Handler

Name: Josslin - Jin
Age: 26
Gender: Male
Sexual Orientation: bi... probably, he'll get back to you when he actually finds out
Specialization: Scribe/Archivist

History: Jin was born in Cathay Hold to an aging mother and a large gaggle of elder sisters. He has a nephews older than him and about twenty or so younger nieces and nephews. His mother raises sure footed goats and sheep to feed Cathay Holds Whers and sells goat milk, butter, cheese, and goat milk soap as well as fleeces. He and his sisters and their many offspring help out along with hired hands. His father worked trade routes, collecting fleece, furs, pearls, shells, and obsidian to bring up north for better prices and returning with expensive spices and metals.

By the time he was born, his elder sisters Marieet and Luizetta were both married. Mari and her husband were learning the tricks of the trade routes and Luizetta had seduced a captain to cut out the middle man in the shipping of their goods. Jin was born to late and ended up as a loose end in the family succession. He should have been his father's heir but nearing fifty Larko couldn't see how he could managed to break of the engagement gracefully and the merging of two great trader families was beneficial for all of them.

Due to his large family, Jin has always felt a little bit overlooked. Loved, but his sisters and family always seemed to be plotting three steps ahead and as the youngest he was left behind. His sisters grew up to be cut throat charmers with a lack of a male heir and his sudden arrival barely caused a ripple in the already greased gears. Mari had merged two trader family together, Luizetta had got them a ship, Nicola had the farm well in hand. Ninna he faintly remembered leaving for a turn and returning, subdued but with a wagon load of goods and giving him his favorite hair clip when he was 7. This sort of dragged on for a while. Jin not knowing what to do with himself and finally his mother put her foot down.

He was going to do his part and Cathay was known for their whers and at the very least it would toughen him up. Jin was not pleased to be pushed out onto a neighbor to learn about being a wher handler. They were big, and ate raw meat, and had all these teeth. One epic fit later, his mother had enough and about dragged him out of the house. He was going to learn, and in five turns she would reconsider.

The first turn he was home sick, depressed, and bullied. The children he was with were all older and from prestigious families who had been breeding whers for hundreds of turns. He missed his home, and the stupid sheep, and his noisy sisters and his nieces. The one thing whers had going for them was they were certainly smarter then sheep. The hatchling were sort of cute... and cuddly as well. Turns went by, and Ninna married again and returned when he was fifteen and gifted him with a string of black pearls. Kina has left by then and set up shop in Southern Boll. Cissy and Asiza had followed her and he decided that whers were nice, but he rather be a Harper.

Ninna decided differently. She had a friend, who recently acquired a queen wher of unknown potential, who had laid a queen egg. The queen papers had been lost in a fire, along with her first handler but the Bronze who had sired the clutch was even temper and of decent lineage. If anything, having a queen handler would raise the families stats and the egg certainly was on the cheaper side, considering the queen was a whip lean and some what vicious in temperament.

None of them had the training, but Jin did and it couldn't be much different from raising lines of farm animals. Ninna talked her family around and the egg purchased gifted it to Jin. Congrats! You are going to be a masterwher handler and make the family proud!

What the f... wonderful surprise? Queen egg. Forever wher and queen egg. He would have never been given a queen if he continued with his apprenticeship. One of the more numerous greens and blues perhaps... and he hadn't wanted to tied his life to one of them. Not when he could go on. A queen though would be worth it. He could wait a few turns to seek out a tutor. He rather doubt that Harper Hall would accept a student with six hundred pounds of wher following after them into the school. So tutors would be a must and he could do this.

He accepted the egg gracefully after a bit of thought, kept it warm and started to copy the bronzes line and attempted to find something about the queen who laid the egg. Like most babies, the egg decided to split at the most inconvenient time, and a bit after midnight Jin had his hands full of newborn gold wher and goop and his clothing was a mess but it didn't matter. She was his and most gorgeous thing ever.

He might have spoiled her... a ity bit, maybe, possibly, he spoiled her rotten when she was a hatching and after a few mishaps grew to have a firmer hand in keeping his wher our of places she shouldn't be. Jinni became a constant companion and later protection. It was hard work and love and confidence. Jin continued to learn about weyrs for three turns and when he hit eighteen started his harper training.

Ninna, after the thread fell got in her head to set up a warehouse in Monaco, where due to the damage and destruction the price should be cheap and the connection to the black market favorable. Jinni had recovered after her second clutch of eggs and was becoming antsy and Jin was ready for a change.

Monaco... ehh, it alright. it would be nice if he stopped being confused for a girl or a pretty boy, or possibly working in one of the brothels... Stop flirting with me. Please.

Personality: Respectful to women. Jin has sisters, he has seven of them and all older then himself. He was an uncle before he was even born and has dealt with miscarriages and stillbirth and knows that women in general are a lot tougher then anyone gives them credit for. They are crafty, manipulative, strong survivors who have a lot more power in a household then anyone gives them credit for and he respects that.

Charming, having seven sisters Jin knows what is an actual compliment to a woman, what not to say, and how to casually flirt. Flirting is a fine line in providing enough attention that they feel special but not so much they feel they are promised something or he wants something from them.

Women also scare him. Mostly because of their ability to communicate, the amount of information they manage to obtain and then spread is a weapon in its own right. Then there is the meddling in his and other peoples romantic life. Not to mention how a majority of men seem to become right idiots around them. This is a problem, considering he has seen his sisters manipulate men into doing things they want. That not even bringing in the weird phenomena of over protective fathers and brothers.

