Rules for Both: You may only enter for and receive one wher, either transfer or semi-custom. There is no minimum or maximum number of whers that will be given out. You may enter regardless of how many whers you already own at Dragonflight, or what color they are. Only adult whers are available, no hatchlings. Any wherhandler pair living at Trine will have been part of the Resistance; any wherhandler pair living at Benden or Malvren will have been part of the Revolution. All winners will need to post their handler pairs for approval in the Character Applications subforum. Entries will be accepted from the posting of this thread through Sunday September 30th at 11 PM EST.
Rules for Transfers: All standard colors are eligible for transfer: green, blue, brown, bronze, and gold. Only one gold transfer, if any, will be accepted, and they must be headquartered at Benden. No more than one bronze transfer, if any, will be accepted. ICly, they do not need to be transferring in from somewhere else, although they may well have been displaced or shifted by recent events.
Rules for Semi-Customs: All standard colors with the exception of gold are eligible as semi-customs: green, blue, brown, and bronze. No more than two bronze semi-customs will be accepted or made. As these are semi-customs, you may choose either the color or the personality of your wher. If you choose color, the personality will be written for you, and the name decided as well; if you choose personality, the color will be selected for you. So if you choose the latter, please avoid gender references! If no gold is transferred, it is possible, but not guaranteed, that one of the semi-customs that does not choose color may end up a gold. Again, this is only a possibility, not a guarantee. Please consult the Character Application Procedures for some rules and advice before constructing your handler.
[color=dodgerblue][b]Wher Transfer Request[/b][/color] [b]Link to handler/wher Profile in their original RP:[/b] [b]Location Desired:[/b] Trine Weyr/Malvren Wherhold/Benden Wherhold [b]Describe their reactions to and involvement in the Revolution or Resistance:[/b]
[color=deeppink][b]Wher Semi-Custom Entry[/b][/color] [b]Character Name:[/b] [b]Age:[/b] (Must be at least 18 Turns.) [b]Gender:[/b] [b]Rank:[/b] Journeyman [b]Location:[/b] [b]History:[/b] (Be sure to include their involvement with the Revolution or Resistance!) [b]Appearance:[/b] [b]Personality:[/b] [b]Best Wher Skills:[/b] (Choose 3 from the list provided below.)
[b]Wher Name:[/b] (If not selecting color.) [b]Wher Color:[/b] (If not selecting personality/name.) [b]Wher Age:[/b] [b]Wher Personality:[/b] (If not selecting color.) [b]Blooded?:[/b] Yes/No
Wher Skills List: Wher Communication: Hand Signals Wher Communication: Sound Signals Wher Care: Basic First Aid Wher Care: Diet and Nutrition Wher Care: Understanding Wher Biology Wher Control: How to Handle Temperamental Whers Wher Control: How to Restrain a Wher Wher Control: Channeling Aggression to Productive Avenues Wher Lore: Wher Courtship and Breeding Wher Lore: History and Purpose of the Whers Wher Lore: Whers in the Crafting Professions
Posted: Thu Sep 13, 2012 3:50 pm
Wher Semi-Custom Entry Character Name: Rias Age: 25 Gender: Male Rank: Journeyman Location: Malvren History: Rias had a relatively normal life in a small hold in Benden. The young man’s parents were farmers, his siblings were farmers and they hoped he would follow in their footsteps of being farmers, having a family of farmers and so on. Rias had an older brother who was the pride and joy of his father. Always perfect in everything he did and did exactly as his father expected. Older brother Elian left their home to build one next to theirs so that they wouldn’t be too far from each other to marry and start his own family. Rias then had three older sisters. Each one of them were very pretty and hard workers, they took to women’s work well and had pride in doing so with every so often helping the men work the fields in the planting seeds then gathering where they could. Only the first of his three sisters left to be married as well and start her family while the other two stayed with their parents on the farm. It was a few years afterwards that Rias was born as the surprise baby. His parents had not planned for anymore children and were more than pleased to have Rias, another boy to their brood.
Rias grew up with his mother doting on him and his sister coddling him because he was a very pretty boy. His father was strict on the boy because he wanted his son to be a farmer like him and his older brother teaching him the ways but it fell on deaf ears. The young boy had wanted to do something else with his life than be a farmer, feeling that he was different from everyone else around him. Rias knew at a young age that he didn’t like females and seemed to have always looked to males, especially those around his age, differently. Rias always felt…..odd around them. To add to that odd feelings he would get when around boys his age, he had an admiration for the stories told about dragons and their dragon riders. One day, a few months after his twelfth birthday he was out in the field, adding seeds to the fertile ground in a lovely spring day when it was sunny and the clouds were a cuddly white, the breeze was rather sweet until a shadow came over him, blocking out that very bright sun. Looking up with wide eyes the young boy dropped the bag of seeds as a dragon landed before him, proud with its magnificent rider on its back from the very stories he was fascinated with was there in the flesh. In a whirl wind of active and response from his family, Rias was on his way to the Benden Weyr to be a part of something amazing and grand.
