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| Xeran; Journeyman Harper, High Reaches | |
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| Ferret | 14 Mar 2010, 10:19 AM Post #1 |
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General Information Character Name: Xeran Player Name: Ferret Gender: Male Age: 35 Rank: Journeyman Harper Character Information Appearance: Ok. Xeran is one of those guys who could probably commit sexual harassment just by sitting quietly in a corner somewhere. It’s possible that his sex aura could be measured in megawatts. Tall (6’3’’) and broad-shouldered, he is one fine figure of a man. Even if he has just shaved that morning, he’ll still look as if he’s in need of another shave. Or possibly three. He’s just naturally scruffy. Actually, no. That’s not the right word. Rugged, now that’s the right word. Imagine, if you will, a pirate who is perfectly ready to unbuckle any amount of swash. Or perhaps unswash a couple of buckles. That is Xeran. Only without the peg leg and eyepatch, although he’d probably wear one if he thought it would make him look better. He really is quite vain. Like most Pernese folk, he’s dark haired. His hair is slightly wavy and cut short because it’s simply impractical for it to be any longer. It's also permanently tangled, like he just got up from a rather wild night. The truth is, he just doesn't bother to brush it. Unlike most Pernese, he’s blessed with an absolutely gorgeous pair of dark blue eyes. He’s not graceful, exactly. Certainly not light on his feet or anything like that. Rather, he’s graceful the same way a wild horse is: large, powerful, and you better not be in his way when he wants something. Personality: Like many large men, Xeran is instinctively gentle with everything. While he looks like a man who can crush a quill just by looking at it, he’s actually quite courtly and intellectual. Admittedly, most of his intellect is geared towards finding innuendos in even the most innocent of comments, but still. Unlike some Harpers----the performing ones----he is perfectly fine with not being the center of attention. In fact, he’s much more at home with small groups rather than a large crowd. Although, he still loves being an entertainer in his own way. He really does. Mostly, he likes making people laugh, which made him a rather popular instructor at Harper Hall. Once people get over the shock of his appearance, they tend to find him a very agreeable and personable man who is willing to help others. Admittedly, the problems are usually something like, ‘Oh, teehee! I simply cannot get something off that high shelf! Can you get it for me, Xeran-Sweetie-Pie?’ combined with a lot of eyelash batting. Xeran ignores this good-naturedly. Actually, he doesn’t ignore it. In all honesty, he knows he’s a damned sexy man and does whatever he can to encourage it. Really, he’s shameless. Shame does not exist for this man. At all. It only happens to other people, normally those in his presence. In cases where he feels that he----or others----are genuinely threatened, he will become violent. Explosively so, actually. This is a man who does not make idle threats. Like a steam engine, it takes him a while to get started but, once he does, there is no stopping him. His daughter, Vera, is his pride and joy in life and his treatment of her male friends is a rather ugly spot on Xeran’s personality. He is relentlessly protective of his only child and screens her male friends carefully. Unless he is completely reassured that they are not interested (example, gay or unable to perform sexually), he will think the worst of them and do his best to scare them away. Mostly, he accomplishes this by smiling like a Feline, looming a lot, and just… uhh… being there. And using knives in a very pointed fashion. Of course, whenever he is caught in such activity, his eyes twinkle with innocence and he protests, “But I was only sharpening knives! Nothing wrong with sharpening my knives. In the dark. In the same room as him. All while staring at him pointedly. Nothing wrong at all!” History: Originally, Xeran was born in a small minor Hold to a family of miners. Big strong family too, since his father had looked for a wife who could hold her own weight around the house. Quite literally, actually. The result was a strong healthy brood of children. It was expected that Xeran would go into mining once he was old enough and, for a time, that was exactly what he did. After all, his entire family had been miners. Why change a winning formula? The only problem was this: He wasn’t very good at it. Oh, he could haul things around and bash things up pretty well, but he was hopeless at distinguishing metals from each other. Or even basic rocks. Show him a metamorphic crystalline structure with quartz, and he would just see a rock. It seemed that he would be resigned to a life of menial labor, a fact that he didn’t like. He was good at learning, though, and retaining facts, something that the local Harper noticed. Not only that, but he demonstrated good handwriting, a rarity in a Hold where spelling was, more or less, optional. He entered Harper Hall at age 15 and, just a few turns later, his life changed. At 18, he had a… well, a fling with a woman who was engaged to be married. He was woefully unaware of her status at the time, obviously, but he couldn’t exactly miss her pregnancy a few months later. Since the woman couldn’t raise Vera herself----after all, she was going to be married!---Xeran decided to raise her himself. This slowed his Harper career considerably, but he persevered. He even went so far as to bring baby Vera to his classes, a fact that certainly contributed to her later skill with music. He was 25 when he attained Journeyman rank, a day that he describes as the second happiest day in his life. (The happiest day in his life is obviously when Vera was born). One of the most ambivalent days of his life was when Vera was Searched. The small family had just gone to perform at High Reaches when a Searchrider noticed Vera, newly turned 15, and hazarded the idea of her Standing at the clutch. It was a horrible awkward moment as Xeran considered all the various things that could go wrong for his precious little girl. What would happen? Where would she go? What would her dragon be like? Would there be boys there? That last question is the one that answered everything: there was no way that Xeran would allow Vera to go somewhere new without him. It was an even bigger surprise to him when Vera actually Impressed. Although he had initially panicked, Xeran eventually calmed down enough to barricade himself in one of the Weyr’s rooms. He then refused to leave until he could be posted at the Weyr. Pet: A small female rat named Zoe. She’s mostly white with some light brown patches and several scars. The scars come from a rather dramatic tale of epic rescues an… oh, fine. The real story is simple: Xeran’s daughter has a firelizard named Bell. Bell saw a baby rat and thought it was a toy and decided to play with the poor thing. Xeran carefully rescued Zoe and nursed her back to health. Crafter Information Remove this section if not applying as a crafter. Craft: Harper Rank: Journeyman Specialty: His main specialty is in writing. He has beautiful handwriting. But, like all Harpers, he has a strong background in making music. His instruments of choice are the violin and the harp (which he has named Lady Fessi, for unknown reasons). Some theorize his reason for naming the harp Lady Fessi is to see the looks on someone’s face when he casually announces, “Whoops, be right back, gotta go strum Lady Fessi’s strings a bit. She’s very demanding. Doesn’t like to be kept waiting.” (Note: Vera is being played by Cherie. Her profile will be posted soon.) |
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| Jemma | 14 Mar 2010, 10:34 AM Post #2 |
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| akusma | 14 Mar 2010, 10:47 AM Post #3 |
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