[Weyrling] Dr'non of blue Edjarth [Approved]

[faesinger]

Name: Dr’non (Born Dreenon)
Age: 19
Sex: Male
Sexual Orientation: Pansexual
Weyr: High Reaches Weyr
Rider Rank: Weyrling
Previous Rank/Craft: Weyrbrat
Physical Description: D’non has a stocky muscular build. He stands at 6’ exactly with green eyes and black hair. The man doesn’t care much about his appearance and often looks slightly disheveled.

Personality: Dr’non is extremely loyal to those he cares about and to the Weyr. He is faithful to his commitments and promises. One of which is to be the best dragon rider for High Reaches that he can be. He is realistic about life and people, more concerned by facts than fancy. He doesn’t so much imagine what the world could be as make do with the world as it is. He will make the most of what he has but won’t dream of what can’t be.

Though realistic, he is also very stubborn. His opinions once decided are very hard to change. He can be obstinate and will follow a course of action even in the face of criticism. The best way to get him to change is to appeal to his realistic nature but that can be difficult. He believes that he is realistic enough to have already made the best decision.

He is very articulate and able to speak his thoughts clearly and fully. He doesn’t struggle with finding the way he wants to put things. This can cause problems because he is also sarcastic and prone to harsh derision. He loves to find the irony in a situation as well. But he doesn’t hold himself above that derision and is self-deprecating. He belittles himself often and easily.

Positive Trait List Articulate, Loyal, Realistic
Negative Trait List Sarcastic, Stubborn, Self-deprecating
History: Born Dreenon to two riders months after a flight, he wasn’t a planned baby in any way. Dreenon grew up in the creche without much parent interaction. He didn’t mind in the least as there were caretakers a plenty. Once old enough Dreenon took his chores seriously and played hard. He fully enjoyed his childhood even if he was often sporting some injury from his rough play.

Around seven, Dreenon got into a fight that broke his arm. It was over a simple thing that he was very sarcastic about and offended the girl. She took offense and when he refused to apologize she knocked him down and pummeled him. Dreenon felt no shame from being beat up by a girl, she was fierce after all. Even though he was mocked for it he would hear no one disparage her. He learned that day that what he says has consequences and to pick his words carefully.

At 14, Dreenon began standing for Hatchings as was expected. He knew that he could walk away with no dragon in the end but it was his duty to at least be there for the dragons. Thread returned in that time and it became even more important to him to stand. He was ready to fight thread on behalf of all the people of Pern at the best Weyr in all of Pern. He never participated in the candidate swaps for that reason. Western was a decent Weyr but his loyalty was to High Reaches Weyr.

Clutches came and went and Dreenon continued to keep his hopes up. He knew how long he had left to impress and also that the clutch frequency was picking up. With Thread back the Weyr needed all the dragons that it could produce and support. If he was meant for one he would be ready.

Other:

DRAGON
Name: Edjarth
Personality Edjarth is an original thinker. He is eccentric and creative without caring what others think of him. He enjoys doing things differently than other people just for the sake of it as well. Combine that with his excitable nature and this blue is a handful. His emotions run high and fast and he is quick to action.

Thankfully he is also clever and able to think quickly on his feet. This gets him out of messes of his own creation often. The blue is unrestrained in his actions and often spontaneous, acting on those impulses and ideas more often than wise. Edjarth often comes across as silly or even daft. This doesn’t bother him most of the time as he knows his own worth.

Edjarth is also very encouraging of others. He will try to instill confidence and courage in others. He believes in people’s abilities and wants to help them do their best. The blue doesn’t like to compete with others and will downplay his accomplishments or abilities to make other people feel more comfortable. This only adds to the appearance of him being a simple dragon with not many faculties. Any rider of his will have a hard time convincing him that letting other people know accomplished is not a bad thing.

Positive Traits: Clever, Original, Encouraging
Negative Traits: Excitable, Noncompetitive, Unrestrained
Egg Size: Small
Adult Size: 64’
Physical Attributes: Edjarth is lean. For all his long length, he is built more for speed than brawn.
Additional Notes: Though he enjoys them, flights are hard for Edjarth as he doesn’t want to compete with anyone. He is more likely to find a companion among the losers and have a fun time that way.

Why Me: Edjarth was looking for the best of the best. And he believes he found it in Dreenon. The boy may be self deprecating but that is okay, Edjarth is there to help encourage Dreenon through it all. Dreenon will be able to temper Edjarth’s flights of fancy and strange behavior with his realistic streak and has the stubborn will to do it. They will be able to keep up with each other intellectually and Edjarth will certainly keep Dreenon on his toes.

 

[Uta]

Just a note about the flights -- even choosing a companion from the losers will require some Chase effort. The phrasing makes it sound a little bit like the dragon is opting to ignore his instincts and opting to do something else; when in reality, he will still have an urge to Chase, he'll just be looking at the other participants than the dragon rising.

Otherwise, approved!