Post by Taylor on Jul 10, 2012 0:38:16 GMT -4
Name: Ko'o (previously Koroniket)
Pronunciation: coh - oh
Age: 17
Season Born In: Early Fall
Gender: Male
Sexuality: Heterosexual (possibly bisexual so deeply in denial he doesn't suspect it yet)
Appearance: Koroniket is large. Just over six feet tall, with a build reminiscent of a herdbeast, he can be a bit intimidating. He's quite strong, most of his bulk coming from muscle, but he's got a layer of fat which he could never get rid of and has since accepted. His features are unremarkable - muddy brown eyes, straight nose, bottom lip somewhat fuller than top lip - and his hair is black and often somewhat messy. He has a sprinkling of freckles across his face, particularly thick on his nose, which gives him a somewhat innocent look. This lessens the intimidation factor from his bulk and strength.
Personality: You can all just stop making babies now, because perfection has been achieved. Koroniket is here and it's never going to get better than him, so you can just give up. At least, that's what he thinks. And to Koroniket, his opinion is the only one that matters. Why should anyone else have a say when he already knows what you are thinking and want? Koroniket has the habit of cutting people off or speaking over them, speaking for them. He assumes he knows what you are going to say and will just respond as if you've said it. "Now I know, I know. You are gonna be sad if you don't get to see your little boyfriend. But I'll take care of it." Do you have a boyfriend? He doesn't care. Do you want to see said boyfriend, even if he exists? Again - totally irrelevant. All that matters is that Koroniket has made up his mind that there's something that you (whether because you lack his bravery or his dazzling intellect) can't do for yourself, so he's going to sweep to your rescue and fix your life, whether you want it fixed or not.
Although Koroniket tends to patronize and talk over everyone, this behaviour is especially pronounced with women. Or, as he tends to refer to them, "little ladies" (always said with just the right level of condescension so you feel pissed off but can't quite justify yelling at him). Women are weak, stupid, and in need of the guiding hand of a strong man. Fortunately for the women (human, dragon, and otherwise) of this weyr, Koroniket is here to guide them. If you thought he was annoying talking to a man, just wait until you hear him in a conversation with a woman. He will be so full of interruptions and patronizing comments that it'll be a miracle if he goes five minutes without getting smacked or having his conversation partner simply walk away in a huff. Koroniket's disdain (though it really is just his misguided attempts to be helpful to a gender clearly in need of his assistance) for women extends to anything feminine.
More than a little anti-homosexuality, he thinks lesbians are making some sad attempt at not needing men, gay men are betraying their gender with their weak displays of submission, and bisexual people...? Well, they're just really, really confused, the poor souls. And if you suggest that his hatred of homosexuality could be a result of him questioning his own sexuality...well. You just earned yourself a lifetime enemy, my friend. Koroniket is straight and quite sure of that, but he has a strong fear of being turned gay. He doesn't know exactly how this would happen, only that it seems very likely and is terrifying. As such, he is always on guard for "gay thoughts" or "gay actions" and will panic a bit if he notices himself appreciating the way another man looks or speaks.
His friends seem to be the only people who are sometimes allowed to give their opinions without being cut off and spoken over. Oh sure, he still thinks he's smarter and better than them, and should be given control in all the big decisions, but he wouldn't have befriended them if they weren't far better than the average person - they can be trusted to form their own opinions and self-direct their actions. Maybe. A little. But don't get carried away.
Authority figures, too, are allowed to speak. If someone is doing something he outright disagrees with, he will speak up regardless of rank, but even then he'll do so respectfully. When he isn't in direct opposition to someone's policies, he will take directions from someone who outranks him and give them his complete attention and respect.
Animals and children - small children, think infants - earn a place in his heart, as well. Since they can't understand him when he tries to guide them for their own good, he sees no reason to try. With the pressure to run everyone's world for them lifted, Koroniket very much enjoys their company and can develop quite the rapport with wordless creatures.
Koroniket is a very physical person. He likes wrestling, sex...and cuddling. And if you tell him that his immense fondness for laying with his head in someone's lap as they run their fingers through his hair is weak or feminine (the two things he claims to despise), he'll show you just how manly he can be. With his fists.
