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Name: Zarike
Age: 20
Sex: Male
Sexual Orientation: Bi
Craft: Weyrbrat
Rank: Candidate
Location: High Reaches Weyr
Physical Description: Zarike already bears the broad shoulders and long limbs of a man born for an active lifestyle. Candidacy has filled him out quite a bit from the scrawny youth he had been. His light brown hair, blue eyes and fair skin are fairly typical of the area, though he has a habit of letting himself get sunburns from spending too much time outdoors no matter what the weather.

He's a little self-conscious about how he looks, not in a defensive way, but he's definitely attentive to how he appears to potential romantic interests. He bathes quite often do to an uncanny ability to find the best ways of getting dirty during any task he's set.

Personality: Zarike's fearless, nothing intimidates this young man. You can't bully or threaten him into doing what you want. Instead kindness is the best route to take. Be kind to him and he'll return the favor, be cruel and watch out. Zarike doesn't tolerate bullies no matter how big. He has a noble heart and will always stand up for the little guy, the underdog, even if he himself is no match for his opponent. He believes the world should be fair to everyone.

Zarike will try to talk two parties of a problem more often than not but if people don't get his point quick enough for his tastes he will resort to violence in defense of who he sees as the victim, uncaring of the odds. He tries to wait for his opponent to make the first 'move' but his definition of that can be hazy once he gets riled up. In the end, the scraps are short lived, whether he wins or loses, and he'll almost always forgive the other party once they catch their breath.

As he aged and progressed through his candidacy, he worked on his ability to use words first over fists. He's less prone to breaking out into a fight now, though it does still happen.

Zarike has a thirst for knowledge, he loves to learn about almost any topic. He likes watching crafters at their work and helping if he's allowed. If not he'll ask questions for as long as his subject holds his attention. Which sometimes isn't long unfortunately. He tends to jump from subject to subject, unable to focus on just one at a time. More often than not in the end what he learns amounts to little more than 'trivia'.

Zarike hates being kept waiting. Things should happen Now, not Later. He'll get frustrated and even angry fairly quick when something doesn't happen fast enough for him. Zarike will dive headlong into something recklessly rather than wait for a solid plan or more information. Sitting still and quiet is hard if he's not being entertained by something.

He's not afraid to talk to anyone be they human, dragon, wher, or even the Weyrleader's and Lord Holder's themselves. Some might find it annoying or other's amusing, but he's very earnest and serious when doing so.

He wants to trust others, to believe that everyone's a good person but he's coming to accept that sometimes it's just not possible. For his safety and for that of those he loves, he can't just blindly put his faith in strangers hands. It hasn't stopped him from getting into trouble, finding at times that someone has taken advantage of him yet again.

Positive Trait List Loyal, Trusting, Caring
Negative Trait List Impulsive, Impatient, Reckless

History:

Raised in the creche, Zarike was a relatively normal youth. He had the normal friends, got into the normal amount of trouble, had average health growing up. Really, nothing much stood out about him until he was taught to read and write. He took to words like dragons to air (with some 'crashing' in the way of bad poetry for a turn or two during his early candidacy). It didn't take him long before he was making friends with various crafters and weyrfolk just to coax them into stories and to hear them discuss their crafts.

He enjoyed legends and ballads well enough but it was factual history and technical information that really interested him. Zarike would learn something knew, then go to his friends and try to explain it too them, even if it was beyond their learning level or if he barely understood it himself. If he hadn't been a weyrbrat destined for candidacy, he would have done everything in his power to get a harper apprenticeship.

Despite his desire for knowledge he became a dragon candidate once he came of age because that was what was expected. Not that he was going to complain! Not about the opportunity at least. As a rider, he would be able to indulge in his own adventurous spirit and go wherever his flights of fancy took him. Of course, you can be sure there was plenty of good natured complaints about the hours, the intensity, and the possibility of the candidatemaster's assistants being the spawn of a tunnelsnake or a wher depending upon the day.

Zarike's penchant for fighting certainly got him into trouble on and off growing up. He would defend his actions, but apologize and show honest remorse if someone got injured in the process. Zarike rarely argued his inevitable punishments, though often his superiors would find them completed in a rushed manner.

As the turns passed and he continued to be left behind on the sands you might expect a certain amount of doubt creeping up on the growing teen but you'd be wrong. Zarike has maintained an almost alarming amount of confidence and optimism. This was going to happen! If not this time then next time no point wasting time on moping really he had more interesting things to do and yeah that might involve chatting up friends who'd impressed so he could spend time with them and their dragons but hey it's not out of jealousy! He's just super stoked for them!

When Thread returned... the young man on the final cusp of his teenage turns found himself at a loss as to what to do. His instinct to leap to the defense of anyone he perceived as a victim flailed. What could a candidate do in the face of Thread? People died. People were wounded. They lost their homes and their livelyhoods and Zarike felt the weight of wanting to protect them all on his helpless shoulders. His fists couldn't help him here. The only thing he could do was continue to Stand... and to hope.

Other: Hero complex this one. Thinks himself the protagonist of some epic tale of daring do.
OOC comment: ICly he has a history of making bad choices with severe consequences. I am always open to being a plot device for drama, and will always check with staff before he does anything really crazy in game.

Candidate Specific Questions
Do you want them to have an official Search RP? No
Do you understand they will age every passing year regardless if you're there to RP the or not? Yes
Do you want them to have a possible Stands Impression? He's a weyrbrat, but you never know what kind of trouble this kid can get himself into biggrin Let's leave this option open.