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 Posted: Sat Mar 30, 2019 4:32 pm
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Name: N'ran (formerly Narange)
Age: 20 or thereabouts, he thinks (actually is 21 this Turn)
Nameday: doesn't know for sure (b. 3554.06.03)
Sex: Male
Sexual Orientation: Whatever's clever, really
Weyr: Western Weyr
Rider Rank: Senior Weyrling
Previous Rank/Craft: Pirate/Seafarer
Physical Description: N'ran stands around 5'10" or so, with a lean, athletic build. His tanned face is on the roundish side of oval, set with narrow, heavy-lidded dark eyes, a broad straight nose, and an easy smile beneath his short, well groomed brown facial hair. He keeps his straight brown hair quite long, down to the middle of his back, and often braids the sides on either side of his face.
He typically wears tunics and shirts with a vest or short jacket, all in a cacophony of colors, with loose trousers tucked into deep red and black boots. His boots are his pride and joy, custom made for him and oh so comfy. About the only places he doesn't wear them are down on the beach or flying with Khukith.
Personality:
A life-long denizen of the open ocean, N'ran is getting used to being land-bound at the Weyr. It's been quite an adjustment for him to make, and he still finds it a bit weird to walk around on solid ground and not the rolling deck of a pirate ship. But he's adapting, slowly but surely, and has come to love life at Western Weyr. N'ran is an easygoing guy in general, warm and friendly to everyone, with a ready smile and a dry remark to make whomever he's talking with smile as well. He genuinely enjoys the company of his friends and clutchmates, equating the bond they all feel with the comradery amongst the crew of a ship.
One thing N'ran learned aboard the Sunstorm is that it's important to follow the rules; failure to do so will not only piss the captain off, someone could wind up dead as a result. An obedient, dutiful, dedicated individual, he obeys the orders of his superiors even if he sometimes does so with a smirk. It's not that he's being cheeky (most of the time) -- it's that he still can't believe he of all people impressed a dragon. He feels a bit like a fraud sometimes, like an imposter who really pulled one over on everyone by pretending to be something he's not. He truly feels like one of these days they'll decide he doesn't belong at the Weyr and kick him out and take away his beloved Khukith. Logically he knows they can't take his dragon away, that it's a lifelong bond between him and Khukith, but he still keeps his head down and does the work just to avoid any potential trouble.
That's while he's on duty. N'ran is actually a fun-loving and even downright silly guy off-duty. He's fond of physical activity and will engage in sports and games at every opportunity. When he's not being active, he parties and drinks with his clutchmates and loves to tell stories of his adventures aboard a pirate ship -- and some of those stories are pretty wild indeed. N'ran occasionally feels obliged to demonstrate some of the more hair-raising things he got up to on the ship, such as swinging from the rigging and his knife skills (he's wicked accurate at knife-throwing). He tries his best not to get caught, lest his most paranoid fears come true. That said, even getting caught only causes him to cool his heels temporarily. He can't help himself, really.
Paranoia comes part and parcel with the pirate lifestyle, and it didn't skip over N'ran. He's not a raging paranoid by any stretch, but he still has a healthy dose of it, enough that he has a hard time trusting others. He's gradually learning that you have to trust your wingmates to a certain extent or you won't be able to perform as a unit when Thread falls. It'll take a bit of a leap of faith for him to accept that not everyone has an Angle, that they're not out to get him or what he has -- and that includes Khukith, his greatest treasure.
Positive Trait List warm and friendly, dedicated, by the book
Negative Trait List imposter syndrome, a bit paranoid, a bit wild off-duty
History:
Narange was born at sea on board the pirate ship Sunstorm, his mother the ship's captain and his father the first mate. He has essentially spent his entire life up until recently on the ocean; he can't remember ever setting foot on dry land during raids or supply runs or trading expeditions as a youth. Raised amongst the crew of the ship, he was treated like any other crewmate and wasn't given any special preferential treatment just because he was the captain's kid. He was expected to pull his own weight, and he did so gladly, swabbing the deck and climbing the rigging to help set sails, and heaving ropes and wielding a sword when he was old and big enough to hold his own. He loved the rest of the crew like family, and they treated him like their equal.
