Post by Requiem on Oct 12, 2009 13:14:14 GMT -5
Humans:
Name: X'rx (Xerxes)
Age: 22 turns
Birth Month: February of 2995
Gender: Male
Sexual Orientation: Bisexual
Location: Selenitas
Rank: Greenrider
Mother: Xelena (38)
Father: Rayshe (40; deceased)
Siblings: Jaiya (19); Aylen (18); Ximera (16)
UPDATED: June 1 2011
Physical Appearance: His skin is a soft brown, his almond eyes dark and delicately lashed, his softly curling and frankly untameable hair cropped short on all but one side, left to brush the line of a feminine jaw. He's no taller than 5'7" and can boast only the supple strength of good health - not unlike the majority of active women. X'rx is slender and compulsively clean, given to wearing what will best accentuate his figure and threading feathers and shells into the decorative braid he wears in his hair for that purpose. He has a typically friendly demeanor and certainly makes no apologies in appearance or manner for the color of his dragon or his own nature.
Personality: There's hardly a gentler man at Selenitas than X'rx. Softspoken, pleasant and sympathetic, he is generally easy to like. (And also to overlook, but that's neither here nor there.) Friendly and social though he may be, however, X'rx doesn't much enjoy being the center of attention. He prefers quiet visits with friends and spending free time baking or hunting, much as he used to do when he was living the life of a drudge. The man does possess some of that enduring personal strength, though, training dilligently with his bow and doing his best to perform well for his wingleader.
Apart from this lack of a forceful personality - indeed, he is unlikely to ever stand up for himself - the man has a few other faults. He has borderline OCD that is triggered by particularly stressful situations, the man compulsively cleaning, organizing, or arranging himself. Also, he is a terrible (if not particularly aggressive) flirt. X'rx will sleep with pretty much anyone he likes. His tastes lean toward masculine - usually older - women as a rule, but he never lacks for a warm body in his furs regardless of gender or age.
History:
Drudgery - 2995-3006
Selenitas had a definite caste system - the drudges at the bottom of the social structure - when Xerxes was born to Xelena and Rayshe in 2995. His father was very delighted to have such a healthy son for his firstborn, dreaming up wonderful things for him…things Rayshe had never been able to do. But Xelena was decidedly more practical. The children of drudges didn’t become dragon riders - not when Hatchings were so few and far between. Rayshe refused to foster Xerxes, however, determined that his son would Stand one day.
Broken Line - 3006-3009
But even though it was easier to enter the candidate ranks once Shmee Impressed Aslath and Threadfall began in 3006, Sera’s Selenitas was still very much caste-driven, and Xerxes showed no interest in braving the ridicule and condescension to reach for something that he felt to be above him. He was quite happy where he was. Rayshe found his eldest - who proved to be the most docile of his four children - to be quite the disappointment. This disdain hurt the boy, but he didn’t understand what drove it, and everything he did to attempt to gain his father’s approval merely backfired.
New Selenitas - 3009-3012
Xerxes was fourteen when some of the old ways began to disappear under the new, wild Weyrwoman, Shmee. She was an outsider and, as such, didn’t understand the way of things enough at Selenitas to reinforce them. The boy’s distress mounted as his simple routine met disruption after disruption, and needless violence swept through Selenitas.
The weyrling massacre was only the beginning. Poisonings, mysterious deaths, disappearances, kidnappings, that scary man trying to burn the Weyrwomen alive… Despite himself, Xerxes found that, each time, his horror lessened. He was getting used to such things, and that frightened him more than the actions themselves.
Epiphany - 3012-3013
It was after Shmee was poisoned and Kaegan became senior Weyrwoman that things took their inevitable turn. The siege. No one was spared, the Bendenites killing anyone in their path. Even the helpless. Especially the helpless. Rayshe was buried with nearly half the rest of Selenitas. It wasn’t an immediate change, by any means. Xerxes returned to his work in the kitchens in something of a daze. But what had seemed enough all his life…lacked something now. During the plague, the young man refocused his attentions at the infirmary, thinking maybe that would give him a sense of purpose again. All it did was reinforce his helplessness. He decided…that he didn’t want to be useless anymore, and even though applying for candidacy seemed so far above him, for once he was willing to defy that feeling.
