Master Winecrafter Calondra

Player: Aria

Name: Calondra
Age: 36 (2.02.4641)
Rank: Creche Helper, former Journeywoman Winecrafter 

Description: Formerly a lithe, willowy 5' 10'', with short, silky, strawberry-blonde hair she kept cut so it fell in a gentle sweep just past her ears, and curls in. Her curves were soft and subtle, and her eyes a light innocent green. She looked a little younger than she really was unless she specifically dressed *not* to. But she found the innocent look very useful and dresses simple and sweet most of the time to cultivate that image.

This is, however, changed greatly. Wrangled -and almost tricked- into a marriage to a man who proved to be much more controlling that she'd ever imagined, repetitive pregnancies and defeated depression have drastically altered her appearance, beginning by adding a full hundred pounds to her frame, making her lithe, subtle curves solidly rounded with thick layers of fat. Her hair was down past her shoulders, and clean, though rarely styled except for formal occasions. Her look of innocence had been replaced with a defeated and dulled, somewhat resentful expression.

Marriage to Decadre has improved her, and her situation. In the months since the birth of her latest children, Calondra has begun to find new life, and love. Her hair has been trimmed up shorter, though still just below shoulder length, and she has lost much of the weight her torment put on her. Her attitude has also improved, and she is much more alive and pleasant.

Personality: Nearly the opposite of her sweet looks, underneath that lovely exterior lay a conniving heart-breaker. Out for her own pleasures, Calondra's only serious relationship was her work. She spotted a male she liked, played him long enough to get her pleasure, and when she grew bored, moved on, leaving broken hearts, but somehow they rarely realized they'd been played. If she can pull it off more than once with a male, she will!

Broken by her husband, she became resentful, and often very depressed, drowning herself in the comforts of foods, since she is denied drink while pregnant. Yet despite her dislike of her husband, she played the part of the proper matron, more out of fear than any form of respect. Only now, free from him, and married to a man she truly loves, does her kinder, less manipulative, and less fearful, personality come out. A devoted mother and wife, showing new interest in things around her, she is on the mend.

Gender/preference: Female, Heterosexual

History: The fourth daughter of seven to a pair of healers at Igen Hold, Calondra rarely got as much attention as she wanted, and so from an early age felt she *deserved.* She was a bit of a hellion right from the start, but her adorable little girl looks and act fooled most everyone, so she never got in trouble, even if the other children turned her in. As she grew older, she honed this skill, and was able to use it to get most anything she wanted. She showed interest in little, except the local winecrafter, and so as soon as they could, her parents sent her off to learn a craft at the age of nine, with no idea what else to do with her. Her eldest sister had already made journeywoman weaver, gotten married, and had two children by the age of twenty, and the other two had both taken up the healer craft like their parents.

At the Hall, Calondra was no less trouble. Yet no one could get her in trouble, for she turned out to be a promising and talented student. To the Masters, she could do no wrong. Even getting drunk and sneaking into the boy's barracks and all the broken hearts... it all went unnoticed, or passed over. She didn't really care which as long as she got her way.

She was sent to Fort Hold for her first Journeyman position, and found the access to the boys of the Harper and Healer halls very much to her liking. When Decadre was 16, and she 19 she led him on into a brief fling, fully taking advantage of the young healer, leaving him smitten, then being *won* by someone else, and going off leaving Decadre in the dust, along with a long line of young men. Much to her annoyance, not long after that, she found herself growing round with child. Still, this worked to her advantage in winning men still, as she was quite skilled at playing the "abandoned young mother" to win sympathy. She kept the boy -whom she named Caldre- around for the same reason. Though he was always unofficially "fostered" to the local foster mother where-ever she was, so he could be cared for while she did her work.

Right about the time her first child was apprenticed, Calondra found herself on the recieving end of one of her own games, thinking she was playing a man, she found herself played, and tricked, into marrying Arkon, the youngest son of Lemos Hold, a then Journeyman Smith. He turned out to be much smarter than she'd realized, and crueler too. Violent, hot tempered, and conniving. He broke her spirit, even if not her heart. He also makes it a point to keep her constantly pregnant. In the past five turns they've been married, she has spent most of it so, having already produced six children for him, two sons and four daughters. Then, right after the birth of their newest child, Arkon was -some might say fortunately- killed in a forge accident. With his death, Calondra moved her brood to Mountain Song Weyr, to be near her oldest child, who asked her to come and live there. 

At Mountain Song, Calondra ran into Decadre again, Caldre's father, and the two found themselves falling -truly, and without false pretense- in love. They married, and Calondra gave birth to her twin boys which she named Calon and Drannon. As soon as she was able, Calondra dove back into her craft, and quickly had a Master's project. A series of non-alcoholic beverages that were of a type to be good alternatives to wines and such. Something Decadre could actually have, as well as others for whom drinking was no longer a safe option. She made Master in the summer of 4677. It was, to her surprise, that she discovered that she 'missed' being pregnant, and had very strong urges to have at least one more child of Decadre's. While she still could.

Pets:
Name: Dainty
Species: Firelizard
Color: Green
Age: <1 (12.03.4676)
Description: A rich, dark green, very delicately built.
Personality: A dignified little perfectionist. She hates to be dirty. Pleasant, obliging, and polite.

Craft: Winecrafter (formerly)
Rank: Journeywoman
Specialties: Hard Ciders and Wines

Children: Caldre (boy 15), Arlona (girl 5), Arkos (boy 4), Lini and Arcana (girls 3), Arron (boy 2), Cara (girl, 1), Calon and Drannon (boys, <1)

Ex-husband (deceased, father of all children except Caldre)
Name: Arkon
Age: 40 (at his death when she was 33)
Rank: Master Smith (of the Holder family at Lemos)
Appearance: Deceptively innocent looking, Arkon had a smith's muscle, but was somewhat leaner than many, and standing the same height as Calondra. His hair was a light blonde, slightly wavy, and his eyes were a deep, gentle blue.
Personality: Genial and calm on the outside, Arkon hid an explosive temper, strong pride, and a very controlling personality. This showed itself most in his private dealings with his wife, whom he convinced to marry him through the same guile she used to use on others, for the joy of breaking her, which he did through abuse, and keeping her perpetually pregnant.