Name: Velen
Age: 19
Nameday: 3556.09.20
Sex: Male
Sexual Orientation: Unsure
Craft: General Cooking
Rank: N/A
Location: HR
Physical Description: Bearing the family genes of being somewhat short [5'6"] and having long blond hair that curls towards the ends into wisps (though his is closer to brown now that he's older), Velen also has the kind of face that makes one think he's 10 instead of almost twice that. His youthful but low-key energy lends to the idea that he's just an overgrown kid who happens to be sporting vague beginnings of facial hair. Like Fela, he has large, expressive eyes, though his are green, and softer features. He might be sporting a bandage or two on his hands as he's not always careful around knives.
Personality: Velen has no special ambitions other than to care-take and be himself, to the frustration of his mother and sisters. He has a flair for cooking, yes, and sometimes something more specialized besides for a special occasion, like a dessert for a certain sweet tooth, but he does it because he likes to give, he says, and not because it's anything special. Instead of walking the tables at Southern Hall, he chose to stay with his family at High Reaches, where he could curl up with a piece of cheesy bread in a private corner and relax.
Velen has come to associate his hobby (not his trade, he stresses) with feeling good and free, and he'd rather not tarnish it with the idea of being, gasp, apprenticed. Faranth knows he'd just as soon fail out, not because he didn't have the talent but because he didn't have the will or ambition to pursue an actual rank in his craft. Even when he does something for someone he knows they would like, Velen frets about it not being good enough. Imagine having to actually put effort into things, to be scored and criticized by strangers. He shudders at the thought.
No, he'd be happy to be a homebody, whether it's for his family, or for someone else. He's quite knowledgeable in housekeeping and is happy to dust and wash dishes; it's one of the only areas outside of cooking where he doesn't tend to slack. But reading up on history, studying texts? Ew. Why bother when he knows he'd be a good butler, maybe to someone rich? His mother is certainly happy with the idea if he is, though his older sister Fela objects. While sometimes he does feel oppressed by the weight of every opportunity he's passed up, Velen for the most part is carefree and ready to assist others--or else ready to continue running away from said missed opportunities by diving into a new task.
Positive Trait List creative, empathetic, family-oriented
Negative Trait List lazy, self-doubting, responsibility-averse
History: Like his siblings, Velen grew up entirely within the creches of High Reaches, with a few of those turns spent directly under Fela before she moved to pursue her mindhealer training. It was around this time that all of his sisters were abroad, in fact, with Emielle courting a contract as a dancer with a semi-famous troupe and Eathel packing up to tour Pern with her then boyfriend. Left with only his mother, Velen was quick and happy to try and pull his weight around the house. Doing so seemed to help him avoid the big question she wanted to ask him: what was he going to do with his life?
For a time, "take care of you" sufficed.
When it no longer did, Velen sold his mother the idea that he might pursue something in cooking, as that was his favorite part of the assigned chores. Luckily for him, two of his sisters returned around that time and distracted Vaethela from her wayward son's future with their own sets of drama. Velen rode out the waves humming and relieved, but now that the waters have settled again, he's set to avoiding the question some more. "I want to stay here and help," he'd say, which was the most resolute answer he could think of.
"Fine," Fela told him sweetly. "You can be a candidate and a cook, can'tcha?"
Oh so very lucky that weyrbrats were allowed to be part of the instruction, Velen now bides his time scraping by in classes, eager to slip away and cook a comfort meal. Some part of him thinks it's good to have a set schedule with a possible future, but there's another part that says it's just another waste spent on him.
Other: Younger brother of Fela
- Doesn't actually like most sweets, but is used to adding them to his culinary exploits
Candidate Specific Questions
Do you want them to have an official Search RP? Nah
Do you understand they will age every passing year regardless if you're there to RP the or not? Yeah
Do you want them to have a possible Stands Impression? Sure why not
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