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Character Name: Nemmol
Age: 15
Gender: Male
Sexual Orientation: Heterosexual
Craft/Rank: Weyrbrat/Candidate

History: What is there to say about Nemmol? He grew up in Benden Weyr, but for reasons unknown chose not to Stand for the three Hatchings that occurred after he came of-age. He preferred instead to run messages and do other athletic-related odd jobs around the weyr. He also spent a great deal of time listening to the conversations between the riders of Brown and Bronze dragons as he did. What he was doing was preparing for Standing, wanting to have as much information as possible so that he would be a worthy Candidate for a Brown or higher. Surprisingly, his father was a Brownrider who took a considerable interest in his upbringing and encouraged the curiosity his son had for ranking dragons. Nemmol therefore has grown with a sense of what he wants from life and most of his time has been dedicated to that pursuit. The errands he runs around the weyr were to keep him in shape and give him more access to riders would would be able to tell him things he needed to know about the responsibilities of Wingleaders and what skills he would be learning from training. In Nemmol's mind, it was never too early to start learning.

Description: Nemmol has a pair of gray-blue eyes that have the ability to capture the attention of those who make the mistake of looking him in the eye. He keeps his brown hair short at all times, since he dislikes it getting in his eyes. He'll likely be tall-- pushing past 6'-- and muscular when he grows into his body, but there are signs of that future height even when he is a Candidate. He already sports a scar along the outside of his right bicep from where he fell from a ledge when he was younger and wounded his arm.

Personality: Charismatic. Ambitious. Prejudiced. Simply put, Nemmol aspires to acquire a Bronze or Brown dragon and become a Wingleader or, if necessary, a Wingsecond. He's spent most of his life learning the responsibilities of the high ranking members of the weyr and keeping himself fit by taking on whatever athletic tasks are necessary around the Weyr, from running messages to lifting barrels. Nemmol's single-minded pursuit of knowledge for how to be a worthy candidate for a higher level dragon is one of the examples of his ambition, though most of his ambition as a whole is focused on achieving high level status in the Weyr. He's never found anything else he's considered interesting enough to which to devote that level of attention. Unfortunately, his pursuit for a higher-ranking dragon is also the product of disdain for the lower level riders of the weyr. He understands that Greens and Blues are needed to fill out the wings, but he doesn't consider them or their riders anywhere near the level of Brown- or Bronzeriders and thus they aren't really worth his time. He'll be just as friendly to their faces as anyone else, and he's happy to learn from Wingleaders or Wingseconds how best to utilize them for Threadfighting, but he'll never consider them worth their boot leather for anything other than fighting the intermittent Thread threat.

He's the vessel for every old stereotype of what Blueriders and Greenriders are and will adhere to those beliefs fully, only allowing for a few exceptions if the riders go above and beyond what Nemmol expects while in his view. Otherwise they're simply numbers for the Weyr's wings, a group of fickle, foolish, over-emotional people who aren't really at a Wingleader's level of intelligence. Worse still are mutations and their riders, which-- as the Weyr's traditional stance dictates-- are next to useless, unnatural, and unwelcome. Nemmol is less likely to be as friendly to them as he is to Blue- and Greenriders. His prejudices aren't the product of anger or disgust, hence why they don't appear in any very visible capacity when he talks to others. With him, it's simply a fact of weyr life, one that he fully understands and supports and is always floating there in the back of his mind, dictating the level of charm he exudes on others.

However, since he rarely spares lower riders much thought unless directly presented with them, Nemmol is usually simply focused on becoming a dragonrider and schmoozing the other residents of the weyr, almost always with complete success. He smiles, makes direct eye contact, politely tells you what you want to hear, anything to put someone more at ease with him and let them know they can trust him. He does actually want people to like him, and in some cases really does like the other person, but he doesn't usually get too attached to others beyond acquaintances. Nemmol is aiming for a dragon and once you have your lifepartner, you really only need him. He isn't inherently cruel; he's just a product of his upbringing-- or his hoity-toity beliefs. The next Clutch at Benden is his chance to take the next step to becoming a properly ranked dragonrider and really putting those skills of his to good use.

Other: Upon Impression he would become N'mol.