Zara
Brilliant emerald peers from a veil of auburn that is the healer's trademark. Those eyes, bright and almost innocent, are large and almost shaped, framed by dark, ebon lashes. Above those eyes of almost blazing green are immaculately groomed chestnut eyebrows, helping to soften the effect of going from lovely auburn to dark onyx. Tanned skin from her life at Ista still hasn't faded once she moved to Keroon, if anything, it became more bronze, taking over the slightly more golden shade she held before. It stretches warmly across her round face, a face pointed only slightly at her chin. Clear characterizes the girl's skin, especially miraculous for one of Zara's age...they're /usually/ breaking out all over the place, ugly red pimples contouring their features. Small and compact the young woman is, and yet somehow, she has a rather wiry body, thin and one with a growing air of competence and security. Her arms aren't especially lanky for her body, but aren't exactly snubbed either and really quite slender right down to her fingers. Fingers that are even a bit bony and undeniably callused from turns healing others. The girl, despite her age, is completely flat, the bodice serving almost no purpose at all. Were there no bodice at all, it would be obvious that her stomach's well toned as well as flat as a board. Zara's legs are long compared to her torso, and, in spite of the fact that they're slender, are definitely muscular and the healer does a magnificent job of keeping them in shape. The healer's feet are merely a representation of the rest of her person: dainty.
Emerald. That's how one would most aptly describes the girl's outfit. A rather expensive outfit, too, despite the fact that Zar's only a senior apprentice. The bodice is most certainly hide, a soft and rather fuzzy looking hide at that. It's dyed that same lovely, verdant shade of her eyes as are the laces that hold it together. Every portion of it excepting the dark metal rims on the lace-holes so they don't rip. Very expensive indeed. Those laces run all the way up the front of her bodice rather than in the back, perhaps to show them off. Zara is so very shy in such an area, it's a nice subtle way to do so. Light, baggy, white sleeves are apparent, peeking out from the sides of the bodice. It also sticks out the top, tied in the front and cinched around her collar bone. That long under-dress almost helps to fill her skirt out, for it's full length. Her skirt is made of a rather light linen, providing for the sweltering weather of the Keroonian summer. Instead of boots, the girl now wears sandals, strappy affairs that bind her feet to the surprisingly thin soles in several places. Those straps cross her feet twice, going in between her big toe and the next toe to provide a rather regal appearance. These, however, aren't emerald but provide a nice splash of chocolate against the rest of the verdant green. Something else serves to break up the vision in green, a little bit of cinnamon about the healer's throat. It's a choker, a wide strip of leather that ties in the back, the trails falling down the healer's partially exposed, tanned, back beautifully. To accent her eyes as well as the green below it, a lovely emerald, still rough and yet oddly shiny is bound into the middle of the strip with little strings of metal criss-crossing across it. Once again, rather expensive indeed. Zara wears Zara's Listening Tube around her neck. Raelyn's tail is twined about Zara's neck while perched on her shoulder. Altair is standing on Zara's head. Curled in the crook of Zara's neck is Sarai.
A bronze necklace hangs around Zara's neck. It appears to be a small blue firelizard with sparkly blue eyes. It is very intricate, every detail of the firelizard can be made out.
A double cord with a single loop, and a rather long tail of lovely, shimmering silver is intertwined in the knot of white and purple. No hold colors are entwined with the snow white and deep purple so this journeywoman /must/ belong to the main healer hall at Ista.
Yes, that Zara's description. Cute, ain't it? She's a journeyman recently returned to the main Hall at Ista.
Zamia
At this point, Zara's best friend still remains Zamia. Fortunately for them both, Zara has been posted back at Ista mostly because of the fact that Keroon had too many healers! Zamia is coping much better with her own life now that she has the comforting presence of Zara and Zara herself isn't doing too shabby emotionally, either. Zara hasn't really had a real relationship, though Caelan was a boyfriend of sorts. In keroon, she's been kept so busy with healing that she hasn't had a chance to really develope anything further than aquaintances. Perhaps now that she's back in Ista, she'll find someone.
History
Zar hasn't had an especially hard life. No, in comparison to quite a few of other's, her's is fairly good. Zara's parents were the minor holders, Vrsa and Kita, their hold under that of Ista's. They, however were rather hidebound and didn't think that Thread was to come. Because of this belief, a train of Traders often frequented through their Hold for it was known as the hold who didn't think Thread was coming. This allowed the Traders to trade away the things people didn't need as much because they were preparing for Thread. The Head Trader's daugther was Zamia and, as Zara was the daugther of the minor Holder, it was fairly obvious that they would become playmates. Zara even accompanied Zamia for a Turn and vice-versa when they were around 5 and 6 Turns old. Their relationship grew the beginnings of a bond there and have strengthened even with the Turns spent apart. When the Lord and Lady of Ista finally decided that it was time to inspect their holdings as to their rediness for Thread, Zara's hold was found to be not ready at all and when Vrsa and Kita were questioned, they flatly stated that they didn't believe Thread was going to come again. Of course, this idea was rejected immediately and they were given time to fix their holding 'up proper'. The moment Zara, who by this time realized what was happening, realized that they weren't going to improve the grounds, she packed her carisak, smiled extra-much to the drudges and fosterlings, and left by the light of a full moon and half another moon. Luck was with her, for she found her way immediately to the Hold proper. In she found herself among the fosterlings and without a word went to work. No one even noticed that she wasn't exactly supposed to be there. Finally she became of an age where she could join the Healercraft. It's where she could help other people...exactly what she needed to do to take her mind off her parents and what was happening in their life. Of course, they had been stripped of their holdings and had to live holdless, but the poor little girl couldn't know that...So into the Healer hall she went and halfway through her apprenticeship, she was walking on the beach and, of all things, she found a school of dolphins clicking at her from a little ways off. A shrug came to her shoulders and she waded out into the calm Istan ocean only to find a half-concious Zamia. Quickly, she brought her into land, thanking the dolphins and recussitaing Zamia. At least she'd had emergency First Aid, already. Once again the friends were united...as it turned out, Zamia had come to bad terms with her family as well. Friends were made in the Healer Hall, but those were severed slightly as Zara was forced to move to Keroon on account of the fact that she recieved the position and it wouldn't be proper to turn it down. She resides there now, writing letters to Zamia and hoping the poor girl won't have a breakdown for she just simply needs Zar's support.
Firelizards
Blue Altair
Green Sarai
Bronze Xylion
Gold Raelyn
Well, firelizards aren't the /only/ things Zara likes. There're /multitudes/ of other animals that she would /love/ to get to know. Unfortunately, she's only a little senior apprentice and can't afford them, but she does own all the little guys she possibly can. Including a runner. Which is pretty impressive for even a senior apprentice. Here's a litttle glimpse at them.
Calista *Feline*
Kamaria *Ferret*
Ke'shara *Runner*
Jiayi *Feline*
Jibril *Feline*
However surprising it may be, Zara does have a life outside of her pets :). What does that include? Not much, other than...healing! That's right, as I'm sure you've guessed from the rest of this page, she's a member of the HealerCraft. As of right now, Keroon doesn't have a page of its own *awwwww* and so you can basically learn all there is to know about it by either getting on the game, or going to the harper's tale homepage and going to the Keroon Hold link :). Zara doesn't belong there anymore since she's moved back to Ista, but that doesn't mean it isn't a kick-ass place!
"Back. And step on it!"