Candidate Kirin [RFR]

[toby-du-coeur]

KIRIN



BASICS
NAME: Kirin
GENDER: Male
PRONOUNS: He/Him/His
ORIENTATION: eww

BIRTHDATE: Midwinter 2762
AGE: 15 as of 2777
LOCATION: Semaca Weyr
OCCUPATION: Candidate
WING: N/A

APPEARANCE
EYES: Green
HAIR: Dirty blond
HEIGHT AND BUILD: 5'8". Short and skinny with lithe muscle.
PLAY-BY:
FULL APPEARANCE:

Kirin is a scrawny kid, all knees and elbows, who is constantly fidgeting. He’s decently fit from a childhood of running around the mountains. In the sun of Semaca, his skin has become tanned and smattered with freckles, a contrast to his green eyes. He cuts his shaggy, shoulder-length hair himself, and it is perpetually messy, sometimes pulled into a ponytail.

He doesn’t give much thought to clothing, wearing whatever is at hand so long as he can move freely in it. However, he has pierced his ears, and is fond of sticking bits of bone or little handmade trinkets through them, as well as wearing bracelets and necklaces made with found objects.

PERSONALITY
PERSONALITY:

Kirin comes across as loud, rather obnoxious, and careless. He’s sociable in a superficial way, seeking attention and admiration. However, he doesn’t know what to do with sincerity or vulnerability.

Kirin hasn’t ever entertained much hope for the future or trust in his surroundings, so he chronically lives in the moment, getting as much out of every instant as he can. His habitual way of living has been to snatch all the scraps he can for himself, make a comfortable little routine, and not look beyond that.

He keeps a collection of rocks, little carvings, animal bones and the like — these constitute his home more than any physical place.

Kirin is smarter than he’s given credit for, but he has never applied himself. He has a heart and potential to be a member of the weyr community somewhere. However, he will fight every step of the way to hide the best parts of himself, because he is deeply mistrustful of leaving himself open.

HISTORY
FAMILY: Father (unknown)
Mother (deceased)
BIRTHPLACE: A small mining hold beholden to High Reaches Weyr
HISTORY:

Kirin was conceived a few years after the Interval War ended, sometime during a multi-Hold festival. His father was unknown, and his mother died in childbirth. According to Kirin, this suited him just fine — being parentless and fostered out around the nearby mining holds meant he wasn’t subject to as much scrutiny or as high expectations.

He settled into being the problem child, scraping by with what low-level chores could be entrusted to him, and no one looked for anything more from him. As long as he was fed and could run off to explore the foothills or stage faux battles with other Hold youngsters, he was content.

Most of the people in his hold worked mining the mountains, and it was taken for granted that Kirin would soon join them. He dreaded the thought of spending the rest of his days buried in the mines, but he never forged an alternate path, never really believing it could be possible.

He spent time carving bits of wood and tinkering with machinery, developing a small mechanical gift. However, he didn’t get along with Hold craftsmen or other children well enough for him to be apprenticed into another trade.

In his childhood, Kirin acted blasé and devil-may-care, swore a lot, and nursed any physical or emotional wounds in private. This made him seem precocious and more grown up than he was. But now that he is in adolescence, these traits increasingly mark him as immature. Kirin dislikes this, but more than that dislikes the idea of growing up. To him, that only means restriction and responsibility.

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[toby-du-coeur]

IC Information
What type of candidate is your character: Dragon

What color/s does your character want?: He couldn’t care less, he just wants a dragon
Does your character have any personality preferences or concerns?: He wants a companion in adventures, someone to see and be loyal to him. He isn't exactly diligent, so he's hoping for a dragon that isn't super responsible or stuck-up like some seem to be
Does your character have any other preferences or concerns?: No

OOC Information

What color(s) are you willing for your character to impress to?: I would prefer a male or he/him dragon, and aesthetically speaking any colour except blue (tho i wouldn't refuse a blue)
Do you want your character to be eligible for gold?: Sure, why not lol
Do you have any personality preferences or concerns?: I can imagine a variety of interesting pairings for Kirin. But I think his dragon should be in some way more trusting/sensitive/open than he is, which would both irritate him and push him to mature emotionally.
Do you have any other preferences or concerns?: Nope
Why do you think these choice/s would be a good fit?: Kirin is emotionally closed off, so a dragon who is more open hearted would clash with him and challenge him in a healthy way

Do you have any preferences about the conditions of your character’s impression?: Nope! other than asap {if there is availability & a dragon that suits him as judged by The Mods}
Are you alright with your character getting hurt? What injury level is acceptable/what should be avoided?: Yes -- minor or moderate injuries are alright; anything as long as it isn't permanently disabling
Are you willing to impress a creature with a mutation/oddity? Anything that should be avoided?: Yes, that's cool as long as the dragon can fly

Is there anything you will ABSOLUTELY NOT accept?: Nothing that comes to mind!

[Arcane]

-Multi-hold celebrations on Pern are called "Gathers."

-Please include who Kirin's father was, even if he himself does not know. No need for a ton of detail or even a name- something like "a miner from a nearby cothold" or "a trader in for the Gather" is fine.

-Pern is a pre-industrial society with no machinery or technology beyond basic tools (with the exception of flamethrowers which would not be found in a mining hold), where Kirin would not have the ability to develop or show a mechanical gift.

-Most children in a mining hold would not be crafters. Formal crafting eductation on Pern is fairly rare, enough that Kirin not having the opportunity to pursue it is not notable or unusual. None of his friends would be much more likely to train as crafters. A small mining hold would likely only have one harper to teach the children and maybe a healer to tend the sick and injured- both of whom would likely have been born and trained elsewhere. Crafters are more the Pern equivalent of PhDs than the people who do every day work.

-I would strongly advise softening your Impression preferences if you hope to Impress quickly. TPA dragons are pre-written and not adjusted for candidate preferences. If you want a male dragon that is not blue, that only leaves bronze, brown or male whites in most clutches and your possible matches will be further narrowed by your personality preference. Staff recommends having at least one of blue or green as an acceptable color. Right now- your preferences are likely to only include one or two dragons a clutch, if that, which is hard for staff to work with. If you know specifically what you want for his dragon- you are always welcome to make him a rider instead of a candidate.