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 Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2013 11:22 am
Leevi
Name: Leevi
Age: 23
Gender: Male
Prisoner: No
Crime: N/A
Candidate: Yes, but not officially.
Craft/Rank: Journeyman Mindhealer
Appearance: Let’s get this straight: Leevi looks younger than he is. And he’s young enough as it is. He looks as though he just barely started shaving or is just barely acquainted with the concept of shaving. With a complete babyface and a slim build, he’s not the manliest man to ever man something. It’s not that he’s feminine. Not at all. He’s just... not very mature looking, especially among the rough and tumble world of Warden’s Weyr.
His dark brown hair is ridiculously curly. He keeps it cut short mostly just for the convenience. He doesn’t have time to worry about his appearance. He’s got patients to look after! His eyes are hazel. Nothing special. Just a sort of brownish-green thing going on there. Moving on…
He’s rarely seen without a smile. He’s one of those annoyingly chipper guys who practically fart sparkles and rainbows. Even a threat against his life will bring a generally calm and collected, ‘And how does that make you feel?’ Yes, he legitimately and non-ironically uses this line. A lot.
With his almost inexhaustible supply of optimism, it would be easy to dismiss Leevi as someone who’s never encountered true hardship. That’s not true at all and his back bears testament to this with an array of old whip scars.
Personality: More than anything in the world, Leevi whole-heartedly and completely believes that broken people can be saved. He needs to believe that. People are basically good at heart. It’s just that circumstances sometimes force them to do bad things or they are just confused about the ‘right’ thing to do. It’s a decidedly naive way to look at the world and he’ll freely admit it.
When people don’t follow this, when people are just plain broken psychopaths, Leevi is fascinated. His morbid fascination can be disturbing for others. It’s not that he admires killers or anything. He just wants to understand why they do the things they do and he’s quite good at figuring out why. He’s also very good at ferreting out lies. Little facial tics, small muscle spasms… he’s good at reading people, which is invaluable in his Craft. Just because he’s naïve doesn’t mean he’s gullible. He’s also not about to say, ‘Well, since your father beat you as a kid, that completely explains why you went out and killed six women!’ or something. He does not hand out excuses.
What he doesn’t do well is face his own issues. Leevi prefers to just pretend they don’t exist and never have existed. How very silly of you to even ask! In fact, your insistence at trying to pry at his own problems must be a symptom of something on your side. Let’s discuss that…
Although he tries to keep completely impartial, he’s a very emotional guy. He simply tries to keep things neatly compartmentalized so it won’t affect his work. When he’s depressed, he’s very depressed. We’re talking full-blown angst-leaking OH-WOE-IS-ME sort of thing. Thankfully, it doesn’t happen very often.
He’s also sensitive. Sure, he’ll tolerate abuse from people, but it gets to him. He has a tendency to take small comments and focus on them until they become big things to him and then he just completely misinterprets them. If these comments come from someone he really admires, that’s when he starts getting into the woe-is-me stage of things. He’s a terrible liar. I mean, ‘OH, I NEED TO RUN, MY DOG IS ON FIRE’ type of lying.
History: --Levina (Biological mother) – 43 – Journeyman Harper
--Everri (Biological father) – 45 – Journeyman Tannercrafter
--L’ser of Green Ilruth (adoptive father) – deceased
--Ronana of Blue Zhayth (adoptive mother) – deceased
Trigger warning: child abuse
Leevi was born in High Reaches Hold to a perfectly normal family. Well, almost perfectly normal except for the abuse. Everri was a naturally angry man. It didn’t matter what else happened during his day. Just one little thing would set him off and he’d always blame it on either his wife or child. Levina didn’t cook the food fast enough or Leevi was too loud or he was too quiet or he was somehow just in the way. That was the main problem; Everri always perceived his son as being ‘in the way’ of his life in general, as though the young boy was put on the earth specifically to slow him down. Soon enough, Levina believed it too. Everything could be safely blamed on the child; that way, she’d get away without injuries.
But that sort of abuse doesn’t go unnoticed for long. Leevi was acting out, becoming aggressive towards other children because it was what he knew from home. It didn’t take long for people to become suspicious of his home life.
When Leevi was eight, he was taken away from his parents and fostered out to a childless elderly couple in High Reaches Weyr. They gave him the love that his biological parents couldn’t. Quite honestly, Leevi believes that they saved him. They made him a better person, forming the core of his current belief system. He chose his Craft at a young age (10 turns) specifically because he wanted to learn more about why his real parents acted the way they did. His adoptive parents weren’t so keen on this; they felt it was… well… unhealthy of Leevi to focus so much on the past.
Leevi was determined though. He really truly and honestly wanted to understand the human mind and, more specifically, what happened when things were just plain broken in it. Mindhealing was a natural destination for him. He proved to be a sharp student, as well as a very passionate one. He advanced quickly in his studies, walking the tables at the very young age of eighteen turns.
He chose to remain at High Reaches Hold to look after his aging parents. They were already old when they adopted him, to be honest, and he was acquainted enough with health to see the signs. They passed away when he was 22 turns. They died happy. That was really all that Leevi could ask for.
Recently, he moved to Warden’s Weyr to advance his studies. It’s all very well and good to study the abnormal mind from afar, but you have to talk to people eventually. Otherwise, it’s just not the same.
