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Name: Bruna Darriel
Age: 18 (darkovan years)
Marital Status: single
Occupation: nurse in training
Former Occupations: dutiful comyn daughter
Education: Speaks Terran Standard (but not very good), can read and write
both Darkovan and Terran. Well-taught in housekeeping, childcare,
sewing and so on. Good knowledge of herbs and plants.
Residence: Nursery school hostel of Charity Hospital in New York
Income: The usual income of a nurse in her first year of training, small
stipendium paid by a program for cultural exchange.
Politics: Very, very conservative. Thinks that the proper place for a
woman is the kitchen of her husbands house. Distrusts the
terrans. That she is forced to live among them _and_ to take
care of herself, earn her living and be without the protection
of a male relative causes her some trouble...
Abilities
Unarmed Combat: nonexistent
Armed Combat:
Antique Weapons: She knows which side of the dagger she should hold on
Guns/Lasers: nonexistent
Vehicle driving: can steer a wheelbarrow
Computer use: A what?
Interpersonal Relations: Very shy. Will probably not speak a word if
adressed by a stranger, especially if the stranger is male. Clings
to everybody whom she believes to be able to protect her. People
who manage to get to know her better are surprised to find a fine
sense of humour and a good intellect. She is very capable in hiding
these abilities from others as well as herself. She wants to make
everything right, please everybody and do as she is expected, and
this with eagerness.
Weaknesses: Besides what was already mentioned above, she is not very
open-minded and will not adjust easily to new situations. Afraid of
almost everything. Doesn't believe in herself.
Appearance: Mousy-looking. Medium-brown hair, blue eyes, 1.70 meters but
looks smaller, plump. Dresses very_demure, even for darkovan
conditions. You have to guess that she has legs, there is no chance
you will see them.
(I add two more points to the profile here)
Strength: Yes, she has some! Despite her fears and worries, she will
survive almost everything. Intelligent, learns easily and likes it.
Is not fooled easily and will quickly observe if somebody means a
danger to her or wants to exploit her.
Laran: None at all.
Romantic relationships: none
Friends/Contacts: Everybody who wants to help her is welcome...
Hobbies: embroidering, singing, collecting herbs and making medicine or
cosmetic from them
Special Equipment/Vehicles/Expensive possessions:
a fine and antique rhyll
Other Information: She was the first living child of her mother, who had
several miscarriages before her. Her parents thought that she may be her
only child and would inherit Darriel Manor, so she was taught some
knowledge that her parents thought to be unsuitable for a girl normally.
When she was seven years old, her mother gave birth to a son, Geremy, and
her parents decided that Geremy would be their heir and Bruna would be
married to a convenient man and become a typical, old-fashioned darkovan
wife. During her whole childhood and youth she was told that she was
obliged to fulfill the wishes of her family, and she was eager to do so.
During her puberty she showed no signs of threshold sickness. Her parents
waited for a long time for her telepathic abilities to show, but finally a
leronis confirmed that Bruna was indeed headblind. That was a major
disappointment for her family, because they thought that with Bruna not
being very pretty and her dowry only small the chances of arranging a
proper marriage were almost zero now that it was sure that she had no
laran (and would probably bequest that lack to her children).
Her father considered first marrying Bruna to a commoner, but her mother
persuaded him that this would disgrace the family even more than having a
head-blind daughter. So they sought for another solution and finally
agreed that it was the best to send Bruna away. She was enrolled in a
program for cultural exchange and because of her interest in herbal
medicine sent to a nursery school in New York.
E-mail: baumannd@kph.uni-mainz.de
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