Name: V'styn
Age:28
Sex: Male
Sexual Orientation: Unconcerned but heterosexual
Pronoun preferences: He, his
Weyr: Western
Rider Rank: Weyrling
Previous Rank/Craft: None official.
Physical Description: Suvestyn is unassuming and unimposing. He would be easily overlooked in a crowd. It isn't that he's plain. He's quite good looking, really, but he doesn't make a show of it. His smiles arm warm, not exuberant. There is no flash or pomp to him, just a casual sense of comfort, from the artfully careless cut of thick auburn hair to the tickle of the close-cropped goatee that masks a narrow chin. Olive green eyes are expressive, but his gaze is never too direct. His clothing is loose and comfortable, dyed in colors that compliment him but never flash or stand out. He is never highly ornamented, wearing a simple braided leather choker as his only jewelry.
Personality: Suvestyn is a laid-back sort, who is only concerned when concerns present themselves as problems to be solved. Not the type to borrow troubles or go looking for them, neither is he the sort to invite himself into someone else's drama without an invitation. That said, if he *is* invited, he is all too happy to try to be the cooler head that prevails, pointing out another point of view that might not have been considered, that might help untangle any gnarly problems. He is not a gossip. Your secret is safe with him.
Which is not to say he's a pushover. He's a fairly good judge of character and has a keen eye for knowing when he's being manipulated and played for a fool. Try to trick him for your own reasons and you will quickly discover that the calm and collected man loses composure quickly. Cheat him at a game of cards and he'll laugh and slap your back. Cheat him when the stakes are higher and you'll find yourself with an enemy. Honesty is important to him. He knows the difference between a fib and a falsehood.
But if you really want to know the man, sit and let him play for you one one of the gitars he's crafted himself. Music is his love language and while he's happy to play a common tune or two in a public hall, those he shares his private compositions with are very few.
Positive Trait List Easy-going. Trustworthy. Reasoned. Romantic.
Negative Trait List Holds a grudge. Vindictive. Melancholy.
History: Suvestyn had lived all of his life at Whitecliff Weyrhold until Thread fell again. As such, he was used to a different sort of rider and pace of life than here at Western Weyr. If you asked him, he'd say he preferred the less chaotic life at home, but h's made his peace with the decision to answer the call for those of able body and mind to take their place on the Sands.
His time at Western has by no means been unpleasant. He was tapped and invited to come with his younger brother, who found his match at a Hatching almost the moment they'd been brought to stay. He has made good friends, built a close community and he'd no more turn his back on those he'd come to know here than he would swear to never go home again.
He does miss the grandparents who raised him and his brother, after their parents were lost to fever and a fall at opposite ends of the same Turn. Those are day he doesn't often speak about, but which figure in some of his most private songs. And thinking of songs, he misses being able to sit anywhere in the Weyrhold with a gitar and play and find himself surrounded by a dozen eager listeners at any time of the day or night. He can play here at Western. He does, now and again, but it isn't the same and it doesn't bring the same kind of comfort as it did at home.
Perhaps some of his occasional melancholy comes from realizing that as the Turns have moved on, he's gotten old enough that the prospect of a dragon choosing him seems farther and farther away. He may not have ever dreamed of claiming the skies on dragonback, but if the dream slips away from him, unrealized, how will he truly know who he might have been?
Other: Anything else you want to add? He may be melancholy sometimes but he doesn't dwell on it. Not to worry, he won't be writing emo poetry and crying in his klah.
DRAGON
Name: Galaith
Personality: Galaith was shelled for one reason and that was to be seen. Not the sort of dragon who is content to simply linger in the back and meekly accept what is handed down, Galaith has an opinion and that opinion will -- no, must -- be heard. Galaith is dependable and steadfast. He will never waver once a direction is chosen, no matter whether it proves to be the wrong one in the end. As long as no one risks harm, it is a viable solution and deserves equal and fair consideration. Don't agree? It's a shame that you're wrong. If overruled, outmatched or, more importantly, given a direct (if contradictory) order, rest assured that Galaith will do as told, but you will certainly feel the displeasure being forced to fall in line brings.
Galaith can be swayed by flattery, perhaps too easily. Praise Galaith's wisdom and you will have a friend. Sing of Galaith's shining hide and deft manuevers in flight and you may win his hearts. If you prove to be fickle, however, well. There are other dragons who can see the truth you chose to ignore. After all, the next Flight is not so far away and if you have not pinned him down, there are other dragons with much better taste out there.
Egg Size:Medium
Adult Size: Large
Physical Attributes: Galaith's wings are slightly outsized for his body size. This means that he may not be as fast or as agile as his like-hided kin but he has just a little extra oomph when it comes to stamina.
Additional Notes: Though Galaith may claim not to be interested, a Flight is not something to be put off or missed. Any excuse is a good one, every time is perfect for a Flight.
Why Me: Suvestyn and Galaith balance one another, making up for shortcomings and boosting strengths they may not even have known they shared. Suvestyn may have had to wait a long time for Galaith to find him, but it will be perfectly clear from the moment of Impression that the time is finally right. Galaith will push Suvestyn in taking a more active role in Western Weyr life, and Suvestyn will in turn help to temper and soften some of Galaith's harder edges and impulses. Together they will become a reliable, steadfast and solid pair.
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