Name: KesinAge: 20 23
Gender: Female
Sexual Orientation: Heterosexual
Rank: Journeyman Wherhandler [former Beastcraft (Caprine) Apprentice]
History:
From a cothold outside of Bitra, Kesin is the daughter of two Beastcrafters who made their living breeding caprines. As their only child, Kesin was raised to do the same, but as she got older, she gradually grew discontent with her lot in life. Really, who wants to spend their whole sharding life raising goats? She developed an interest in runnerbeasts, and by the time she was in her teens, had decided that that was where her future - and the future of her family's farm - lay. She tried for the better part of a turn to convince her parents of this, but they disagreed. They didn't have the proper land, and besides, runners were a lot more expensive to keep than caprines.
Kesin eventually quieted, but never gave up on her wild dream. For turn after turn, she hoarded every last fraction of a mark she got her hands on, determined to buy her own runner one day, but marks don't exactly come easily to young Herders. At 19, desperate and fed up with waiting, she snuck the marks she needed from her parents and went to market to buy her runner. Even with the stolen marks, though, she didn't have nearly enough for a fine riding beast, and came home with a working nag. But it was still a runner, and by the time she got home, Kesin already adored swaybacked mare.
...her parents, obviously, did not. They were furious, and Kes was forced to return the animal and bring back her parents' savings. Still, she refused to see that she was in the wrong, and resented them ever after. Several months later, she was Searched, and though she'd never had an eye to dragons, she took it as a way out. Within days of arriving at Benden, she encountered a recruiter for the Wherhandlers, and that was that.
Description:
Kesin stands at 5'4," with blue eyes and straight black hair she keeps cut to her shoulders. She's naturally on the fair side for Pernese, but having spent a lot of time outdoors in the sun, is quite tan...or was. Now that she's joined the wherhandlers and begun to take up their schedule, her tan is beginning to fade. She has a soft, pleasant face, and an hourglass figure she maintains with great vanity. She's pretty and she knows it!
Personality:
Kesin is self-confident to the point of arrogance, and always believes that she will come out on top - that she should come out on top. While she thinks of herself as the best and most deserving, though, she doesn't always like to do the necessary work to get there. She will for awhile, and initially sets into tasks with determination and drive, but if they take too long or prove too difficult, she begins to look for another, easier way to reach her goal. Unfortunately, this can and sometimes does involve dishonesty, underhanded tactics, or cutting corners. She will do whatever she has to do to get where she wants to be, but she'll do it while putting in a minimal amount of effort. With her focus and systematic approach, she is a master at the strategy of reaping rewards she hasn't always earned.
She will gladly work with others if it means getting things done faster, and will always accept help when it's offered, but will never express appreciation or gratitude. Kesin is too pretentious and self-absorbed to admit in any way that she owes anyone anything. People should help her because she simply deserves it for being as fabulous as she is, so why should she bother to thank them? She's only being given her due, and in general is someone who will push others down and climb over them to get what she wants.
Kes is intensely materialistic, and always wants the best of everything, which leads into a tendency towards jealousy. If someone else has something she wants, she immediately resents them for it.
Keywords: decisive, determined, focused, systematic, self-confident; ungrateful, jealous, indulgent, pretentious, does what is convenient
Best Wher Skills:
Wher Care: Basic First Aid
Wher Care: Understanding Wher Biology
Wher Lore: Wher Courtship and Breeding
