Post by Desert on Jun 21, 2009 21:20:55 GMT -5
Weyr: Talune
Name: X'vier
Gender: male
Sexuality: heterosexual
Rank: weyrling
Age: 20
Appearance:
[[Xavier's looks (in the face, mostly) are modeled after Jared Leto]]
Xavier's size and build are fairly average: maybe a bit on the tall side, though still lean without being too slender. He works out regularly to keep himself fit and attractive, and after all the work he'd put into toning his body, he basks in the well-earned admiration of the women who have the privilege to see him unclothed. Or partially clothed, as he is shameless about shedding his shirt given any opportunity to show his physique off.
His hair is a fairly average shade of dark brown; in any light except bright, direct sunlight, it looks more black. His hair has a healthy gloss to it, thanks to the regular herbal rinses he uses to keep it looking beautiful. He usually styles his hair so that bangs fall across the right side of his brow and sometimes fall into his eyes. Sometimes he mixes it up, for the novelty, but that style is his favored one.
Xavier's eyes are his most striking feature: simple gray, but a shade that often appears to change color. Once in a while they might look a vibrant shade of malachite green, though the most common color-change is a blue-gray, like the hide of one of Eden's roans: it is a piercing, enchanting color. Xavier's wardrobe is specifically designed to compliment his looks, especially his eyes, so he always looks his best no matter what.
Personality:
[[think of the Buckcherry song Too Drunk. i'll warn you that the lyrics of this are explicit, but that's just how Xavier is.]]
Xavier's main character flaw is that he has two vices that have gotten him into worlds of trouble: alcohol, and sex. In no particular order.
In the Turns since being first introduced to the wonders of alcohol, he has built up an incredible tolerance for its effects. His liver has probably been pickled by now, but that doesn't bother him one bit. He's played almost every drinking game known to Pern, and has gotten quite good at some of the more common ones. As expected, he's a horny drunk, so any women who aren't interested in being hit on should avoid his company when alcohol is involved.
Xavier, even stone-cold sober, is a shameless womanizer. He's a one-night-stand kinda guy, though if the sex is good, he's more than willing to oblige one woman as many times as she pleases. It's just the monogamous thing he's not so keen on: don't curtail his freedom to explore.
Xavier will copulate with anything that looks acceptably feminine and has the proper anatomy. He's not that picky, especially when he's had enough alcohol to loosen the few sexual inhibitions he has. The one that he's never violated, and probably never will: he draws the line at men. He is STRAIGHT, thank you, and proudly so. He has no problem with bisexual or homosexuals, but he just doesn't roll that way.
The main problem he encounters with these two vices is that he indulges in them too freely. He gets drunk at any opportunity and causes a lot of trouble by hitting on people who don't wish to be hit on, and seducing people he shouldn't seduce but who are too intoxicated to protest. He gets laid at any opportunity, which has led to many little bundles of joy for the women in question that they really didn't need -- and given how light in love he is, by the time the pregnancy is diagnosed Xavier is long gone.
But this is just one facet of his personality -- granted, the prominent one at this point in his life.
Other than the vices, Xavier is a pretty cool guy. Granted he has a very bawdy sense of humor and is hard pressed to take anything seriously, and more than a bit ADD, but once you manage to get him to focus and settle down he's very intelligent and an overall friendly guy. But the getting him to settle down and focus part is what's hard. He's very independent and confident, which is good, but he's also a bit vain and ADD, which is a bad combination. He has to be interested in something to take it seriously, and besides alcohol and sex and music, there isn't much that he's very interested in. He's had a closet case of dragon-fever since he was a boy, though he kept that to himself.
Xavier is an easygoing young man, with an irrepressible, dry sense of humor. He will laugh at just about everything, even when the joke it turned onto him. It's very hard to get under his skin: very few people know Xav's buttons. He is very generous and loyal, and a good friend to have if you're in a jam, because he will do just about anything physically possible to help.
