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Rider -- High Reaches -- K'dri -- Blue Varyth

Name: K'dri
Age: 19
Sex: Male
Sexual Orientation: Homosexual
IC'ly K'dri is totally unaware of his orientation. He hasn't had time for girls (or boys) - or so he claims. He's always been a bit nervous about such things, actually going out of his way at times to avoid talking about it or trying things out.
Weyr: High Reaches Weyr
Rider Rank: Wingrider
Previous Rank/Craft: Sailor
Physical Description:
Skin Tone: Very slightly tanned
Body Type: Kadri is slightly more muscular and filled-out than his twin
Eyes: Dark green
Hair: Brunette, slightly curled. Falls to just above his shoulders, cut shorter than his brother's
Personality: Always the quieter of the two twins, K'dri seems on the surface to be a great person - he's physically fit, responsible, he listens to others and is understands their problems. It's fairly easy to talk to him one on one, though he tends to fade into the background in groups. Once you get to know him, though, you'll find that he has a very cynical side that comes out to those closest to him, an almost fatalistic lookout on life. There are also times when he tends to be too quiet, like when he perhaps needs to speak up about something, he'd rather hold his peace and think someone else will bring up whatever it is. Growing up, this was usually his brother - so he came to rely on that. His outlook on how his life should be and how people (including himself) should act is also fairly rigid and "mainstream". This could be a bit of an issue when it comes to meeting more free-thinking individuals - including his own brother at this point. They haven't seen each other for a few years IC'ly so he doesn't know what all Ayd'n has been up to lately.
Positive Trait List Athletic, Compassionate, Responsible
Negative Trait List Cynical, Quiet, Rigid
History: Kadri and his twin brother Aydin grew up in Tillek Hold. Their family wasn't incredibly poor, but neither were they extremely rich. The boys dreams growing up were of being sailors or pirates more than Riders - as those professions were things talked about more often in such a large port city. Of course, being a pirate was being a "bad guy", but such things are often attractive to young children. They tended to switch roles in their games, not really caring who was the hero and who was the defeated enemy.

His brother was always pulling him into shenanigans that Kadri didn't really support but would go along with because it was his twin asking. One of these was the two of the "borrowing" a rowboat to see what sailing was really like. The seas turned out to be rougher than the boys had thought and their boat almost capsized more than once, and drove Aydin away from the idea of anything to do with water or sailing. The adventure did just the opposite for Kadri - the quieter twin finding that he liked the motions of the boat on the water, and he was the one that eventually got the boat turned around and headed back to shore. By some miracle their theft wasn't discovered, and the next day Kaydri told his parents that he wanted to be a sailor for sure when he was older.

They tried for a little while to talk him out of what they considered a relatively dangerous career choice, but he was determined. So finally they gave in, and within the next year, he was signing onto whatever ships would take him as a cabin boy. Over time, he learned more and eventually became a career sailor. He didn't really mind being a grunt worker on ships - not having ambitions of moving into any position of rank. He got letters and news from his family - including his brother - whenever he was in a port. He was shocked and found himself a bit jealous when he heard that his twin had become a Dragonrider, but he had no intentions of leaving the life he'd made for himself.

Fate, however, had other plans. On the twins' 17th birthday, he traveled to the Weyr with his parents to visit Ayd'n and meet his dragon. This just happened to coincide with a Hatching and Ayd'n invited his family to go and watch. While the eggs were hatching on the sands, Kadri spotted a small Blue that seemed to be wandering the sands all alone, not appearing to want any of the Candidates that tried approaching him. For some reason he still can't explain, Kadri felt called to the small creature and went down onto the sands - not seeming to hear any of his family's or others' questions of what he was doing.

Immediately the little Blue attached himself to the sailor's leg, and his life was instantly changed. At this point, he's still trying to reconcile that event - though it's been two years - this is definitely not how he saw his life going, and it's messing with his head. He loves Var with all his heart, but still sometimes wonders if he's seriously the right person for this whole thing.

Other:
Favorite food: Onions
Least favorite food: Beef
Favorite time of day: Sunrise
Least favorite time of day: Middle of the night
Flits: Relyn; Green (conversion needed)

DRAGON
Name: Varyth
Age: 2
Color: Blue
Size: 27'
Physical Description: Varyth is mostly a medium blue color with darker feet and underbelly. His wing webbing is a slightly lighter blue
Personality: Varyth tends to be a worrier, always concerned about his Rider's health and well-being - even though K'dri doesn't usually get sick or hurt that often. Var is just sort of an anxious ball of energy - keeping K'dri busy calming him down from one thing or another.

