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Glenna
DIR By: Agenothree
Date: June 12, 2022, 8:30 pm
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[center]Glenna
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"Why are you still takin' up space in my kitchen? If you're not
workin' here, be gone wi' ye!"
-Glenna, Outlander[/center]
[center]BASICS[/center]
NAME: Glenna
BIRTHDATE: Early Fall 2548
AGE: 64 as of Late Summer 2612
GENDER: Feminine
PRONOUNS: Feminine (she/her/hers)
ORIENTATION: Heterosexual, but no longer interested
BIRTHPLACE: Benden Weyr
LOCATION: Westwind Weyr
OCCUPATION: Headwoman
WING: N/A
[center]APPEARANCE[/center]
HAIR: Blonde (curly)
EYES: Warm Brown (toffee)
HEIGHT: 5' 1"
WEIGHT: Round and Stout
PLAY-BY: Annette Badland
APPEARANCE:
Glenna is small and round, standing at a whopping 5' 1" in
height, with a plump bodice made for giving big hugs. Her skin
is a pale tan, wrinkled from age, hands calloused from Turns of
working in the kitchens and at the knitting needles. Glenna's
hair was once a vibrant blonde, now washed out with age, but
still retaining much of its wild curliness. Her eyes are a dark
brown, filled with motherly warmth and bountiful affection. With
plenty of work to be done, Glenna is almost always in her
standard working attire, complete with an apron and a funny
little cap.
[center]PERSONALITY[/center]
PERSONALITY:
Don't underestimate Glenna just because she is small and soft in
body. She'll have you hopping around hard at work in a heartbeat
given half a chance and a well-placed spatula. Glenna is a hard
worker, and firmly believes in everyone pulling their own
weight, herself included, and it's wrong to foist her work on
others. While she can sniff out nonsense and won't tolerate it,
her Turns of motherhood and life as weyrfolk have given her a
well of patience to draw on when newcomers need a helping hand
or time to settle in. Anyone adrift at sea, Glenna is their safe
harbor. With a keen sense to know when something is wrong and an
intense mothering instinct, she will take people under her wing
until she's certain everything is safe for them to leave her
protection. If anyone threatens those under her care, it may
very well be the biggest mistake they ever made, for Glenna is a
fiery and protective woman when her "young" are threatened.
When Glenna gets a feeling, she sticks with it, even if others
go a different path. She follows her gut and her heart above
all, and it hasn't failed her yet. Glenna has a stubborn streak
wider than a queen's wings, and won't back down from anything,
especially if her charges are in danger, even if she's in the
wrong. Even a charging wher would think twice before tangling
with Glenna in one of her fits of temper. While she is a caring
person, she's not an idiot, and won't allow people to leech off
her kindness. That'll just make her angry, and you don't want an
angry Glenna. She can hold a grudge like a wherry holds their
lunch, and can be quite ill-tempered toward those who have
wronged her or her loved ones in the past. While she can learn
to forgive a slight against her, she will never forgive anyone
who harmed her family and friends, no matter how small the
incident.
After Benden's actions against Haloneth, Glenna distrusts some
dragonriders, especially those spouting Traditions, and she does
not condone attitudes of superiority in others. No one is better
than another, and nothing can change that. In the past, she
identified as a Traditionalist. No more. Nowadays, a gold
bossing around all the other dragons is nothing but trouble, and
Westwind has it right. Glenna and her pigheaded stubbornness
could very well be her downfall, in addition to her impatience.
Impatience can get her into trouble, and it's likely to get
worse under pressure. If you don't hand over the washing sharp,
if you don't pick up your dishes, if you do this or do that out
of order, Glenna'll tell you right quick what's simmering on her
mind. Blunt with a sharp tongue, this woman doesn't take "no"
for an answer. Additionally, despite her firm sense of logic and
reason, Glenna can't help but spread around a juicy tidbit of
gossip.
[center]HISTORY[/center]
THEME: N/A
FAMILY:
Father - brownrider - deceased (Threadfall)
Mother - greenrider - deceased (Threadfall)
A'dair - brownrider - weyrmate - deceased (Threadfall)
- A'kir - bluerider - son
- Ainsley - daughter
-- Laoghaire - granddaughter - 16
Isla - younger sister
- Tammas - nephew - 10
- Timmit - nephew - 8
- Tamitha - niece - 6
- Tallera - niece - 5
Murtagh - nephew - 52
STATUS: "Widowed," not interested
HISTORY: TW: death, grieving
Glenna was born to a busy pair of riders, the first child of the
family, followed by sister Isla many Turns later. Raised in the
creche, but remaining in close contact with her parents, she
grew up with a healthy devotion to serving her Weyr. As soon as
she was able, she signed up for Candidacy at age 15. Thread was
falling even before her birth, and it claimed her parents, one
after the other. It was hard for Glenna when the news reached
her...but she pressed onward. Glenna continued to stand at
various clutches...until she aged out. After this, she stole
away to the kitchens, accepting the role of a weyrfolk. If she
wasn't meant to be a rider, then she can serve in other ways.
With many frightened of the ravages of Thread, Glenna took it
upon herself to take these people under her wing and make them
feel better, no matter their position. Be they Candidate,
weyrfolk, or rider, all found solace with Glenna.
When Thread departed, Glenna was among those to spit upon the
ground and bid it good riddance. With the danger gone, life
could return to some semblance of normal. With zero faith or
interest in following Tradition ever again after the way Benden
screwed up handling Thread, Glenna was pigheadedly going to
forge her own path. Shortly after Threadfall ended, Glenna
became weyrmates with her childhood sweetheart and once fellow
Candidate, now a dragonrider himself. Together, they had two
fine children, with hopes that both would become riders. While
their son succeeded, their daughter aged out and became weyrfolk
alongside her mother. All of them were happy, their little
Benden family...until a freak accident claimed A'dair and his
brown, both going between, never to be seen again. Glenna was
heartbroken when she heard the news, and struggled for many
Turns. Why should she go on without her A'dair? Eventually, life
beckoned Glenna out of her daze, promising a brighter future,
and Glenna listened, returning to her life as weyrfolk.
With no intention of going anywhere but up, Glenna remained in
her place as weyrfolk, puttering around the kitchens and
overseeing the children like a hen with her young. While a dark
spot of grief remains in her heart for her A'dair, she makes the
most of what life she has left, and makes sure everyone else
does the same. But when gold Haloneth hatched and picked
Haurchefant - the sweet young man who always helped out so
dutifully in the kitchens - only for those of Benden to reject
the pair and even talk of keeping from Haloneth her rightful
place as queen? Utterly ridiculous! When word reached her that
Haurchefant and Haloneth were to escape Benden with everyone who
wished to flee the ways of Tradition they enforced, Glenna was
more than willing to leave. Gathering up her family, she made
the voyage over the water to the Western Continent, bidding
Benden farewell for good. This would be a new home for them all.
Glenna would see to it. When it was decided that they were a
Weyr, not just a bunch of ragtag nobodies fled from another
Weyr, Glenna was one of the first to stoke the fires to cook a
celebration Feast. In her heart, she knew everyone here was in a
good place.
Something good for them all was in store here.
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