Tokoyami of Bronze Santorosk

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T O K O Y A M I
Revelry in the dark

BASICS
NAME: Tokoyami, T to his foster-brother
GENDER: male
PRONOUNS: he/him/his
ORIENTATION: Who can say? Technically demisexual.

BIRTHDATE: Midsummer 2748
AGE: twenty-six as of Early Spring 2774
LOCATION: Fort Weyr
OCCUPATION: wherhandler
SQUAD: Dusk

APPEARANCE
EYES: Light brown
HAIR: Black
HEIGHT AND BUILD: five feet and seven inches, thin
FULL APPEARANCE:

Lightly muscled and not too tall, Tokoyami doesn't look like much of a wherhandler most of the time. Certainly he doesn't look like he belongs with the bronze bonded to him. If one had to hazard a guess, he probably looks like a harper or a scribe. He always has a writing implement tucked away somewhere, and he has very neat handwriting. Clean-shaven, he keeps his dark hair pulled away from his face. He likes dark clothing, which let him melt into the darkness at his discretion but also tends to make him stick out in any well lit environment.

PERSONALITY
PERSONALITY:
Tokoyami is not much of a talker and never has been. He prefers to use archaic terms that he found in a book over the language that other people normally use, like 'revelry' over party, or 'disgraceful' rather than 'disappointing'. He's reserved enough that he doesn't like to talk to strangers. He picks his words because he likes them, sometimes because they rhyme, and he would rather leave the conversation than rephrase something. No, these two words might sound like they mean the same thing, but if he meant something simpler he would have said something simpler!

Communication is not his strong point.

He's both serious and even-keeled, so he's not fond of losing his temper. He jokes sometimes that his fire lizard Dark Shadow is his temper, given the brown's mercurial nature. Being a wherhandler suits him because he's fond of the darkness. A fondness for both flowery language and darkness comes together in his poetry. It's not necessarily good poetry, but he's not a harper and doesn't claim to be. He writes because he likes to, not to share with the world.

HISTORY
FAMILY: parents worked in the creche
SIGNIFICANT OTHER: none
BIRTHPLACE: Keroon Hold
HISTORY:

Tokoyami was born to a pair of creche workers at Keroon Hold. When he was eleven, he Impressed a brown fire lizard from a basket of eggs left in the dining hall. He was big and dark enough to disappear into shadows with relative ease, so very creative Tokoyami named him Dark Shadow. Very inventive.

He was Searched at fifteen, whereupon he went to Igen Weyr. He stood for a few clutches there, then transferred to Fort for the Seeker's clutch. He was old enough to also stand for wher clutches by then, and he was happy to stand for both. He bonded with another candidate well enough that the two began introducing themselves as foster brothers. Life was good, and Tokoyami had high hopes of taking to the sky with his foster brother. Until the Paladin clutch, that was. The stories of the Trailblazer hatching were bad enough, but Nornth's reign of terror left Tokoyami unwilling to take to the sky. He went back home to Keroon.

He still wanted a wher, but he was content to make a life for himself until the opportunity came along. Wher clutches were fewer than dragon or flit clutches, so he was saving up for an egg when it happened.

A freak accident in 2769 changed his life for good. A bronze lost his handler to a freak accident and refused to go feral. He was presented to the limited pool of local wher candidates, where he picked Tokoyami. In honor of his new bond, Bronze Sanrosk renamed himself Santorosk.

Tokoyami and Santorosk were encouraged to go to the weyr for training, and it took just a handful of months for them to be properly convinced. When they arrived at Igen, there was a kerfluffle regarding what squad they should join. Tokoyami got it in his head that Santorosk was a perfect fit for the healer's wing both because of his size and his history. It was poetic! (He may have written a few poems about it.) Everyone else, including Santorosk, maintained that it would be much better to join one of the main ground crew squads, and Tokoyami was eventually convinced.

That was several Turns ago, and Tokoyami transferred back to Fort when he heard they were taking wherhandlers more seriously. His foster brother was there to greet him upon his arrival, and it was like reuniting with family.

After a little while, Santorosk encouraged Tokoyami to sign back up for candidacy to get a second wher. Wher clutches remain few and far between, so Tokoyami doesn't expect to become a dual handler any time soon. Santorosk believes that it will be good for both of them.

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S A N T O R O S K



BASICS
NAME: Santorosk
BIRTHDATE Winter 2704
AGE: sixty-nine as of Early Spring 2774

APPEARANCE
LENGTH: sixteen feet (16 ft)
HEIGHT: five feet and nine inches (5.75 ft)
COLOR: Bronze
HEX CODE: #686544
FULL APPEARANCE:

Santorosk is a huge old bronze. He's not quite as dark as bronzes come, but he is on the darker end of the spectrum. He does not have markings by nature, but he does have scars. Some scars are from his many Turns as a caravan guard, some are from Thread, and a few are from sheer bad luck. His left wing, for instance, looks like someone chewed on it from the Threadscars, and his right flank has a series of discolored slash marks.

