Approved by Tawny

Name: Roscoe (R'oe if he impresses)
Age: 15
Gender: Male
Sexual Orientation: Heterosexual
Craft/Rank: Weyrbrat/candidate
History: Roscoe was bred and born in Benden weyr, although he was raised in the creche along with the rest of the weyrbrats Roscoe does know who his mother is as she happens to be one of the women who works in the creche. His mother has long told Roscoe that he is the product of a bronze rider, as she tells it he was created in the aftermath of a gold flight...but it seems to Roscoe that many of the creche children have simular stories and claims as to their parantage. That didn't keep him from mentioning it whenever he could of course and while he believes many of the other children are making things up....he fully believes his story to be true, he dosen't see any reason for his mother to lie after all.

Perhaps because of this assumed and self imagined birthright Roscoe has always been a very self assured youth and has swaggered about the weyr since he was old enough to understand his mothers stories. It was inevitable that he would stand for the first clutch he was able too and while several such clutches have come and gone since he cme of age without a dragon choosing him Raoscoe is undetered - he still has quite a few years to try and he'll patiently wait for his to be born.

Description: Roscoe thinks that he's a rather handsome fellow - thats just another facet of his self confidence, and in truth he's not all that bad looking. it's unlikely that girls are lining up outside his room like he likes to say but that might have more to do with his personality then his looks. Roscoe is fairly trim and athletic (as all future dragon riders should be) even if he's a bit on the short side of things. It's unlikely that he'll even be able to lift the most weight in the Weyr but he can hold his own fair enough. His skin naturally boarders on what would be considered a dark tan which according to him goes well with his dark hair (kept short for ease of handling) and chocolate eyes. It's too bad the saying wasn't Short, dark & Handsome or Roscoe would have it made. Though as he will tell you he already does anyways.

He has a strong jawline which is good because the majority of his other features are kind of soft and it's likely he'd look a bit more feminine that he'd like if his strong jaw didn't save him, as it is he just looks a bit more like a pretty boy then a rough and tough weyrbrat.

Personality:

Roscoe's main goal in life seems to be making Benden look good, he is very proud of who he is and where he was born. Benden is quite frankly the only decent Weyr on Pern as far as he is concerned and since all those other weyrs continue to pollute thier fighting strength with the Atypicals then theres very little chance that this is going to change anytime soon.Generally even tempered, tempermental outbursts are unseemly and certainly not the type of impression one wants to leave of his Weyr. Is fairly good natured amoung his fellow Bendenites but tends to quickly find fault with unseemly or childish behaviour which he harshly reprimands.

He has no doubts that with Benden taking care of things even the approaching red star won't be much of a problem. Oh sure it will be dangerous but the Benden riders can handle it. If anything he might be a touch over confident which could lead him into trouble down the road as over confidence tends to lead to arrogance and arrogance never ends well for anyone.

Although typically a thoughtful type of person he tends to be a bit rash when it comes to anything that might make Benden look good or in correcting something that he thinks makes Benden look bad - this could possibly get him into trouble with his superiours once in a while since although he has Bendens best intrests at heart sometimes reacting in the heat of the moment is not the best idea and once should consult with a superiour first...something he tends to realize after the fact and generally apologizes for.

A bold type of person he is convinced that he generally has the right idea about how to handle any given situation...worse he also typically feels like he knows the best way that those around him ought to be acting and he tends to express those opinions in a not cruel..but certainly unmistakably chastising way.

He's not a very flexible person when it comes to world views, he's quite well entrenched into the Benden way of life and anything that differs from those ideals are to his mind...wrong. Although he would never say so out loud (for fear of hurting his weyrs reputaton) He even has a hard time accepting the difference between hold and weyr life - something that can make dealing with fellow candidates who happen to come from holds a bit tense at times. As long as that holdborn is willing to work on accepting life t Benden Weyr however he can be supportive enough..he just won't hesitate to point out that such and such was a fact of said persons 'old life' and should be forgotten if it ever comes up.

Because he holds his own opinion in such high regard then he tends to be a fairly talkative person, expressing said opinion openly and honestly in any converstion, since he is not a stupid person however he rarelt enters into an argument in which he feels he can't back up his opinion properly, deflecting such situations with an amused look and small off hand comment along the lines of 'You'll see differently soon enough' instead. He's a candid fellow, more then willing to share whatever life story he might have with those he's meeting, portraying himself to be an open book and while his frank nature might put some people off it might also be a bit refreashing since he'll be unlikely to ever lie to someone and can always be counted on to give his honest opinion of any situation.

Other: Nothing I can think of.