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==Physical Characteristics== | ==Physical Characteristics== | ||
An [[Asanii]] with dark brown eyes and "oodles" of long, straight hair, usually collected in a braid. Her coloring is "white on white, stars and snow and sugar," with fur rather than bare skin on her face and body. She has a "petite and matronly" figure and more wrinkles than usual for her age. When on duty her hair is habitually worn in a long braid.<ref name="coldandgentle">''[[Alysha's Fall (Fiction) |Alysha's Fall]]'', "A Cold and Gentle Dark"</ref><ref name="sota-01">''[[Sword of the Alliance (Fiction) |Sword of the Alliance]]'', chapter 1</ref> | An [[Asanii]] with dark brown eyes and "oodles" of long, straight hair, usually collected in a braid. Her coloring is "white on white, stars and snow and sugar," with fur rather than bare skin on her face and body. She has a "petite and matronly" figure and more wrinkles than usual for her age. When on duty her hair is habitually worn in a long braid.<ref name="coldandgentle">''[[Alysha's Fall (Fiction) |Alysha's Fall]]'', "A Cold and Gentle Dark"</ref><ref name="sota-01">''[[Sword of the Alliance (Fiction) |Sword of the Alliance]]'', chapter 1</ref> She is shorter than [[Taylitha Basil]] (and definitely shorter than [[Alysha Forrest]]).<ref name="sota-12">''[[Sword of the Alliance (Fiction) |Sword of the Alliance]]'', chapter 12</ref> | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
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* Has a sweet tooth and is forever adding more honey, syrup, etc., to her beverages.<ref name="sota-07">''[[Sword of the Alliance (Fiction) |Sword of the Alliance]]'', chapter 15</ref> | * Has a sweet tooth and is forever adding more honey, syrup, etc., to her beverages.<ref name="sota-07">''[[Sword of the Alliance (Fiction) |Sword of the Alliance]]'', chapter 15</ref> | ||
* Tells [[Svetlana Karishenikov]] that her strongest goal for joining Fleet was to follow [[Alysha Forrest]], as "She needs a mother."<ref name="sota-07" /> | * Tells [[Svetlana Karishenikov]] that her strongest goal for joining Fleet was to follow [[Alysha Forrest]], as "She needs a mother."<ref name="sota-07" /> | ||
* Her familiarity with her captain, [[Alysha Forrest]], is shocking to junior Fleet members even by the comparatively lax standards of Fleet.<ref name="sota-17">''[[Sword of the Alliance (Fiction) |Sword of the Alliance]]'', chapter 17</ref> | |||
===Body Language=== | ===Body Language=== | ||
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==Quotes== | ==Quotes== | ||
* "And I'll get to you in a minute after I finish cleaning up the hack job Dylan "He Had Memorable Eyes" Brushnie did on Nerves of Steel here."<ref name="sota-17" /> | |||
===Quotes and Observations by Others=== | ===Quotes and Observations by Others=== | ||
Revision as of 21:55, 28 June 2020
An Asanii Healer aboard the UAV Stardancer, and long-time friend of Alysha Forrest. Affectionately referred to as "Snowhide" by friends.[1]
Physical Characteristics
An Asanii with dark brown eyes and "oodles" of long, straight hair, usually collected in a braid. Her coloring is "white on white, stars and snow and sugar," with fur rather than bare skin on her face and body. She has a "petite and matronly" figure and more wrinkles than usual for her age. When on duty her hair is habitually worn in a long braid.[2][3] She is shorter than Taylitha Basil (and definitely shorter than Alysha Forrest).[4]
History
Family
Widow of the tam-illee Healer Nathan Lifeweave, whose FoundName she took. She met Nathan in medical school, and took a break to settle down and have children, but never did. She sees something of a daughter, or the daughter she would have wanted to have, in Alysha.[2]
Recent History
At Fleet Academe
Laelkii met Alysha Forrest while Alysha was at the Fleet Academe and working as a dancer and prostitute at Phantasies. She provided emotional support to Alysha while her husband provided both emotional and medical support to Alysha and some of her fellow abused dancers. It was at Laelkii's husband's clinic that Alysha acquired her breathnache claws.[2]
After her husband's death and her own reassessment of her life's purpose, Laelkii joined the Fleet Academe as a cadet, training in her own right.[5] She also became friends with Alastar Virgil, who aided her in uncovering Harroway Sloan's treachery and rescuing Alysha Forrest and Matthew Brighthaven from disgrace and death.[6]
Interstitial Assignments
Alysha Forrest and Laelkii remained in contact during Alysha's ensign years.[7]
Laelkii served some of her first years after the Academe on a starbase, not a ship. [8]
Stardancer Career
When Alysha Forrest took command of the UAV Stardancer, Laelkii joined as Chief of Medical; Alastar Virgil had already been there six months. In that role, as one of the older members of the crew (having joined the Fleet late in life), Laelkii serves as a listening ear, expert medical officer, and person who attempts to remind Alysha to eat.[3]
On Gledig
Trivia
- Makes excellent chocolate chip cookies.[5]
- Swears, in the Asanii fashion, by "NiiAna," "sun and stars," the Balance,[3] "stars and sunlight"[9]
- Constantly ("every week") reminds Alysha that she needs to either eat more calories or exercise less.[3]
- Has a sweet tooth and is forever adding more honey, syrup, etc., to her beverages.[10]
- Tells Svetlana Karishenikov that her strongest goal for joining Fleet was to follow Alysha Forrest, as "She needs a mother."[10]
- Her familiarity with her captain, Alysha Forrest, is shocking to junior Fleet members even by the comparatively lax standards of Fleet.[11]
Body Language
Laelkii displays "...feistiness of spirit that lets her joust with people without meaning any harm by it."
Quotes
- "And I'll get to you in a minute after I finish cleaning up the hack job Dylan "He Had Memorable Eyes" Brushnie did on Nerves of Steel here."[11]
Quotes and Observations by Others
- "The eldest, the one with the white braids, had a remark for everything, just flippant enough to amuse but with enough bite that only her obvious age excused her."
Story Appearances
References
- ↑ Faith in the Service, chapter 1
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Alysha's Fall, "A Cold and Gentle Dark"
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Sword of the Alliance, chapter 1
- ↑ Sword of the Alliance, chapter 12
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Alysha's Fall, "Inescapable Dawn"
- ↑ Alysha's Fall, "Steel"
- ↑ "Leadership Lessons"
- ↑ Faith in the Service, chapter 1
- ↑ Sword of the Alliance, chapter 15
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Sword of the Alliance, chapter 15
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 Sword of the Alliance, chapter 17