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 Posted: Mon May 24, 2010 5:04 pm
Character Name: Relys
Age: 23 turns
Sexual Orientation: Bi
Craft/Rank: Wher-Handler of CC
History:
At about the age of 5 Relys first became aware of the creatures that prowled around camp at night. He was sitting with his mother at the campfire when a pair of glowing green eyes caught his attention. Every night there-after before bedtime he would try to see those eyes again. It became a large game of hide-n-seek for him as a child.
A turn later the glowing eyes were almost forgotten. It was then that Relys saw his first watchwher. It happened at just about dusk; he noticed the handler walking towards the forest with a beast at his side. By the time he had run to his mother to ask what it was the two had vanished. It took him several days to work up the courage to come out and ask the handler himself. That was when he learned about whers. Since then Relys has had a fascination with the nocturnal creatures of the caravan.
Life was not always pleasant for Relys. His father wanted a manly child, so the slight Relys was a disappointment. He suffered his father’s best intentions of making him “into a man.” All to no avail. When they stopped in at holds, the holder children knew something was different about him. Relys often found himself the center of unwanted attention. As he grew though and learned what he was, he turned that attention to his advantage. Using it to flaunt himself and find others like him or those willing to experiment a little.
Unfortunately, all things must come to an end. During his 14th turn the eldest caravan wher died from a feline pack attack. The caravan masters quickly decided they needed a new wher. The ex-handler refused for reasons of his own; they would have to pick a new one. Several days it took the masters to decide on who would get the chance to become the new wher-handler. When the announcement was made Relys was in shock. He was to get a wher?! Well not exactly. It took two turns, before there was a clutch that Relys could possibly get an egg. As it turned out the female wher didn’t like him and wouldn’t allow him one of her eggs. Another turn passes and he gets a second chance; proving himself worthy and taking an egg.
Several sevendays since the hatching and blooding of his blue wher Relysk, Relys is floating on clouds. Because of the caravan’s request, his special wher-wagon is set a good distance from the others. It seemed everyone didn’t like the noises made by the young wher. He had left to get more blood porridge not realizing the danger lurking in the bushes. Baby wher shrieks cut through the night as a pair of large felines dragged Relysk from the wagon. The other wher ended up chasing them off but not before Relysk was injured. Relys took three sevendays to be sure his wher was healed due to paranoia.
Working as the night guard, Relys has come to know his fellow guards well. He respects Tsagare’s skills in helping to defend the caravan. On long cold nights Relys likes listening to his cheerful chatter as it helps passes the candlemarks.
Description:
Relys was never a large child and never will be a large adult. He stands an average 4’10” with a very slim build. In a dress he would make a very fetching girl. His hair is a dark chocolatey brown and kept cut to mid-back. It’s always kept in a tight braid when he’s awake. Because whers are nocturnal Relys spends most of his time awake at night; his skin is a pale white that adds a sense of delicacy to him.
He likes to wear sturdy tunic, leggings, and boots. This is when he must go tramping around the forest or untamed areas after his wher. It wouldn’t do to get a thorn in his foot. His favorite color to wear is blue. The closer it matches his wher the better he likes it.
Personality:
When it comes right down to it Reyls is a very caring and doting young man. Tending to hover in situations where he can’t help often puts him right in the way. This can also be seen as being over protective. Give him a task to get him out of your hair. He is compassionate in his feelings towards others, particularly his lovers and watchwher, Relysk. Reyls will freely offer his shoulder to anyone who needs a good cry if they ask.
Love is not an emotion he has trouble feeling and there’s plenty to go around. So much so that sometimes he tends to smoother his lovers in love or get too overprotective of Relysk. Reyls suffers from a case of border line over-protective. This is particularly true of his watchwher.
He takes his duty to protect the caravan very seriously. Waking at mid-dusk to break his fast and get ready; once the sun is down he’ll call Relysk out of the wagon. They take turns all night with the other wher-handler patrolling the grounds around the caravan. He does his best to work around Reylsk’s fear of felines. When the wher scents them he tends to go into a tizzy that is generally loud enough to wake the whole caravan. On the plus side it also tends to scare the felines away.
In short, Reyls is a playboy. He’s not shy about it and likes to sleep around. Perhaps it’s something to get back at his father. Either way, he’s very much more literal minded than some of his fellow traders when it comes to partners. Reyls almost never says no. Because of traveling with the traders, his lovers know that soon he will leave. Reyls’ always assures them though that he will return.
Other: The best time to talk to Relys is late evening to very early morning. Most if not all rps will be conducted at those times. Relys and Relysk live in southern and work to guard the Camrann Caravan.
Wher Name: Relysk
Color: Blue
Personality: A bad experience as a hatchling with several felines left him with lasting mental and physical scars. His person had left the wagon to make more blood porridge for him. Suddenly two large felines climbed into the wagon parked slightly farther away from camp than the others. They had dragged him squealing out and left several large cuts to his hind quarters and chest before another wher had chased them away.
Even though he’s now stronger and has thicker skin, he’s always worried they will come back to finish him off. The slightest scent of feline will send him into a panicked frenzy. Despite his fears he would do anything to protect his human, even if he doesn’t always seem friendly. Most of the time he presents an aloft face; strolling along carelessly among the wagons with only the hint of a limp. However, on rare occasions he desires to curl up with his for comfort.
He hates tunnel snakes and wherries with a passion. In part, to make up for his fear of felines, he is particularly ferocious with them. Almost nothing will stop him from chasing them as far away from camp as he can. Even though he pretends distance between himself and the humans, he will meekly submit to the children climbing on him. As long as they aren’t too rough, he makes an excellent pseudo-babysitter. He is particularly proud of his dark blue body and light blue spikes. Praising that will earn a human a Wher point, maybe two if they do a really good job.
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Posted: Wed May 26, 2010 12:13 pm
You don't mention which continent he Trades on - I'm assuming it's Southern because there are Felines.
Two things:
I don't want the wher to die of old age. Every indication is that Whers live a similarly long life to flits and dragons so it would be ancient indeed to die of old age and probably one of the first to be recorded as dying an age-related death. Instead, try having him killed by felines - similarly to how Relysk was injured. Or some other means of accidental death. He can die, just not of old age.
Secondly, Felines are massive in the Southern Continent. I mean bengal tiger sized. So a handful of felines would mean death for young Relysk. If you could change it to maybe 2 felines, it'd be more feasible.
Adjust those two things and you're good to go!
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Dragonflight Pern Captain
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Posted: Wed May 26, 2010 3:25 pm
Opps I didn't realize we had the choice of northern or southern. Yes they are in southern, specifically Trine region. Altered so the other wher was killed by a feline pack. And I did say several(which to me means 2 razz ) but I made it more defined. In Relysk's personality it does specifically say two. biggrin Changes made in bold.
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