Entering such a world expanded the mind of young Rias to where he was sucking up all the knowledge and information from everyone around him. He was endlessly learning and when it came time to Impress he would be excited, hoping he would become a great dragon rider. During his time as a Candidate he met a young man, a few years older than him by the name of Iorme. Perhaps it was there that Rias finally accepted that strangeness for what it really was. He was more attracted to male than females. Though quite still young it was something he learned was possible and accepted in the weyr. Yet when he was with Iorme he was happy, telling him everything he knew about dragons and their riders. Yet there came a time when Iorme aged out and it seemed that they had parted ways as Rias was still a candidate holding out hope that he would become a dragon rider.
His chance never came. While in front of others he was happy and very pleasant to be around, making jokes and encouraging everyone around him. Yet when he was alone a depression fell over him. When Rias aged out, he turned his attention elsewhere, to wher handling as an apprentice. It was a decision that would bring him back to Iorme to rekindle their friendship and lead it to something more, a romance that filled Rias with supreme happiness. The wher that belonged to Iorme, Iosk, more or less tolerated Rias in allowing him to watch over her and in those rare occasions listen to him. Much to the amusement and frustration of Rias of course.
Further along word of the revolution came in Malvren, Iorme had gone at the opportunity. Ever faithful to his lover and best friend, Rias had accompanied him to help with the hostile takeover. It was then that he witness the loss of Iosk and two fire lizards the belonged to his lover, their lives ripped away by a silver dragon. The devastation of it shook Iorme to the core yet Rias would not let his friend fall into insanity. No he was there day in and day out, night in and night out for Iorme. He even managed to convince and encourage Iorme in taking a chance at a wher clutch. Hoping, praying, things he had done so many times yet needed them to be answered they were as Iorme had selected an egg and from it hatched a blue wher. Rias felt joy that while this wher was not to replace the one Iorme lost and forget but to fill that void and love another again. This too gave hope that Rias could one day have a wher of his own. Maybe even a fire lizard if fate wishes it to be. Appearance: Rias is at the average height of 5’7 with a medium build body that is well toned yet not overly muscular as he does have a rather androgynous look about him. Androgynous in the sense that he looked slightly like a female yet retains enough masculinity to distinguish him as a male. A sort of play he likes to use to trick people, only of course those he is good enough friends with. The young man has rather long hair that he knows how to maintain, reaching down to his waist, straight and trimmed in layers. It is jet black but with a minor flaw to it. There are a few strands of his glorious black hair that are graying from the root down to the very tip thanks to the male genes of his father that have premature graying throughout his side.
To offset the black hair with the few special strands of gray hairs Rias has smooth alabaster skin that looks like fine silk and the texture to match. Uniquely Rias has almond shaped eyes with amber colored eyes. From a distance they look light brown but up close no matter the shade of light you see that the amber looks almost like a burnt orange with light brown swirled in popping bright against that light skin. Often he looks friendly and very happy, generally giving flirty looks to his lover that can heat up anyone else’s blood should they encounter such a gaze and has a brilliant smile. For clothing he generally wears well fitted trousers of dark colors with comfortable footwear. He wears short sleeved tunics of a shade lighter than his trousers, also well fitted with a vest and a sash. Rias let’s his hair down unless he is working then he will have it braided or tied up, otherwise he will have it loose and flowing down his back with adornments of small feathers or beads, with tiny braids. Personality: Rias is quite a pleasant person to be with as he is mild mannered when it comes to everyone he encounters. The young man can be happy in a child-like sense or serious like his own father when occasions call for it. There are times where Rias can be naïve despite his attention to detail and hunger to learn as much as he can.
Despite what seems like a happy and easy going male, Rias does have his periods of depression. He had them since he was young from his father being hard on him and seeming to know that his son was not like Elian, his brother. Then when he realized that he would never have a chance at obtaining an egg to become a dragon rider, aging out, he fell into a depression spell that he hid well from others. Then there are times where he feels that he is lacking because he has yet to obtain anything higher than the basic level as an apprentice. On the flip side, he encourages others who are in their own depression to be positive and move forward, to keep trying again and never give up. You can he gives advice yet never takes it himself. Best Wher Skills: ~Wher Communications: Sound Signals ~Wher Care: Basic First Aid ~Wher Lore: Wher Courtship and Breeding
Wher Name: (If not selecting color.) Wher Color: Green Wher Age: 1 Wher Personality: (If not selecting color.) Blooded?: Yes
