Teinyhr (Character)
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| Name | Athryn Noduri |
| Gender | Female |
| Race | Minmatar |
| Bloodline | Vherokior |
| Date of Birth | 21/10/YC82 |
| Height | 187cm (6’2”) |
| Weight | 76kg (167.5 lbs) |
| Licensed | 21/04/YC108 |
| Occupation | Capsuleer / Several |
| Specialization | Space Combat, Electronic Warfare |
History
Early Life
Born Athryn Myrianna Noduri, daughter to a Vherokior mystic Elenia Noduri and her lifemate Mikkon Noduri, Athryn had a humble and a genuinely loving beginning to her life on Gelfiven VI. Having to move almost yearly because of work wasn't an easy life with a small child, but eventually Athryn quite literally grew into it, helping her parents in what little odd jobs she could. When Athryn was around 10 years old and her family had settled on the outskirts of the capitol city, a former Republic soldier saw her fighting with a group of boys from nearby houses – and besting them all. Even though it was more just a friendly tumble than an actual fight, half jokingly the former soldier said that with her skills she ”should join the Republic Military.” While at the time she shrugged it off, the memory of this moment would play a large part on her later life.
Since her 15th birthday, her mother would once every year, a week after her birthday perform a spiritual ritual with Athryn; this brought the two very close, and she gained a deeply personal spiritual side to her personality that would affect her life for untold years to come.
As Athryn turned 20, inspired by the event years before and seeking new directions for her life, she applied to the Republic Military School and remarkably, was accepted after a rather lengthy audition with the review board.
Recent Past
In YC102 Athryn Noduri started her career as a Republic Fleet Ensign. After going through basic training for a year and choosing piloting as her orientation, she – as well as her classmates – were finally allowed to fly training vessels. During one debriefing the flight instructor noted to the class, much to Athryn's embarrassment, that ”she flew this ship like someone with ten years of experience.” But it wasn't by no means unfounded praise – she could match her flight instructors maneuvers with remarkable ease, and truly seemed to know her ship from the inside out. This didn't mean she was a prodigy, although she certainly did have a natural affinity for piloting, mostly it was simply the result of studying hard to understand spaceship systems and declining countless invitations to parties. This seemingly stuck up attitude, coupled with the praise, soon earned her the playful nickname ”Ten Years.” Over the years it became ”teinyhr”, a word from a Matari dialect spoken in the adjacent solar system meaning ”persistence.”
Her training continued admirably, and in YC105, as she was about to graduate and was already slated to become a pilot to a Tempest -class battleship owned by the Republic Fleet, she was found to be genetically compatible with the hydrostatic capsule. The Republic, at that time desperately needing capsuleers to bolster its ranks offered to train her to become one, all expenses paid. Hesitant at first, having heard all the old and even some new horror stories of failing the capsuleer training program, she relented after being offered a contract in which it was assured that her closest relatives would be well compensated should she fail the program and ”be as humanely euthanized as possible.”
The training program she underwent was expectedly tough, and at times took nearly sadistic properties on testing the mental faculties of the trainees. True to her nickname, Athryn persisted where some others did not. Some dropouts were always to be expected, but in early YC108 when after almost three years of training and preparation the first pilots were connected to their capsules the first time, the number of failures soared. Out of 104 trainees still in the program only 37 avoided mindlock – Athryn among the lucky few. Out of the 37, seven found the experience so overwhelming and discomforting they did not desire to try it again and at the cusp of immortality, rejected it. Athryn decided to embrace it.
A few months later, Athryn was certified as a capsuleer.
