BASICS
RETIRE INFO: Adopt dragon if applicable / Retire character
NAME: Constanter
GENDER: Male
PRONOUNS: He/him/his
ORIENTATION: Uncertain, probably bisexual
BIRTHDATE: Spring 2753
AGE: 23 (Winter 2776)
LOCATION: High Reaches Weyr
OCCUPATION: Wingrider
WING: Stormlight
APPEARANCE
EYES: Grey
HAIR: Red
HEIGHT AND BUILD: 6', lanky
PLAY-BY: Tijn Elbers
FULL APPEARANCE:
If there ever were an example of 'human beanpole,' it would probably be Constanter. He grew up without growing out -- he is only a little heavier than fair skin and bones, and has managed to grow a little muscle since entering into his teen years, but is currently all height and long-bones. Long arms, long fingers, long legs and unremarkable musculature. He has a prominent, hawklike nose with a rounded edge and his pale red hair is fluffy around his head in a bowl cut.
Constanter has no fashion sense and wears whatever is easiest to access, so long as it fits at least approximately. Shirts are usually a bit big and baggy on him.
PERSONALITY
PERSONALITY:
Constanter is a fifth son and has four older brothers, all of whom are loud and boisterous; either his older brothers scared him when he was young or the trait simply skipped him because Constanter is neither of these things. He's mild-mannered bordering on shy -- while he always seems to be paying attention, it can take effort to get him to actually say things -- but seems fond of people in general even if he isn't close to many people in specific.
He thinks he might like to be, and is trying to be a bit more outgoing. Constanter has little to no political opinions of his own but does like to get into political conversations -- when he catches people expressing opinions he has a tendency to ask why, trying to learn more about what people think and feel and what motivates them. While he loves the water, he is enchanted by foods that aren't fish and the one talent he really gained in his apprenticeship is navigation; Cosntanter never gets lost and has a very reliable sense of direction.
If he has a temper, no one has ever seen it.
HISTORY
FAMILY:
Father: Estajin, seacrafter
Mother: Cenlia, seacrafter
Brothers: Esirael (+ 2), Rasoulas (+5), Cyaren (+8) and Cenaji (+10), all seacrafters
SIGNIFICANT OTHER: None
BIRTHPLACE: High Reaches Hold
HISTORY:
Constanter was the only one of the five sons of two Journeyman Seacrafters who was actually born on a boat, though the other four were often referred to as "might as well have been." Well, Constanter was a few weeks early, and as a result, he actually was.
At least the fishing vessel actually had a healer on board, though a birth wasn't at all what the healer was expecting. Then again, he had cleared Cenlia to go on the trip, so maybe he should have been; as a result they did turn back early to the docks of High Reaches Hold where most of the crew grumbled about reassignments and Cenlia and Estajin returned home for an early paternity leave.
The baby, Constanter, seemed small but healthy and continued that trend for the rest of his life. His brothers were boisterous and active and he seemed more content to watch childhood activity rather than keep up with it, but when urged, he would play along. He seemed to like watching his brothers and following in their footsteps -- both figurative and literally -- but had an irritating tendency (as per his family) toward distraction and not listening to what he was told. He wasn't a bad child, just a disengaged one, and despite being the smallest and youngest, often was left to feel like the least favorite child because of his parents' tendency to get exasperated with him.
He apprenticed to the seacraft like all of the others before him, but showed very little interest in actually fishing and more in maps, charting, navigating; he hadn't advanced past beyond simply understanding the riggings of a ship and the functional workings of it as well as reading the skies to navigate before he was approached by Search dragons from the nearest Weyr.
It was only Constanter who was asked, and not any of his brothers, no matter how they might protest.
With an invitation like that, he was unable to refuse.
When Searched it was revealed to High Reaches' candidatemasters that Constanter could not read or write and a further physical came to the determination that he is actually hard of hearing rather than just spacy and inattentive. Constanter is learning to adjust to this change in self-identity as well as the approaching potential of riding a dragon.
