Approved by Teh_Sil
Name: Nathail
Age: 16 turns
Sex: Male
Orientation: He's undecided on his orientation but has little interest in the female sex thus far after having spent his life with a nagging sister.
Craft: n/a
Rank: Candidate
Physical Description: A bit short for his age at 5'3, Nathail makes up for it with acting tough enough to match the bulkier youths in the Weyr, however he never backs up the act with any physical challenge. He is mildly tan, not venturing out into the sun unless he has a chance to escape chores and get out there and have fun. His dark brown hair is kept mostly short, framing his face with a small rat tail in the back that hangs just down his neck. Olive colored eyes are always on the watch for anything headed his way and occasionally accented by patches of dirt smudged on his face, and some days a bruise or two, from some occasional roughhousing.
Personality: Nathail is all bark and no bite. He'll act tough to keep any bullies off of his trail but when it comes to physically showing off he backs down. If he can't get out of a fight by dropping the tough guy act then he'll jump in for 'self defense' and depending how big his opponent is, can hold his own to a point. His lack in height is a touchy subject and he has a sharp remark prepared to fire back at anyone keen on pointing it out, which more often than not lands him with more chores as he does it in hearing range of one or more adults. He will never admit such a thing, but he can be clumsy and knock over things from simply not paying attention to his surroundings, a fault he denies until he has no more air left to deny it with the stubbornness of an angry herdbeast.
History: Nathail's life started out very boring in his own mind. His mother was a weaver, and for a short time entertained the thought of training him to the craft. The first loom he somehow managed to destroy by tripping over some loose wool quickly dispatched such a notion. He had no interest in learning to farm with his father, but most of the chores for the small patch of land they worked still somehow landed on him rather than his older sister, like milking the herdbeasts. When he could escape the chores he would climb up to the top of their home to just watch the sky and daydream, some days wondering just what the dreaded Thread looked like up close, a thought that would have him given a tongue lashing from both parents and a heavier load of the next morning's chores as his sister looked on before rattling on about how careless and clueless he is herself.
When he was about to turn 16 a green dragon came to their small Hold and he, along with a scrawny girl he saw only once or twice before, were Searched. He jumped at the chance to leave his boring homelife behind even if he really didn't think he stood a chance in Impressing. Just the change and being able to live somewhere else without his parents watching his every move was all the reason he needed. His dislike of chores hasn't left him and his touchiness about having his height pointed out to him just fueled the hatred for extra chores even more so as he often got landed with them when he tried to bluff his way into a fight about not getting called short.
Pets: At home he did have a rodent to scare his sister with, but it was set free on the farm some sevendays before he was Searched.
Other/Talents: He is easily talked into joining in on pranks but is also usually half of the reason many pranks are fumbled.
Will this character be a candidate? Yes
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