Character Sheet
Name: Folen
Age: 16
Gender: male
Sexual Orientation: Heterosexual
Craft: Harper
Rank: Apprentice/candidate
History: Folen is the son of two harpers, Maki and Rianna. His parents gave him a loving, music, filled childhood as he grew up in the harperhall alongside the other harper children where he was fully expected to become an apprentice as soon as he was old enough. There was just one little problem.
He has very little musical talent. In fact his singing has been compared to a wounded watchweyr. Some of his peers would laugh and make fun of him because of this but it never dampened his spirit. Folen has a strong sense of self and doesn't care what others think of him.
Folen is naturally honest sometimes to the point of bluntness. This makes certain aspects of harper work difficult for him. Being able to lie convincingly is sometimes required in the harper's profession. When he must prevaricate he prefers to withhold information rather than say something that isn't true. Or say part of the truth and let the other person jump to the wrong conclusion. Though he really isn't a fan of deception at all.
He can play some instruments, his favorite is a little hand made reed flute. But he is not skilled enough to be more than mundane compared to the many talented apprentices that inhabit the hall. Still he can manage well enough to entertain himself and his friends.
Because he comes from a long line of harpers he has no where but the harperhall to go. Every family member he has is part of Harperhall. So in deference to his parents who dearly love him and want him to excel despite his lack of aptitude, the masters of the hall have done their level best by Folen, but its of no use. You can't change a rock into a queen's egg just by wishing or the world would be packed full of flitters.
Mostly Folen has done whatever chores or duties are needed around the hall. He is very good at cooking cleaning and mending as a result and can scribe some as well. He also acted as an aid and runner for those masters that do not have a chosen apprentice at the moment.
He was happy enough with his life at the hall. His cheerfulness and willingness to do whatever he can to help out has earned him the affection of almost everyone he encounters. He has made many friends in and out of the hall including the blue rider Tethis and Jadamirei a fellow harper apprentice who also spent some time at harper hall.
He has never been afraid of hard work. And he realized at a very early age that every little bit of work helps the Harpers do what they need to do no matter how menial it may be.
Even so there were times when he yearned to find something that he is truly good at. Something that would inspire and compel him the way music does his parents and their friends.
Appearance: Folen is tall and lean with spiky brown hair that always seems mussed, brown eyes and a smattering of freckles on lightly complected face.
Personality: Easy going and hard working Folen tends to listen more than he talks. His quietness is born of a yearning to understand the world around him and not of shyness. That makes him a pretty good observer and he has been taught to observe, remember, and make use of what he sees. He is happy to have mastered at least one trick of the trade.
Folen is a genuinely happy person that tends to take trouble in his stride. If he has a fault it is perhaps that he tends to take others at their word. He is honest and forthright in his thinking and gives others the benefit of the doubt unless they have proven themselves untrustworthy. Because of this he can sometimes be taken advantage of. He is aware that by taking people at face value he is opening himself up to be hurt. But he would rather be vulnerable and open, than to hide himself away in a shell never to be hurt, but never to experience real happiness either.
Also while he tends to keep his opinions to himself the more hidebound at Telgar Weyr might find his attitude towards female riders shocking as Folen is used to having strong and powerful women around him and is very open minded about what a woman can or cannot do. Being as watchful as he is, he is aware of the attitude at Telgar weyr and has no intention of butting heads with long standing tradition. Instead he chooses to support his friends with his actions by behaving the way he feels one should to those around him whatever their sex might be.
Folen has a strong sense of responsibility. He tends to be quite serious and when he finds his passion will be very driven. He has a work now, play later attitude. He enjoys himself when he can but not at the cost of getting his work done. This attitude also carries over into his romantic life, which is currently non existent.
Folen would rather concentrate on learning all he can to better himself. And it's difficult to do that amid emotional distractions so he tends to stay away from courting any sort of romantic relationship. He is perfectly happy waiting for that sort of companionship until such a time when he has more time to dedicate to it, for he does nothing by halves. If he were to impress he is forward thinking enough to realize that most of his time as a weyrling will be taken up by his dragon and he will have little energy for anything else for some time to come.
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