Venxalim of Brown Xalisk

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Venxalim of Brown Xalisk

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BASICS
NAME: Venxalim
GENDER: Male
PRONOUNS: he/him/his
ORIENTATION: Biromantic Heterosexual

BIRTHDATE: Winter 2714
AGE: 58 as of Spring 2773
LOCATION: Semaca Weyr
OCCUPATION: Wherhandler
WING: Pavane Squad

APPEARANCE
EYES: Blue
HAIR: Blond
HEIGHT AND BUILD: 6'4" and Bulky
PLAY-BY: Picrew.me
FULL APPEARANCE:
Venxalim is a man getting on in Turns, with greying blond hair and pale skin. His eyes are bright blue and likely his most striking feature. His face sports a beard and mustache, finely groomed but still present. He has what he likes to call smile lines around his eyes, rather than wrinkles, another sign that he's no longer the youth he once was. His hair is kept trimmed short and generally lays flat, with a slight undercut along the sides. His brows are noticeably thick and darker than the rest of his hair. Clothing-wise, he goes for darker shades, casual but neat-pressed.

PERSONALITY
PERSONALITY:
Fairly easy-going and happy-go-lucky when interacting with others, Venxalim actually usually prefers to relax rather than exert himself. He likes to act as a sort of helper for new wherhandlers, and tries to give off an experienced air. While he never seems to lie, he has a habit of not quite giving a straight answer, leaving others to make their own judgments. He can be a bit mysterious, though this is not particularly intentional, as he, despite being pleasant, is generally content to be quiet and mind his own business. He's quite forgiving of mistakes. Venxalim is also sentimental, keeping little trinkets and favors--for example, he's got baby teeth from Xalisk made into a little necklace. He's a bit of a romantic at heart.

He has a great aversion to insects and a fear of tunnelsnakes. Despite his laid-back demeanor, has high expectations for those he takes under his wing, which can be a little overwhelming to new handlers. While not outright rigid or strict, he has, in general, very little tolerance for disobedient behavior. Lamentoso squad hits a sour note with him. Venxalim can also be rather rash and forward with his ideals, sometimes going so far as to push them onto others, especially those who do not agree with him.

HISTORY
FAMILY:
Vendra - Mother, deceased
Xalimar - Father, deceased
Various children and other living relatives
SIGNIFICANT OTHER: N/A
BIRTHPLACE: Ista cothold
HISTORY:
Venxalim was born in a small cothold beholden to Ista, to a pair of simple farmers. The cothold was inhabited by his parents and extended family and various siblings, so he was little bothered for companionship. He grew up well and wanted for little, though didn't have any education beyond what his parents and family knew. It wasn't until he was Searched at eighteen that he was taught to read and write, and his basic mathmatics, but he found himself drawn to the Whers rather than the dragons. Although he stood for several hatchings, none of them proved fruitful, eventually seeing him switch his candidacy to the available whers of Ista.

At twenty he was finally selected for bonding with an egg, which hatched into his lovely brown Xalisk. The two were close from the start, though Venxalim found himself a bit overwhelmed by the care needed for a newborn dragonkin. He had of course helped around the farm as a child, but there was something different about having others to help and having a life wholly dependent upon him. Luckily, any questions he had were answered by the Wherlingmasters.

As time went on and Xalisk grew, Venxalim found himself falling for one of his classmates, a young woman with whom he became quite close and eventually, after several Turns of courting after their whers matured, weyrmates with, fathering several children. Five total in their time together, but fate would eventually have them separate amicably as the first was coming of age enough to Stand (40).

When his former weyrmate announced she would be leaving Ista Weyr, the two bonded to a pair of firelizards to maintain contact with each other (and she, their children). The two exchange letters to this day.

Despite various turmoils within and without Ista, Venxalim found the Weyr rather idyllic, fond of his patron... but time would see him growing restless, and a bit smothered by his children as he grew older and their fears for injuries for him grew, especially following one Threadfall where he and Xalisk suffered a near-miss. So, he arranged transfer to Semaca, where the Weyr still needed hands and his were still good for something.

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XALISK


BASICS
NAME: Xalisk
BIRTHDATE Fall 2734
AGE: 38 as of Spring 2773

APPEARANCE
LENGTH: 15 ft
HEIGHT: 4.8 ft
COLOR: Brown
HEX CODE: #5d412d
FULL APPEARANCE: Long and low, Xalisk has an almost slinky quality to him, especially when he runs. His height and length give him an odd advantage when it comes to wiggling into lower spaces, but make no mistake: this wher is still strong, even if he lacks some of the bulk of his brethren.

Xalisk is fairly similar to the color of dirt, with muddy brown markings creeping up his legs and tail before fading out. The same muddy color is on the tops of his short wings and acts as a mask on his face. He's fairly simple in color, but that just means he avoids notice easier.

PERSONALITY
PERSONALITY: Xalisk is a sneaky fellow, apt at crawling around and hugging the edges of a room to escape notice. He uses his fairly plain appearance to his advantage and is particularly good at remaining still, quiet, and patient. He likes to listen in on the conversations of others, and while he's not one to spread the gossip, he just likes to know what's going on in the Weyr. He does, of course, share all of his information with his handler, even if it means waking them up to do so.

Perhaps all the information he gathers could be used to gain rank and power, to get people under his claws to be used later, but frankly, Xalisk forgets things as soon as he's passed them on to his handler. Once he's learned it and told someone, it's no longer useful for him, and forgetting it means he can go learn something new. It isn't just eavesdropping that he employs to learn about his environment, either: he will put pretty much anything in his mouth. If it doesn't fit, he'll just lick it and slobber on it until he's satisfied he's learned its secrets.

To his handler, Xalisk is a pal, a buddy, a friend. They're besties forever and ever and ever, and that means Xalisk waking them up in the middle of the night to drop some weird sleepover-vibe wisdom. Even if he is a little odd, he's fiercely loyal to his bonded, and he would go to the ends of Pern for them. ...Or maybe just to the ends of the Weyr, and then he's bored and wants to go home.

Voice: Xalisk’s voice is a whisper in the wind, here and then gone again. There’s a silky quality to it that goes against everything a wher typically looks like: light, delicate, like smoke disappearing in the dark. It is still definitively male, but it’s like Xalisk is always telling secrets.

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Bubbles


BASICS
NAME: Bubbles
BIRTHDATE Summer 2752
AGE: 20 as of Spring 2773

APPEARANCE
COLOR: Blue
FULL APPEARANCE:
Bubbles is a water-blue firelizard from the middle up, with lighter blue outlinening almost bubble-shaped spheres from the middle-down. Size-wise, he is tiny for a blue--just barely large enough to carry small packages.

PERSONALITY
PERSONALITY:
A bright firelizard who often chooses to be with the Weyr's faires rather than with his human. He has a penchant for collecting pebbles. Interestingly, he doesn't0 take anything of actual value, just polished stones--and only specifically flat oval ones. Stones that would make for good skipping stones, for whatever reason. He piles them in Venxalim's collection of old socks. He also likes to deliver letters and visit with Venxalim's various children and relatives, so his bonded rarely sees him save when called.