"Taking on a challenge is a lot like riding a horse, isn't it? If you're comfortable while you're doing it, you're probably doing it wrong."
BASICS
NAME: T’asso
GENDER: Male
PRONOUNS: He/Him/His
ORIENTATION: Heterosexual
BIRTHDATE: Early Fall 2729
AGE: 44 Turns as of Late Summer 2774
LOCATION: High Reaches Weyr
OCCUPATION: Rider
WING: Firestorm Wing
APPEARANCE
EYES: Brown
HAIR: Brown
HEIGHT AND BUILD: 6’3”, athletic
PLAY-BY: Jason Sudeikis
EXPY SOURCE: Ted Lasso (Ted Lasso)
FULL APPEARANCE:
T'asso is a rather unassuming man. He's on the tall side, with a lanky, athletic build that speaks of endurance rather than power. He has a diamond-shaped face usually turned up in a broad smile. It emphasizes the laughter lines around his eyes. He has a large, broad nose and a slightly rounded chin. His eyes are a muddy brown, nearly the same color as his hair, which is cut short and usually combed back. His hairline is slightly receding, making his forehead appear to be larger than it is. He seems to be trying to make up for it with his thick, neat mustache. He dresses neatly, and is fastidious about ironing the collars of his shirts.
PERSONALITY
PERSONALITY:
T’asso is an extremely energetic, upbeat man. He’s outgoing, ready to strike up a conversation with anyone and everyone. There seems to be no end to his optimism, even when he has no knowledge of what’s happening around him. He actually seems to be completely clueless most of the time, but this never stops him from believing that things will work out perfectly fine. He seems to have a folksy motivational quote for every possible situation, most of which he makes up on the spot. He pushes everyone to do their best, but this is often annoying because he doesn’t actually stop to ask if they actually want his advice. He’s extremely talkative, and rarely actually knows when to shut up.
T’asso can be something of a doormat. He finds it hard to say no when someone asks for help, or seems like there’s even the slightest chance that they might need help.
Despite his Turns at the Weyr, T’asso has retained a lot of his farmhold upbringing. He likes to go down to the kitchens and cook, or sew his own clothes, or even do his own laundry. He feels weird about people helping him with things that he could do himself. This can cause problems when he thinks he can do things that he can’t, and despite clearly hurtling toward failure he won’t change his mind. He’s a bit full of himself, convinced that he’s capable of anything he puts his mind to. However, while he has a good mind for tactics, he’s otherwise not very smart.
HISTORY
FAMILY:
Elen, Mother, Farmer
Bohumil, Father, Farmer
SIGNIFICANT OTHER: None
BIRTHPLACE: Cothold outside Tillek
HISTORY:
Born at a small farming cothold, Telasso never expected much save that he'd grow up to be a farmer like his parents. He was more than happy with that life, never really dreaming of more. Why would he? He had his parents, and there were other children in the cothold for him to play with. It was plenty.
The arrival of a Searchrider when he was sixteen put a wrinkle in his expectations. He could be a rider. He would be a rider. It was an offer he simply couldn't refuse; as he later found out, that was quite literal, but he had gone to the Weyr willingly enough anyway. High Reaches was in the throes of war, but he was just happy to be there.
It was an adjustment, being at the Weyr. There were lessons in reading and writing and arithmetic, and he found those difficult. There were less formal lessons in the behavior expected of a Candidate, which he found nearly as hard. Table manners and washing one's face before eating had never been particularly important back home. But he learned, eventually. He had plenty of time. Hatchings came and went without him ever Impressing. He didn't begrudge those who were chosen over him. He cheered them on gladly, and kept hoping that the next one would be the one for him.
It took six Turns. He was twenty-two when a brown with bits of shell or something stuck to his face finally chose him. T'asso was over the moon. Even when it became clear that the brown had strange scaly bits like a beard under his chin and down his neck and the top of his head, T'asso was happy. The prospect of fighting in a war was less to his liking, but as long as he had Darbeth and his classmates, he was happy.
Luckily, he didn't have to worry about it long. Just a couple of Turns after his graduation, an armistice was declared. Instead they had to worry about preparing for Thread, which would soon be falling. At least that was a task at which T'asso and Darbeth rather excelled, as they discovered once Thread started falling. There was a brief flare-up in the hostilities, and the pair worried that they'd have to deal with outright war again on top of Thread, but Golre was eventually killed and their worries receded.
High Reaches changed after that. Supposedly, at least. Honestly T'asso didn't see any difference in his life. He had to deal with Threadfall, training for Threadfall, and taking care of Darbeth. What did it matter who the Weyrwoman was, or that they decided they'd no longer have a Werywoman at all? Who cared if there was a gold or not, so long as there were enough dragons for them to fly Thread effectively?