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Posted: Thu Jan 10, 2013 7:12 pm
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Posted: Fri Mar 08, 2013 6:10 pm
Name: Lasoth
Color: Opal
Appearance: Right, so, like Sturnuth, Lasoth isn't a gold. Unlike her brash older sibling, Lasoth certainly doesn't have the coloring to lead others to think so. In truth, she comes out of the shell colored like a calico feline. The top of her body is covered with oranges and yellows, down the length of her tail. A black spot mottles at the side of her left wing, purples twinkling in it when light hits it a certain way - same with the underside of her wings near to the tip. The underside of her body looks white... at first. Then you see the green-blue-purples on her hide along with the white-gray.
And, yes there is quite the sheen just like any other metallic. Unlike the noble golds and bronzes, Losath is not some sleek and beautiful creature. She has a wide bottom that tapers up like a pear to a skinny neck and an even smaller head. This will even out some as she gets older to make her less like a dinosaur and more like a dragon but she will never loose that pear shape. Lasoth will top out around the size of a very large blue and her wings are small for her body and rounded; Lasoth is not build for speed or strength like some of her siblings, but just to be in the air. Her legs will become less like a certain King of the Dinosaurs as she matures, lengthening to be long and slim, her claws large and her talons razor sharp.
Personality:
I like to keep my issues drawn
It's always darkest before the dawn
On the outside, Losath is a confident and nurturing dragon. She wants to care for everything and everyone (sort of). She dotes on eggs and little animals (before she eats them). Her words are sweet and gentle, her tone constantly kind. A hurtful word from her is rare enough to be noticed, her general demeanor one of a loving mother. In truth, she wants to be the perfect darling thing she presents to the world and full of that confident comfort she offers everyone else; public opinion means everything to Losath outside of her riders love. She needs others to think she is as kind as she portrays. She is by no means a cruel dragon, her words genuine but she is not nearly as confident as she shows. The deep seeded desire hides her own insecurities, anger from others only making it sting all the more. Not many people can be as eagerly sincere as she tries to show and she knows this. It's hard to be as gentle as you want to be when in a place full of criminals and hate; sometimes even the gentle Opal wants to say something unkind when someone else is being rude. It's not that easy for her to see past the grime day in and day out, and she seeks comfort in others to know that there are good people in the world - that she can be one of them too. Comfort from her rider and others will keep her from becoming disenchanted with the world around her.
If completely cornered with no way out, Lasoth will fight. She abhors violence, she doesn't want to be one of them, but down to the wire, she can be a vicious fighter. Looking awkward just means people underestimate her... which is good, most of the time. She is small and quiet and detests ichor/blood. It is her hope every day that she doesn't need to be grumpy, let alone hurting someone.
Losath takes the words to heart; actions only cement things. When things finally build up too much or she is insulted just one line too far and takes it as truth, she puts up that kind beaming wall only to crumble when in private with her rider. Things are untrue only when she's assured otherwise and, to her, Leevi knows best - that's why she chose him. One of the reasons, at any rate. It's because of this she is cautious in her choices on which dragons or humans to actually trust beyond day to day activities. She steers clear from the very aggressive and loud and angry and tries to drown herself in the kind and bright. Lasoth is quite fond of Poecileth (dare we say favorite) and only wants to take care of Serinuth (whether or not the green wants to be crooned at). Lasoth is very much a Therapy Dragon for the hurt humans in need of comfort, willing to talk to them if Leevi allows, though keeping her from those serial killers is probably best.
As for those angry souls, Lasoth... well, she tries to stay away. It's difficult with a rider like Leevi to be completely distant from those willing to hurt another. That isn't a problem, really, as the Opal is more than willing to throw herself in front of a human, wher, or dragon in order to keep them from hurting Hers. It's not that everyone is a possible threat, it's just that she doesn't wat him to be completely locked away with one of them. Like Jiru. She has not been fond of the violent and angry even when in the shell and the distaste grows only larger the older she gets. They just don't have a place in her world - violent criminals terrify her in the dark ways that make her very still and very gentle until she can get away. Lasoth is very aware that this is a weakness, a crack in what should be a shiny hide, and she dislikes that about herself.
Lasoth is quite aware she was supposed to be a gold dragon. Her shell glittered, her biological mother had a gold hide, and yet... Nothing from her. The lack of gold doesn't bother her overmuch; yes, people expected one but she has all sorts of colors on her! Isn't she sparkly? Decorative? ...she's just as good as a gold!
(Isn't she, Leevi?)
Why me? Leevi keeps the world away. To be fair, he keeps the cruelty of the outside at bay. He is the beam of sunshine in her life, a constant smile and warm word that can make all of her hurts disappear. In Leevi, Lasoth finds peace and the sort of kindness she wishes the world could have as a whole. His optimism in everyone and his bright mind fill the little opal with joy. She knows his work is important, will tell him so, and she will do her best to be that return ray of happy in his life in order for him to continue with that work. With Lasoth, Leevi has constant support, someone that wants to help in his work when she can, a helpful voice. She will never do anything to hurt his self esteem - its against her very nature to do anything but try to keep him up beat. Lasoth will cuddle him when he needs and he will hopefully return the favor.
Based On: Double wattled cassowary and Shake it Out (with a bit of Fat Bottomed Girl)
Post color: #990066
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