The Reader

The Reader is a Disentangler. She is currently partnered with Kozar, and is written by DawnFire. She also holds the positions of Citrine Theorist and (technically temporarily) Onyx Monitor on the Continuity Council of Gallifrey-in-Exile.

Appearance
The First Reader was male, very slender, and possessed of extremely light blue eyes and unruly, dark brown hair.

The Second Reader was also male. He had a stocky build, very dark skin, wide hazel eyes, and buzzcut brown hair.

The Third Reader was female, with hair that might have been reddish and eyes of a color she never saw.

The Fourth Reader is also female. She has fairly wavy light brown hair, tanned skin, and dark green eyes. She looks to be about in her mid- to late-20s (for a human, anyway).

Personality/Brief History
In a nutshell: The First Reader was very thoughtful and studious. He had political aspirations from a very young age, to which he soon added an interest in philosophy. As he was actually at the Academy for most of that regeneration, he was generally known as Saa. He was also the sort of person who would never dream of picking up a weapon unless he had run out of last resorts&mdash;as happened occasionally during his trek across Gallifrey during the Time War. He regenerated several months after leaving the Academy in an attempt to find a TARDIS and escape the destruction. The Second Reader was also known as Saa, and spent his entire life trying to get off Gallifrey. He was a little more straightforward, a little more willing to trust his own opinions, and willing to use a weapon other than his wits only if he could find no better option(s), which was unfortunately the case far too often. He regenerated while leaving Gallifrey.

The Third Reader was the first regeneration to be associated with the PPC. She had very little chance to actually develop a personality as she regenerated soon after, well, regenerating. Most of what she might have been was overshadowed by grief for the loss of Gallifrey and by desperate attempts to come to terms with everything that had happened during the Time War now that she was out of it. She regenerated on a PPC mission.

The Fourth Reader&mdash;the first to actually call herself ‘the Reader’&mdash;was born grieving Gallifrey and hasn’t stopped yet. She has her second self’s heavy distrust of politicians (especially Gallifreyan ones, and Rassilon above all), despite currently being one herself. She is slowly growing closer to Kozar, and coming to terms with her status as both a fictional character and one of a small number of surviving Gallifreyans.

Agent History
The Reader was born on Gallifrey, in a place called Olyesti which does not exist in the main timeline of Doctor Who. She lived through her first two regenerations before leaving the planet during the Time War. Despite this, she is very young for a Time Lord, at approximately 150 years old. She left the Academy when she was 110 years old, and got involved with a group of unofficial Time War rescue workers. At the end of her (at that point, his) second regeneration, the Reader succeeded in getting off Gallifrey in a Prydonian Type 77 TARDIS. Her Gallifrey burned with the Daleks and everyone else when the Doctor used the Moment.

In the goodfic the Reader comes from (and was created for), this was never revealed to have been fiction; her Gallifrey was not saved.

Eventually, the Reader made her way to PPC HQ. Once there, she was offered a job by the Marquis de Sod.

PPC Career
Once an agent of the PPC, the Reader was identified as a Time Lord and approached about a position on the Continuity Council of Gallifrey-in-Exile. Despite her wariness of politicians post-Gallifrey, and her misgivings about being part of even a Council of renegades, the Reader accepted two positions: that of Citrine Theorist (responsible for reconciling plotholes in the canonical depiction of Gallifrey), and the more temporary position of Onyx Monitor (whose responsibilities include watching over Time Lords in fanfic, determining if any should be recruited, and keeping an eye on new PPC Time Lords).

Between March 15th and May 30th, the Reader played Caius Cassius in PPC theater company A Troupe By Any Other Name’s production of Julius Caesar. This performance was responsible for beginning to truly mend the rift between her and Kozar, which had been caused primarily by the Reader replacing Kozar’s former partner—something which none of the three parties involved had wanted.

In May 2015, shortly after the Rose Potter missions were completed, the Reader ran into Rina Dives, and proceeded to take the new Time Lady under her wing as per her responsibilities as Onyx Monitor. The two became friends. The Reader found further friends a month later in the Guardsman and his partners, Naya and Terabyte. Somehow, she had already managed to become friends with the Librarian; thus far, it can be assumed that no one outside the two of them has any idea how that happened.

