Approved Band Bio- Miriamele Erkynalder: CC'd by FL

[Quibby]

Handle: Nyanna al’Meara

Name: Miriamele Erkynalder
Age: 17
Division: Scouts
Primary Weapon: Bow
Secondary Weapon: Quick mind and agility.
Land of origin: Andor

Physical appearance: Miri is of medium height, slender, with dark
golden hair and green eyes. She is pretty, ‘attractive in a boyish
way’ – especially after cutting her hair short-ish to successfully
disguise herself as a boy. In keeping with her idea of a dashing
runaway, and being quite the tomboy, she currently likes to wear a
loose puffy shirt, and plain brown riding leggings, with a leather
jerkin and hood over the top.

Personality: Miriamele has a rebellious nature, first and foremost.
Her hair-trigger temper and mood swings make her impulsive and
impetuous, although naïve really in the world outside of her sheltered
upbringing. She thinks she knows a lot from books she has read, and
will have to witness the real world ‘first hand’. For all that she
wants to meet people and have adventures, at first she’s on quite a
high horse in attitude to ‘commoners’. Miri has a lot to learn.
She still is an honest, friendly and kind person, but with her rash
personality may easily offend others. Miri’s greatest personal
obstacle are her self-doubts – she dwells on things too much long
after they have happened.  She is sometimes wrong in her judgement of
circumstances, and does not like to admit she is in the wrong.

Character History:
Miriamele was the second child and only daughter born to Lord Elias
and Lady Hylissa of the rather minor House Erkyn (sigil is an
arrowhead) in Andor. She had an older and has a frail younger brother.
Her lord father was busy and just over his small land, but always
detached and serious, too much involved in politics to be there much
for his family. Her mother died from illness eight years ago.
Otherwise she had a good upbringing, with a respectable education and
still time to pursue her other tomboyish pursuits. Out of place in the
company of her sickly younger sibling, she followed her doting older
brother Seoman wherever she could – he taught her to use a bow, and a
small sleeve knife to some extent, to ride a horse and took her
hunting although she never could bring herself to slay an animal.

While alive, her mother - and the governess - tried their utmost to
educate the only daughter of House Erkyn in courtly manners – and she
did try, by the Light. However, a healthy curiosity and reckless
behaviour would never earn her a place at court, and truth be told
Miri didn’t care much for one either. She wanted to be let on travels
like her brother who was always returning with strange trinkets and
even stranger stories.

After her mother died, and after mourning, Lord Elias simply resolved
the matter of trying to tame his wild young daughter by restricting
her to their castle. He was too busy to see her much and moreover,
valued her brothers more. She chafed under her father's heavy handed
yet distant manner and secretly ventured out of the castle in the
guise of a serving boy, but never for long because of curfew.

Then one grim day her brother’s party returned many days overdue – but
not him. Out hunting, they had split and parted ways, after two
magnificent stags. The smaller part of the hunting party, led by
Seoman, did not appear again – apart from his horse - no matter how
much everyone in House Erkyn’s employ searched. It was assumed to have
been a highwaymen ambush or the like.

Miri missed her big brother greatly, her partner in crime and best
teacher now gone. Desperately she tried to prove herself in her
father’s eyes and in Seoman’s memory, but he even preferred the
younger ill brother Terrowin as heir, over his bright and vigorous
daughter, turning his eyes only to Terri and shutting her up more.

The final straw was when her father tried to marry her off to an
arrogant – and wealthy - underling, Earl Fengbald, who only toadied
the Lord so much because he saw potential advancement by her hand in
marriage. Naturally opposed to any thought of matrimony, Miriamele
another rash idea. She cropped her hair again, dyed it black, left a
note saying how much she loved her family but there was more for her
‘out there’, packed whatever she thought she would need, and fled on
Seoman’s horse.
Does she know what to expect from the real world? Or rather, does the
world know what has just been released upon it…

Edited December 7, 2012 by Kathleen

[Kathleen]

I talked this one over with Myst as I got caught on a very minor note. We have agreed that we have no real problem CCing this and so I will. 

 

The only concern was with the title 'governess' being used to refer to the mother. I was unsure if there was an actual prominent role in Andorian government by that title that I was missing (and may therefore approve beyond the normal standards that Myst would have) or if this was a common term among the nobility there. As is, between the two of us we can't recall the term 'governess' showing up in  WoT at all and it threw us for a bit of a loop.

 

As I mentioned, it was quiet small, and we aren't willing to hold anything up over it.

[Nyanna al'Meara]

Whoops! I actually remember writing that and meaning to look for a better term - it's not supposed to be the mother, but some kind of female tutor girls from noble houses had in old England, etc, normally some a kind of ...elderly matron? I'm not thinking of the right word atm. Sorry for the confusion! We could just take that out, if you want, it's not crucial to my character :P

[Kathleen]

If you want to edit it I won't hold you back hee hee. Nurse Maid, Caretaker, Nanny, I don't know if any of them are common WoT terms but they get the point accross that its a general term for a non parental child raiser. 

[Nyanna al'Meara]

*facepalm* I just googled Lini, and yes she is described as 'nurse'. XD

 

So, if a mod would please be so kind to replace 'governess' with 'nurse'? (second paragraph character history) Thankee <3

[Quibby]

Edited it before I published it on the bio wiki.

[Nyanna al'Meara]

WHOOP! Thankees muchly!! :D

 

*dashes off to starts writing RPs*