Post by shadowreine on Apr 23, 2008 14:13:16 GMT -5
Name: Arilan
Age: 16
Rank: Candidate
Gender: Male
Sexuality: Heterosexual
Looks:
Arilan is not somebody who would stand out in a crowd. He possesses very dark brown hair, almost black in certain lights, which he wears cropped short. His eyes are a medium brown, set in slightly craggy, but otherwise nondescript features. His one distinguishing factor is the scarring, as from a burn, that runs all down one arm and part of his side...the right side. It does not affect hi mobility at all, but he tends to wear long sleeved shirts to hide it and seldom goes shirtless even in the hottest weather. His build is best described as wiry and he's just under six feet tall.
His voice is tenor, and a little rough, it's the exact opposite of a good singing voice, and Arilan is also tone deaf...he simply can't sing at all. He tends to wear dark colors in practical cuts.
Personality:
Arilan stands out most for his sarcasm and tendency to say things that frankly don't always go down that well. The more he likes a person, the more likely it is that he'll tease them rotten about anything and everything. The fact that he expects the same treatment in return doesn't always salvage things. Not that he wouldn't do anything, literally, for his friends. He's a decent enough person underneath, he just doesn't always watch his tongue.
Arilan has difficulties with girls. He's afraid of romantic commitment and tends to seek out only passing relationships, and that's when he can pluck up the courage to ask one out in the first place. He is the kind of young man who often complains about simply not 'getting' the opposite sex. However, he is very definitely heterosexual. A girl who wants him may well find herself having to lead the dance.
His past has left him with a limited connection to place, he would consider anywhere home as long as he had a friend or two there. He would not be above going halfway across Pern just to have a picnic, and homesickness is a literally alien concept to him.
He enjoys sketching and drawing, and is normally to be found, when he has free time, making pictures of anything attractive he can find. Dragons make great subjects!
History:
When the Tanar Clan of traders found the woman she was not, quite, dead. She lived long enough to tell them that his name was Arilan. He being the boy she had kept warm with her own body.
To the traders, the boy was another mouth to feed, but potentially another good worker for the clan. They kept him and raised him, for why do otherwise? And he did, indeed, grow into a good kid, even if his sarcastic mouth occasionally got him into trouble. He knew he was a foundling and his mother was dead, for honesty seemed to be the very best policy on such matters.
He turned out to have a decent talent for drawing and sketching and even as a child began to earn marks by selling quick sketches of people and their children drawn at Gathers. He considered Surana, one of the traders, his foster mother and loved her dearly.
He was fourteen when tragedy struck. The wagon Surana was in caught fire. Arilan, not listening to anyone, leapt into the flames to pull the older woman out. She lived, but both were burned, Arilan scarred for life. He did make a full recovery other than the unpleasant visible evidence, whilst Surana had a limp she would keep to the end of her life.
He had always assumed he would stay with the traders forever. About his mother, he had little or no curiosity. When he met the rider at the Gather, he at first thought of turning Search down. Surana, though, encouraged him to accept...even though everyone else told him riders were outdated parasites.
But she believed that Thread was not gone for good...
Pets: Bronze firelizard Ife
-If a Rider: N/A
Dragon Name:
Dragon Age:
Dragon Color: (Color like Blue, Gold, Scarlet and maybe a brief description.)
Dragon Personality:
-If a Candidate:
Name Change: A'lan
Color Preferences: Any, male preferred
Colors NOT wanted: None
Magical Password: Firelizard
Age: 16
Rank: Candidate
Gender: Male
Sexuality: Heterosexual
Looks:
Arilan is not somebody who would stand out in a crowd. He possesses very dark brown hair, almost black in certain lights, which he wears cropped short. His eyes are a medium brown, set in slightly craggy, but otherwise nondescript features. His one distinguishing factor is the scarring, as from a burn, that runs all down one arm and part of his side...the right side. It does not affect hi mobility at all, but he tends to wear long sleeved shirts to hide it and seldom goes shirtless even in the hottest weather. His build is best described as wiry and he's just under six feet tall.
His voice is tenor, and a little rough, it's the exact opposite of a good singing voice, and Arilan is also tone deaf...he simply can't sing at all. He tends to wear dark colors in practical cuts.
Personality:
Arilan stands out most for his sarcasm and tendency to say things that frankly don't always go down that well. The more he likes a person, the more likely it is that he'll tease them rotten about anything and everything. The fact that he expects the same treatment in return doesn't always salvage things. Not that he wouldn't do anything, literally, for his friends. He's a decent enough person underneath, he just doesn't always watch his tongue.
Arilan has difficulties with girls. He's afraid of romantic commitment and tends to seek out only passing relationships, and that's when he can pluck up the courage to ask one out in the first place. He is the kind of young man who often complains about simply not 'getting' the opposite sex. However, he is very definitely heterosexual. A girl who wants him may well find herself having to lead the dance.
His past has left him with a limited connection to place, he would consider anywhere home as long as he had a friend or two there. He would not be above going halfway across Pern just to have a picnic, and homesickness is a literally alien concept to him.
He enjoys sketching and drawing, and is normally to be found, when he has free time, making pictures of anything attractive he can find. Dragons make great subjects!
History:
When the Tanar Clan of traders found the woman she was not, quite, dead. She lived long enough to tell them that his name was Arilan. He being the boy she had kept warm with her own body.
To the traders, the boy was another mouth to feed, but potentially another good worker for the clan. They kept him and raised him, for why do otherwise? And he did, indeed, grow into a good kid, even if his sarcastic mouth occasionally got him into trouble. He knew he was a foundling and his mother was dead, for honesty seemed to be the very best policy on such matters.
He turned out to have a decent talent for drawing and sketching and even as a child began to earn marks by selling quick sketches of people and their children drawn at Gathers. He considered Surana, one of the traders, his foster mother and loved her dearly.
He was fourteen when tragedy struck. The wagon Surana was in caught fire. Arilan, not listening to anyone, leapt into the flames to pull the older woman out. She lived, but both were burned, Arilan scarred for life. He did make a full recovery other than the unpleasant visible evidence, whilst Surana had a limp she would keep to the end of her life.
He had always assumed he would stay with the traders forever. About his mother, he had little or no curiosity. When he met the rider at the Gather, he at first thought of turning Search down. Surana, though, encouraged him to accept...even though everyone else told him riders were outdated parasites.
But she believed that Thread was not gone for good...
Pets: Bronze firelizard Ife
-If a Rider: N/A
Dragon Name:
Dragon Age:
Dragon Color: (Color like Blue, Gold, Scarlet and maybe a brief description.)
Dragon Personality:
-If a Candidate:
Name Change: A'lan
Color Preferences: Any, male preferred
Colors NOT wanted: None
Magical Password: Firelizard
