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I fear that soon you'll reveal, your dangerous mind.

Basics

Name: Yisenkar
Age: 16
Sex: Male
Orientation: Closet bisexual
Rank: Igen candidate, member of the Flying Wherries


Appearance

Height: 5’6”
Build: Scrawny, faint hints of wiry muscle
Hair: Dark brown, straight, quite short
Eyes: Light brown
Skin: Very tanned hands and face, olive skinned elsewhere
Face: Angular
Detailed appearance: Yisenkar is a scrawny youth of slightly less than average height; hard work has put a scrap of wiry muscle on his frame but nowhere near enough to be impressive. His hair is dark brown, straight, worn fairly short, and given to sticking up at odd angles. The desert sun has tanned his face and hands deeply, but the rest of his skin is a medium olive; he doesn’t see the point of trying to even the tan out no matter how silly other people might think he looks. Though his eyes are light brown, anyone catching him off guard will notice that they lack warmth when he isn't concentrating. His face is rather angular; not high-cheekboned and handsome, just angular, almost gaunt despite his general good health. Overall, Yisenakr looks like nothing much in particular under normal circumstances, but catch him off guard or in a moment when he lets down his guard, and those chilly brown eyes might make an observer think twice before dismissing him as harmless.


Relationships

Parents: Mother - drudge; 37. Father - bluerider; 44
Siblings: None
Other notable family: None
Significant other: None
Significant friends: None


Personality

Likes: Allies, comfort, security
Dislikes: Being alone, being on the bottom of the heap, the people in power
Quote: “Maybe we could help one another out...”
Character tracks: Dangerous mind

Extended personality: Only one thing truly matters to Yisenkar, and that is Yisenkar. In any situation he puts his own interests first even if it means going back on something he has said previously, or hurting someone else. He is sensible enough not to harm or seriously inconvenience members of his own faction intentionally, but everyone else is fair game if they’re in his way, so long as they aren’t too far above him in the pecking order that is. He isn’t necessarily striving to be on top but he is striving to rise from his current lowly position, to make a more comfortable life for himself. If he impresses a brown have no doubt that he will take full advantage of the opportunities that offers, but equally he would happily exploit the unique chances that being a green rider would offer; tailoring his future plans to the dragon who chooses him is no issue at all to Yisenkar.

He isn’t a brave young man when it comes to face to face confrontation; call it sensible or call it cowardly, he thinks it’s better to back down from a fight he knows he won’t win than to end up with a broken nose or something. In order to avoid such things, his methods for getting what he wants are all sneaky and or underhanded; he has no pride, and no qualms about kicking a foe when they’re down, especially if said foe won’t find out it was him doing the kicking. Concepts such as honor and justice are foolish in his eyes; you’re never going to get anywhere in life if you hold back from doing what you must to get ahead because ‘it isn’t right’.

Just as he is good at putting himself first, Yisenkar is good at recognizing people who could be useful to him and seeking to help them fulfill their goals, so long as they don’t conflict with his own. He has quite a few allies in the Weyr, mainly members of his own faction of course, but almost no friends, and none of those close; the only person he has let through his guard is his foster father. As his attempts to keep people at arms length have been so successful, he finds himself isolated and lonely a lot of the time; much though he hates to admit it he needs companionship as much as the next person and secretly longs to have friends like everyone else seems to. If he ever were to make a true friend he would value them greatly, and he would try hard to serve their interests at the same time as his own. Should a conflict between the two arise even he isn’t quite sure how he would react, one of the reasons he had avoided having friends; deep emotional connections are a liability, and could keep him from making a perfect move in the game of life. Thus far the potential cost of having to let an opportunity go by has outweighed his loneliness, but it is always possible that that balance will reverse one day.

I fear your presence, I'm frozen inside.
Inside.

Acquaintances:

Arolon - possibly useful, but not very; a transfer candidate from Ista. I'll get him into the Wherries if I can, but it's really no big deal.
Hanya - another one come from Ista. I don't think she's going to be of any use to my or the Wherries, I'll trip her up where I can, and avoid her where I can't.

I just have to know, while I still have time.

Notes:

OOC:

05/09/09 - Posted character application
05/09/09 - Application accepted by Tsunake
05/09/09 - Journal set up

The arrival of Favan:

We have a new senior Weyrwoman, just arrived today. Favan and Cheoth. They are definitely going to put the Rising Sun's collective nose out of joint. Excellent. She brought some riders with her from Ista, some candidates too. All the factions ought to be jumping on the chance to recruit more members, but of course RS, and Ss are too elitist to easily let them in. Why, what a good chance for the Flying Wherries to step in and offer friendship. We could do well out of this if we play our cards right. I could do well out of this if I play my cards right. They're all so vulnerable, everything they know thrown out of alignment; I can use that, get close to them, get them to join us...

Seeing them all, sort of huddling together all nervous and lonely right now I... I don't know. I wish I had friends to fear losing in a new place, but I can't... I just can't afford to have any. This is a tough world, I have to look out for myself! And my father of course, but he doesn't need much looking out for, he's happy with where he is in life. I'm not. I have to... I have to look out for myself above all else, above all others. Nobody else is going to help me... well my faction does of course but... but... I'm just one members. I have protection, but that doesn't bring me comfort in life, doesn't pull me off the bottom of the heap. I have to take what I can get where I can get it, that's all. For now, I can't afford friends. maybe some day, but not today.