Family: Ariket - cook
Father - unknown rider
Location: Trelis
Rank: Weyrling
History: Koroniket's life began, like so many others, with a flight. His mother, Ariket, was a cook in Trelis' kitchen and had just finished her work for the day when a wild-eyed rider came tearing out of a room. His eyes locked on her as she walked back towards her room, and suddenly she found herself swept away by a flightlust-driven rider. The encounter wasn't entirely consensual, but nor was it anything she was surprised by; this was a weyr, after all. When she discovered that she was pregnant, she sought out the man who had impregnated her, thinking he may want to support her and the child. He had a weyrmate, however, and no interest in having her or her unborn babe in his life. Ariket accepted this - again, it was a weyr - and left him in peace; her child could run with the other weyrbrats once it was old enough and she preferred that to trying to force someone into fatherhood.
When Koroniket was born, her mother combined her name with that of her grandfather, ensuring that her son would have no link to his father and couldn't go experience rejection all over again to his face. The boy grew big, strong, and somewhat chubby on his mother's cooking, aware from birth that he was loved and aware from adolescence that he thought his mother weak for accepting this fate instead of demanding support for her and her child.
Koroniket intended to follow his unknown father's footsteps, entering candidacy as soon as he could. In the mean time, he learned cooking from his mother, wishing to gain a useful skill and ease his way into a craft without all the nonsense of leaving home for a crafthall and doing an apprenticeship.
Pronunciation:
Plum - birth
Age: 0 (Early fall T203]
Dragon Appearance:
Hatchling Size:
4.2ft.
Full Grown Size:
21ft.
Color Codes:
Base: 410056 Ripe Plum
Wings: 9874D3 Lilac Bush
Underside: 660099 Purple
Plumberth is a mid-sized amethyst with longer front legs than normal. Her front legs are the same length as her hind legs, which gives her the ability to walk just as smoothly as she flies. Her amethyst hide is the same color as a ripe plum that fades to a more normal purple color around her underside. Her wings are the same color as the flowers of a lilac bush and she takes great care to keep them safe. She keeps her wings tucked gently against her hide so that they not only stay out of her way, but so that no harm can come to them. After all she wants to appear as normal as possible and the fact that she has longer front legs than most doesn’t help this poor perfectionist.
Personality:
Positives: Loyal, Helpful, Playful, Adventurous
Negatives: Soft-Spoken, Perfectionist, Slow-Learner, Flirty
Plumberth is an excellent match for Ko'o and a terrible one, at the same time. She certainly seeks to help him, offering gentle advice to people on how to be more perfect along with him. Together, surely, they can make everyone and everything in the weyr be exactly right. Plumberth's soft, gentle tones help to balance out Ko'o's cocky ones. Sure, they may be teaming up to "fix" someone, but at least the person will have one friendly voice, instead of just two all but scolding them. At the same time, however, she is very vulnerable to Ko'o's criticism. Her natural perfectionism combined with his habit of insulting or criticizing someone with every sentence leads to plenty of times where the poor amethyst finds herself crushed by her rider's careless words, struggling to meet his standards and hating herself for not doing so already. When Plumberth makes a mistake, she may avoid the issue, making it worse as she chooses not to fix it lest doing so draws peoples' attention to her error.
Plumberth is extremely adventurous, always looking to try new things and have new experiences. Unfortunately, she is slow to learn new things, which can make this difficult, at times. She'll have difficulty learning some of the most basic dragon skills - flying, flaming, and most concerning of all, betweening. She has to spend a lot of extra time practicing a skill just to catch up to her peers, something she'll be quite ashamed of and try to hide because nooo, she should be perfect already!
Plumberth is extremely loyal to her friends and, of course, Ko'o. She loves flirting, though, and may drift briefly in pursuit of a man. She'll always return to her loved ones, of course, but they may be temporarily ignored as she tries to make people fall in love (or lust) with her.
Mind-Voice:
We must be perfect Mine, everyone is watching us after all.
Plumberth’s voice is very soft, and at times it can be very hard to hear what she is trying to say. She literally never raises her voice, and believes that there is no reason that she would ever need to either. Everything she says though is precise and to the point. After all everything has to be perfect, even her voice. This is just something her rider will have to get used to or learn to ignore.
Reason:
Do you not think we are just absolutely perfect, Ko'oMine? I believe it is time we teach this place what Real Royalty is, do you not think so, Mine? I am sure that all the beautiful dragons and humans will join us, all in due time.
