Persona Profile: Z'rac (Inactive)

Writer: Yvonne

Name: Z'rac
Age: 52
Birthday: m10 d19
Rank: Wingrider, Arête Wing
Location: Dragonsfall Weyr
Craft: Harper
Craft Rank: Senior Journeyman
Speciality: Archivist

Physical Description of Persona:
Z'rac is of medium height with broad shoulders from Turns of dragonriding. His hair is brown and going grey, and his close-cropped beard is speckled with silver. His eyes are brown, he has an aquiline and rather prominent nose, and a nice smile. His skin is tanned permanently dark and he has lines around his eyes and bracketing his mouth from so much time out in the weather.

Emotional Description of Persona:
Z'rac has a knack for reading people. He has a good sense of what they might be feeling or wanting, and as a result is good at making people feel comfortable around him. He likes puzzles, philosophy and friendly debates, and for someone interested in law he is pretty good at bending the rules. Although he is social and enjoys getting to know all sorts of people, Z'rac is a man with many friends but few close confidants, mostly because he's spent much of the last twenty Turns travelling. He often views relationships as currency: what can he trade his friendship for?

History of Persona:
Z'rac was born Zerac near Emerald Falls Hold, the middle child of eight, at the height of the Plague that swept through the Southern Continent. Five of his siblings died and Zerac grew up in a cothold characterized by grief: his parents never forgave themselves for surviving.

Zerac apprenticed to the Harper Hall at the age of twelve and earned his Journeyman's knots at nineteen. His time at the Hall was a happy one: he thrived in his classes, especially in charter law, arbitration and history. He was also engaged to marry one of his masters' daughters. At twenty, his master invited him to attend a Hatching at Thayan Peak Weyr and no one was more surprised than he was when he Impressed brown Werth from the Stands.

Initially Z'rac was resentful and angry at the Weyr for taking him away from his chosen future, including his prospective bride who ended their engagement as soon as she heard that he'd Impressed. After getting through Weyrling classes he quickly realized that there were a lot of opportunities for a Harper with a dragon during an Interval. He began working with the Lady Weyrholder to settle land transfers and disputes between the Weyrhold and the surrounding Holds, maintain the census, and helped to solve and mediate disputes and crimes within the Weyr territory and Lower Caverns. It was at this time that Z'rac married a young Hold woman named Byerly in order to get her out of an abusive situation. They remained together for a Turn before dissolving the marriage, and Byerly stayed at the Weyr to enjoy her newfound freedom. Z'rac transferred first to River Bluff Weyr, then to Dream's End Weyr when it opened to relieve overcrowding.

As the gold dragons began to lay larger Clutches and the Weyrs' populations increased, Z'rac found himself in a new role: helping to manage relations between the Southern Weyrs that needed more goods to support themselves, and the Holds who saw dragonriders as unnecessary relics from another time. He spent much time going between Weyr and Hold, building relationships and finding ways to coax food and Candidates from the Holdings. When whispers of Thread began to circulate, Z'rac retreated to Weyr and Hold Archives across the South to try to discern whether a Pass was a real concern.

Thread did, and the dragonriders rose to meet it. The first Turn of the Pass was hard on all the Weyrs. Although initially Z'rac flew in a fighting Wing, Werth was 'Scored eleven months into the Pass and Z'rac returned to spending more time in the Archives and supporting the Weyrwoman in building relationships with the Holds.

Two Turns into the Pass, Z'rac left Dream's End Weyr to start documenting the Pass for future generations. He is working to write a book that will document all the Wing formations and knowledge of Thread from across Pern. He spent a Turn touring through the Weyrs in the South before transferring to the North to visit the Weyrs there. He has now returned to the South to work with the Southern Weyrleaders and start compiling what he's learned into manuscripts and songs for future next generations. Who knows how long the next Interval might be?

Dragon's Name: Werth
Dragon's Age: 32
Dragon's Hatching Date: m6 d5
Dragon's Colour: Brown
Description of Dragon:
Werth is a medium sized brown dragon with hide the colour of oiled walnut wood. He was badly 'Scored eleven months into the 'Pass, and while he's back to flying fit the pale scarring on his left wing means that he flies with the draconic equivalent of a limp. He is a curious and social dragon who likes children, canines, and being involved in what his rider is up to. He loves a good green chase, however with his old injury he rarely catches them anymore.

Approved: August 11th 2017
Last updated: September 23rd 2019

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Persona Profile: Z'rac (Inactive)