STEWARD SELAIRA

Persona : Selaira
Writing Status : NPC/Free
Age : 24
Gender : Female
Rank/Craft : Steward
Residence : Green Ridge Hold

Physical Description : Tall and thin like her father, Selaira also inherited his fair skin and freckles, although growing up on the southern shores of the northern continent, she has managed to acquire what she calls a "protective tan"--just enough color to prevent a sunburn on most days. She has her mother's dark brown hair and blue eyes. She keeps her hair shoulder length and, usually, lets it hang loose or pulls it out of her eyes only. She's strong enough, as it goes, but prefers to leave the really back-breaking work to people who are better built for it.

Personality : Selaira has a swifter temper than her father; she works hard to control it, and her time in the kitchens has helped her to the point where she no longer worries that she will snap out unnecessarily. She is quick to most emotions--laughter and tears come just as easily, when the situation warrants. She is usually very fair to those she supervises but has trouble letting go of prior infractions -- if someone has lost her trust, it is going to be very difficult for that person to get back in her favor. She's reasonably intelligent and has made a project of learning everything she can about Hold management from her father.

Life Story : Born on Present Pass Turn 13, she has fond memories of the northern hold where she grew up, the daughter of the hold's Steward. A happy child, she grew up playing with the Hold's children regardless of their rank. She was only occasionally tormented, as all younger sisters must be, by her older brother and, all in all, seemed content. Her fits of temper were as mystifying to herself as they were to her parents, and no amount of punishment seemed to help. It wasn't until the Harpers got a hold of her that Selaira learned to keep herself in control. The Harper in charge of her lessons did not tolerate anything else, and one threat to remove Selaira from lessons completely did the trick.

As she grew, no one craft seemed to catch her attention, and she found herself spending more and more time in the kitchens. She didn't want to become a cook, especially not after her mother passed away when she was sixteen. Finally, at seventeen, bowing to the inevitable, she took herself off to the Headwoman and began studying to become an assistant. She had been working at it for several turns and was in no hurry to move any further.

In turn 36, after a hurricane battered parts of the Southern continent, Selaira learned that Green Ridge Hold sought a replacement for the steward who had died as a result of the storm. She was tentatively employed on a probationary basis, and when her competence proved quite satisfactory, was hired as Steward at Green Ridge Hold.

Pet Name: Frack
Pet Species: Firelizard
Pet Color: Brown

Pet Description and Personality: A largish brown, Frack is not yet well trained. Selaira does have him to the point where he will carry messages to people he knows well and will maintain something like proper decorum in public, but in private he's a rambunctious, nosy creature who always wants to see what's going on. His hide is a dark caramel brown.

Last updated on 02-Jan-04.