Rider -- Western -- R'than -- Brown Grenth

Name: R'than
Age: 17
Sex: Male
Sexual Orientation: Bisexual
Weyr: Western Weyr
Rider Rank: Wingrider
Previous Rank/Craft: Beastcrafter Apprentice; Runnerbeast trainer
Physical Description: R'than is the type of guy that a lot of girls (and some guys) might tend to swoon over. With dark hair and blue-green eyes, he has the look of one who's almost always well-groomed - handsome. His hair falls to just below his shoulders, and part of it is usually pulled back from his forehead, leaving the rest to hang down around his face - framing slightly tanned skin. Standing at 6'1", R'than is thin, but there's a wiry sort of strength to him. His hands have long, elegant fingers and his bone structure overall seems to be somewhat 'delicate', though he is most definitely male.
Personality: Though his father was a bit disappointed in R'than's lack of work ethic, he didn't really have a lot of time to do something about it, so R'than comes off as a generally lazy person. If there's work to do, he'll start the task well enough but then he's likely to get bored and not finish, or try to shove off whatever parts he doesn't want to do onto someone else. However, if something is important enough to him (such as caring for his own runner) he'll work at whatever it is until the task is not only done - but likely done better than anyone expected him to do.

Thanks to growing up in a well-to-do family, R'than is not used to hard work, or doing without things that he considers everyday comforts. When asked to share a room with someone else, for example, he'd be likely to argue against it until he was made to see that was just the way it was and it wasn't going to change just for him. He can be extremely stubborn when he's trying to get his way - going round and round in circular arguments and probably driving whoever he's arguing with to frustration, or anger.

He isn't rude to those he considers to be ... not as important as he is, but he is likely to not pay as much attention to them. If someone of a 'lower class' was talking in a group, for example, he'd be unlikely to listen unless he was prodded to do so. For himself, he tends to hang back in groups of people and follow whoever the most interesting person is. If that person was one he considered 'lower class', it would probably elevate them in his eyes - but they still wouldn't be as high up as he was.

To those he considers close friends, R'than is extremely loyal and protective. Were someone else to do something that hurt a friend of his he would do anything at his disposal to comfort that friend - and then go after the attacker. Not physically, however... he's more devious than that. If the hurt was unintentional, he would likely hunt down the person and give them a good talking-to, letting them know exactly what they did and making sure they wouldn't do it again. If the hurt was something intentional, he would use whatever tools he had to make the person's social life a living hell, or discredit them with those in power.
Positive Trait List Loyal, Protective, Charming
Negative Trait List Lazy, Devious, High-Handed
History: Rathan comes from a rather large extended family who founded a runnerbeast-breeding Cothold. Though it started small, it's gotten rather large in recent years. Aside from the cave system that makes up most of the living space, his family uses much of the nearby plains - allowing the runnerbeasts they breed and raise to roam freely over the land for most of the year. The only exception is during breeding season when mares are brought into paddocks and selectively bred to certain stallions. Many of the runnerbeasts bought and ridden by local Lord Holders and their immediate family are bred by Rathan's family.

Because of this, Rathan's family is quite rich. Growing up, Rathan had to do very little hard work - at most, chores such as cleaning his room or helping to tidy up after dinner. For other things, there were extended members of the family who function as servants.

All of his life, Rathan has been around runnerbeasts. His father, though head of the operations, always liked to keep a personal hand in the goings-on of the hold - and tried to instill in his children the same desire. Rathan, the oldest of two, has been taught just about everything there is to know about runnerbeasts and the breeding and raising of them. However, the only thing he cares about personally is end results. He'd rather not mess with all the details in between. His sister, on the other hand, loves all aspects of the job. Rathan can, and does, care for his own personal runnerbeast, but that's about as much actual work as he's willing to do.

He was Searched pretty much at random two years earlier and lived in the Weyr as a Candidate for a year before Impressing his Brown. The experience has humbled him down a bit - being required to do the same chores and tasks as everyone else rather than getting away with not doing it just because of his birth. Still, though, he'll get out of things if he can.

During the recent Threadfall, several of Rathan's friends were caught outside during the fall and were injured or killed. He wasn't truly close to any of them since they were more like people he hung around with, or raced against (usually winning) but still. People he knew did die, so he's a bit shaken up by that. Most of his family's runnerbeasts sensed something wrong and came inside, but there were a few outside that were also killed. The possibility that he or someone in his family could have died or been hurt as well is definitely disturbing to the teen.

Now that he will have to fight Thread himself, he's fairly nervous about the prospect, but trying to hide it behind bravado. It's important to him to not seem scared, even though he is.

Other:
Favorite food: Sweet rolls
Least favorite food: Fish
Favorite time of day: Sunset
Least favorite time of day: Sunrise, ugh too earllyyyy
Flits: Brinna; Green (conversion needed)

DRAGON
Name: Grenth
Age: 1
Color: Brown
Size: 40'
Physical Description: Grenth is an even medium-brown color with a lighter chin and upper neck, and lighter webbing on his wings. His size is more impressive than his coloration
Personality: Grenth tends to be a very calm and placid dragon - which is not always a great match with his Rider's sometimes lazy personality. But when things need to get done, it's usually Grenth who will step up and get the both of them moving if need-be.