Post by LyricalBlue on Apr 26, 2010 20:31:03 GMT -5
Recruitment: Guess, I dare you.
Email: sterlingdragonfly@gmail.com
Character
Name: Alaxis
Rank: Candidate
Gender: Male
Age: 18
Origin: Ponaa Weyr
Appearance: Not what anyone would call handsome, Alaxis’s face is too angular, with dark eyes set deep within his skull. His brows are heavy and highly expressive, often lending themselves to his charismatic smiles. When actually himself, the young man can only be called predatory. Dark brown eyes are often more direct than many are comfortable with but just as often they draw people in. Oh yes, Alaxis is a man that looks like he can be trusted.
Dark brown hair is often askew, but in a disheveled fashion that he takes care to maintain. He keeps it longer than most holders tend to and it often reaches just below his ears in length. A long, wide nose lends to his predatory appearance as does his slightly off kilter smile. While his laugh tends to be infections, it comes at times that many would call rather strange. After all, who laughs when one is honoring a dead relative?
His height is unremarkable, simply average as is his build. Alaxis stands at an even 5ft 10” in height and while he is in shape, he lacks the muscles of a man used to hard work. His frame is more that of a runner, and his hands are clearly a the hands of a privileged holder. They bare only small calluses and Alaxis takes care in maintaining them. In fact if one looks closely, they will not see a hair or thread out of place on the young man as he takes a great deal of care in his appearance.
The only distinguishing mark on his body is a dark birthmark on his left thigh, luckily it is high enough that it can always be hidden and Alaxis takes great pains in ignoring its presence and should it be seen, to point it out is sure to bring down his wrath.
Family:
Father: Lord Arasan of Ponaa Hold (58 turns)
Mother: Fiena (Deceased)
Brothers:
Anonos (26 turns)
Foson (25 turns)
Aranas (23 turns)
Finsan (22 turns)
Kasan (20 turns)
Sexual Orientation: Yes?
Personality: It started when he was very young, pulling the shells off trundlebugs and tormenting the hold’s canine with sharp sticks. Alaxis views the world with a cold, calculating detachment and little ever seems to even nick his hide. Armed with what most would call a staggering intellect, he was always leagues ahead of the other holder children in his studies. So he learned quickly that knowledge is power. And if there is one thing that Alaxis really enjoys, it is knowing something that others do not. His brilliance lies in mainly in the manipulation of others; from a very young age he learned how to push people.
Outwardly charming and highly charismatic, only his closest companions realize just how cold the young man is. The face he presents to the world is that of a brilliant young gentleman. In truth, he is simply maneuvering people to get exactly what he wants. Thusly, when things do not go his way, Alaxis’s vicious temper enters into display. The only people he respects are those that can outmaneuver him and the respect only lasts long enough for him to remove them as an obstacle.
A chameleon in the truest sense, he molds himself to get what he wants. If one appearance or personality fits a situation better you can bet Alaxis will shift on a moment’s notice. And because his appearance is so mundane, he tends to be the last person anyone expects. Women are a favorite target; he views them as weak and foolish creatures. They are to be used as one wants, and then discarded; there is no point in doing anything else with them. Females are simply a means to an end for him, and that end is more often than not, warming his bed.
A true passive aggressive, he gets what he wants without confrontation and even when his temper breaks the response is cold and without remorse. Physical confrontations are below him and he looks down on those that resort to uninhibited violence to get what they want. After all, making people beg is so much more satisfying. Violence can have its place, but for Alaxis it is only in very controlled environments, in which his target has no chance of escape.
Hobbies/Skills: Litterate, accounting skills, knows his ballads and really… is a very good manipulator.
Pets: None
History: His father always told him he killed his mother and his twin. Whether or not this story is true, what was true was Fiena’s breech birth that killed her and the second son. Alaxis was the only one of the three to survive and that was likely simply because he was lucky enough to come out first. Lord Arasan of Ponaa Hold was of course more upset with the loss of his lovely wife than the survival of yet another son. Fiena was his last wife and with five older boys as heirs, Arasan was hardly happy that Alaxis was the only one to survive. So he was paired off with a wet nurse and promptly forgotten about, accepting when his father recalled the death of his last wife.
And thus, Alaxis grew into a privileged son of a Lord Holder, if the very last and mostly ignored son. His education was never lacking, in fact Alaxis grew up without a lack of much of anything so he grew to expect such a life. In the hot, sandy world of Ponaa Hold, most of the population took to napping in the heat of the afternoons and this was when Alaxis began to get into the most trouble. His frustration at being ignored by all but his wet nurse started to rise to the surface and he started collecting trundle bugs in jars for amusement.
