#ekoria

s t a r t r e k d e e p s p a c e n i n e created by rick berman, michael piller Ekoria of Teplan [the quickening, s4ep24]

s t a r t r e k d e e p s p a c e n i n e created by rick berman, michael piller The Quickening [s4ep24]

Ekoria was at the very edge of the desert looking out. She was far away enough from the city that the sounds were dulled to a mild ambiance but close enough that if a sand worm did come she could run to safety. It was unlikely though, the worms never came this close to the city. The city itself was butting up against a huge mountain and the worms didn’t like hard rock. She sat comfortably on the dune, a canteen on one side of her, and a mug of spiced coffee on the other. An umbrella of sorts she had gotten from the capital city of the verse was buried into the ground, providing her with shade. She wore a linen wrap around her head and neck and her face mask hung off her neck. She had goggles on to protect her eyes from the blaring sun. She didn’t have one of those fancy survival suit the noble and fremen wore, so this was as far as she could go. It was hot, nasty hot but the shade provided by the umbrella would protect her as long as she stayed hydrated, which the coffee would not do, but she cared little. She was young and foolish. She pulled a cheese bun out of her sack and began to eat it as she stared out at the horizon. Ekoria had been born far from Arakis on a world where there were still slaves. Her people believed in the Orange bible. The words in the ancient text did little to comfort her or spark belief in her. It wasn’t until her boss had first brought her to Arakis and she learned of the fremen that she had any curiosity in something more the physical. She found their philosophy on life interesting. Further research had only deepened her curiosity. She had read the prophecy of the sleeper awakening. She wasn’t sure if she believed it or not, but she longed to understand the fremen philosophy better. Something about it had sparked something within her. It was something she hid from her boss and her crew. She didn’t want them to react strangely or badly. Religion, spirituality, and philosophy had no place in a smuggler’s life. But things were changing in the verse. The Harknonens had lost control of Arakis and now the Atreides family was preparing to take over. The very idea! Stealing from Harknonens was all well and fine, but the Atreides house was a just one that looked after its people. Did it mean they would stop smuggling spice? She guessed probably not. They kept their spice smuggling down to only a few crates at a time, sometimes only one. Any more would draw too much attention. The merchants’ guild ignored them because they didn’t greatly affect them. Let the smugglers have their crumbs, that was their philosophy. She took a sip of her spiced coffee and took a bite of her bread as she watched the mirages appear and disappear. “Arakis, you are like no other planet. You breathe and live like no other world” she said to herself.

Cannon or Not: Cannon.

Writing Character Profiles - Questionnaire 1 (Adult Characters) 1. Name: Ekoria Jetrel 2. Age: 24 3. General physical description: light olive skin, golden-brown long hair, slender athletic body, hazel eyes. 4. Hometown: Cutlat 5. Type of home/ neighborhood: urban city with two classes, wealthy and middle class 6. Relationship status: single 7. Current family: parents back on Cutlat 8. Family background (parents, previous marriages, etc.): N/A 9. Friends: She has “many” friends throughout the universe. Her friends she grew up with chose to stay on Cutlat rather than change their life like she did. She has since drifted apart from them. 10. Other close relationships:  She has a mild attraction to her boss but she keeps it to herself. 11. Relationship with men: neutral 12. Relationship with women: neutral 13. Job: smuggler 14. Dress style: She never wears dresses or skirts, she dresses practical but her clothes are still a touch feminine. 15. Religion: none (even though buddislamics are prevalent among her people). 16. Attitude to religion: Worthless piece of garbage. 17. Favorite pastimes: Drinking spice coffee and ripping off rich people. 18. Hobbies: Procuring rare objects from around the universe, reading books, traveling. 19. Favorite sports: N/A (there are sports in dune) 20. Favorite foods: N/A (I can’t remember any of the food mentioned in the dune series) 21. Strongest positive personality trait: Friendly, witty, and smart 22. Strongest negative personality trait: She hates the harkonens and rich people 23. Sense of humor: Yes 24. Temper: yes but it is a cold rage 25. Consideration for others: yes 26. How other people see him/her: A damnable little thief 27. Opinion of him/herself: High 28. Other traits, especially those to be brought out in story: She is very curious and has a sense of wrong and right. She doesn’t steal from poor people. 29. Ambitions: none 30. Philosophy of life: Enjoy life while you have it. 31. Most important thing to know about this character: I have stated the most important things already. 32. Will readers like or dislike this character, and why? They will like her because people seem to like the friendly smugglers who cause disorder in society. Writing Character Profiles - Additional Questions 1. If your character has a job, is he or she good at it?  Does he or she like it? Smuggler, she is decent at it. 2. What are your character’s bad habits? Having to say something to rich people when she is on heighliners. 3. If you asked about his or her greatest dream, what would your character tell you? To see an end to the wealthy class. 4. What’s a secret dream that he or she wouldn’t tell you about? To know the secrets of the spice and to see an end to the bene gesserit witches. 5. What kind of person does your character wish he or she could be?  What is stopping him or her? To actually do something about the wealthy class using the middle class as slaves. It’s one thing to smuggle for a living, but to be an activist (I don’t want to use the proper term as I don’t need my blog deleted by idiots who won’t read the context) will draw very bad attention and she could end up far worse than just a term on the prison planet. She knows the merchants guild and the spacing guild would not put up with acts causing instability, they barely tolerate smugglers. 6. What is your character afraid of?  What keeps him or her up at night? Ending up on a prison planet. 7. What does your character think is his or her worst quality? She is not a very good fighter. 8. What do other people think your character’s worst quality is? She is a smuggler. 9. What is a talent your character thinks he or she has but is very wrong about? Nothing bothers her, but that is not the truth. 10. What did his or her childhood home look like? There is no information on Cutlat, so it will take some research/thought. 11. Who was his or her first love? An average boy on Cutlat. 12. What’s the most terrible thing that ever happened to him/her? Her father losing a month’s pay in the middle of winter because the noble wasn’t happy with his work. 13. What was his/her dream growing up?  Did he/she achieve this dream?   If so, in what ways was it not what the character expected?  If your character never achieved the dream, why not? Her dream was to stick it to the wealthy. It has been a lot of ups and downs with some regret, but she has had some satisfying moments, 14. In what situation would your character become violent? To defend herself. 15. In what situation would your character act heroic? To protect an innocent.