Arinorelivandrisar (SPOILERS for Little Miss Mary and aftermath)
As a child on Gallifrey, the Reader had a live-in nanny named Arinorelivandrisar (Arin for short). They remained friends throughout the Reader's time on Gallifrey, although they met most frequently before and after the Reader's attendance at the Academy. While aiding the Reader in (at that point) his plan to get to a TARDIS and escape Gallifrey, Arin ran into a building to reset explosive charges and was caught when they went off. The Reader never knew what happened to her, and lost the two friends who had agreed to come along in the process of leaving the planet.

Unfortunately, the Reader's view of Arin changed drastically in May 2015, when she met Rina Dives in the hallways of PPC HQ ("Completely Mistaken", "A Chance Encounter"). It was then that she began to discover how many lies Arin had told her—beginning with her old friend's true identity. It was around then that she realized that she was caught in a time loop—Rina had to run away and end up on Gallifrey, so that she could be a part of the Reader's life and help her escape the planet, so that the Reader would be where Arin remembered her being, and so on ad infinitum. Most importantly, however, was that the Reader would have to ensure that Rina became Arin.

Once Rina snapped and ran away after her mission into "Little Miss Mary", the Reader was left to pick up the pieces. How well she will manage to do so is still in question.

Partnered with Kozar

 * Completely Mistaken (Eragon x Lord of the Rings), with Rina Dives and Zeb (DMS)
 * Rina and the Reader have a chance encounter in the hallways, and find out that their teams have been paired up to tackle a bad crossover. Dramedy ensues.
 * Nothing Short of a God (Twilight x X-Men), with Rina Dives and Zeb (DMS)
 * Kozar, the Reader, Rina, and Zeb don mutant disguises to tackle a Twilight x X-Men mission.
 * Set after Cale Seche and before Drinking Buddies.

Interludes

 * A Chance Encounter
 * In which the Reader discovers that she was completely mistaken about an old friend.
 * Spoilers for Little Miss Mary; set during "Completely Mistaken".
 * Released after "Picking Up the Pieces" and "Snippets of Gallifrey".
 * Cale Sèche
 * Wherein three Time Lords, a geth, and a quarian go to repair a TARDIS. It seems to be going well, until angry words are exchanged. Then the whole thing spirals out of control.
 * Drinking Buddies
 * In which Rina and the Reader decide to get drinks after a TARDIS lesson.
 * Long View
 * In which the Reader and the Librarian go for a walk after a Continuity Council meeting, and end up reading in the library. Metaphorically.
 * Picking Up the Pieces
 * Alex and the Reader have to deal with the aftermath of Little Miss Mary.

Appearances

 * The 'Verses Aim To Misbehave (Blackout interlude, in-progress)
 * The story of how a Boarder ended up in HQ and Gotham's lampposts went missing (among other things).
 * (The Reader first appears in part 3)
 * T'Zar's Reassignment (April Fool's Day)
 * Reality falls apart as Agents Abaddon and T'Zar take the Reader’s TARDIS for a joyride (to Gallifrey!) The Reader follows with the Disentangler and the Agent.
 * Both the Reader (IV) and Saa (Second Reader) appear in this.
 * A Troupe By Any Other Name: Beware the Ides of March
 * The Troupe performs William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar&mdash;Gallifreyan style. Regenerations, disguises, and spoilers abound!
 * The Reader plays Cassius.
 * The Carrot Juice Shop AU (April Fool's Day)
 * In which a new shop has opened up near the PPC, and everyone goes there.
 * "Of Guilty Pleasures and Utter Tripe" (Eragon/Twilight), Kozar with Dawn McKenna (DMS), and Kala Jeng and Valon Vance (DF)
 * Kozar calls in his ex-partner and two canon experts for a crossover between two of the worst works defended by the PPC.
 * The Reader appears in the beginning, middle, and end of this, but does not go on the mission.
 * "Snippets of Gallifrey"
 * Showcasing some moments from the Aviator's life. The First and Second Readers appear.
 * The Reader also appears in every linked story so far on the Continuity Council page. For now, check them out there!