The goal of role-playing on Pern is to write an interesting, intriguing story about quirky and realistic people. New Landing is a a means to play out the fantasy of living in one of Anne McCaffreyís worlds. This does not mean, however, that your character should be a fantasy of your ideal person. Everyone has strengths and weaknesses, and your persona should too! We loved flawed characters! Especially if you're hoping to Impress, we love to see quirky and problematic personas! What fun would it be to write about Pern's saviors who were all beautiful, great leaders and all got along?

Want to know what not to make your character? Please meet Righinn, our very own "What Not to Create Your Persona" created especially for the first pass! Thank you Melissa for creating her.

Please, Barbie-like purple-eyed red-heads! Keep your characters realistic.

New Landing takes place several hundred years from modern time, when interplanetary travel is an every-day occurrence, so the majority of people will be racially mixed. This would make naturally occurring blue eyes and blonde hair more uncommon than they are in today's Caucasian populations, and green eyes and red hair almost unheard of! Purely one racial heritage is less common in the age of space travel. If you have your heart set on something unusual for your character, there are a few ways around it. In our timeline, before Pern was colonized some parents elected to create "designer babies" with rarer phenotypes, and cosmetic enhancement surgeries have advanced enough to permanently change a person's hair or eye-color. Both men and women still dye their hair on Pern, as well.

The BoD reserves the right to ask you to change your character in any way we see fit before approving him or her. For the time being, we currently are not accepting anymore natural red-heads (including auburn) or green eyed personas do to an over-balanced number of personas with these rare phenotypes. We also are not accepting anymore characters with fully Irish ancestry due an over-abundance of this type of character.

Now you've read over the history and rules, you should be ready to create your character! The persona form is below, or you can download a blank copy to fill out in a word processor.

The Real You
Name:
Age:
E-Mail Address:
AIM/MSN/ICQ:
Other Weyrs/Clubs:
Motto:

Your Persona
Name/Nicknames:
Gender:
Rank/Position:
Age:
Birthplace:

Physical Description:

Personality:

Background:

Family/Friends: Name/age/rank/location (please only list important ones)

Hobbies & Skills:

Theme Song:

Pets:

Your Dragon (for dragonriders only)
Dragon's Name:
Age:
Color:
Physical Description:
Personality:

When completed, send to NewLandingBoD@yahoogroups.com. Persona approval can take a few days or more, especially if we're in the middle of a hatching or other major plot. If you don't hear from us after a week or two, you're welcome to check up, but hounding us on AIM won't get you approved any faster!