Greenrider - 3013-present
Eveyth was ready for him. At his first Hatching, X'rx Impressed his beauty, and he has never regretted it. Life was enjoyable, after that, consisting of the usual weyrling classes and chores. They graduated with only Fort's attack when they were trapped in the Hatching Grounds to blot their time as weyrlings. Then...the Wastelanders came. Why they chose to include X'rx and Eveyth on a fighting wing the greenrider does not know, but he's been working with the bow ever since. If only not to find himself useless again.
Name: Eveyth (Eve-eth)
Gender: Female
Color: Green
Age: 3 turns
Personality: Eveyth is an incredibly friendly Dragon. She enjoys being around other Dragons, especially if they'll let her curl up against them when they're sunbathing. Despite being friendly toward everyone, this Green has a more exiting side. Eveyth loves to play fight. She seems to get a rush out of aerial combat, and training for it will most certainly be looked forward to above all else. Except for flying thread of course. She is incredibly aggressive when it comes to competitions, but equally as fair. She doesn't believe in playing dirty even if doing so meant she could win. For she loves to win. Its one of the highest goals she sets for herself. If she wins it means she has accomplished a feat that had been presented to her. Accomplishing things makes Her's happy, and that is the greatest gift of all. As long as Her's is in a good mood, she needs nothing else to make herself happy as well.
Intelligent, Eveyth has a sense of preservation. She runs on logic, and if something is not logical she is set back and forced to think about the situation. This Green, although she loves humans, believes that their entire race is illogical to a point that it is hard to understand how they still survive. But despite her increased brain power, she has in contrast a very short term memory. Any grudges that she holds from loosing, or fighting will fade away into nothing after a few days, allowing Eveyth to go about her days with little cares. She is persistent and cunning, and because of that she is quite a handful to her friends and Her rider. A lovable one, if any.
Appearance: Eveyth is light green and smooth in appearance, exactly like the shards of sea glass one would find on the beach. Small, Dark Green (almost black) dots are splattered across her nose and shoulders, and they look very much like a humans' freckles. Eveyth has pearly white claws, that are extraordinarily sharp to the touch. Her Rider and all of those who know her, should be made aware. Although she does not mean too, she could easily hurt someone with them. The most unique feature about Eveyth though, is her elongated canine teeth. They are long enough that without pulling her lips back, they stick out from under her top lip. Because of this her mouth is larger than normal to accommodate the saber like fangs, which could easily rip apart anything she needed to get through.
Eveyth has a longer neck, but a shorter tail. So flight might be a little bumpy until she learns how to position her tail to help stabilize herself while in the sky. She has long legs that let her walk almost gracefully upon the ground, and that certainly let her run as prettily as she can walk. Many a person would know if she had passed by because of the gouge marks she leaves behind in the soft earth. Long wings help to balance her shorter tail out, and are easily one of her more beautiful aspects. She enjoys the way they spread out when she opens her wings, and that the membranes shimmer slightly as the sun fliters through them.
One Song Glory Blue
Name: Bubbles
Age: 1 turn
Species: Firelizard
Color: Blue #2cc1ff - #d9f0fa - #0036ff - #010b31
Gender: Male
Based off of: Independence Day (US)
Looks to: X'rx
Appearance: This firelizard is on the large side for his color, easily matching some of the smaller brown firelizards in terms of body mass. He’s also kind of bulky, built more for stamina than any blue ought to be, and as a result, chasing will doubtlessly be difficult for him. His legs, while proportioned well (in length) for his kind, are definitely more muscular than the average blue flit possesses, and he has an exceptionally short, fat tail. There’s just no other way to describe it: he’s got a stump-tail. The combined effect is for his body to look more roly-poly than the average firelizard’s, especially one of his color. He’s not fat. He’s just really, really big, and most people are not used to seeing a blue firelizard look so strange. In adulthood, he’ll probably have some trouble making quick turns and twists, so he may also appear clumsy – especially in comparison to others of his color. It’s probably in his best interest to just… perch and usurp rides as a result. Not that he’ll ever do that, so he’s liable to leave a steady stream of broken glasses in his wake.