Pronunciation: coh - oh
Age: 17
Season Born In: Early Fall
Gender: Male
Sexuality: Heterosexual (possibly bisexual so deeply in denial he doesn't suspect it yet)
Appearance: Koroniket is large. Just over six feet tall, with a build reminiscent of a herdbeast, he can be a bit intimidating. He's quite strong, most of his bulk coming from muscle, but he's got a layer of fat which he could never get rid of and has since accepted. His features are unremarkable - muddy brown eyes, straight nose, bottom lip somewhat fuller than top lip - and his hair is black and often somewhat messy. He has a sprinkling of freckles across his face, particularly thick on his nose, which gives him a somewhat innocent look. This lessens the intimidation factor from his bulk and strength.
Personality: You can all just stop making babies now, because perfection has been achieved. Koroniket is here and it's never going to get better than him, so you can just give up. At least, that's what he thinks. And to Koroniket, his opinion is the only one that matters. Why should anyone else have a say when he already knows what you are thinking and want? Koroniket has the habit of cutting people off or speaking over them, speaking for them. He assumes he knows what you are going to say and will just respond as if you've said it. "Now I know, I know. You are gonna be sad if you don't get to see your little boyfriend. But I'll take care of it." Do you have a boyfriend? He doesn't care. Do you want to see said boyfriend, even if he exists? Again - totally irrelevant. All that matters is that Koroniket has made up his mind that there's something that you (whether because you lack his bravery or his dazzling intellect) can't do for yourself, so he's going to sweep to your rescue and fix your life, whether you want it fixed or not.
Although Koroniket tends to patronize and talk over everyone, this behaviour is especially pronounced with women. Or, as he tends to refer to them, "little ladies" (always said with just the right level of condescension so you feel pissed off but can't quite justify yelling at him). Women are weak, stupid, and in need of the guiding hand of a strong man. Fortunately for the women (human, dragon, and otherwise) of this weyr, Koroniket is here to guide them. If you thought he was annoying talking to a man, just wait until you hear him in a conversation with a woman. He will be so full of interruptions and patronizing comments that it'll be a miracle if he goes five minutes without getting smacked or having his conversation partner simply walk away in a huff. Koroniket's disdain (though it really is just his misguided attempts to be helpful to a gender clearly in need of his assistance) for women extends to anything feminine.
More than a little anti-homosexuality, he thinks lesbians are making some sad attempt at not needing men, gay men are betraying their gender with their weak displays of submission, and bisexual people...? Well, they're just really, really confused, the poor souls. And if you suggest that his hatred of homosexuality could be a result of him questioning his own sexuality...well. You just earned yourself a lifetime enemy, my friend. Koroniket is straight and quite sure of that, but he has a strong fear of being turned gay. He doesn't know exactly how this would happen, only that it seems very likely and is terrifying. As such, he is always on guard for "gay thoughts" or "gay actions" and will panic a bit if he notices himself appreciating the way another man looks or speaks.
His friends seem to be the only people who are sometimes allowed to give their opinions without being cut off and spoken over. Oh sure, he still thinks he's smarter and better than them, and should be given control in all the big decisions, but he wouldn't have befriended them if they weren't far better than the average person - they can be trusted to form their own opinions and self-direct their actions. Maybe. A little. But don't get carried away.
Authority figures, too, are allowed to speak. If someone is doing something he outright disagrees with, he will speak up regardless of rank, but even then he'll do so respectfully. When he isn't in direct opposition to someone's policies, he will take directions from someone who outranks him and give them his complete attention and respect.
Animals and children - small children, think infants - earn a place in his heart, as well. Since they can't understand him when he tries to guide them for their own good, he sees no reason to try. With the pressure to run everyone's world for them lifted, Koroniket very much enjoys their company and can develop quite the rapport with wordless creatures.
Koroniket is a very physical person. He likes wrestling, sex...and cuddling. And if you tell him that his immense fondness for laying with his head in someone's lap as they run their fingers through his hair is weak or feminine (the two things he claims to despise), he'll show you just how manly he can be. With his fists.
