Lessa, Weyrwoman of Benden

Here is Lessa of Pern from the Dragonriders of Pern series by Anne McCaffrey. She has just been taken from Ruatha Hold - and her life as a drudge - to Impress the golden queen dragon and become Weyrwoman of Benden by F'lar, rider of bronze Mnementh. And I drew her here after she took her first bath in over ten years - it's symbolic of how she washed away the grime of her past and is starting anew. < ---Well, at least I think so

"...She would rather meet the man in the presence of a sleepy dragon than in a sleeping room. She started across the floor and, out of the corner of her eye, caught sight of a strange woman as she passed a polished piece of metal hanging on the wall.

Amazed, she stopped short, staring, incredulous, at the face the metal reflected. Only when she put her hands to her prominent cheekbones in a gesture of involuntary surprise and the reflection imitated the gesture did she realize she looked at herself.

Why, that girl in the reflector was prettier than the Lady Tela, the clothman's daughter! But so thin. ... And her hair...it stood out around her head like an aureole. It wouldn't lie contained."

~Dragonflight (pg71)