Tamsyn

Overview Information

Name: Tamsyn
Birthday: Middle of Fall; Turn 2664 month 9
Gender: Female
Hair: Honey blonde/brown
Eyes: Peridot
Height: 5' 6"
Weight: ~130 - 150 (Fit)
Position: Journeywoman
Craft: Harper
Specialty: Vocals, Theater, Instrument Playing (Guitar & Hammered Dulcimer)
Birthplace: Plateau Hold
Current Home: Fort Weyr
Firelizards: Bronze Maestro, Green Dolce

Character Model: Jessica Schram

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Tamsyn's voice is modeled after Julie Andrew's wonderful one. Listen to a sample of a medley from The Sound of Music & My Fair Lady, or Disney's Wish Upon A Star.

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Description

Tamsyn is a full grown woman, reaching just about five and a half feet in height with medium-pale skin. Her face is oval-shaped, though her jaw is square and well formed, her cheekbones also resting lower in her face - about level with the base of her straight nose. Her eyes hold no particular shape underneath minutely arched eyebrows, though her irises are a vibrant peridot green, lighter around the edges with a starburst of darker around her pupils. Her lips - neither full nor thin - are a touch on the wider side. Honey colored hair might be compared to a citrine with its natural variations, her roots and less-seen hair being a muddied brown, while hair constantly exposed to the sun obtain natural highlights, paling into that rich, honey hue as it drapes to her lower back with only a hint of chin-length bangs. Her figure is trim though not necessarily slim, with flowing curves to her shoulders, bust, waist and hips.

Traditional could define her clothing. As a base layer, she wears an off white chemise. Instead of being scoop-necked like most, it has a deep keyhole-neck cut to it, with trumpet sleeves and a long, semi-full skirt. Over that she wears a laced up peasant-vest of harper blue with capped sleeves sticking out over her shoulders, and a full-bodied skirt made out of black material. A black belt is tied around the top of her hips, the free end left dangling to thigh-level. Her foot wear is a simple, well-loved pair of knee-high black wherhide boots.

>> Show Performance Dress

Simple and elegant is Tamsyn’s performance gown. A deep square neckline is outline in a soft silken golden trim, edging a harper blue velveteen fabric. The gown hugs lightly to her torso and arms. The arms having two layers themselves. The bottom layer is of the velveteen and hugs them, while just after her biceps and a ring of golden trim, the sleeve splits open, revealing the golden satin lining as the sleeve drapes down, reaching the middle of her thigh when stationary. The skirt of the dress is another simple affair. A band of the golden satin encircles her waist, coming to a gentle V, where the skirt splits open. The outer layer is again the blue velveteen, while the underskirt is made of the same silky soft, light golden satin fabric. Her feet are adorned with a simple pair of blue slippers, and her hair is set up to cascade in soft curls, only her bangs held out of her face by delicate braids that meet in a runnertail behind her head.

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History

>> Show Earliest History

Nestled in the middle of the Great Western Mountain Range - just north of Ruatha Hold itself - there exists a small place by the name of Plateau Hold.

In the middle of fall, turn of 2664, Tamsyn was born to the new mother Isynthe and the first-time father Tamhas. As tends to be the case in small, close-knit communities, Tamsyn was raised communally with the rest of the children as soon as her swaddling and nursing time were over. She knew who her parents were, though besides for the occasionally disciplining or turnday present, she rarely had much to do with them; though it is not to say that she wasn't loved by them. She is the eldest of her siblings, having a sister four turns younger, a brother nine turns younger, and another brother thirteen turns younger.

Plateau Hold was a small, relatively self-sufficient place. The couple bred a small work force of child labor, while able bodies tended to their everyday needs from fishing in the local river to tending the livestock and what land that would take to crops. The bit of time that was not devoted to work - or if the work left one's mind free - was time for play, be it games of sport or intellect.

