The very unhappy past that Tiana has sprouted from is one that she doesn't talk about much. She was born in Cragsfell hold, which was taken over by force by a man named Cheriss. His overseer, Onger, and Onger's son Telnashear treated the people badly, taxing them heavily to get all of the extra money and put in their pockets. Telnashear had a roving eye and it fell on Tiana, who was not willing to become another notch on Telnashear's belt. As a result, he spread the rumor that she had come on to him and been rebuffed, which made her outcast among the townsfolk, for anyone on the bad side of Onger and Telnashear was someone to stay away from.

Eventually, Telnashear and his crony Delshin caught Tiana out in the cotton fields alone and raped her. She ran away rather than try to explain what had happened and was Searched along the way. With few other options, Tiana agreed to go to Storm Fires Weyr to stand for the clutch, although she didn't think that any dragon would want her with her traumas. She was proven wrong when her blue Kimegeth sought her out on the sands on January 11th, 2004, and worked hard on overthrowing her fear of men and sex before Kimegeth was ready to mate. It wasn't an easy task, as she was in question about her own sexuality and whether she preferred men or women.

She has made a lot of progress in this aim, and is no longer jumpy around men. A large part of this is the fact that she is now trained quite heavily in self-defense and is not worried about being unable to defend herself anymore. She never did face Telnashear, but she was very pleased to hear that he has been turned out by the new Lord Tiamon and is now Holdless.

Tiana is tall, thin, and lithe, but not startlingly beautiful. Her eyes are a pale green that the considerate call "moss" green, and her heart-shaped face is still quite thin due to the fact that she was never able to eat properly when she was younger and still doesn't eat all that much now. Her blondish brown hair is mostly bleached blond and kept at fingertip length so that it fits beneath a riding helmet easily.

On her graduation day, Tiana had the fact that her friend J'ran was interested in her romantically brought home to her forcefully, and even though she tried to let him down gently, he was not pleased at being rebuffed. It took a while before he was willing to talk to her again, a time during which she finally sat down and asked herself some important questions about her sexuality. With a little help from Kimegeth, she finally realized that she is bi-sexual although she prefers women more than men, and when Teramala was caught without her stand-in during a mating flight and in need of a female to help, Tiana stepped in. Tiana has become best friends with Teramala, but was longing for something more, an idea which Teramala rejected forcefully because of her own past. Tiana was convinced that with a little time and patience, she would be able to get Teramala to see that Tiana truly loves her and will not leave her like her former lover did. In the meantime, she continued on as Teramala's friend and acquired a little brown flitter named Symon.

After a while, Tiana started slowly inserting some very gentle flirting into their conversations until she finally got to the point where she felt it was safe to ask Teramala again if they could make a go of their relationship. Teramala finally let go of her memories of Mikail and grasped at the chance, telling Tiana all about her past. They became weyrmates shortly after that, and spent a few happy Turns together, until the eruption happened at Storm Fires Weyr, and Teramala didn't make it.

Tiana is still alone and looking for a love to replace the one that she lost, but she's not unhappy with her life. She's had time to get over Teramala's death and has even dated a few different people since then, although she hasn't settled to any one person. Perhaps her journey for a love will happen now, since she has recently moved to Rising Dawn Weyrhold. With new surroundings and nothing that really reminds her of Teramala around, she's likely to stop comparing potential lovers to her deceased weyrmate.

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