Approved by Tawny

Name: Alain

Age: 16 Turns

Gender: Male

Sexual Orientation: Straight

Craft/Rank: Wherhandler Apprentice, Weyrbrat

History: Born to wherhandlers, his mother from a Hold and his father was about to start his trip to the Weyr. His mother was surprised that she was with child from that night and traveled to Benden Weyr before giving birth. Alain was born late at night and caused a lot of grief, but made up for it as he grew. Well, he just changed the grief from one of a whiney child to a jokester, except when he was with his mother and her wher.

Alain was taught how to handle a wher from an early age, but was never allowed to be alone with his mother’s wher. Alain took to it, but didn't feel right learning the way he was. He wanted to be taught like everyone else was, through the proper training. With this in mind, he was sent to become an apprentice under the proper guidance of Benden’s Masters. Since he learned a lot from his mother, some of the lessons were boring and he would start making jokes or telling the instructor that it didn't work that way all the time, like they claimed it did. More often than not, Alain found himself with some long chores on beautiful days.

Alain made friends with Tsubari and started to look up to him even more, when Tsubari got a wher egg. Granted Alain doesn’t want to become a handler, he won’t look down on the possibility either. He isn't that close to Tsubari, but was kindly taken under the young handler’s wing in how to be a proper Candidate type. Between training as a handler and learning the ways of being a rider, Alain has very little free time anymore. He was surprised when asked if he would be in the Sands for the current clutch. Without hesitation he said yes. When the dragons are around, and he has free time or is outdoors, his gaze will stay with them until they go between. He wants to be a rider more than a wherhandler.

Description: He is of average height, somewhere around 5'4, with a muscular built. The years of working with his mother and her wher helped build the muscles. His hair is short, spiky and brown. Hazel eyes sit in the middle of his face with a crooked nose below them. He likes to wear sturdy clothes due to his love of climbing and also when he is around the whers. He has a scar on his knee from scrapping it while climbing.

Personality: A wise-a**, Alain will try to be the prankster of group. He likes to make people laugh, even at his own expense, which is normally how it would happen. He doesn't mind making jokes about his father, but will fight with others who do. He believes the say ‘Blood is thicker than water’ and will defend his blood. Which is how he got a crooked nose, got into a fight and it was broken without him getting it fixed in time.

Growing up in the weyr, he follows the belief on the Atypicals. They are not fully worth the time or effort to help. Only the strong survive and if you have to help a dragon hatch, they aren’t strong enough to survive. He works fast and efficiently, making sure everything is done the way it should be and everything is where it should. He doesn’t like to have a clutter of stuff laying around, unless it’s for his pranks.

In groups he likes to be the center of attention. It doesn’t matter if he gets in trouble to get attention, Alain will do it. It might be part of being an only child, and not getting a lot of attention from his parents. It is hard to say, considering that he would get it from the jokes/pranks he pulled. He respects those that punish him, because he knows they did it for the right reason. He knows that he does some things that could have waited, but wants to know how far he can push the limit.

He takes in all kinds of criticism with a smile, but once alone he grumbles and complains. Granted nobody is around, so it doesn’t do any good, but it gets it off his chest. After that he will think it through and try to see about improving his ways.

He loves to climb. Heights don't bother him, but he is afraid of large bodies of water. The lakes that the dragons bath in don't bother him for the most part. He gets sick thinking about riding on a boat/ship and would much rather walk than be on a boat. Sometimes when he climbs, he starts to draw on the rocks or trees, sometimes even on his self.

He holds grudges for a long time sometimes just to be a brat, but you can tell when that is. His body language gives away when it's to be a brat or not. For the people that he holds grudges for, his pranks get a bit more out of hand. No permanent damage done to person or property, but he starts losing respect from them and for them if they can’t handle it.

He doesn’t think of the full consequences when he acts. A feline was near an area that he climbed a lot, without a thought about what might happen he started throwing things at it to scare it off. Thankfully it couldn’t get to him, that time.

Other: He won’t pick on girls. He respects them because of what his mother went, and still going, through with him. He doesn't do so well in complete silence, there always has to be some kind of noise for him, even if it's just tapping his fingers on the table.
Would like to be considered for a Stands impression