I'm inclined to think half mankind
thinks the other half is lying
Wouldn't be surprised to find
they're all in c a h o o t s
-- "Facade", from Jekyll and Hyde the musical
BASICS
RETIRE INFO: Retire B'recal, adopt Xiometh
NAME: B'recal
GENDER: male
PRONOUNS: he/him/his
ORIENTATION: panromantic polyamorous
BIRTHDATE: Winter 2738
AGE: thirty-two as of Early Summer 2771
LOCATION: Fort Weyr
OCCUPATION: Rider, Journeyman Harper
WING: Twilight, Faranth help him
APPEARANCEEYES: brown
HAIR: short, brown, spiky
HEIGHT AND BUILD: six foot one, lanky
PLAY-BY: Sam Witwer
FULL APPEARANCE:
While the weyr has several individuals who hold claim to greater height, B'recal still towers over most people. The illusion is helped by his rawboned frame, which seems to gangle even though he is powerful and broad. He dresses well, with clothing tastes similar to those born to their rank. He likes to present himself as a suave man with taste and rank.
And with a square jaw, defined features, and dark eyes set deep beneath thick brows? He pulls it off. He shaves regularly to maintain his look, and is very unhappy when he has more than stubble. 'Undignified', he calls it. That doesn't stop him from admiring others with beards. It's just not for him.
PERSONALITYPERSONALITY:
B'recal is warmth and heat and passion. He throws himself into his causes, and shows little restraint. Xiometh is quite aggravated with him, at times, because he does not always take the time to consult his dragon before doing something that she claims she could have done better. (Often, she could have done better.)
Reserved in company, B'recal craves intimacy. He prefers a very small inner circle, no more than five, of people he gets very close to. Sometimes his bed partners graduate to inner circle friends. Sometimes, he sleeps with his inner circle. But usually, he looks for bed mates outside of his group of friends. It's not fair to subject them to all of his intense passion.
Really, it's not fair to subject anyone to all of his passion, which is why B'recal channels a lot of his passions into creating. He's a rider, not a harper, now, but he still writes songs and poems on a near-daily basis. This occasionally gets him in trouble when he accidentally breaks into song during Threadfall.
HISTORYFAMILY:
- Mother- Neclar of blue Lask and white Neclesk , early sixties, Ruatha
- Father - Beslen, journeyman harper, deceased
BIRTHPLACE: Bitra Hold
HISTORY:
Born as the oldest son to a pair of crafters, 'Bornecal' was quickly dubbed 'Bore-us-all'. He was a quiet, reserved child who preferred to play quietly by himself rather than deal with other children. That was true, until he fell in with a boy often referred to as his cousin, though no one could say which side of the family produced him. Bornecal quickly developed a more aggressive side, and emerged as a leader among the children.
His mother Impressed a blue wher when he was ten. She claimed it was an accident, but Neclar of Ruath had never been one to sit idly by and let life happen without her. She rarely claimed events to be accidents. Even Bornecal's conception, which was the very definition of an accident - was 'meant to be'.
Traveled to Ruatha with mother at age thirteen, to be closer to Neclar's family while she and Beslen were going through a rough patch. There, he fell under the tutelage of the Hold's Harper, and began formal study. Away from the bad influence of the cousin, Bornecal learned to channel his passions through creative outlets. Even though he began studies late, his teacher had high hopes for his career. There were plans to send him to the Harper Hall for formal learning, but it was not to be.
Although Searches came and went, Bornecal was always away from the dragons. He was eighteen when a dragon finally got a sniff of him, and the apprentice harper was spirited away to Fort. He didn't Impress immediately, and used the time to continue his studies. He was made a journeyman at the age of twenty-three.
A Turn before he aged out, Bornecal Impressed a small garnet fire lizard. He named her Shira, and slowly resigned himself to a life without a dragon. Then gold Macath Rose, and Bornecal prepared to Stand for his last clutch.
If Shira was a surprise, then imagine how surprised everyone was when the fifth egg of the Vault of Pandora clutch revealed a strikingly beautiful garnet. She stalked the line of girls on the Sands before latching onto Bornecal.
I do love a good crowd, don't you? It's especially great when they're here to see me. Well, me and my B'recal. Come on and let's get out of this sand. I can't disappoint these people!
Weyrling lessons quickly revealed that garnet Xiometh and brown Kajth could not be trusted to reliably work together. Actually, Kajth could not be expected to work with anyone except Doukajth, but that didn't stop rumors from circulating that Xiometh was the one who was difficult to work with. Neither of them were particularly pleased with that rumor.
Xiometh Rose, and was caught by brown Zansipath. His rider, M'rel, got along with B'recal quite well, and they decided to remain weyrmates until Xiometh's next Flight. Her Flight did not result in a clutch, much to B'recal's relief and Xiometh's confusion.