Blindingly bright, this is one blue that no one will ever miss in a crowd. If his size wasn’t enough to give him away, his color would be. The majority of his hide is a shade of blue so vibrant that it would make any turquoise jealous. His entire body seems to be spotted, however – interspersed appropriately to avoid being gaudy, each ‘spot’ is tiny and looks more like a freckle, but is a white-blue shade that can only be described as icy. The freckling seems to resemble individual bursts, almost like fireworks going off at random spots on his body. To bring prominence to this, he has similar freckling around both eyes in royal blue, and there’s ‘bubble’ patterns on his wings that show only when he spreads them – also in royal blue. The bubbles look downright weird considering most of his wing sails are at least partially transparent, but there’s nothing for it. He possesses a strange, navy blue streak speckled with white that starts at the end of his nose and zig-zags down his neck, over his back and then fades out around his tail; it’s almost as though someone painted his back with the night sky itself. Pretty.
Personality: Loyal is the biggest, most dominant trait this firelizard possesses, and it is the one that people are unlikely to forget upon meeting him. To His, he is faithful beyond all reason. His can simply do no wrong in his eyes and he will defend his chosen to the point of brutality: he picked this person for a reason, see, see? Oh, yes, he knows that His has flaws, but those flaws are okay because it’s His who has them and the good things outweigh the bad. His is simply wonderful. This loyalty doesn’t only extend to his chosen, though. No, any mate he takes, mindmates that His shares, the works: he simply loves any and everything that he decides is His. He makes this decision based on a number of factors, most of which qualify under the ‘do I like them’ description. He’s very possessive in this regard, claiming multiple figures as his, and while he isn’t prone to clinginess or jealousy, he does make a point to make sure that and everyone knows that people and creatures are his. And they’re completely fantastic! Look at how wonderful his chosen is~
In addition to being a loyal, loving, faithful little pet, this firelizard has the bad habit of being an insufferably friendly creature that most would find annoying. Buzzing around chattering happily and being extremely outgoing – this is normal. Even typical. He loves to eat, drink and be merry, so to speak. Acquiring odd pieces of shiny to wear is very normal behavior and so is ‘singing’ (loudly and out of key) to music that only he can hear. Excited. Happy. Excited. Look, shiny thing! He’s quite the partier and he’s not at all afraid of people finding out. Sharing joy is his specialty and he loves to flash his happiness to any and every creature he finds – regardless of whether they’re connected to his mind or not. Salamandyrs beware; this little guy is completely impossible to repel with insults and will instead bombard you with ridiculously happy images that you can barely stand! Yes, he should come with a warning sign to ward off any unsuspecting passerbys. Maybe. Possibly.
This friendliness, while applying throughout his life, manifests itself most prominently with potential mates. For a firelizard, he’s way too friendly – yes, he’ll happily chase blue salamandyrs regardless of the fact that they’re blue, and he really likes any creature that will respond to him, regardless of species. He’ll mostly spend his time trying to win himself a mate outside of Runs and Flights though, by exuberantly flirting with a female of his choosing; his criteria for picking a female not withstanding (primarily because it’s entirely dependent on his mood at the time – maybe His likes said female’s mindmate; maybe said Female happens to be overly friendly too), once he picks one, he’s theirs for life… or until assured rejection, anyway. He’s loyal, after all. And it takes a lot to make him give up. Who wouldn’t love him, after all?
