Q’row of Blue Raseth [RFR]

[ladyweathervain]

Q’row of Blue Raseth


BASICS
RETIRE INFO: Retire
NAME: Q’row (formerly Qalrow)
GENDER: Cismale
PRONOUNS: he/him/his
ORIENTATION: Literally whatever, good luck getting past his depression though

BIRTHDATE: Winter 2740
AGE: 30 as of Late Spring 2770
LOCATION: Fort Weyr
OCCUPATION: Bluerider
WING: Daylight Wing

APPEARANCE
EYES: Amber
HAIR: Black, short and messy
HEIGHT AND BUILD: 5’9, kinda spindly
PLAY-BY: Qrow Branwen (RWBY)
FULL APPEARANCE:

He’s about as messy as one can be. He doesn’t seem to mind getting messy, but he does keep his person as clean as he can manage at any given time. He’s pretty lean and not very muscled, as well as scruffy as he doesn’t shave as often as he could. Q’row has some decent muscle to him, and tends to move very gracefully on foot. He’s a little LESS graceful on dragonback, leading to many scars and less permanent bumps and bruises on his person. Though if asked, he will say he’s suffered through worse, then refuse to elaborate.

PERSONALITY
PERSONALITY:

Q’row doesn’t really take much of anything seriously. He makes dry jokes, enjoys just goofing off and doing nothing when he can get away with it. He likes working, sure. It gives him a sense of purpose that makes him more than happy. But he also appreciates what down time he can squeeze out of the occupation, just spending his alone time with a little wine and some good food. He enjoys the finer things, but in moderation and usually shared among those around him.

He’s very communal, and tends to think of others needs before his own. This can lead to him running himself ragged and not tending to his own needs, leading to exhaustion and overall low mood. And he’s not the type to bounce back well from those. He tends to self isolate when he’s reached his limit, which only makes his low mood worse. There is also the unfortunate tendency to shoulder burdens he shouldn’t be shouldering, leading to a faster spiral into exhaustion.

HISTORY
FAMILY: Raven – Sister
SIGNIFICANT OTHER:
BIRTHPLACE: A hold near Fort Sea hold
HISTORY:

The Branwen ‘family’ was a collection of misfits from the local creche, a gang of young adults and children who found similarities among one another and banded together. Qalrow and Raven were the de facto leaders, as they were the most experienced and allowed those who didn’t really get along with the main body of holders into the group. While they weren’t the most well behaved group, they did their best to fit in in their own ways, often securing what connections they could for the benefit of the hold overall. Many of the misfits eventually would find their way to craft holds or to weyrs, recruited by passing riders and such. However, Raven and Qalrow always stayed together. Raven had already been spoken to by several dragonriders about being a candidate, but she always turned them down. She had a duty to their family and Qalrow agreed with her choices. But. He himself always wanted to ride a dragon. To just be a part of something bigger than just this. Of course when he tried to tell Raven this, she was angry at him. They’d drop the subject for the most part, but Qalrow would have a choice to make.

One day, it happened. A rider named Ozma from Fort Weyr approached him atop his great shining bronze and offered Qalrow the chance to be a candidate. Granted, he was already 20 but there was still time. Raven was vehemently against it, even threatening the rider. But Qalrow wanted this. Wanted to have a chance to be something more.

Even so, the words that Raven said that day would haunt him.

“If you get on that dragon’s back, you’ll be turning your back on us. Our family! On me! If you think you can just come back when you fail, I’ll be here with a knife for your heart!”

He’d still get on the back of the dragon.

Candidacy was kind of wild for him. Adapting to Weyr life was… wild. He really didn’t know exactly where he stood a lot of the time, but the more he just sat back and reflected, the more he realized that this wasn’t as bad as he’d thought. Sure, he wasn’t able to be as open or free as he once was. But this was a LOT more secure. He was comfortable here. And soon enough, he’d get the chance to stand for clutches. A decent number. And the idea of having a partner in life so deeply attached to him was appealing! Though. He tried VERY hard not to think about his sister that he’d left behind.

At long last, he found his dragon. Or rather, his dragon found him.

