[Self-added note: Gyl already got approved, just resubmitting for Sharmanyth.]
Name: Gylren - pronounced GILL-rehn. Prefers to be called Gyl, though.
Age: 19 Turns.
Gender: Male.
Sexual Orientation: Heterosexual.
Craft: Apprentice Smith
Rank: Candidate/apprentice.
History: Weyrbrat all the way. Gylren is the son of two riders, a Greenrider and a Bluerider, and he inherited the positive traits of both. He was always coddled as a toddler, much to his disdain. Both of his parents were well into middle age when Gyl was conceived, and as a result, there was an abundance of worries and problems until he was a teenager. When his mother's Talth had the horrible luck to be caught in a training accident, the incident fatally injuring her. She went between the next day. Renaire, Talth's rider and Gyl's mother, leapt off a cliff, since she couldn't handle life without her dragon, leaving GYl motherless at 13 and Vergyl broken and depressed. Vergyl and Ghularth tried their best to raise Gyl, and the older riders who had been on Vergyl's Wing aided as best they could. As a result, Gyl is used to living with a large amount of people, and having so many to go to lessened the impact of his mother's suicide. He still is loathe to talk about it, but he doesn't cry anymore. Vergyl is still alive and is prouder than anything to see his son stand as a Candidate on the Sands, but has recently taken ill. The Healer says that it doesn't look good for old Vergyl, but Gylren hopes that his father will pull through.
Appearance: Somewhat thin and relatively reedy, Gyl definitely isn't of the muscular sort. He has shaggy black hair that tumbles into his gray eyes a lot, the medium-length tangle of bedhead making it very hard to see his eyes. He's got a long scar slanting across his neck, and he covers it up regardless of the weather or temperature. Just because he's thin doesn't mean he can't hold his own in a fight, however--Gylren has been in his fair share or brawls and has the scars to prove it. He's starting to get muscles from his Smith training, but that's been put on hold since he was Searched. He's got callouses and a few burns on his hands from his apprentice training as well, and always smells just faintly singed.
Personality: A rather outgoing and cocky young man, Gylren does prefer to stay out of the limelight, but he loves it when he's in it. He's generally laid back and is a great listener, seeing as he can't do much of the talking. He's solid and honest, but sometimes he fails to see the delicacy of a situation and will just smack whatever he wants to say right out there regardless. Gyl is somewhat oblivious to the feelings of others, but he'll try his best to be considerate--that is, if he actually manages to pick up on what your emotions are. He's charismatic and rather fun to be around, and seems to draw a crowd without much effort.
Other: He got caught up in a brawl when he was 16 and was sliced across the neck with a knife. It missed the vital veins, but left him practically mute, and as a result, he doesn't talk much, since he's embarrassed of how whispery he sounds.
Yvalth, his Green firelizard.
