Age:14
Sex: Male
Sexual Orientation: Unsure (Could go either way, He’s only recently started to seriously look at others like that as his own reserved nature has always held him back and at the moment his attention is occasionally drawn by both men and women.)
Craft: Fisherman
Rank: Apprentice
Physical Description: Nehren is rather typical build for his age, although taller than most he still seems like he hasn’t grown into himself yet. Like an ungainly hatchling he seems out of proportion, feet to big for him. long limbs and spider like fingers on unusually large hands. His face is drawn out in a neat oval with his cheek bones riding high under eyes the shape of almonds of a rich hazel brown with strong hints of forest moss green. It suggests he might be quite handsome if he can get over the awkwardness of adolescence.
His hair is a rich and deep dark brown just a shade lighter than ebony.Which hangs down to the longest strands just brushing his shoulders and just has a slight wave to its otherwise stright line. His skin has a smooth sun kissed tanned look over which run a splattering or light orange tinted freckles, they run most clearly across the bridge of his nose and cheeks and then down his arms, although these are mostly covered by his clothing. He is quite self conscious about the spotted blemishes and will turn very pink cheeked if they are mentioned openly in conversation.
Personality: Nehren at first comes over as shy, and its true, he is not at his best in social situations as he is soft spoken and reserved in his manner, seeming stiff, not giving away much in expression or body language. Apart from the gentle smile that seems a permanent fixture on his lips most of the time. It is his defence in from the world, it says ‘I’m harmless and ordinary you don’t need to bother me’ yet that is mainly because he spent most of his childhood with only a few people that he knew well and all by name. Sheltered away in a small rural community. And when someone does actually approach him and ever ask something of him he finds it almost impossible to say no so tends to get dumped on a lot.
This failure frustrates him most of the time, he just doesn’t know what to say to strangers or in a crowd but he has his own traits which make him stand out if you were to get to know him. For one he is at heart a kind hearted soul, he hates to see people hurt or upset and will try and help if he can. And under his social failures it covers a fierce recklessness to the point that he has been accused of being a few eggs sort of a full clutch on more than one occasion, for example when he was eight he crept into a wherry nest to steal eggs, and he climbed the shore cliff just to prove he could. Snuck on to a ship wreck that was supposedly haunted and had the other children running scared, all number of things. But people still scare him more than any of them.
History: The boy started his life in a small settlement on the cost full that reported to Keroon hold , of course it was full of fisherman and his family was no different. His father was a master of the Fisherman and acted as head of the group of about forty. Nehren was the youngest of three, closest to his middle brother mikel who was very much the dreamer of the family while the oldest Andal was always egar to follow in his fathers footsteps so demanded most of his attention Nehren and Mikel were happily left to play and entertain themselves which they did with ease.
Unfortunately tragedy struck when Nehren was still young, one night the worst storm they had seen in many turns struck the settlement, the house was practically completely swept away and the occupants were forced to seek higher ground although as they clung to the rocks the wind sought to tore them free, Mikel lost his grip and was torn back and into the rising waters. Their mother dived in after him and managed to drag him back but before she could climb up again herself she was swept back under the water never to rise again.
Mikel wasn’t the same after that, it was clear he somehow he blamed himself and he drew into himself and even stopped playing with Learan no matter how the boy begged and goaded him, he couldn’t bring a smile to his siblings face. Nehran was close to despairing that his brother would ever recover even though the village was being rebuilt around them and people were getting back to their lives, his father throwing himself into the work to try and make his loss easier but only ending up practically ignoring his children who were struggling just as much if not more. This was when a aging Harper happened to come across their village. As the head of the village the boys father invited the an to stay with them. Although they had little to offer they did what they could and in return the Harper would sing songs and tell stories. Soon gathering the village children like a flock where ever he went. It was a god send, it seemed to settle them again and help them work past their grief, and most of all it brough Mikel back to life, he had always had a fair voice and the Harper even started to teach him some of the old songs. In fact Mikel spent more time with the kindly old gent than anyone. And when he left Mikel announced that he would be going with him to start a new life as a Harper apprentice.
Nehren was understandably devastated but he understood that it was the only thing that could make his brother smile again so with a heavy heart he let him go. Several years followed after that and Nehren went into the family trade with his brother and father. The work was hard and he never real interest in it. In fact his mind was more and more on his brother and his desire to follow in his footsteps out of the village.
And then his wish was granted. Mikel returned, as a journey man. He had climbed up the ranks with surprising speed even though it had still been three years since he had seen his family. Nehran was ecstatic and when Mikel left to return to the craft hall Learan decided to follow after at him, at first taking a shipment of fish with his Eldest brother to sell at the hold and that would give him the money to travel on from there, true to the hold wasn't far but it was a good start.
Pets:
Other/Talents:He is a very good and stronger swimmer although his reading and writing ability is minimal/
Will this character be a candidate? Yes
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