When Xavier concentrates on a task, he concentrates single-mindedly, and it is nigh on impossible to pull him away from it. This is especially true with music: if he is practicing (or composing) a song, even if he is called away to do something else, he hums the tune of the song as he goes.
Xavier is an independent spirit: he prefers to march to his own tune. He sees the logic in most rules and so he follows them, but he also believes that there is an exception to every rule. And if some edict doesn't make sense, he'll ignore it. He also dislikes having to stick to a strict routine; sameness bores him. Xavier is a bit of a non-conformist, and while not a die-hard anarchist who makes trouble just for the sake of making trouble, he makes a point of not doing the popular thing.
History:
As a boy, Xavier was a fairly typical hold-brat: he always got up to mischief with his pals, though it was fairly innocent and all in good fun. Then, as he began getting older, this horseplay began changing his parents said "Enough!" Talune Hold's harper had been mentioning incessantly that the boy would do well at the Hall, so off Xavier was sent.
As an apprentice he was sheltered, at first, from the ways of the adult harpers. He learned to play and sing -- his clever hands were good at the making and playing of string-instruments such at the gitar, but by far his best contribution was his voice, which had an impressive range and a beautiful tone.
Shortly before he walked the tables as a journeyman, Xavier was introduced to the world of alcohol. He had been flirting with a lot of the pretty girls to be found around the Hall, though it wasn't until alcohol loosened his inhibitions that he explored that part of life. Once he had, though, there was no going back. Xavier realized how much he enjoyed the intoxication -- from both experiences -- and was hooked fairly quickly.
After that, Xavier barely managed to keep himself in line enough to get his journeyman knots. When a Searchdragon from Talune Weyr showed up on Search and singled out a hung-over Xavier as he was passing to try and find a remedy for his symptoms, his superiors were more than glad to hand the irrepressible young man over to the Weyr. Hopefully he'll whip himself into proper shape once he Impresses -- for sure the inhibition on sex for weyrlings will tax his self-control.
Father: Vierran
Mother: Xyaa
Siblings: none that he knows of
Offspring: probably many, all of them bastard
Pets: none
Dragon Name: Asiveth
Dragon Color: brown [female]
Age: weyrling
Personality:
Asiveth is a very special Brown. Namely because she is unlike the entire of the Brown population inside the Weyr, for she is female. This is the source for all her "problems" for not being a traditional Brown. True, Asiveth is very solemn and serious with her work and values. She is not keen to changing an opinion once it has been made, as first impressions are what she bases people on and, in her eyes, "people don't change, they just get better at lying". She's not pessimistic, though, and seems to have a touch of Silver in her for her rather sedate and collectedly quiet nature. She does not like to be in anyone's way, and would not complain to a soul about a problem that she herself could not fix on her own. She has a strong will, and can be quite the stubborn wherry when she gets into one of her rants that soon becomes a passionate frenzy of wording that even she can not comprehend. Bold and graceful, she is a testament to Browns and, had she been a male, she would have surely been granted wingsecond status soon after graduating for her very crafty wit and clever tongue. She is a gifted speaker, with little to no qualms about being in front of a crowd and getting her word out and known, for she possess a sturdy and clearly audible voice when speaking to any aside from Hers. To her rider, she is a much softer dragon, very motherly and doting. She clearly wants only the best for Hers and, unlike the other females her size who seem to only be capable of absolute gentleness, Asi will stand her ground and dare to stare you down until you blink. You don't mess with her XavMine.
Appearance:
Asiveth is a decidely healthy Brown considering she shared egg space with her Blue sister Sacaeth. She is of meduim height, with more Silver porportions than true Brown, her wings being wider with a slightly leaner frame. The muscles of her neck are pronounced, abnormally strong and would allow for heavier firestone sacks during a Fall, thus making her a greater ally in the air. She has a sandy brown hide coloration, the hue fading to a lighter tone as it wraps around to her belly, her back being the darest shade of the sandy brown and stomach the lightest.
Other:
Xavier: 7A99B8
Asiveth: sandybrown
Approved.