Portrait of a Character – Mistra
Mistra works as a braver character than Libba, although there are similarities between the two secondary female Daranaean characters.
Origins
Mistra, one of the Daranaeans (secondary female)
After writing The Cure is Worse Than the Disease, I got a lot of requests to follow the story and see what else would happen to Daranaean women.
Hence the idea of a protest was irresistible, but the protesters needed something to, well, protest.
Enter the innocent, Mistra.
Portrayal
I generally don’t have anyone ‘playing’ Daranaean characters. Mistra is no exception. But if anyone has any ideas, feel free to put them into the comments section. These images are, of course, of German Shepherd dogs.
Personality
Meek and mild, like most Daranaean secondary wives, Mistra isn’t one for leading like Dratha. But she isn’t completely helpless, like Cama. Instead, she’s in the middle, the filling in the sandwich. And like most secondaries, her job is not only homeschooling the very young sons and most of the daughters (but not the third caste daughters, who are often kept illiterate), but also with the reproductive heavy lifting. It is a difficult and tiring life at best.
When she’s accused of murder, there’s all she can do to keep it together. Confused and frightened, she’s about ready to resign herself to an unfair, unjust, and cruel fate, when others step in.
Relationships
Mistra’s only known relationship is with her husband, Arnis.
Mirror Universe
I have never written Mirror Universe Daranaeans, but the idea is an interesting one.
MU Mistra (image of a German Shepherd Dog is for educational purposes only)
Would the women be in charge there? All I have on them is Empress Hoshi complaining that their planet always smells like wet dog, plus it’s the scene of the faking of Richard Daniels‘s death. Maybe something else could come out of that. I’m not sure.
Maybe Mistra’s intelligence would be celebrated. Maybe she’d even have some confidence.
Quote
“Arnis! Please! I am, am, I am innocent!”
Upshot
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