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Name: X'rx (Xerxes)
Age: 22 turns
Birth Month: February of 2995
Gender: Male
Sexual Orientation: Bisexual
Location: Selenitas
Rank: Greenrider
Mother: Xelena (38)
Father: Rayshe (40; deceased)
Siblings: Jaiya (19); Aylen (18); Ximera (16)
UPDATED: June 1 2011
Physical Appearance: His skin is a soft brown, his almond eyes dark and delicately lashed, his softly curling and frankly untameable hair cropped short on all but one side, left to brush the line of a feminine jaw. He's no taller than 5'7" and can boast only the supple strength of good health - not unlike the majority of active women. X'rx is slender and compulsively clean, given to wearing what will best accentuate his figure and threading feathers and shells into the decorative braid he wears in his hair for that purpose. He has a typically friendly demeanor and certainly makes no apologies in appearance or manner for the color of his dragon or his own nature.
Personality: There's hardly a gentler man at Selenitas than X'rx. Softspoken, pleasant and sympathetic, he is generally easy to like. (And also to overlook, but that's neither here nor there.) Friendly and social though he may be, however, X'rx doesn't much enjoy being the center of attention. He prefers quiet visits with friends and spending free time baking or hunting, much as he used to do when he was living the life of a drudge. The man does possess some of that enduring personal strength, though, training dilligently with his bow and doing his best to perform well for his wingleader.
Apart from this lack of a forceful personality - indeed, he is unlikely to ever stand up for himself - the man has a few other faults. He has borderline OCD that is triggered by particularly stressful situations, the man compulsively cleaning, organizing, or arranging himself. Also, he is a terrible (if not particularly aggressive) flirt. X'rx will sleep with pretty much anyone he likes. His tastes lean toward masculine - usually older - women as a rule, but he never lacks for a warm body in his furs regardless of gender or age.
History:
Drudgery - 2995-3006
Selenitas had a definite caste system - the drudges at the bottom of the social structure - when Xerxes was born to Xelena and Rayshe in 2995. His father was very delighted to have such a healthy son for his firstborn, dreaming up wonderful things for him…things Rayshe had never been able to do. But Xelena was decidedly more practical. The children of drudges didn’t become dragon riders - not when Hatchings were so few and far between. Rayshe refused to foster Xerxes, however, determined that his son would Stand one day.
Broken Line - 3006-3009
But even though it was easier to enter the candidate ranks once Shmee Impressed Aslath and Threadfall began in 3006, Sera’s Selenitas was still very much caste-driven, and Xerxes showed no interest in braving the ridicule and condescension to reach for something that he felt to be above him. He was quite happy where he was. Rayshe found his eldest - who proved to be the most docile of his four children - to be quite the disappointment. This disdain hurt the boy, but he didn’t understand what drove it, and everything he did to attempt to gain his father’s approval merely backfired.
New Selenitas - 3009-3012
Xerxes was fourteen when some of the old ways began to disappear under the new, wild Weyrwoman, Shmee. She was an outsider and, as such, didn’t understand the way of things enough at Selenitas to reinforce them. The boy’s distress mounted as his simple routine met disruption after disruption, and needless violence swept through Selenitas.
The weyrling massacre was only the beginning. Poisonings, mysterious deaths, disappearances, kidnappings, that scary man trying to burn the Weyrwomen alive… Despite himself, Xerxes found that, each time, his horror lessened. He was getting used to such things, and that frightened him more than the actions themselves.
Epiphany - 3012-3013
It was after Shmee was poisoned and Kaegan became senior Weyrwoman that things took their inevitable turn. The siege. No one was spared, the Bendenites killing anyone in their path. Even the helpless. Especially the helpless. Rayshe was buried with nearly half the rest of Selenitas. It wasn’t an immediate change, by any means. Xerxes returned to his work in the kitchens in something of a daze. But what had seemed enough all his life…lacked something now. During the plague, the young man refocused his attentions at the infirmary, thinking maybe that would give him a sense of purpose again. All it did was reinforce his helplessness. He decided…that he didn’t want to be useless anymore, and even though applying for candidacy seemed so far above him, for once he was willing to defy that feeling.
