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 Posted: Tue Aug 10, 2010 10:27 am
WINDERICK'S ROOM- Contents -1. Character Sheet 2. Reserved 3. Flits 4. RPs - Updates -Sept 11 - Clarified some points on Rick's personality. Hopefully it should be easier to read now. Approval: Link
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Posted: Tue Aug 10, 2010 1:52 pm
- Main Profile -
Full Name: Winderick Ivo (wind-rick ive-oh)
Nickname: Rick
Age: 15
OOC Birthdate: August 10, 2010
Sexuality: Strictly homosexual, except when influenced by a Rise. Even then he prefers the company of men.
Craft & Rank: Smithcraft, Apprentice in Metal Craft. Winderick mainly specializes in machinery but also makes jewelry and small household items in his spare time. As he grows he will develop his skills toward becoming a mechanic and already shows an interest in repairing spring-powered clocks, although he is far from mastering this skill.
Description: Winderick is naturally tan with a strong upper-body and small square face. At fifteen turns he stands at 5’5” and will grow a few more inches by the time he reaches his twentieth turn, but will never be considered tall. His dark hair is cut short and is naturally straight and coarse. He has light brown eyes. There's a rather large patch of light skin on his right forearm, a burn he received from the furnace while rushing through one of his early lessons. He now treats the furnace with the respect it deserves. He has a few other minor scars on his arms and legs, most of them the result of impatience in the smithy.
Personality: Winderick considers himself mostly autonomous. He practices his craft to the best of his ability, completes his work on time (most of the time) and tries not to get involved in other people's problems. He believes he knows exactly who he is and refuses to change for anyone. He takes unwanted criticism as a serious affront to his honor and may even fight to defend it. However, if the criticism comes from someone who outranks him or whom he respects, he will usually only growl and sulk at their perceived disapproval. He’s stubborn and always wants to do things his way. In spite of being over-confident, his general dislike of people has made him a bit socially awkward. He's sometimes mistaken for shy.
Despite his rough exterior, if you can get through to him you’ll have a friend for life. He’s more likely to help than hurt unless he believes the other person is not worth his time or insults him in some way. He believes in honor and justice, but only his personal ideals of them, which he often takes into his own hands. He’s been aware of his sexuality since his 12th turn, at least as far as he can remember, and is interested in sex but still a bit too anti-social to attract any partners.
There’s an impulsive, adventurous streak to Winderick. Since he left home and began training with his uncle he’s had little contact with other children his age and thinks of himself as an adult, giving him a right to break the rules when he sees fit. He only follows the rules when he seems the value of them or because he wants to stay out of trouble. Some rules are extraneous and he will happily bend them, even break them, as far as he believes he can get away with it.
This applies to his craft as well. He will often cut corners or refuse to follow instructions in the name of what he calls "creativity." Sometimes the results are positive, such as enabling him to complete tasks more quickly than other apprentices, but most of the time his freewheeling leads to poor results. He truly loves exercising his creative spirit but has yet to understand that there's more to imagination than breaking the rules.
Perhaps Winderick’s biggest flaw is his difficulty with letting things go. He still believes his father sent him away to give more attention to his brothers, even though there’s no evidence to support this. After the Hold children swallowed the rumors spread by Tanner Winderick decided he wanted nothing more to do with them, even though he could have dispelled the rumors by making friends. It’s often very hard to get him to see things from a point of view other than his own.
History: Winderick grew up in a rural area, in a cothold run by his grandfather. When Winderick was 12 turns he joined a caravan to take him to Benden Hold were he could be taught Smithcraft by his uncle. He was accompanied by his older brother, who would be returning with the caravan after Winderick was safely with his uncle. From an early age Winderick showed a talent for building and creating things, even helping his father with repairs, so his parents thought smithcraft would be the best choice for him. Even though there was a smithcrafter in the cothold, Winderick's father insisted he be trained by his uncle on the grounds that his uncle was a superior craftsman. Deep down Winderick felt that he was being pushed out of the cothold to give more attention to his older brothers. To this day he holds onto this perceived abandonment, even though it makes him miserable.
While traveling with the caravan Winderick was befriended by a group of boys around his age, the oldest being 14 turns and the youngest 10. One night the oldest boy, Tanner, whom the adults considered a trouble-maker, lead the group of boys away from the caravan while the adults were sleeping. Winderick went along, eager to make an impression upon his new friends. They wandered around until they came to a pen of herdbeasts owned by a local beastcrafter (they were not part of the caravan). Winderick stood on the fence pegs, watching the herd with the rest of the boys, until Tanner picked up a small stone and threw it at the head of the nearest herdbeast. The rest of the boys laughed and soon joined in, all but Winderick, who was horrified by the plaintive cries of the defenseless herdbeasts. One of the boys tried to give Winderick a stone to throw, but when Winderick refused and tried to escape the gang turned their aggression on him. When the guards came the boys fled, leaving Winderick lying by the fence with several bruises.
