Approved by Tawny

Character Name: Jayden
Age: 16
Gender: Male
Sexual Orientation: Bi-sexual
Craft/Rank: Holder
History:

Jaydens parents are small cot holders, they didn't really have much land bu the family made it work as well a they could and as the youngest child Jayden knew that it was highly unlikely that he would even inherit much of anything from his family. That was fine however as he was perfectly happy with a future working for his older brothers on the farm. It was a good honest living even if he secretly hoped to be a part of something a bit bigger.

His chance at just such a bigger future arrived when he accompanied hi father to market at the larger hold, a search dragon singled him out and the offer was made for Jayden to come and stand for the next clutch. Jayden was floored of course but it took the encouragement of his father to make him actually decide to go - and now he's at the Weyr and his future is rather up in the air.

Description:

Jayden is rather short in stature, he's even shorter then most of the hold girls he knew which was a bit problematic at times and caused him no end of grief. despite being short however he was blessed with thick sandy brown curly hair that people seemed to find attractive. He's petite but working in the fields has given him a wirey sort of strength that is not always seen at first glance.

He's tanned from being outside most of the time and has a few freckles scattered across his face - another trait he doesn't much like - and deep brown nearly black eyes.

Personality:

Jayden has never really been much of a leader, in truth he just wants to feel like he is a part of something bigger then himself. Something important and useful to the world of Pern, he just doesn't want to have to make any of the really important decisions in the process.A calm and rather unflappable person Jayden is used to following the orders of others and tends to trust his superiors to make good decisions on his behalf, he is sometimes a bit too trusting as there are times people should question their superiors a concept that Jayden has yet to grasp but it gives him a fairly even-tempered disposition - there's really not all that much to worry about when you let everyone else make all the decisions for you.

He's an optimistic and trusting person at heart - as far as he's concerned the world is a pretty good place and everyone put in charge of running things must have been put their for a good reason by people who know better then he does.

When it comes to work Jayden is honest and reliable, he never shirks his duties and while he might not get them done quite as quickly as someone else - and he's sure to ask a tonne of questions so that he knows exactly what you want - he'll get it done as well as he possibly can. Because he doesn't like making decisions on his own however he can have a hard time acting quickly if a situation calls for it without some sort of direction from another, he is sometimes so fretful about making the wrong decision that he makes the mistake of making no decision at all which can be just as bad.

On the flip side of all this however he is an open minded and flexible sort of person - as long as its another person making the changes to the plans then its all good as far as he's concerned they probably know better then he does anyways.

Since he has so much trust in those above him Jayden tends to be a fairly warm and supportive sort of person, clearly confident that his leaders in any endevor will make the good and proper choice and because he never really argues with anyone higher up then him and assumes that said higher ups will keep his equal and lower in line as well then there's no real reason for him to make waves or stir the pot now is there? In group decisions and activities he tends to be mostly a listener, answering questions only when asked and pledging support once a decision has been made.

Jayden is an open book to most people he meets - he doesn't really see the point in hiding anything about himself and while he doesn't really have much of a sense of humor himself, he thoroughly enjoys the jokes of others. If anything Jayden is more a good steady loyal sidekick then anything else...as long as the hero is around to tell him what to do if things go awry anyways.
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