After he started pulling the live bugs apart, his nurse began to worry. The boy excelled in all his lessons and the Hold’s Harper had true cause to be impressed as Alaxis drew farther and farther away from his other brothers and classmates in the lessons. He was soon moved to an older group, which only served to emphasize his isolation. This also provoked his older brothers’ jealously of the young boy and it was rare that Alaxis came home without a bruise or two.
By the time he was ten, he had completed most of what the Hold’s harper could teach him and he was put to work under the Hold’s Steward. His nurse approached his father, trying to broach the subject of Alaxis’s disturbing behavior regarding the trundlebugs, but Arasan dismissed her without a second thought. All boys played with bugs, didn’t they?
With more free time and less supervision, the growing boy began taking his ever growing frustrations out on the local canines. For several turns, it was common to see a canine with token scars of its unfortunate encounter with the boy. As he grew however, so did his targets and it wasn’t long before he was getting back at his older brothers.
He spoiled their chores and sullied their accomplishments, letting them fall in their mutal father’s favor with uninhibited glee. Misplaced items could be found in the brothers’ rooms and often of there was an accident, there was a clear path to one of Arasan’s sons as the culprit. Alaxis, ever quiet and unnoticed by all but his nurse, spread rumor after rumor and soon none of the women in the hold would look the way of any of his brothers.
Of course, the first woman he fancied was not to be what the young man expected. Alaxis began to dote on the blue eyed Hella. She was only a baker’s daughter, but thirteen year old Alaxis was determined to have her. She never noticed him, and his tightly controlled temper rose. He approached his father and demanded to have the girl as his spouse. When Arasan shook his head and said that a better match would be arranged, Alaxis took matters into his own hands.
No one knew exactly what happened, although his nurse had her suspicions. Young Hella’s body was found outside the hold proper, seemingly victim of an attack and violation. Her family mourned but it was said that Alaxis strutted about like a wherry cock for weeks afterward. So, when the dragonrider came to their Hold on Search and offered the young man a place that was far preferable to the hole he was in now, it surprised no one when Alaxis took the opportunity.
Color Preference: Any
Email: sterlingdragonfly@gmail.com
Character
Name: Alaxis
Rank: Candidate
Gender: Male
Age: 18
Origin: Ponaa Weyr
Appearance: Not what anyone would call handsome, Alaxis’s face is too angular, with dark eyes set deep within his skull. His brows are heavy and highly expressive, often lending themselves to his charismatic smiles. When actually himself, the young man can only be called predatory. Dark brown eyes are often more direct than many are comfortable with but just as often they draw people in. Oh yes, Alaxis is a man that looks like he can be trusted.
Dark brown hair is often askew, but in a disheveled fashion that he takes care to maintain. He keeps it longer than most holders tend to and it often reaches just below his ears in length. A long, wide nose lends to his predatory appearance as does his slightly off kilter smile. While his laugh tends to be infections, it comes at times that many would call rather strange. After all, who laughs when one is honoring a dead relative?
His height is unremarkable, simply average as is his build. Alaxis stands at an even 5ft 10” in height and while he is in shape, he lacks the muscles of a man used to hard work. His frame is more that of a runner, and his hands are clearly a the hands of a privileged holder. They bare only small calluses and Alaxis takes care in maintaining them. In fact if one looks closely, they will not see a hair or thread out of place on the young man as he takes a great deal of care in his appearance.
The only distinguishing mark on his body is a dark birthmark on his left thigh, luckily it is high enough that it can always be hidden and Alaxis takes great pains in ignoring its presence and should it be seen, to point it out is sure to bring down his wrath.
Family:
Father: Lord Arasan of Ponaa Hold (58 turns)
Mother: Fiena (Deceased)
Brothers:
Anonos (26 turns)
Foson (25 turns)
Aranas (23 turns)
Finsan (22 turns)
Kasan (20 turns)
Sexual Orientation: Yes?
Personality: It started when he was very young, pulling the shells off trundlebugs and tormenting the hold’s canine with sharp sticks. Alaxis views the world with a cold, calculating detachment and little ever seems to even nick his hide. Armed with what most would call a staggering intellect, he was always leagues ahead of the other holder children in his studies. So he learned quickly that knowledge is power. And if there is one thing that Alaxis really enjoys, it is knowing something that others do not. His brilliance lies in mainly in the manipulation of others; from a very young age he learned how to push people.
