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Name: Ulir
Age: 28
Gender: Male
Candidate: Depends on Vik's condition
Craft/Rank: Dolphineer Journeyman/Guard

Appearance:
Ulir is a powerfully built man who, clearly, has been swimming just about every day of his life. His skin is tanned and leathery, and he has a good deal of muscle on him.
His hair is sun-bleached to a dirty blonde-white and kept shaved down in a military-style cut. His eyes are a washed-out steely blue-grey set in a large-boned square-ish face.

He wears hard leather pants tailored specifically to be comfortable to swim in.
He also wears a leather bandoleer of sorts containing what tools he needs for his job as a dolphineer, as well as a rather long belt knife. It has the Dolphineer journeymans knot in a pocket, as well as a stylized Journeyman Dolphineer/Guard knot embroidered into the leather with waterproof thread. The bandoleer has areas that cover and protect his shoulders and torso, but only to an extent to preserve felxibility.
He also wears tight, light, close-toed sandals with a boot knife and sheathe strapped to them. Just in case.

Personality:


Ulir is a man born to work outdoors. No stuffy desk for him. No Forge either. Walls are so confining and limited.
He is a man of nature, born for the sea. Thats what he will tell you anyway.
Whatever the truth is, he is happy he is a dolphineer as it means he can be outside. Pern is beautiful. The water, the trees, the wherries, the way the clouds grace the sky on a late sunset...
Beautiful.

The works of man are so ugly compared to the works of nature. If it were up to him, he would just explore the oceans and beaches with his partner, turning over rocks and leaves and marvelling in the naturalistic wonders of discovery.

But no, he has a job to do as a dolphineer, and he will do it with great precision. He puts a great deal of emphasis on how disciplined he is, and how well he falls into line. He is very proud of this fact, feeling that it makes him better than everybody else. He, after all, is part of a Pernese tradition of dolphin partnership that dates back- with, yes, a large jump- all the way back to the Colonists. He's following in the footsteps of hundreds of people (and the fluke trails of hundreds of dolphins). Look at him. Look at how traditional he is. Isn't it awesome.
Sure guarding a prison is a bit of an odd thing for a dolphineer to do, but hey. Its a job, a good job, and he likes it.
He's a self-righteous stubborn a**, and unfortunately for others he's also a bit of a growly guy to boot. He doesnt exactly get angry easily, but he's not exactly the friendliest guy, tending to be a bit ascerbic.

His focus on traditionalism also means he often exhibits some sexism, classism, and colorism, and he will make remarks. He won't shout it out at the top of his lungs and accuse women of NOT KNOWING THEIR SHAFFING PLACE, but he will mutter it darkly and be extra growly. And he certainly won't say such opinions to anybody that ranks him. Its none of their business to know, and none of his business to tell them. Opinions have no place in discipline. So while he may be annoyed at green and blueriders and be a bit pissy about female brownriders TELLING HIM WHAT TO DO, He'll keep his opinions to himself. Because he's better than that. He's better than them.

He is bolstered by his confidence in tradition, his own self confidence, and his dubious gift of being slightly mulish: he won't back down when a situation turns dangerous. He hates backing down. Vikik can convince him that he should retreat, but it is always a tactical retreat. He'll be back.
Sometimes in a prison he doesn't have that option, but thankfully prisoners don't usually dare to escape by water, so he doesn't often have to bother.

In summary,Ulir likes to think of himself as a stoic ranger of the woods oceans as well, as well as an upholder of traditional Pernese values. He can be a stick in the mud, but when the going gets tough, its good to have him at your side.


History:
Ulir has led a fairly unremarkable life, doing typical dolphineering things, being himself. He's actually had a partner other than Vikkik- a female dolphin -Eri- who later left to join a pod. He and Eri were friendly, and he occasionally misses her friendly advice, but she wasn't the brother-in-arms that he found in Vikkik.

He was born and raised in Tillek hall, among seacrafters and such. As the oldest in a fatherless family, he brought the responsibility of protecting his younger brothers- Umorlle and Menndan- upon himself (though his mother, Unden as a seacrafter, was more than tough enough to handle things). Menndan grew into a little imp (which the boy still is at the young age of 10), and Ulir had little to worry about regarding him. But Umorlle ended up running with the wrong crowd and getting into things... like Dust. Ulir, for a long time, wrote off the problems his brother was having. It was a phase. It was nothing to worry about.
But it got worse and worse, and eventually Umorlle started doing shady things behind Ulir's back to feed his growing addition.
And then he got caught stealing, and was sent off to Wardens weyr.

Ulir felt awful, like he should have done something more to protect Umorlle and Menndan from Dust. His mother wanted to distract Menndan from the whole process, and took the young boy on a ship with her, but Ulir and his partner Vikkik were left to deal with things.

Wanting to make sure that he was at least there for Umorlle, and since Menndan was (he supposed) taken care of, he signed on as a Dolphineer guard (they needed them).

Umorlle didn't need him though. He died due to complications arising from detox and a prexisting heart condition, leaving Ulir stranded at Wardens.

That was a Turn ago. Now, Ulir just does his job.

He missed all the important events up til now- Kaeylandra's exhibition, the touching, and the Hatching, simply because he was on duty (though he is interested in dragons, as is Vikkik).

Other stuff:
He likely knows Jamarin, Jkaita, and Jannai vaguely, though he never met Jamarin as J'min.
He and Vikkik would like to witness dragon stuff. For Vik, this is mostly through Ulir's descriptions.



Name: Vikik 'Vik'
Age: 8
Gender: Male

Appearance: X
(Image carried over from Dragonflight)

Personality:

Vikkik is a dolphin who believes deeply in the dolphin pact. Tradition is important, otherwise why would we bother? If Ulir says it's traditional, Vikkik believes it should be upheld.
Being a dolphin, he doesn't share his partner's love of nature- he's always in nature. But he does share Ulir's deep wonder and love of new things, as well as a tendency to not back down when the going gets rough. Unlike Ulir, however, Vikkik understands the concept of running to fight another day. He thinks that Tactical Retreats were a wonderful invention made to offer a traditional way out of a conflict that prevents a loss of face. He often urges Ulir to back down and recollect himself instead of fighting and losing. To mixed success.

Losing face means a lot to Vikkik. He wants to make sure that the other male dolphins in the pod see him as a worthy rival, as well as other human partners. He's good, he knows he good, and he wants to make sure everybody else knows hes good. So he brags. He exaggerates. He makes delphinic postures of bravado. He encourages Ulir to rub him down so that HE looks the smoothest, HE looks the sleekest, HE looks the least injured... so that HE looks the most desirable and handsome.

With this kind of attitude, it shouldn't be surprising that he sometimes shares his partner's growliness- though he has moments of friendliness and chattiness.
However, where Ulir keeps his opinions to himself and grumbles, Vikkik is more forward and speaks his mind.

In short, Vikkik is a posturing dolphin who, while aggressive and stubborn, has some sort of tactical mind.

History:
Vikkik is a dolphin, and has led an ordinary dolphin life. Ulir is his first partner.

*blinks*
Oh man, sorry about that! This is what happens when you have four different canons going through your head, and were making this character for two of them.

Yeah. Tillek.

*points and laughs at self*