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Name: Kanen (Kay-nen)
Age: 18
Gender: Male
Sexual Orientation: Heterosexual
Craft/Rank: Weyrbrat
History: Kanen and his twin Bannen were born and raised at Benden weyr. Like most weyrbrats they were cared for by foster parents, but unlike most weyrbrats they were not actually the product of a Flight. One of their favorite things to do growing up (and even still currently) was to switch places and see if anyone noticed or could tell them apart.

At the age of twelve he and his brother joined the ranks of Candidates, but thus far every year have proved unsuccessful in Impressing. Now that they have gotten older and their chances are lessening, Kanen has been looking into leather-working as a back-up craft should he age out. In spite of his back-up plan, he remains hopeful that he or his brother (preferably both) may someday become lucky enough to join the dragonriders in their mission to protect Pern.

Description: Kanen is 5’10” tall and is of a fairly average body build, leaning a bit on the slimmer side. He has brown eyes and light brown, straight hair that reaches to about his shoulders.

Personality:
Kanen has always been fairly responsible, and does his best to keep up with both his studies and his chores. Kanen can almost always be counted upon to complete the tasks assigned to him, for he doesn't like to let others down. If for some reason the task cannot be completed, however, he will apologize profusely and accept full responsibility for his failure or negligence.

Kanen is also one of those people who tends to pick up very small emotional cues, and thus is often very aware of how others are feeling. He is a good comfort for someone if they are hurting, and he is generally very careful not to cause any such pain himself. One can always count on him to be understanding and considerate of how they feel. On the downside to this, Kanen isn't always just 'aware' of how another feels. His rather active imagination makes it so that at times he feels other’s grief or stress for himself. He generally tries to avoid overly emotional gatherings for this reason.

Between himself and his brother, Kanen is by far the quieter of the twins. Certainly, he can be engaged in conversation and will offer small opinions here and there, but most times when he and Bannen are talking with others he is more than happy to let his brother take control of the conversation. Even on the rare occasions where he's on his own he is not particularly chatty and tends to just blend himself into the background. Quite the contrast to his far more boisterous and people-friendly look-alike.

Kanen’s brother likes to create a lot of elaborate jokes and plans, and often times Kanen is the one trying to tone things down a bit. If something might have a particularly bad end result (even if not intended that way), Kanen will be the first to advise against it to his brother and explain why. Most of Bannen's schemes are perfectly harmless, but regardless Kanen is there to act as a safe counter-balance. What sort of things might Kanen advise against? Anything involving potential injury (even if minor), anything involving ruined clothing or property, anything involving a ledge... Despite his tendency to temper things down, however, Kanen doesn't always forestall planned mischief. In fact, on occasion he will even be the one to instigate a plan himself. Again, nothing outrageous, but what was the harm in a little innocent fun if no one was troubled and they themselves weren't caught?

Bannen and Kanen have what many might refer to as a 'freaky twin link'. Even for brothers they are unusually close to one another, and often they can tell what the other is thinking even without saying a word. Kanen likes to think of his brother and himself as being two parts of one. Their somewhat opposing personalities complement one another and make for the equivalent of one well-balanced individual. He would never betray or intentionally hurt his twin.

On the flip side of things, Kanen really doesn't do too well when separated from Bannen. He'll do alright on his own for small amounts of time, but anything more than a day will start to get to him. He becomes nervous and anxious, and, despite not saying a word about it, he'll be in a fairly poor mood until the two of them are reunited.

Though he doesn't often show it, Kanen also has a bit of a jealous streak when it comes to his brother. Bannen is a hopeless player, but, while most all of his relationships come to nothing, there are occasions when a particular girl might catch his attention more strongly than the others. During these times Kanen feels outright ignored, and he often becomes quite withdrawn, seething in unexpressed jealousy and becoming shorter of temper until his brother once again happens to remember that he in fact does exist.

Other: If/When he Impresses, his name will shorten to K'en.

Ah, sorry, I thought the emotional dependency would count as a flaw. XD; Edited in a bit more. ^__^