[Candidate] Tihrokat [Approved]

[Meepfur]

Name: Tihrokat
Age: 20
Nameday: 06.18.3557
Sex: Male
Sexual Orientation: Pansexual
Craft: None (fishes proficiently, but no formal training)
Rank: None
Location: Western Weyr
Physical Description:
Leanly muscled and of middling height for the Weyr at 5'11", Tihrokat is almost handsome, but has an adorable, energetic quality that keeps him just short of it. His skin is dusky, and his bluish-silver hair is roughly-cut, but more short than not. His right eye is blue, and his left violet.

Personality:
For someone as absolutely full to the brim with enthusiasm as Tihrokat is, he can be a little...lazy. He loves life, sure, and has boundless energy for pursuits that he enjoys, like fishing or swimming or certain more hedonistic activities, but when it comes to things he's not into? Siiiigh. Does he really have to? If the answer is yes, he will, but don't expect him to be quick and efficient at it unless someone is there to keep prodding him until the task is done, or there's an enticing reward at the end. If you want to keep him from dragging his feet (or getting conveniently distracted), he'll either need a carrot on a stick or a watchful eye and a dose of nagging, or else he'll simply go at his own pace and maybe be done by sunset.

It's something he's gotten away with for most of his life without any lasting repercussions: the youngest of five boys, and written off as rather simple, he just wasn't deemed worth the time or effort of straightening out. That, however, is something that's quietly stuck with him. Though it's far from immediately obvious, thanks to his cheerful and flirty demeanor, Tihrokat has very deep-rooted self-esteem issues. His mother wanted a girl but only ever had boys, and once she got to him, she was over it, and while she wasn't truly cruel or abusive, she didn't hide that he was a disappointment, either. His older brothers mostly found ways to make themselves useful, but lacking in both drive and ambition, as well as any other traits that would make for an effective pirate, he was deemed too dumb - as well as too sweet - to amount to anything. As a result, he's deeply afraid that he will never be enough, that no one really wants him around.

While he's so naturally sociable that he makes friends easily, no matter what they look like or where they're from, he's just as quick to worry that he'll fall by the wayside. No matter how strong the friendship, if a new friend (or significant other) comes along, he's like to assume that this is The End, and will withdraw and distance himself to keep out of the way of the new relationship, since he's clearly not needed. He will make himself miserable with such thoughts until found and reassured, and will continue to need that reassurance until he's adjusted to the new 'normal.' While sweet and attentive with both friends and lovers, he's incredibly clingy and needy, and has a difficult time being alone for long periods.

Tihrokat is bound to have a difficult, if not impossible, time with one-and-only relationships. While he loves, and very strongly, he doesn't seem inclined to fall in love, and is more likely to have friends-who-are-also-lovers than anything, but will struggle terribly if they go on to settle down with someone. That sort of change is very, very hard on him.

Positive Trait List cheerful, accepting, sweet
Negative Trait List hedonist, lackadaisical, needy

History:
Hailing from a long and distinguished lines of pirate, Tihrokat has gone on to add absolutely nothing to the family line - a disappointment, but not an unexpected one. His mother, Tihrakati, can trace a proud history of piracy back through her maternal line, and had thought to continue it further through a daughter of her own. Instead, she ended up with five boys: an adopted foundling, followed by twins, then another boy, and finally Tihrokat, at which point she cursed her luck and gave up. Though he wasn't entirely neglected, little time or effort was put into raising him, and he was often underfed. Once he was old enough, he was given menial tasks, and eventually some attempts were made at including him in the family trade, but he just...wasn't good at it. He had no guile, and liked people too much to want to rob or hurt them. He was entirely too soft to ever make for a good pirate, but his family was his family, and he did love them, even if his next oldest brother did bully him relentlessly, so he stuck to the menial tasks and gruntwork all through most of his teens.

The breaking point for Tihrokat came when he found a clutch of firelizard eggs and made off with one, only for his brother to take it from him. He stole it back while he slept, just in time for it to hatch, but once his brother realized what had happened, he beat him up badly for it, and broke the flit's wing. Tihrokat was devastated, and when they were next in Rivercrest, about a sevenday later, he disappeared himself - not that anyone bothered to look for him long. Though he'd taken some things besides his flit and himself, they were glad enough to be rid of him that it was considered a decent trade. He had enough to trade for treatment of his flit, though enough damage had been done that while she eventually learned to fly, she can't go very high or very far.

They scraped by in Rivercrest for a few months, by which point their situation, precarious to be begin with since it wasn't as though he'd entered it with a plan or many skills, was growing harsher by the day, and had Tihrokat not been Searched to Western shortly after Kleoth laid her clutch, things likely would have gotten desperate sooner rather than later. While this Candidate business is all very new and different, he's grateful for the opportunity, and intends to do his best to earn his keep in his new home.

Other: his bb

Candidate Specific Questions
Do you want them to have an official Search RP? No
Do you understand they will age every passing year regardless if you're there to RP the or not? Yes
Do you want them to have a possible Stands Impression? No  

[Tsunake]

Approved!