Character Name: Kade
Age: 18
Gender: Male
Sexual Orientation: Hetero, though you might not think so.
Craft/Rank: Apprentice Harper
History: Why would any dragon ever be interested in Kade? That's the very question he asked himself on the day he was Searched. Once the youngest son in a family of wealthy vinters, he was Searched after his family fell on hard times. His parents forced him (along with his older sister, the middle child) to stand before a bluerider in the hope that sending one or both of their younger children to a weyr would free up some of their income. He also had an older brother, a talented vinter set to take over the family business. Kade started drinking at an early age, party to imitate his father and party because it got him attention. While he's developed a great love for wine he has neither the skill nor patience for making it. Rather, music has always been his calling. While his sister was positively estatic about the oppertunity she was passed up by the blue. Kade, on the other hand, had no intention of leaving his cozy lifestyle to go to some out of the way weyr. Leave that messy business to his sister! Not that he wanted to be sent to a crafthall either, at least not the one his parents chose for him (healercraft). To his shock, the blue passed right over his sister and looked straight at him. Although he resisted the oppertunity at first, after weighing his options he decided that the weyr might offer more freedom than the crafthall his parents had picked out for him.
Description: Long black hair that grows down about past his shoulders. He brushes it every day, keeping it smooth and shiny, and is reluctant to cut it or tie it back. Somehow he still manages to keep it out of his eyes. For its length, he may have the most well behaved hair in Malvern. He has full, beautiful blue eyes and is quite handesome in his own way, a trait he's often tried to use to his advantage. He has a long face with a straight, slender nose, high cheek bones, a pointed chin and small ears that get lost in his flowing hair. In height he's above average, but not strikingly so, and his build is slightly below average with little muscle. He believes his best features are, in this order: eyes, hands and hair. When he's not doing chores he's normally seen strumming a small gitar and humming to himself or singing.
Personality: Kade always tries to look on the bright side of life. He doesn't always succeed, but he'll convince you otherwise. Though he's quite good with the gitar and loves to sing he's terrible at coming up with good lyrics. He tries to make up for that by making his lyrics clever and funny and usually sings about whatever's on his mind, never writing anything down or singing the same song twice unless he's singing something written by another harper, which he does from time to time. Most of the time he disguises his lack of intelligence behind a silver tongue and sharp wit but a perceptive candidate will easily see through his illusion. He's quite easy going, but tends to make enemies by breaking the rules or stealing the spot light. He's never truly happy unless someone is paying attention to him and doesn't care much whether it's good or bad.

Virtues:
- Creativity/improvisation
- Sociability
- Cheery attitude
- Wit and charm

Vices:
- Distractability
- Wine
- Laziness (will be beaten out of him for the most part)
- Flippancy/Carelessness
- Vanity
Other:
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