Outwardly charming and highly charismatic, only his closest companions realize just how cold the young man is. The face he presents to the world is that of a brilliant young gentleman. In truth, he is simply maneuvering people to get exactly what he wants. Thusly, when things do not go his way, Alaxis’s vicious temper enters into display. The only people he respects are those that can outmaneuver him and the respect only lasts long enough for him to remove them as an obstacle.
A chameleon in the truest sense, he molds himself to get what he wants. If one appearance or personality fits a situation better you can bet Alaxis will shift on a moment’s notice. And because his appearance is so mundane, he tends to be the last person anyone expects. Women are a favorite target; he views them as weak and foolish creatures. They are to be used as one wants, and then discarded; there is no point in doing anything else with them. Females are simply a means to an end for him, and that end is more often than not, warming his bed.
A true passive aggressive, he gets what he wants without confrontation and even when his temper breaks the response is cold and without remorse. Physical confrontations are below him and he looks down on those that resort to uninhibited violence to get what they want. After all, making people beg is so much more satisfying. Violence can have its place, but for Alaxis it is only in very controlled environments, in which his target has no chance of escape.
Hobbies/Skills: Litterate, accounting skills, knows his ballads and really… is a very good manipulator.
Pets: None
History: His father always told him he killed his mother and his twin. Whether or not this story is true, what was true was Fiena’s breech birth that killed her and the second son. Alaxis was the only one of the three to survive and that was likely simply because he was lucky enough to come out first. Lord Arasan of Ponaa Hold was of course more upset with the loss of his lovely wife than the survival of yet another son. Fiena was his last wife and with five older boys as heirs, Arasan was hardly happy that Alaxis was the only one to survive. So he was paired off with a wet nurse and promptly forgotten about, accepting when his father recalled the death of his last wife.
And thus, Alaxis grew into a privileged son of a Lord Holder, if the very last and mostly ignored son. His education was never lacking, in fact Alaxis grew up without a lack of much of anything so he grew to expect such a life. In the hot, sandy world of Ponaa Hold, most of the population took to napping in the heat of the afternoons and this was when Alaxis began to get into the most trouble. His frustration at being ignored by all but his wet nurse started to rise to the surface and he started collecting trundle bugs in jars for amusement.
After he started pulling the live bugs apart, his nurse began to worry. The boy excelled in all his lessons and the Hold’s Harper had true cause to be impressed as Alaxis drew farther and farther away from his other brothers and classmates in the lessons. He was soon moved to an older group, which only served to emphasize his isolation. This also provoked his older brothers’ jealously of the young boy and it was rare that Alaxis came home without a bruise or two.
By the time he was ten, he had completed most of what the Hold’s harper could teach him and he was put to work under the Hold’s Steward. His nurse approached his father, trying to broach the subject of Alaxis’s disturbing behavior regarding the trundlebugs, but Arasan dismissed her without a second thought. All boys played with bugs, didn’t they?
With more free time and less supervision, the growing boy began taking his ever growing frustrations out on the local canines. For several turns, it was common to see a canine with token scars of its unfortunate encounter with the boy. As he grew however, so did his targets and it wasn’t long before he was getting back at his older brothers.
He spoiled their chores and sullied their accomplishments, letting them fall in their mutal father’s favor with uninhibited glee. Misplaced items could be found in the brothers’ rooms and often of there was an accident, there was a clear path to one of Arasan’s sons as the culprit. Alaxis, ever quiet and unnoticed by all but his nurse, spread rumor after rumor and soon none of the women in the hold would look the way of any of his brothers.
Of course, the first woman he fancied was not to be what the young man expected. Alaxis began to dote on the blue eyed Hella. She was only a baker’s daughter, but thirteen year old Alaxis was determined to have her. She never noticed him, and his tightly controlled temper rose. He approached his father and demanded to have the girl as his spouse. When Arasan shook his head and said that a better match would be arranged, Alaxis took matters into his own hands.
No one knew exactly what happened, although his nurse had her suspicions. Young Hella’s body was found outside the hold proper, seemingly victim of an attack and violation. Her family mourned but it was said that Alaxis strutted about like a wherry cock for weeks afterward. So, when the dragonrider came to their Hold on Search and offered the young man a place that was far preferable to the hole he was in now, it surprised no one when Alaxis took the opportunity.
Color Preference: Any
