"We'll be together, always. That's what friends do."
BASICS
NAME: K'zon, born Kuzon
GENDER: Male
PRONOUNS: He/him/his
ORIENTATION: Pansexual
BIRTHDATE: Early Autumn 2749
AGE: 24 as of 2773
LOCATION: Semaca Weyr
OCCUPATION: Dragonrider
WING: Nocturne Wing
APPEARANCE
EYES: Dark brown
HAIR: Black, always a little too long and a bit messy
HEIGHT AND BUILD: 5'8, twiggy
PLAY-BY: Aladdin
FULL APPEARANCE: K'zon is a short, skinny young man, who never quite grew into himself. Even as an adult, he looks a bit awkward and gangly, his limbs slightly too long for the rest of his body. K'zon has thick black hair that he can never quite get to sit neatly on his head and bushy, expressive eyebrows to match. His eyes are brown and lively. He favors comfortable, light clothes, that aren't too hot in the Semacan heat and enjoys wearing bright colors when he can. He's a bit of an amateur sewer and has decorated some of his clothing with his own work. He is not very good. The right sleeve of his riding jacket is decorated with embroidery. Nobody is quite sure what it's supposed to represented (K'zon would claim flowers)- but it certainly is colorful.
PERSONALITY
PERSONALITY: K'zon is a happy, cheerful person, eager to experience all life has to offer. He's a bit of a dabbler, quick try to anything that perks his interest but not dedicated enough to become truly good at much. He sews a little, he cooks a little, he once managed to make some rather bad wine and is interested in trying again if he can find more promising grapes. He thinks he's better at all these things than he actually is. K'zon can be a bit arrogant, in a low-key sort of way. He overestimates his own abilities and doesn't recognize how much of his own happy life was luck rather than skill.
K'zon hates sitting still and always eager to be in the middle of something, preferably something new and exciting. If someone is doing something in his general vicinity, he'll want to be involved, out of a mix of boredom and genuine curiosity. He is easily distracted from the things he is actually supposed to be doing.
K'zon is friendly and extroverted. He likes most people and is generally interested in what they have to say- People come from so many interesting places and have so many unique perspectives. His own opinions on much of anything are a bit of a mystery, even to him, as he's easily persuaded by the arguments of whoever it is he's currently talking to and tends to agree with whatever side he's heard last. K'zon doesn't really understand the concept of 'personal space' or 'alone time.' He himself always wants to be surrounded by people and activity and so introverts confuse him. He can unintentionally make quite an annoyance of himself, not recognizing when someone just wants to be left alone and continuing to intrude. While K'zon likes most people, he has a small handful of people he truly considers friends. Jamil, Rurosuth, his family, a few others. He can be quite clingy.
HISTORY
FAMILY:
Mother: Kulina
Father: Maizon
Siblings
SIGNIFICANT OTHER: N/A
BIRTHPLACE: Somewhere on the trading roads
HISTORY: Kuzon was born the eldest child to a relatively successful pair of traders. He was always their golden child- they thought he could do or be anything. They humored him, in whatever he wished to do, proudly displaying his latest childish attempts at handicraft alongside their real wares whenever they stopped at a hold. Kuzon believed these praises of his 'potential,' because they were his parents and surely they knew best.
Kuzon's earliest memories are of traveling Pern alongside his caravan. There was a (slightly) older boy there named Jamil. Kuzon considered him his best friend in the entire world. Kuzon always wanted to be by his side, to see what new adventure he was going to dream up or to just talk to him, in the moments of quiet. He was kind and smart and such a great trader and Kuzon wanted to grow up to be just like him. Kuzon always assumed Jamil thought of him as a friend too.
When the two boys were 15, an Istan searchrider came and recognized the potential in Jamil. Kuzon was proud of him, but not surprised. Jamil would undoubtedly make an excellent dragonrider of Pern.
But Kuzon, who had NOT been Searched would miss him so much. And surely Jamil was miss him too. It had always been the two of them, together, for as long as either could remember.
When Kuzon's parents offered to bribe the searchrider, Kuzon went along with it. Candidacy could be fun! And he'd get to spend time exploring a beautiful island weyr, besides his best friend. Even if he couldn't Impress, candidacy would be an adventure and an experience and he could find something else to do at the weyr once he got tired of it. Surely Ista would have a use for one of his many talents. It was a little dishonest, but it wasn't really hurting anyone.
Kuzon thrived in candidacy. There were so many different things to learn and try. He dabbled in a number of different crafts, considering apprenticing, but none really stuck. He even enjoyed the chores- He got to learn the best way to change glows, how to dress a wound, how to clean a latrine...His parents showed up for every clutch he stood at, to cheer him on. They remained thoroughly convinced he would Impress and become a dragonrider, because their son was special. He didn't Impress, clutch after clutch, and neither did Jamil. Kuzon didn't mind- he was happy being a candidate and thought he could rather like being weyrfolk, when the "rider" thing inevitably didn't pan out. It'd be like being a candidate, minus the lessons and the clutches, forever. And Jamil would surely take him for lots of rides on HIS dragon.
And then, one clutch, everything changed. Kuzon had, as usual, glued himself to Jamil's side. A brown looked straight at the pair, eyes bright with rainbows, and Kuzon had already started to hug and congratulate Jamil when he heard the voice instead in his own head, I've been looking forward to meeting you, Kuzon. My name's Rurosuth, but I'm guessing you already know that.
Kuzon, now K'zon, was shocked and delighted by his new partner. He spent the rest of the hatching sure Jamil would Impress too and they would be classmates and riders together.
Jamil didn't Impress and barely spoke to him after the hatching. He left soon after, without a word. K'zon didn't understand what he'd done wrong.
K'zon's focus soon turned to learning to be a rider. K'zon and Rurosuth learned to work together quickly and the more K'zon learned about his dragon, the more he adored him. The pair completed weyrlinghood without incident and graduated through the wings. Their early threadfalls went quite well, through luck as much as skill, and the pair made new friends with wingmates and classmates.
K'zon enjoyed being a rider, but never forgot his friend. When he learned a classmate had spotted Jamil at Semaca, K'zon counted down the days until he could transfer to join him. Surely by now, no matter why he'd left, Jamil missed him and would be delighted to see him again. And the southern continent sounded like an exciting place. K'zon and Rurosuth would doubtlessly enjoy all it had to offer.
K'zon applied for transfer the day he became eligible and flew down to Semaca as soon as he was approved. He considered joining Chopin Squad, as he had always enjoyed those sort of chores in candidacy and that'd probably give him the most opportunities to work with weyrfolk like Jamil, but he recognized that Rurosuth would miss fighting and he wanted his dragon to be happy. He joined Nocturne Wing, because Rurosuth would miss threadfall if he didn't.