Raseth was a seedy, shifty blue. But they worked well together. He liked his ‘whatever it took’ nature, and Raseth liked that he wasn’t so above being underhanded. The pair would eventually go out and transfer to High Reaches, a good place for social climbing. Even though Q’row wasn’t THAT interested in such things, the idea of being Candidatemaster appealed to him. He knew kids pretty well and was happy to help them learn. Even if Raseth complained that this wasn’t enough, Q’row would argue that making the youth better equipped for the future was a decent stepping stone to a life as a leader. It would be enough for Raseth, for now.

Life was good.

Until it wasn’t.

There was drama. An egg snatching. Accusations thrown left and right. And while neither Raseth nor Q’row knew who to believe, they had a choice to make. Q’row and his dragon would talk. And talk. And think. And eventually, take wing and fly back to Fort Weyr. Raseth would have rather stayed at High Reaches, but even his ambitions weren’t worth seeing Q’row so disgustingly unhappy and unmotivated. A happy rider would go along with most things he suggested, after all.

This was going to be a mess and a half to deal with. But they’d deal with it.

[ladyweathervain]

Blue Raseth


NAME: Raseth
BIRTH SEASON: Late Summer 2762
AGE: 3 turns as of 2765

LENGTH: 34ft
HEIGHT: 8.5ft
WINGSPAN: 51ft
COLOR: Blue
HEX CODE: 626779

FULL APPEARANCE: Raseth is on the smaller end of blues, speedy and off like a shot. His legs are long and thin, giving him the illusion that he is taller than he actually is, and he is very good at playing up that image. He isn't fragile, and can take several hits before he really admits that he's feeling sore. He is a dark, almost midnight blue all over. His markings are a blue-gray, almost looking white in some lights. The colors trace in thin, net-like patterns over his wings, faded at the tips into a darker smoke-gray-blue. His front feet have the same darker smoke color over them, like he'd stepped in paint. His face is marked in the lighter coloration, like claws reaching around his head to consume everything.

PERSONALITY: Raseth is the epitome of 'the road to Between is paved with good intentions'. He intends to do good things. He intends to make himself a powerful dragon, leading the Weyr with himself and his human. He will make deals with terrible dragons, sneak out and forge secret alliances, anything underhanded and sneaky to secure a "brighter" future. He doesn't see his work as bad. In his mind, he is going to make things better. He's going to make Pern a better place if they could only see what good he is doing.

To his human, Raseth wants to see them succeed. He wants them to be in power. He wants them to lead the weyr - no, all of Pern! He will do anything to make that happen, and though he doesn't actually understand why double-crossing others is wrong, he values them more than anything. He honestly adores his partner, his rider, and only wants to do things for them. He wants to make sure they are happy. His softer side is only really seen in private, and he will passionately deny any sort of "mushiness" in public.

Voice: Raseth's voice is masculine, though there is a strangeness to the timber, almost a small distortion. He doesn't hear anything wrong with it, and is prone to some flowery language when he's trying to seal a deal.

[Arcane]

-There wouldn't have been enough children and young adults in the creche of a minor sea hold to form a gang of misfits. Most children in a sea hold would grow up to be sailors and fishers, like their parents, and minor holds generally are fairly small. The only one of them who seems to be relevant to the backstory is Raven so I suggest cutting it down to just Q'row and Raven who grew up together.

-Raven's hostility to being Searched doesn't make sense. While there are many reasons she might not want to be a candidate herself, I also don't see anything in the backstory that justifies her extreme reaction to Q'row going. Remember that being Searched is a great honor at most holds and most families would appreciate the prestige of a rider relative (as well as respecting the role riders play in protecting them).

-Since they are not at a major hold, they would be unlikely to have Searchdragons coming regularly enough to Search Raven multiple times. Remember that smaller holds are unlikely to see many searchdragons. There are a lot of small holds and only so many searchriders to go around.

-Why was he so struck by the security of his new weyrlife? Rider's lives are dangerous, candidates chances of Impression are uncertain and his life doesn't seem to have been particularly unstable before.