PERSONALITY
PERSONALITY:

Santorosk is a, well, he's a bit of a brute. He spent a number of Turns as guard of a caravan, a number of Turns as the statement piece in a petty lordling's collection, then even more Turns as an honest guard again. His first instinct is to use blunt force to get the job done. If blunt force doesn't work, he wants to escalate until he gets results. Experience has taught him that sometimes he needs to try different tactics. He's not particularly good at redirecting, and while he does use strategy, he doesn't default to guidance easily.

He's a bronze that sees life as a series of transactions. He's most loyal to whoever he owes the biggest debt to. That's usually his handler, though he's favored other whers if they saved his life. He is not a leader, and knows it. If he is in a situation where he is the default leader, that is a very bad situation indeed.

He wouldn't phrase it this way, but he's insecure. There's a reason he insisted on rebonding when he lost his handler, and when pressed he'll reluctantly say it's because he finds humans more interesting than life in the wild. The reality is that he has a marked preference for humans over other types of life, including his own kind. He chases only rarely because of this.

HISTORY: Santorosk has been bonded before. His first handler already had a wher, and they were guards to a caravan. Fifteen Turns before the Pass began, Sanron became sick and the trio left the caravan. Once Sanron was healed, they found work for the greedy lord of a minor hold who wanted the world for himself, but would settle for his own squad of wher guards as a status symbol. Life wasn't all that bad, but Sanrosk was considered more valuable than Sansk just because he was a bronze and she was a green. That made both whers uncomfortable, and they were able to convince their handler to leave the minor hold. From there, they made it to Keroon Hold, where they could have honest work as guards again. That was about when Thread started. Things were still fine, they became part of the ground crew checking for burrows after the fighting wings at Igen finished with the Thread in the air. There was a freak accident involving one of these burrows in 2767 that took both Sanron and Sansk, but left Sanrosk with only Threadscore as the physical reminder of the bonds he lost. Unwilling to go feral, Sanrosk agreed to bond with a candidate - Tokoyami.

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IC Information
What type of candidate is your character: Wher, dual bond

What color/s does your character want?: Probably a male color, just because that's what he's used to. Not a clutcher, he does not want to deal with babies.
Does your character have any personality preferences or concerns?: Dark and quiet would be ideal, yes
Does your character have any other preferences or concerns?: not that I can think of

OOC Information
If your character is a dual candidate IC, do you have a strong preference on whether they Impress dragon or wher?: Not applicable, not dual

What color(s) are you willing for your character to impress to?: I like a brown or white for him, but I'll take any if they fit
Do you want your character to be eligible for gold?: NO
Do you have any personality preferences or concerns?: I think it would be fun and interesting if they got an upbeat and perky wher, bonus points for light or bright colors
Do you have any other preferences or concerns?: not that I can think of?
Why do you think these choice/s would be a good fit?: Hot Topic and Gladiator paired with a bubbly baby? Hysterical, god-tier

Do you have any preferences about the conditions of your character’s impression?: I don't mind if he stands for a while.
Are you alright with your character getting hurt? What injury level is acceptable/what should be avoided?: Go for it, just avoid permanent
Are you willing to impress a creature with a mutation/oddity? Anything that should be avoided?: Go for it

Is there anything you will ABSOLUTELY NOT accept?: I'm not enthused with the idea of playing him with an asshole.

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D A R K . S H A D O W

BASICS
NAME: Dark Shadow
BIRTHDATE Early Fall 2760
AGE: thirteen as of Early Spring 2774

APPEARANCE
SIZE: Large
COLOR: Brown
HEX CODE: #5E2605
FULL APPEARANCE:

To say that Dark Shadow is a large brown would put it a little simply. Whichever shade is his main color is up for debate, because he has an equal amount of markings. Tokoyami says that he's a dark brown with darker markings to make him fade into darkness. He might equally be described as a very dark brown with lighter markings. Either way, he's a lurker, and likes to stay where he isn't easily seen.

PERSONALITY

Dark Shadow is both sneaky and mercurial. He takes great pleasure in being overlooked, up to the point where he wanted to be the center of attention. He tends to lurk in shadows, and doesn't realize that he gets overlooked because he's hard to see tucked away in a corner, on a shelf, or under a bed. He's a loyal fire lizard, and will do his trained tasks on command, so long as the person giving the commands is Tokoyami. He doesn't listen to superiors, elders, or even Santorosk.