Greenrider - 3013-present
Eveyth was ready for him. At his first Hatching, X'rx Impressed his beauty, and he has never regretted it. Life was enjoyable, after that, consisting of the usual weyrling classes and chores. They graduated with only Fort's attack when they were trapped in the Hatching Grounds to blot their time as weyrlings. Then...the Wastelanders came. Why they chose to include X'rx and Eveyth on a fighting wing the greenrider does not know, but he's been working with the bow ever since. If only not to find himself useless again.
Name: Eveyth (Eve-eth)
Gender: Female
Color: Green
Age: 3 turns
Personality: Eveyth is an incredibly friendly Dragon. She enjoys being around other Dragons, especially if they'll let her curl up against them when they're sunbathing. Despite being friendly toward everyone, this Green has a more exiting side. Eveyth loves to play fight. She seems to get a rush out of aerial combat, and training for it will most certainly be looked forward to above all else. Except for flying thread of course. She is incredibly aggressive when it comes to competitions, but equally as fair. She doesn't believe in playing dirty even if doing so meant she could win. For she loves to win. Its one of the highest goals she sets for herself. If she wins it means she has accomplished a feat that had been presented to her. Accomplishing things makes Her's happy, and that is the greatest gift of all. As long as Her's is in a good mood, she needs nothing else to make herself happy as well.
Intelligent, Eveyth has a sense of preservation. She runs on logic, and if something is not logical she is set back and forced to think about the situation. This Green, although she loves humans, believes that their entire race is illogical to a point that it is hard to understand how they still survive. But despite her increased brain power, she has in contrast a very short term memory. Any grudges that she holds from loosing, or fighting will fade away into nothing after a few days, allowing Eveyth to go about her days with little cares. She is persistent and cunning, and because of that she is quite a handful to her friends and Her rider. A lovable one, if any.
Appearance: Eveyth is light green and smooth in appearance, exactly like the shards of sea glass one would find on the beach. Small, Dark Green (almost black) dots are splattered across her nose and shoulders, and they look very much like a humans' freckles. Eveyth has pearly white claws, that are extraordinarily sharp to the touch. Her Rider and all of those who know her, should be made aware. Although she does not mean too, she could easily hurt someone with them. The most unique feature about Eveyth though, is her elongated canine teeth. They are long enough that without pulling her lips back, they stick out from under her top lip. Because of this her mouth is larger than normal to accommodate the saber like fangs, which could easily rip apart anything she needed to get through.
Eveyth has a longer neck, but a shorter tail. So flight might be a little bumpy until she learns how to position her tail to help stabilize herself while in the sky. She has long legs that let her walk almost gracefully upon the ground, and that certainly let her run as prettily as she can walk. Many a person would know if she had passed by because of the gouge marks she leaves behind in the soft earth. Long wings help to balance her shorter tail out, and are easily one of her more beautiful aspects. She enjoys the way they spread out when she opens her wings, and that the membranes shimmer slightly as the sun fliters through them.
One Song Glory Blue
Name: Bubbles
Age: 1 turn
Species: Firelizard
Color: Blue #2cc1ff - #d9f0fa - #0036ff - #010b31
Gender: Male
Based off of: Independence Day (US)
Looks to: X'rx
Appearance: This firelizard is on the large side for his color, easily matching some of the smaller brown firelizards in terms of body mass. He’s also kind of bulky, built more for stamina than any blue ought to be, and as a result, chasing will doubtlessly be difficult for him. His legs, while proportioned well (in length) for his kind, are definitely more muscular than the average blue flit possesses, and he has an exceptionally short, fat tail. There’s just no other way to describe it: he’s got a stump-tail. The combined effect is for his body to look more roly-poly than the average firelizard’s, especially one of his color. He’s not fat. He’s just really, really big, and most people are not used to seeing a blue firelizard look so strange. In adulthood, he’ll probably have some trouble making quick turns and twists, so he may also appear clumsy – especially in comparison to others of his color. It’s probably in his best interest to just… perch and usurp rides as a result. Not that he’ll ever do that, so he’s liable to leave a steady stream of broken glasses in his wake.
