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 Posted: Sun Nov 22, 2009 8:03 pm
Name: Yaziah
Age: 18
Gender: Male
Sexual Orientation: Bisexual
Craft: None
Rank: Candidate
History: Yaziah's past is about as interesting as a rock. His parents were probably some unnamed dragonriders or even just common weyr folk, he has absolutely no idea and isn't about to go snooping around either. Raised among the other weyrbrats, Yaziah spent most of his time in the kitchens being a general pest as most children are at the age of five or six turns. That is until the cooks had had enough and put him to work. Three turns of working in the kitchens and the lower caverns as something of a helper and Yaziah was sent elsewhere to bother someone else.
It was around Yaziah's thirteenth turn that he formed anything beyond a casual 'playtime' relationship with anyone and that relationship is the main reason for Yaziah's current state of distrust. The exact details vary from weyrbrat to weyrbrat but the general story is the same. Yaziah's first and from the looks of things last love interest, was hold born through and through and while the boy might have been content to simply be the holder's friend and admire the young man from afar but such plans were not meant to be. While friendship did manage to blossom, it didn't last long. This is where the truth of the story begins to come into question. Whatever the truth of the story, Yaziah's level of trust has dropped to almost nothing and everyone holder and weyrfolk alike are greeted with wariness.
Yaziah wasn't searched until after he hit sixteen turns and has stood on the blistering sands every year since then.
Appearance: Shoulder length, straight cut, ebony hair that is almost always kept pulled back, out of his face. This generally gives people a clear view of his smokey gray-blue eyes and his milky white skin. With a face that has yet to switch from appearing boyish he looks more like a younger teenager than an eighteen year old. Not...that that doesn't help sometimes... Standing at five foot eight, Yaziah's got a slender atlethic build with enough muscle mass not to look like he's starved.
Personality: Yaziah's been called the perfect gentleman, with an angel's patience though there is quite the temper to be dealt with once that patience ends. Eternally stubborn he's well aware of the fact that this could and might be his downfall, even so, once he's made up his mind on something have fun trying to change it. Violently passionate and passionately violent, if there is a need to be, he's a diplomat first and a fighter second. At best he can be quite playful, at worse quite brooding. Generally though he's fairly neutral as far as emotions go. Yes he does smile but don't expect he to, every living second of the day. That's just not him.
Yaziah'll hear you out, wrong him and he will still hear you out before he decides whether or not he'll forgive you or shred you. Mess with what's his however and he won't be so forgiving. He knows what can happen when you trust too easily, he's got scars from the burns to prove it (both literally and figuratively speaking). He might speak with you on a regular basis, he might laugh, he might even let you get close enough to be called an acquaintance but get this into your head now. He. Doesn't. Trust. You. No matter how long he's known you, he doesn't trust you. Not trusting people makes it easier to deal with them when they finally betray you.
Other: Yaziah has a blue flitter named, Bink.
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Posted: Tue Dec 01, 2009 4:14 pm
Hooray for male candidates with histories as interesting as rocks! XD
While the history sounds good, I'd like for you to elaborate a little bit more on this event that happened that caused him to be so distrustful. What exactly happened? You definitely don't need to go into gory detail if it's a squicky subject, but I just need enough of the storyline so I know what I'm approving.
I'm not sure I understand the first paragraph of his personality. You have several conflicting traits, which make it hard for me to get a feel for this character. He's the perfect gentleman, with an angel's patience, and very emotionally neutral, but he's also violently passionate, stubborn and brooding. I think the problem may lie in the fact that you've given him extreme characteristics rather than more moderate ones? Like I think gentlemanly and patient could work, because you could then say that the only time he explodes is when he's reached his absolute limit. To then combine gentlemanly (which I tend to associate with other characteristics like well-spoken, polite, fairly sociable) with violent passion and then neutral emotion doesn't really work for me. Am I making sense?
Also, why is he brooding? Why is "at best" playful? How does that tie in to the rest of his personality?
With his distrustful nature, I'd like you to elaborate on how he deals with people who want to be his friends. You've stated that if you mess with his things or double cross him he'll have a hard time trusting you again, but what about people who he's never met? Keep in mind that he has to work with a wing during Threadfall, and thus any kind of interpersonal skills help us pair up dragons and potential riders.
Do you have a picture for the flit mentioned in your profile?
Hope this helps and I'll keep an eye on this thread!
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