Name: Annabel
Age: 20
Gender: Female
Sexuality: Hetero
Occupation/Rank: Rider of Gold Taybreth
Location: Sea Cliff Weyr

Personality: Annabel is a little firecracker. Despite (or possibly because of) her small size, she's something of a spitfire, and a diehard tomboy, wearing skirts and dresses when it pleases her and at no other time. She loves a good debate, and when she can find a willing sparring partner, she also enjoys martial arts of various sorts, particularly fencing. She abhors special treatment, and would much prefer to be addressed simply as 'Annabel' rather than as 'Goldrider.' She goes around without shoulderknots whenever she can to encourage this.

Description: At 4'10", 90 pounds, and decidedly small in the chest, Annabel has occasionally been taken for a weyrling (or a weyrbrat, on one occasion, admittedly by an individual who'd had a few too many glasses of wine that night) by those not paying attention. She has flaming red hair which she usually keeps in two braided pigtails, deep green eyes, and a sea of freckles. She favors brightly colored clothing and, when she isn't riding, soft-soled shoes or, better still, no shoes at all. She wears wire-rimmed spectacles or specially made flight goggles, as situation warrants - being the daughter of glassblowers and the niece of a blacksmith has its advantages, if one happens to have been born with poor eyesight.

Brief History: Annabel grew up in Tillek Hold, the daughter of two journeyman glassblowers, Brannar and Belicia. She and her twin brother Brannel were inseperable growing up, and many wonder if it is her close relationship with him that incited her to her tomboyish ways. She was fifteen, and showing some talent as a glassblower, when she was chosen in Search by High Reaches Weyr. She Impressed gold Taybreth some four months later, just before her sixteenth birthday. She had been quite sickly as a babe (likely at least part of the reason for her small stature), and while she improved considerably as she grew older and lived a largely normal life by the time she was five turns or so, the constant cold and high altitude at High Reaches did her no favors. At a loss for how to deal with the goldrider's chronic breathing difficulties at night, the healer at High Reaches suggested a change of climate, and she was transferred to Sea Cliff Weyr.

Age When Impressed: 16
Dragon Age: 4
Dragon Description: At 43 feet from nose to tail, Taybreth is about average size for a gold. Her hide is the deep yellow of polished brass.
Dragon Personality: Taybreth is playful and fun-loving. Like many dragons, she is occasionally inclined to be a bit full of herself.