Blindingly bright, this is one blue that no one will ever miss in a crowd. If his size wasn’t enough to give him away, his color would be. The majority of his hide is a shade of blue so vibrant that it would make any turquoise jealous. His entire body seems to be spotted, however – interspersed appropriately to avoid being gaudy, each ‘spot’ is tiny and looks more like a freckle, but is a white-blue shade that can only be described as icy. The freckling seems to resemble individual bursts, almost like fireworks going off at random spots on his body. To bring prominence to this, he has similar freckling around both eyes in royal blue, and there’s ‘bubble’ patterns on his wings that show only when he spreads them – also in royal blue. The bubbles look downright weird considering most of his wing sails are at least partially transparent, but there’s nothing for it. He possesses a strange, navy blue streak speckled with white that starts at the end of his nose and zig-zags down his neck, over his back and then fades out around his tail; it’s almost as though someone painted his back with the night sky itself. Pretty.
Personality: Loyal is the biggest, most dominant trait this firelizard possesses, and it is the one that people are unlikely to forget upon meeting him. To His, he is faithful beyond all reason. His can simply do no wrong in his eyes and he will defend his chosen to the point of brutality: he picked this person for a reason, see, see? Oh, yes, he knows that His has flaws, but those flaws are okay because it’s His who has them and the good things outweigh the bad. His is simply wonderful. This loyalty doesn’t only extend to his chosen, though. No, any mate he takes, mindmates that His shares, the works: he simply loves any and everything that he decides is His. He makes this decision based on a number of factors, most of which qualify under the ‘do I like them’ description. He’s very possessive in this regard, claiming multiple figures as his, and while he isn’t prone to clinginess or jealousy, he does make a point to make sure that and everyone knows that people and creatures are his. And they’re completely fantastic! Look at how wonderful his chosen is~
In addition to being a loyal, loving, faithful little pet, this firelizard has the bad habit of being an insufferably friendly creature that most would find annoying. Buzzing around chattering happily and being extremely outgoing – this is normal. Even typical. He loves to eat, drink and be merry, so to speak. Acquiring odd pieces of shiny to wear is very normal behavior and so is ‘singing’ (loudly and out of key) to music that only he can hear. Excited. Happy. Excited. Look, shiny thing! He’s quite the partier and he’s not at all afraid of people finding out. Sharing joy is his specialty and he loves to flash his happiness to any and every creature he finds – regardless of whether they’re connected to his mind or not. Salamandyrs beware; this little guy is completely impossible to repel with insults and will instead bombard you with ridiculously happy images that you can barely stand! Yes, he should come with a warning sign to ward off any unsuspecting passerbys. Maybe. Possibly.
This friendliness, while applying throughout his life, manifests itself most prominently with potential mates. For a firelizard, he’s way too friendly – yes, he’ll happily chase blue salamandyrs regardless of the fact that they’re blue, and he really likes any creature that will respond to him, regardless of species. He’ll mostly spend his time trying to win himself a mate outside of Runs and Flights though, by exuberantly flirting with a female of his choosing; his criteria for picking a female not withstanding (primarily because it’s entirely dependent on his mood at the time – maybe His likes said female’s mindmate; maybe said Female happens to be overly friendly too), once he picks one, he’s theirs for life… or until assured rejection, anyway. He’s loyal, after all. And it takes a lot to make him give up. Who wouldn’t love him, after all?
[ x] By checking this box, I am saying that I have read the Rules and History, and will follow them.