Family: Ariket - cook
Father - unknown rider
Location: Trelis
Rank: Weyrling
History: Koroniket's life began, like so many others, with a flight. His mother, Ariket, was a cook in Trelis' kitchen and had just finished her work for the day when a wild-eyed rider came tearing out of a room. His eyes locked on her as she walked back towards her room, and suddenly she found herself swept away by a flightlust-driven rider. The encounter wasn't entirely consensual, but nor was it anything she was surprised by; this was a weyr, after all. When she discovered that she was pregnant, she sought out the man who had impregnated her, thinking he may want to support her and the child. He had a weyrmate, however, and no interest in having her or her unborn babe in his life. Ariket accepted this - again, it was a weyr - and left him in peace; her child could run with the other weyrbrats once it was old enough and she preferred that to trying to force someone into fatherhood.
When Koroniket was born, her mother combined her name with that of her grandfather, ensuring that her son would have no link to his father and couldn't go experience rejection all over again to his face. The boy grew big, strong, and somewhat chubby on his mother's cooking, aware from birth that he was loved and aware from adolescence that he thought his mother weak for accepting this fate instead of demanding support for her and her child.
Koroniket intended to follow his unknown father's footsteps, entering candidacy as soon as he could. In the mean time, he learned cooking from his mother, wishing to gain a useful skill and ease his way into a craft without all the nonsense of leaving home for a crafthall and doing an apprenticeship.
Amethyst Plumberth
Pronunciation:
Plum - birth
Age: 0 (Early fall T203]
Dragon Appearance:
Hatchling Size:
4.2ft.
Full Grown Size:
21ft.
Color Codes:
Base: 410056 Ripe Plum
Wings: 9874D3 Lilac Bush
Underside: 660099 Purple
Plumberth is a mid-sized amethyst with longer front legs than normal. Her front legs are the same length as her hind legs, which gives her the ability to walk just as smoothly as she flies. Her amethyst hide is the same color as a ripe plum that fades to a more normal purple color around her underside. Her wings are the same color as the flowers of a lilac bush and she takes great care to keep them safe. She keeps her wings tucked gently against her hide so that they not only stay out of her way, but so that no harm can come to them. After all she wants to appear as normal as possible and the fact that she has longer front legs than most doesn’t help this poor perfectionist.
Personality:
Positives: Loyal, Helpful, Playful, Adventurous
Negatives: Soft-Spoken, Perfectionist, Slow-Learner, Flirty
Plumberth is an excellent match for Ko'o and a terrible one, at the same time. She certainly seeks to help him, offering gentle advice to people on how to be more perfect along with him. Together, surely, they can make everyone and everything in the weyr be exactly right. Plumberth's soft, gentle tones help to balance out Ko'o's cocky ones. Sure, they may be teaming up to "fix" someone, but at least the person will have one friendly voice, instead of just two all but scolding them. At the same time, however, she is very vulnerable to Ko'o's criticism. Her natural perfectionism combined with his habit of insulting or criticizing someone with every sentence leads to plenty of times where the poor amethyst finds herself crushed by her rider's careless words, struggling to meet his standards and hating herself for not doing so already. When Plumberth makes a mistake, she may avoid the issue, making it worse as she chooses not to fix it lest doing so draws peoples' attention to her error.
Plumberth is extremely adventurous, always looking to try new things and have new experiences. Unfortunately, she is slow to learn new things, which can make this difficult, at times. She'll have difficulty learning some of the most basic dragon skills - flying, flaming, and most concerning of all, betweening. She has to spend a lot of extra time practicing a skill just to catch up to her peers, something she'll be quite ashamed of and try to hide because nooo, she should be perfect already!
Plumberth is extremely loyal to her friends and, of course, Ko'o. She loves flirting, though, and may drift briefly in pursuit of a man. She'll always return to her loved ones, of course, but they may be temporarily ignored as she tries to make people fall in love (or lust) with her.
Mind-Voice:
We must be perfect Mine, everyone is watching us after all.
Plumberth’s voice is very soft, and at times it can be very hard to hear what she is trying to say. She literally never raises her voice, and believes that there is no reason that she would ever need to either. Everything she says though is precise and to the point. After all everything has to be perfect, even her voice. This is just something her rider will have to get used to or learn to ignore.
Reason:
Do you not think we are just absolutely perfect, Ko'oMine? I believe it is time we teach this place what Real Royalty is, do you not think so, Mine? I am sure that all the beautiful dragons and humans will join us, all in due time.
