Name: Rasken
Age: 20
Gender: Male
Sexual Orientation: Assumed heterosexual
Craft: Smithcraft, specializing in Wrighting
Rank: Journeyman equivalent

History: Rasken certainly doesn't break out of Ghenza tradition, at least not in his familial background. His mother came from the tailoring sector, his father from the smiths, which meant that as soon as he was old enough to lift a hammer he accompanied his father to and from the workshop. The son of a Smith, whose father was a Smith, whose father was a Smith, you know the drill.

When he was twelve he was lucky enough to attend a touching, the memory one of his fondest. Any dreams he had of being a dragonrider, however, were quite quickly crushed when he didn't Impress the clutch that he Touched. After that, of course, he still attended Hatchings, but whatever magical connection he thought he'd made with the unborn dragons proved to be nothing more than a myth. If asked about the incident to this day he'll say it was just the way of dragons, and he has no opinion on the subject. Dragons choose who they see fit, after all.

The rest of his life since then has been spent honing his skills as a Wrighter, which means fixing anything and everything that comes his way. With his father and his sister working at his side, Ghenza is certainly kept in good shape (as it should be). He specializes in locks, lock boxes and keys, but can often be found working little bits of scrap metal into hair pins or broaches.

Appearance: The first thing that people notice about Rasken is well… they don't tend to notice him at all really. The unfortunate teen has managed to inherit the short gene, and as such remains a good head or two shorter than most people his age. In a world full of harder, better, faster, stronger, he feels a definite need to try and overcompensate for his height, especially when it comes to fixing large or tall things. As a result, he has spent many hours with the Smiths, lending a hand wherever he could in order to build whatever strength he could. Despite this, however, Rasken seems destined for a very square body. He's got the muscle, but he's also got the weight to go along with it, and he'll never be able to change that much of his body shape. His hair is a common, dark brown, his skin fairly pale, and he has no major scars or blemishes worth mentioning aside from the calluses on his hands. A fight in his childhood – though he often claims it was just a work accident – resulted in a missing front tooth, giving him a rather holey smile.

Personality: Rasken tries to be a good boy, he really does, but life just never turns out the way he wants it to. Most tend to describe him as bumbling, with a good heart and a brain that just can't keep up with Ghenza life. Some have even offered him the herbal mix fed to dragons, jokingly telling him he ought to drink more and grow a proper brain. Naturally, it took him a few tries to get that joke, and then a few more to realize that they were actually joking and didn't want him sneaking herbal mix. How was he supposed to know that? Honestly. The world would be a much better place if everyone could just be as honest as he was.

Severely lacking in the tact department, he's made quite a long list of unintentional enemies simply because he was being too honest when the situation called for a little deception. But how was he supposed to know the girl wanted him to say she looked good in that dress? She hadn't! And she had asked for his honest opinion! It's because of this that he's missing a tooth, having said the wrong thing to the wrong person and ended up in a fight he definitely wasn't ready for. Despite his build, Rasken doesn't like fighting; in that respect he is very much a pacifist. He especially dislikes seeing women fight, and would never raise a hand against one no matter what she said or did to him. It just isn't right to treat a lady with such disrespect. Even the High Reaches imports would receive the same treatment. A woman is a woman is a woman, no matter where she's from, and a man should treat all women the same.

Rasken is, at heart, a people pleaser. He wants everyone to be happy and will go to great lengths to ensure other people's happiness. Where he falls short is his inability to understand why everyone doesn't share his simplistic views of happiness. Good food, a warm bed, and a job to get up to every morning is all he needs, so why can't others share that need? He certainly has no great ambitions to go above and beyond expectations – not that he could do it anyways – and thus has a hard time relating to trend setters or goal seekers. Rasken likes the status quo just the way it is, thank you very much.

Though he's yet to Impress a dragon, he has always felt a certain kind of fascination towards the large creatures. But, it's not his job to be a dragonrider (at least not yet) which means he can't spend time daydreaming about the future.

Other: I like kitties.