried Drykas woman. Her windmark rests on her left hand, a series of knots set in four points, each symbolizing the earth, hearth, home and heart where her life lays intertwined with the Sea of Grass and her people. A friendly soul with a light and graceful stride, there exists a ready smile on her face.

Personality:
A practical woman with a wry sense of humor, Aran is proud of her Drykas heritage, though it never equaled her love for horses instilled from early childhood. The Drykas woman is a hard worker, patient when working with horses and various other interests but fidgets out of habit when bored. A friendly woman, she is honest about her likes and dislikes among her fellow Drykas and even strangers to a certain extent. Every creature, whether human or otherwise, has its own strengths and weaknesses and the brunette knows where she is lacking.

Horses are greatly loved by her. Growing in a pavilion that bred native Sea of Grass breeds, she is entranced by them. One day, she hopes to become a breeder or even trainer of some renown. One rule, she always adheres to when near a horse, is to never approach it in anger. As a result, she rarely loses her temper. Oh, you might hear some biting words but her anger flows quicker than a raging river disappearing in a flash.

Having been a target of malicious gossip, she abhors vague conjecture backing rumors. While she renders a cursory interest in gossip to keep up with clan news by listening quietly, she doesn’t join in the mud-slinging.

History:
Little Rider. Always she was called that by her father, Zunil, the brother of the Akhal of the Cloudspinner Pavillion, and his first wife Tarana, a skilled mounted archer and horsewoman. A half brother, Sunak had been born a few days earlier to Zunil’s second wife, Sunaka.

Living together, the father, his two children and wives got along rather well. If Tarana had no patience for housework, then Sunaka took over, and if little Sunak and Aran needed bow lessons, Tarana would instruct them with much enthusiasm. Assumptions were sundered when it dawned that Sunak, while having much potential as an archer, had none beyond learning the rudimentary care of horses and that his little sister was better among the horses than with a bow.

This happy state of affairs continued till Aran was sixteen. There were negotiations between the Cloudspinner pavilion and the Waterhoofs for the young Drykas girl’s hand in marriage. Both pavilions had good relations, in fact Sunak and her potential groom, Ywanik were good friends. By ill luck, the happy times did not last long. On a hunting trip together, both boys perished. A blow to the pavilions and the girl expected to be exchanged lost her brother and her potential husband. Tongues started to wag about ill-omens which spread through many pavilions in Endrykas. In memory of her brother she has taken up the shortbow, hoping to be close to him through an activity he liked.

Nine years later, she still resides in Endrykas, unmarried, caring not much for any wagging tongues but stronger now.

Aran’s windmark

Tali~ Aran’s Strider

Skills:

Picture	Skill	Experience	Total	Rank
#	Riding: Horse	16 SP+10RB	26	Competent
#	Horsemanship	21 SP	21	Novice
#	Weapon: Shortbow	5 SP	5	Novice
#	Land Navigation~Cyphrus Grasslands	8 SP	8	Novice
#	Animal Husbandry	+1	1	Novice
#	Observation	+1	1	Novice
#	Storytelling	+1	1	Novice

Lores:

Lore	Acquired
Lore of Origin of Rakivas	(SP)
Lore of Cyphrus Striders	(SP)
Lore: Failures of Drykas Courting	*
Lore: The Hustle and Bustle of Family	*
Lore: Drykas Manners	*
Lore: Eating with Strangers	*

Possessions:

Item	Description	Acquired + Price
Riding Boots	Rough brown leather boots	SP
Leather breeches	Dyed a drab brown	SP
Heirloom silver brooch	A round silver brooch decorated with horses entangled with knotted vines	SP
Cyphrus Strider Mare	Tali, a palomino mare of 16 h	SP
Cotton Sash	Dark purple embroidered knots decorated the amethyst colored sash	SP
Cotton Tunic	A tunic dyed a eggplant shade with light violet knot work embroidery on the sleeves and collar	SP
Leather Jacket	A full sleeved brown leather jacket opened from the front	SP
Waterskin	Light brown skin that holds water	SP
Backpack	Contains one eating knife, toiletries and food rations for a week	SP
Yvas	Embroidered with names of horse and rider along with clan colors	SP
Large Yvasbags	Made of leather	SP
Shortbow	A wooden shortbow	30 gm
Shortbow Arrows	A quiver full of twenty arrows	1 gm
Tent, four-person	Knots with horse drawing on an light amethyst colored background	10 gm
Bedroll	A bed	SP
Blanket and Hood, horse medium	For Tali	4 gm
Blanket, winter	A thick brown blanket for cold nights	SP

Heirloom: Her mother’s brooch~ was gifted to Aran

Ledger:

Name	Credit	Debit	Total
Starting Package	100gm	#	100gm
Shortbow	#	-30	70 gm
Shortbow Arrows	#	-1 gm	69 gm
Tent	#	-10 gm	59 gm
Blanket and hood for Tali	#	-4 gm	55 gm

Threads:

 

510 AV Spring

Date	Name
Day, Season, Year	#
18 510 Spring	One Must Hit the Eye (Kashik)
51 510 Spring	Bolting Horse (Kayiri)
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515 AV Fall

Date	Name
Day, Season, Year	#
5th Fall 515	A Horse to Groom
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