Tamsyn was of the small group that amused themselves with the poor Harper Journeyman assigned to the middle of Nowhere - though he did manage to leave (for assumedly a second posting) for a month or two at a time half-turn. Tamsyn and her group more often than not produced the evening's entertainment after dinner, with the Teaching Ballads (of new and Old), badly performed music on makeshift instruments, and barely rehearsed skits from their imagination. Though by far, Tamsyn was one of the best. Especially with her born gift of perfect pitch and a certain smattering of natural charisma. And with that in mind, it was decided that at the age of thirteen, she should be sent to the Harper Hall near Fort Hold to further her skills as an apprentice.

At first Tamsyn was shy and almost recluse at the Harper Hall, finding it much more populated than she was used to at Plateau Hold. However, that didn't last overly long as she found her classes exhausting, and other apprentices as similarly incline as her. She made friends readily enough at the hall, with anyone of the mind to be her friend in return.

As is the course for apprentices, she was asked to choose three areas of study to specialize in. Tamsyn found herself drawn to voice, theatrics, and instrument playing. Over the turns, she found herself participating in many low-key performances, as well as the occasional Gather piece. Her perfect pitch was even improved upon, and she found herself falling into the Mezzo Soprano range, though constantly she could be found doing scales; carefully pushing her range as far as it would go. Her theatrical talents have secured her a role or two of lead parts in small plays, while her instrumental skills have been honed to a passable level.

And so, it was with the improvement of those three skill sets, that Tamsyn found herself walking the tables one night at the communal dinner - one aspect of her life that has never changed - to the rank of Junior Journeywoman a few months past her 19th turnday. She started to teach basic classes to apprentices of theatrics; a class which usually ended with a few of the apprentices giggling, or at least grinning. Two turns later, she once again found herself walking the tables at dinner, to the rank of full Journeywoman.

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Connections

Family

Isynthe: (NPC) Tamsyn's mother, whom still resides at Plateau Hold. She works as a general laborer, when not overseeing children, or having another of her own.
Tamhas: (NPC) Tamsyn's father, whom still resides at Plateau Hold. He works as a general laborer more often than not, working to support his family.
Tannim: (PC) The eldest of Tamsyn's younger brother, he is nine turns her junior and finds himself apprenticed to the Healer craft.

Friends

Wynne: (NPC) She shared many a class with Tamsyn, just because the two are about the same age and started around the same time. When they split for specialties, Wynne went a little more for the instruments than vocals, but still specialized in theater as well. They have a very joking and open relationship that leads to a lot of teasing and occasionally rough-housing. Wynne acknowledges Tamsyn as her vocal superior, just as Tamsyn acknowledges Wynne as superior with instruments.
Xhosa: (NPC) She has also shared many classes with Tamsyn, for much of the same reason as Wynne. Though Xhosa had even more classes with Syn than Wynne did, for where Syn was Mezzo-Soprano, Xhosa is a full Soprano. Often, in performances, the two play off of each other and support each other as well.
Master Keane: (NPC) He is her mentor for vocalization, and more often than not when Tamsyn is at Harper Hall, she can be found in his study doing a lesson with the baritone Harper. While Kaene is a bit more of the serious mindframe, the Master still knows how to take - and deliver a joke - which makes for an easy relationship between master and student.

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Logs

2011

February 05, 2011: Never Too Old
July 18, 2011: Evening at the Gemstone
July 25, 2011: Life Is For The Living
August 1, 2011: Break A Leg
August 4, 2011: Broken, Not Useless
October 16, 2011: Winter Wonder Bowl
October 22, 2011: Quiet Reading

2010

May 18, 2010: A New Harper at Fort Weyr
July 05, 2010: A Musical Review
July 18, 2010: Sneaking in Snacks to Class
October 01, 2010: Shopping in Ierne's Marketplace
October 03, 2010: Restday Fun at the Rising Sun
November 10, 2010: Winter Check-Up
November 12, 2010: Post-Cold Chat
November 14, 2010: One Stormy Night

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