Tanner threatened to beat Winderick up again if he told on them, but Winderick told his brother anyway, thinking he would get the better Tanner and his gang. To his disdain, little was done about the incident. Although Tanner received a stern scolding and extra chores, and even though the stones were too small to cause any real harm, Winderick thought he should have been punished more severely for attacking the herdbeasts. Since Winderick didn’t know all the boys by name (even the guards could not identify them all, for it was dark and they ran quickly) some of the guilty children were able to escape punishment simply by denying involvement, which further infuriated Winderick against them.
This single act of tattle-taleing sparked a vicious feud between Winderick and Tanner. The gang continued to bully him for the rest of the trip. Winderick was even more dismayed after he was blamed for starting a fight with one of the kids in the gang (mind you, the accusations were completely true, but Winderick saw it as justified revenge for the herdbeast incident). Tanner’s gang made sure every kid in the caravan knew Winderick was a snitch and a fibber, ensuring that he made no friends. When the caravan arrived in Benden, Tanner continued to spread rumors to every kid he met, calling Winderick a dullglow, a goody-two shoes, a thief and bed wetter. By the time the rumors reached Winderick’s ears the caravan had already moved on, so there was little he could do about it even though the rumors were mostly untrue.
Eventually the rumors were all but forgotten, but they were always present in Winderick’s imagination. He isolated himself with his craft and avoided social contact with other children as much as possible, making few acquaintances. Now Winderick has decided he doesn’t need friends to be happy.
- Other -
Opinion on Atypicals: He pretty much share's Benden's opinion. However, he does not hold this opinion very strongly. The old colors seem fine to him, why bother with weaker variations when the originals have worked for centuries?
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Posted: Mon Aug 30, 2010 3:51 pm
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Posted: Mon Aug 30, 2010 4:03 pm
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Posted: Tue Sep 07, 2010 6:52 pm
RPs1. [ FIN] Rick gets Searched----------While looking after his uncle's smithy, Winderick meets a green rider named K'la and is unexpectedly Searched. After meeting her dragon Yvoth Winderick makes a snap decision to become a candidate. 2. [ FIN] All for the greater good----------Winderick's second day of candidacy. On his way to the dinning caravan, he witnesses Sileny verbally abusing another candidate and steps in to stop the harassment.3. [ FIN] An edgy start----------After spending a week at the weyr Winderick is starting to have some doubts. He meets Galeia, a weyrbrat and harper, and she becomes his first friend at the weyr.4. [ FIN] Gamma Clutch: Candidate Lesson #1----------Winderick has his first lesson with Candidatemaster A'air and his blue Templath. Sileny, Gale, Tia, Kadayon and Antigonos are also in attendence.5. [ FIN] Adventure and romance----------Galeia takes Winderick out to search for flitt eggs when something unexpected happens....6. [ FIN] What have we here?----------Winderick is discovered sneaking out after curfew.7. [ UNC] - A rare respite8. [ FIN] - Gamma Clutch: Touching9. [ FIN] - Transplanting: Rick and Kadayon10. [ ORP] - Gamma Clutch: Hatching11. [ FIN] - Aftermath12. [ PRP] - The flits choose usRelationships Humans♦ Sileny A horrid, fire-breathing she-wherry. • Galeia Rick's first friend at Benden Weyr. ○ Greenrider K'la She Searched Rick from his uncle's smity in Benden Hold. ♥ Antigonos Rick's crush. ○ Kadayon A good-looking boy Rick met during his first candidate lesson. He tried to gain his attention by talking to Tia but was mostly unsuccessful. ○ Tia Rick spoke to her during his first candidate lesson. ○ Zhac He caught Rick out after curfew trying to warm the flit eggs he found with Gale. Fortunately, he decided to let Rick off with warning. Dragons, Whers & Flits○ Green Yvoth She Searched Rick and is the first dragon he's seen up close. ○ Gold Zhask A big ugly queen wher!! NPCs○ Candidatemaster A'air & Blue Templath Rick met them during his first candidate lesson. • Bhalgun Ivo Rick's grandfather and the patriarchal master of Rick's cothold. • Marko Ivo Rick's older brother (one of many) who accompanied him on the caravan. • Ludmill & Elena Ivo Rick's father and mother, respectively. • Uncle Gavril A metalsmith and Rick's mentor up until he was searched. He disliked Rick's creativity or, as he called it, "disrespect for authority." ♦ Tanner The leader of the boy gang on the caravan Rick took to Benden Hold. After Rick ratted him out for throwing stones at herdbeasts he spread vicious rumors through the caravan and Benden, discouraging Rick from making friends. • = Friend, ♦ = Foe/Rival, ○ = Acquaintance/Indifferent, ♥ = Romantic/Crush
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