"Good thing I'm light on my feet."
BASICS
RETIRE INFO: Character - Retire exact app, Bonded - Adopt
NAME: Thancred
GENDER: Cis male
PRONOUNS: he/him/his
ORIENTATION: Heterosexual
BIRTHDATE: Late spring 2738
AGE: 32 as of summer 2770
LOCATION: Fort Weyr
OCCUPATION: Wingrider
WING: Aurora
APPEARANCE
EYES: Gray
HAIR: White (early greying), formerly blond
HEIGHT AND BUILD: 6'0", lean muscle
PLAY-BY: Thancred Waters (FFXIV)
FULL APPEARANCE: A man of solidly average height, Thancred is built lean and strong. He has completely white hair despite his relatively young age due to some unfortunate genetics. Otherwise, his features are relatively unremarkable, gray eyes with a defined jawline and somewhat pert nose. He can often be found with a roguish smirk on his face, especially around pretty ladies, though he is increasingly found with a more focused expression on his face. He likes mostly practical clothes, though he does keep up with fashion as much as he can. He is especially fond of fashionable jackets.
PERSONALITY
PERSONALITY: Many people's first impression of Thancred is that he's a shameless flirt who takes life lightheartedly. The former is more true than the latter. Thancred does enjoy flirting with women, though he's always respectful if they show they aren't interested. He has even tried casually courting several at once, though that's usually ended badly...for him. To those he doesn't know well, he does try to come across as less responsible than he is, partly in the hopes that people will underestimate him. He is guilty of flirting on the job sometimes, though it's starting to happen less as he's gotten older.
Aside from flirting, Thancred takes his work seriously, often overworking himself out of a desire to do what he feels must be done. He's a shrewd thinker with mostly practical intelligence, though he does have some book smarts as well. He views it as his duty to protect those he loves, and by extension Pern as a whole. He puts himself into danger without a second thought when it comes to achieving his goals, often needing someone to talk sense into him. He has a hard time letting go of his attachments to people and doesn't deal with grief well at all.
HISTORY
FAMILY: Thana - mother (deceased), Lorcred - father (deceased), Minfilia - younger adoptive sister, Ryne - younger adoptive sister
SIGNIFICANT OTHER: None current, much to his chagrin
BIRTHPLACE: Fort Weyr
HISTORY: Thancred's parents were both riders, and died in Threadfall when Thancred was too young to remember them. He had been raised by the creche anyway, so other than people telling him his parents were dead, he didn't really understand what had happened. He was a mischievous child despite the creche's best efforts, constantly getting dragged back by his ear from his pranks. He only got worse as he got older, and the crechemasters started strongly suggesting he apply to a craft and get out of their hair.
When he was ten, as he stole a bronzerider's underwear, said bronzerider, instead of getting angry and dragging him to be punished, took notice of him...in a positive way. L'soix was a busy man, but took young Thancred under his wing, saying he "saw potential" in the boy. What potential, Thancred was never quite sure. Thancred's life turned around for the better, and he eventually became an older brother figure to another of L'soix's unofficial wards, a young girl named Minfilia. L'soix became even busier with his own grandchildren when they were born, and Thancred was a little jealous.
Thancred had never aspired to candidacy when he was younger, but wanted to be a good example for young Minfilia, and signed up when he was seventeen, later than the normal age due to his initial indifference. His first few Turns in candidacy were quite eventful, with female bronzeriders and garnets making their appearances and High Reaches declaring war on Fort. He found the new colors and Impressions fascinating, seeing no reason to reject them. Just because things had always happened one way didn't mean that they had to be that way, after all. Other than keeping an eye out for him and his, was little affected by the violence. He kept Standing for Turns, but slowly felt his hope fading.
Right as Thancred aged out at Fort at twenty-five, L'soix died in Threadfall. Devastated by the loss of two things he held dear in his life, he did his best to be there for Minfilia, and began to mature from his old womanizing ways. Probably due to his reputation, he found little luck when he began to court more seriously, but he was more focused on wher candidacy and keeping an eye on Minfilia anyway. He feared for her safety as a candidate when Serapheth's gold egg was cracked, but thankfully no harm came to her. A new Weyr posed its own issues, but it seemed that they had no further animosity against Fort. He was also immensely relieved that Minfilia didn't Impress at the Trailblazers clutch, especially after the dragons were poisoned.
Minfilia indirectly gave him a second chance at candidacy. She transferred to High Reaches Weyr to Stand for Terminath's last clutch and to help keep an eye on her younger cousin Ryne, who had been freshly orphaned and made her way to the nearest Weyr. Thancred went with her to keep eyes on both Ryne and Minfilia, and was able to sign up for candidacy again.
Thancred had no luck at candidacy at High Reaches either. When he hit twenty-nine, he reluctantly signed up for dual candidacy to increase his chances of some sort of bond. He preferred dragons partly for the diurnal schedule, and also because he wanted to fly. He had no luck with either whers or dragons for two Turns. Hitting thirty-one was a bitter disappointment for him, but he applied himself fully to wher candidacy. He had hope, didn't he? He wouldn't age out for whers, after all.
Around this time, Thancred met a pretty bluerider woman who actually seemed interested in keeping him around. She was, however, very uninterested in the scandal with Fortian eggs when it happened, and put in for a transfer to Semaca as soon as she could. Somewhat reluctantly, Thancred bid Minfilia and Ryne farewell. He could be a wher candidate at Semaca, and maintain a relationship with this woman. He hoped Ryne and Minfilia might transfer with him as well, but they seemed interested in staying at High Reaches. Ryne had made friends, and Minfilia had settled in. Thancred keeps up correspondence through letters.
