Shava comes from a small cothold close to Roma Hold. She grew up there and around the hold, having visited there many times, but never really met any of the people there. She helped her parents with the cothold, but at the age of 15 Turns, she decided that she wanted to live somewhere else, away from her parents and family, but still close by. So instead of going somewhere like the Northern Continent, she has decided to stay in her native Southern Continent, already used to the types of weather, and pretty sure she would freeze all Turn long up North. She has always admired the dragons, as well as curious as what they are like, never been near one, or their riders, and so is her choice of wanting to live at one of the weyrs of Southern, which turned out to be Honshu. After some time at the weyr, she joined the ranks of the record keepers there.
After about a Turn or so there, Shava was Searched, but unfortunately didn't Impress. She returned to the record keepers, and after keeping her sanity for another Turn, she was Searched again, for Syliath's first clutch. But disappointment reigned when she didn't Impress for the second time. Soon she was Searched again, for Syliath's second clutch. As it may be said, "Third time's the charm," and for Shava, it was true. Towards the middle of the Hatching, a blue, beautiful in his shading approached her and the two were made one.
Roketh, the blue, became her's, and so, after going through about a Turn and a half of weyrlinghood, the pair became wingriders of Swiftstrike Wing at graduation. Being rather new at mating flights, Roketh lost his first, but on his second, chasing after Steila's green Trinath, he won his first, yet still looking for his next flight to win. He's been working on it. After a couple of Turns or so, Sioneva having become the Wingleader after B'ry's untimely injury and need to retire, then after that, Shava, after some confusion with an offer to be a Wingsecond for Flamestrike, actually became a Wingsecond for Swiftstrike. After a change in leadership, and K'tor becoming the temporary Weyrleader, Sioneva became the Weyrlingmaster, which would have left Swiftstrike without a Wingleader, but thinking fast, K'tor promoted Shava up to Wingleader of Swiftstrike, which she stays now, surviving a change of leadership, including her dragon's clutchsis Uileath, becoming Senior gold, and having to go do as her former fellow weyrling, Riva, says.