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Name: Jennes
Age: 16 Turns
Gender: male
Sexuality: heterosexual
Craft: Weavercraft
Rank: Apprentice/Candidate
Appearance:
Jennes is tall, with a build that’s slender with a hint of muscle. His skin is fair, but not unusually pale, and tans quickly when he spends long in the sun. He has light brown hair, and dark brown eyes that tend to have a mild, dreamy look to them. His face that’s a little long with a squared shape, and his nose is slightly too large to look truly attractive. His hands are a bit large for his build, which makes him look awkward when he has a needle and thread in his hands, though that doesn’t stop him from sewing nimbly or doing other skilled work with his hands.

Personality:
Jennes has an easygoing and cheerful manner about him, almost all of the time. It’s rare to see him without his usual relaxed smile on his face. He’s soft-spoken and doesn’t get upset easily. He’s not very assertive and if told to do something he usually will without much resistance. Unless of course he has his own project going. Then he can be very single-minded, working on one thing to the exclusion of all others, forgetting even about sleep and food. He can be somewhat unreliable when he’s focused on one task, since he forgets go or do other things, no matter how important. Often he has to be reminded to leave his project to do whatever else he’s supposed to. But as soon as possible, Jennes is back to his work. He can get absent minded, especially when he’s focused on something else, and somtimes leaves things around where he put them down and forgot about them. But he always keeps his box of sewing supplies very neat, since that makes his work easier.

Most of Jennes' personal projects involve sewing and/or children. In his spare time he's often found making and repairing clothes to earn extra marks, or sewing little accessories like hats or gloves to give to friends. But he's also still fond of making plush animals, so he makes many of those as gifts for weyr children. If a young weyrbrat had a bad day, they can always run off to Jennes and cuddle with the small collection of stuffed toys that he always has on hand. He's fond of children after spending years taking care of young foster siblings, so he doesn't mind young visitors as long as they stay away from his sewing supplies; he wouldn't want little hands to find their way into a drawer of sharp scissors or needles. He's good at cheering up sad or upset children, and is always willing to listen to any problems they have. He sometimes ends up as an impromptu babysitter when a child wanders up to him wherever he's working, and he finds himself entertaining the child until someone else comes to find the errant kid.

Even when not motivated by the drive to finish one task, Jennes is persistent and hardworking. He’ll generally work without complaint on just about anything, unless it’s something he’s grossly unqualified for, or it leaves him no time to do his own assigned work. He's willing to assist a friend if they could use a little help with something, but if he realizes someone's trying to take advantage and dump all their work on him, he'll try to insist he doesn't have the time to do two people's work. He doesn't always succeed in deflecting them though, at which point he becomes resigned and does it anyway, as best he can in what time he has. He’s also frugal and would usually rather repair things as many times as possible (especially clothes) than get new things.

Jennes usually keeps a level head in most situations. Did someone (such as a small child) run in his room screaming and with a bloody arm? Did he get dumped with three people's worth of unsavory chores? Or did he get publicly humiliated in front of all of his peers? He'll usually do nothing more than smile or shake his head before figuring out what to do about it. He takes things as they come, but he can think on his feet and is rarely at a loss for ideas. He's generally not impulsive though, and if time permits he'll consider some options before acting. But if time doesn't permit, he may go with the first thing he thinks of that seems like a good idea, even if that's a delaying tactic to give him time to think a little more.

History:
Jennes's mother loved children and wanted many of them, but despite years of trying, she was only able to bring one son into the world. Although Jennes was an only child, his mother didn't stop there and instead chose to foster many, many children. After a while, if anyone in her home of Fort Hold had a child that needed fostering, Jennes' mother was the first person they'd ask.

Jennes was always the oldest of the children in his household, and as a result he always ended up taking care of various household and childcare duties. He never minded and was happy to help, which was a great relief to his mother. He was clever with his hands and ended up mending and fixing things a lot, or putting together scraps of things to make toys. After the first time he sewed some fabric scraps into a doll, all the other kids wanted cloth toys too. He made lots; canines, runnerbeasts, fire lizards and more. His house was soon full of them, and every sibling had a favorite they carried around for years.

It was no surprise that when Jennes grew older he showed an interest in the weavercraft, especially sewing. He was readily accepted and quickly chose a specialty in tailoring, with some study in embroidery to add decoration to the finest clothes. He still made things for his family in his spare time, so as a result his parents ended up with finer Gather clothes then they normally would be able to afford, and his foster siblings still had a steady stream of brightly-colored stuffed animals, mostly made from new cloth scraps.

One day a dragon rider came by on Search for a clutch that was warming on the sands, and Jennes was one of the many children who presented themselves to the green dragon. She picked Jennes out of the crowd as someone who might be able to able to Impress, and the rider asked him if he'd like to come be a Candidate. He agreed readily, since becoming a Candidate was a task he'd been asked to do, much like any other, and he did the tasks set to him. Of course, every child's secret dream to bond a dragon was certainly a factor in the decision. His mother was sad to see her only biological son go, but he was a grown young adult who could make his own decisions She also had a healthy respect for dragonriders and wouldn't dream of keeping Jennes home if he wanted to go. So she joked away her tears, saying that she was just upset to see her main childcare helper going off and leaving her with all the little ones. Jennes wasn't fooled and promised to write often, and come back to visit if he could. The Weyr wasn't that far off from the Hold, after all.

He was whisked off to Fort Weyr and has Stood for hatchings for a little over a year. He attends every Hatching with his usual good nature, sure that if he was meant to Impress a dragon, it would happen when it happens.

RPs:
Sins clutch Touching