Still, he was the captain's son, and when his father died during a storm at sea it was Narange who was promoted to first mate at age 18. He learned more of the running of a ship from his mother, as well as more of the pirate business, and was being groomed to take over the Sunstorm when she retired.
That changed one day when they were in port conducting business at Western Hold. A dragonrider from Western Weyr was making some purchases from one of the ship's contacts while the exchange of goods for marks was going down, and the rider's dragon informed Narange that he would make an excellent dragonman. The young pirate was surprised, first at being talked to by a dragon, and then at being Searched. He had no idea what being a dragonrider entailed, having never seen a dragon before, but after some explanation from the dragonrider made it sound like the grandest adventure of all, the 19 year old Narange decided to go along.
Life on dry land was deeply weird at first, but he found life at the Weyr to not be that different from life aboard a ship. Shortly after his arrival, a couple sevendays into Candidate training, word came of a clutch on a remote Southern island that was hatching! He and the other Candidates were whisked off to stand for the clutch, and to his absolute amazement he Impressed blue Khukith when the little blue marched up to him and headbutted him in the sternum. It's been true love ever since.
N'ran and Khukith were model students in weyrling training, performing the drills with precision and completely by the numbers and paying attention in class to the lectures and practical demonstrations. They weren't stars or anything, but they were well behaved and studious. N'ran took to his fellow weyrlings as his new adopted family, and Khukith absolutely adored his clutchmates, even the more temperamental or surly ones. N'ran really thrived under the strict guidance of weyrling training; he missed a lot of things in Candidate training due to the sudden need to stand for the unaffiliated clutch, so he's playing catch up and absorbing everything that is thrown at him. He appreciates that it needs to be strict, because if you don't learn these things correctly, you or someone else will die. Not much different than life aboard the pirate ship, really. Khukith follows his rider's lead in this; he wants to learn the right way to do these things.
Other: N'ran learned throat singing from one of the crew of his old ship, and will often sing songs he learned at sea while he's doing chores. Some of those songs are even clean. He has a small hoard of treasure that he has told no-one at the Weyr about, mostly gems and jewelry and some marks. It's buried deep in the sand under his weyr on the beach.
DRAGON
Name: Khukith
Age: 1, shelled 3574.04.07 from unaffiliated Susurinth x Cordrath"s clutch at Southern Boll Beach
Color: Blue
Size: 25'
Physical Description: Khukith is a stocky and powerful little blue with a large wedge-shaped head and too-long tail relative to the rest of his body. His hide is soft and silky to the touch, and he enjoys keeping it that way with frequent baths and oiling. He flies with short, swift wing strokes and is very nimble and maneuverable in the air. His stamina is quite good too for a blue; he's rarely winded after a rotation fighting Thread.
Personality:
Khukith is something of an acquired taste amongst his fellow dragons. Workmanlike and relentless, he's a ferocious competitor when it comes to Threadfall simulation games, and during actual Threadfall as well. He turns flaming Thread into a competition between him and the other dragons to see who can char more clumps without getting scored. It's not so much a daredevil thing as it is seeing who's better at flying. And Khukith is very good at flying.
This blue actually loves other dragons, all of them, from the biggest queen to the tiniest white (they're so wee and adorable! And they fly so well!). He is as warm and friendly as his rider is and deeply enjoys the companionship of his clutchmates; one of his favorite things to do is snuggle with them in a huge puppy pile on the beach, basking in the sun. Khukith is a snuggly dragon in general who used to crawl into bed with N'ran when he was little and still loves to snuggle his rider in their weyr on the beach. He finds physical contact with those he cares about very comforting to all concerned; he'll likely try to snuggle with his new wingmates once he is assigned to a fighting wing.
He's not all sunshine and blue skies, however. Khukith's competitive nature means he can get a little salty and surly if he loses, which does happen sometimes. He might snap his jaws at whomever bested him, especially if they gloat about it; he would never actually bite, though, just snub dramatically. In mating flights, too, he's a little blue b*****d. He gets super competitive and almost as proddy as the green who's about to rise. Khukith is always careful to give N'ran fair warning when a mating flight is imminent.
Dragon Art or Proof of Obtainment: NPC Tea Clutch contest!
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Posted: Wed Apr 03, 2019 3:29 pm
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Posted: Wed Apr 03, 2019 6:10 pm
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