Men are different. His father was rarely at home and the hire farmhands did not have time for him to be underfoot. Wher handlers were all about their beasts and harpers... ministers are laughable. Jin is horribly awkward at attempting to communicate with men. He finds it difficult to start a conversation with them. With his sisters it was easy enough to converse and even afterwards the skills transfer in meeting other women. Specially if he can start about the trials involving having naturally curly hair. Or fashion, or poetry, or tea. He tends to come off as flirty and conceited, prone to babbling and then embarrassment. Jin doesn't handle embarrassment well. His face gets red and splotchy and it clashes just horribly with his hair, any red shade is horrible with his hair. Which is problem. And with any problem not easily solved with an abacus and paper, he solves it by leaving.

Jin shuts down when people shout at him. Fifteen seconds of loud volume and he has stopped listening and trying to figure out how to politely leave. If someone is rude to him he snipes back in the best catty fashion. He is also prone to catty remarks if someone is attempting to offer condolence or at times simply because of frustration. It should also be noted that Jin is not a fighter. While he is slender it is more because of high metabolism, if faced with a fight, Jin will run like hell. Most of the time physical confrontations don't happen, since he has a six hundred some pound of gold wher near by.

Focused. Jin is deeply focused in his work. The world narrows down to volumes of books, neat stacks of paper and the smell of ground ink and the scratching of his quill. He takes pride in his work and attempts to keep his work neat, organized, and perfect. He is more at home, sorting through files and writing forms and taking inventory within the walls of the warehouse then anywhere outside the four walls.

Trustworthy, while he does enjoy gossip one of his guilty pleasures being warm scones, good tea, and juicy gossip, he is rather good at keeping secrets. Nothing personal is written down and things told to him in confidence is no one else's business. Overhearing things is a other beast entirely. He is also trusted to get his job done on time and near perfection as possible.

Organized, Jin is neat, tidy, and organized. Organizing a warehouse is no small feat and he has developed a system in place to make things run smoothly. Objects are categorized in groups and top sellers in easy reach while specialty tend to higher shelves and breakables lower. He is prone to dusting and sweeping and the warehouse is certainly one of the cleaner ones do to all the tidying about.

Strengths: Respectful to woman, charming to them, focused in his work and finds personal enjoyment. Trustworthy at both his job and in holding secrets. Neat, tidy, organized.

Weaknesses: Women are scary. Unsure how to hold an actual conversation with men. and easily embarrassed at his lack of social skills and non-confrontational. Catty, does not handle shouting, married to his work. Fighting = Run away. Bit of a gossip. Obsessive cleaning.

Physical Description: Jin is a red head. His hair curls, is an obnoxious shade of reddish orange and he has a hard time taming it in the Monaco heat. It is often tied back and kept in a metal clasp to keep it out of his face. He has very fair skin surprising void of freckles and a slender, narrow nose and a plush lower lip with a thin upper. He has a single cartilage piercing and tends to wear various ear cuffs. He is slender and about 5'7'' in height and a little bit gangly.

Jin dresses well. He wears high quality linen for it richness and practicality in the Monaco heat. He clothing tends towards grays, blues, creams, golden browns, black and rich purples. Accessories are also chosen with care and range from white gold, silver, and copper to bone and obsidian. Pearls in black or pink also find there way into his ensembles though their value is lower so near the ports.

He has been confused for a girl and or male prostitute at times, when Nyna business takes her from the docks to the Red light district. Actually, the quickest way to get places is through that district. It makes him uncomfortable.


Other: He doodles jewelry designs and folds papers into origami figures when bored. Recently recevied a bronze flit, the little things name is Chaat.

Mother- Arleen - raises goats and sheep
Father- Larko - retired trader - helps around the farm
Eldest Sister 48 - Marieet - Married - took over the South trade route
2nd Sister - 45 - Luizetta - Married to a Captain - ships goods from North to Southern continent and vice versa
3rd Sister - 42 - Nicila - Married - handles the farm day to day
4th Sister - 38 - Ninna - Married - 3rd time - Works with Jin in the Monaco ware house
5th Sister - 35 - Kina - Married - Lives in Southern Boll - handles the ware house
6th Sister - 33 - Cissy - Married- Handles the Southern trade routes
7th Sister - 29 - Asiza- Married - Works in providing security for the trade caravans
8th - Jin- 26 - Gold Jinni

Wher:
Name: Jinni
Age: 11
Color: Gold
Blooded: Y
Physical Description: She a decent size wher, sleek and medium built and while not the fastest thing on four legs, she moves brilliantly. Jin keeps her well oiled so her hide always seems to have a luster to it.
Personality Jinni is regal, she is flowing grandeur and precision with every inch of her six hundred some pound frame. She isn't fast moving, taking her time and it not like she needs to hurry. She keeps up with her human and they are matching elegance. She is vain and while she likes attention paid to her she is very much a one person wher. You can look, you are not to touch. Jinni is very protective of Jin. It is her duty to look out after him, and she takes it really seriously. The only thing that will make her willing get dirty is keeping her bond partner out of danger and keeping less then savory people and whers and anyone and anything else away from him.

Jinni a little bit lazy, she likes things done for her. She'll spend fifteen minutes trying to coax Jin into doing something for her that could take her two minutes if she would just move her bulk. She's a lounge wher in a way.
She would laze about and look gorgeous if she could get away with it outside of giving the boys a chase then gestating and then guarding her eggs. Jin thankfully keeps her active, he just leaves the room and she'll follow him, and hence stops her from putting on excess weight.

She is sort of crafty... for a wher. She certainly isn't easily impressed and enjoys making males work for her favor. Jinni flirts when it is in her favor, mostly in trying to get the boys to bring her treats.