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Name: Tassiel (Ciel to friends!)
Age: twenty turns
Sex: male
Sexual Orientation: heterosexual
Craft: apprentice harper
Rank: Candidate
Location: High Reaches
Physical Description: Tassiel has straight, dirty blonde hair that he keeps in a neat quiff just past his ears. He's tan and tends to freckle if he spends long hours in good weather, with brown eyes almost an identical color to fresh brewed klah. He's rather tall, but has a slightly thicker build than either of his brothers. His clothes, like his hair, are typically neat.
Personality: Tassiel might be the most confident out of his two brothers, in all ways but one. From the time he was ten turns old, he seemed to have everything planned out. Nothing seemed to phase him. And then, he started noticing women. That's when all his trouble began.

Women might as well have been a species of undiscovered qualities, in his eyes. He became tongue tied. The words he wanted to say failed him. He wanted to tell them they were beautiful and a sight to behold, but they had the ability to turn his brain to gruel. Not every woman possessed this ability. His sisters certainly didn't seem to. He could speak freely around them without worrying what they might think, or what they'd say. He improved with time; or, less women got his attention anyway. Words came easier. He was no longer trying to impress anyone. What others thought didn't seem to matter so much.

He still has some trouble expressing his emotions verbally to any not closest to him. His siblings and friends will know his deepest fears and thoughts, his worries and doubts, but not others. It will take him a long time to verbalize any strong emotion, despite being well aware of them. He's not withdrawn, but bringing words to how he feels to friends and aquaintences alike is sometimes difficult. It's much easier to write about them, or to briefly refer to them before changing the subject or telling a punny joke. This has become less apparent as he's grown older; he still has some trouble getting the courage to speak to women. Well, one in particular. He does acknowledge--and act! on his feelings for the apprentice healer, but hasn't been able to bring himself to tell her how he feels.

Tassiel is a sweet young man, with a cheerful demeanor. He loves to make people smile with puns and jokes. He can be cheeky towards friends, teasing them and poking fun. He loves people and being around them, but not always being among them. He especially enjoys celebrations and spending time with his family. Turnover is his favorite. While he doesn't usually partake in the dancing, he does love to watch. People are so much better than any song could ever make them.

He's a talented singer, but you won't find this apprentice on stage. He prefers to write songs, not sing them.

He can be stubborn! He grew up with both an older brother, and a younger, so as the middle child, had to stand his ground. He will stand up for what he believes in, sometimes too firmly with peers. With authority, rarely will he object. He may groan about whatever chore he's been set to doing just as much as any other candidate told to clean the latrines.

Tassiel's confidence is in his own abilities. He writes well, and he's aware of his talent. He will proudly hand any friend or relative who asks (and sometimes if they don't) his latest work. And while he doesn't prefer to sing, he knows that if a master should ask him to, he would be able to do so.

Love is something Tassiel never really understood, and still feels as if it's a foreign concept. He's never felt the way he does for Bekah before. And if he can't tell her, well at least he can make her life a bit easier with mugs of klah when she has a night shift.
Positive Trait List Cheerful, quietly confident, tidy, loves to make people smile, playful, family oriented, romantic, observant
Negative Trait List Stubborn (towards peers!), cheeky, struggles with verbalizing his emotions (towards anyone but family / close friends), too family focused? (Speaks freely around family but withdraws around others, prefers company of family more than that of others? Not sure what the negative term would be.)
History: Tassiel was born to a High Reaches bluerider and a greenrider who'd been visiting during a goldflight. Nine months later, the babe was delivered--not so gently, to his father. He was immediately placed in the crèche, where he grew until he and his older brother, T'rel, were fostered.

The boys were only two turns apart, which led to plenty of arguments. For the first two turns of his life, Tassiel was poked, prodded, pinched, hugged, had his hair pulled; and he did just as much in return. They grew close as time went on; even becoming interested in the same craft.

Tassiel favored the written word, once he was old enough for the Weyrharper to teach. He loved to write. Describing things he could see around him, and sometimes things he could only see in his head. Around this time, the boys discovered they had another brother. At eight and ten turns respectively, having a two turn old tag along behind them whenever they neared the crèche was the. worst. ever.

Tassiel found, though, that he enjoyed the younger kid's company, when Ionan was quiet (which, unfortunately, was rare). Ionan seemed to get upset about every and any little thing. Was there a spinner near his cot? He cried. Was the sun going down too early and so they'd arrived at bedtime?

But! As little brothers do, Ionan grew. Tassiel grew too, and in time he became closer to his stubborn younger brother than he'd ever been with T'rel. When Tassiel was eighteen, Ionan broke his arm. The boy was stubborn about going to the healers--insisting it was a sprain, he was fine. But it wasn't. Tassiel had no healing training, but he'd known Ionan was hurt. He'd taken the boy to one of the apprentice healers--

And fallen in love. Well. Not quite, but Tassiel certainly took an interest in Bekah from then on. He found out when her shifts were and left flowers before they began. If she worked at night, he took a hot mug of klah and left it at the door with a knock. He'd had to pester T'rel for her birthingday, and when he found out she was working, he'd set a plate full of bubblypies there for her to find. Tiny things, little things he hoped wouldn't give him away.

Thread came on his nineteenth birthingday. He'd been hoping to ask Bekah to walk with him--maybe tell her how he felt, finally! Instead, the alarm rose. He couldn't believe it. He'd never really believed it'd existed, and now! Now his brother and sister were fighting it! It was even more important that he Impress now. It was even more important that he share his feelings with Bekah--because who knew when something would happen?
Other: Anything else you want to add?

Candidate Specific Questions
Do you want them to have an official Search RP? No need
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? No

Hey Thali,

I think the personality is missing any description about his negative traits. You mention that he can be stubborn, and obviously shy but I feel like his struggles to verbalize his feelings can be expanded on. Is it just to Bekah he struggles with or was it something he struggled expressing his whole life?

You mention he doesn't take no for an answer but don't really expand on that. Does he just get mouthy? Will he absolutely go against authority telling him no? Given this is High Reaches that's not something they tend to encourage. I also feel like it just kind of feeds into his stubborness and isn't really a unique negative trait.

Same with his struggle to verbalize his emotions and being shy. I feel like they're kind of the same side of the coin. It also seems to conflict with him being cheeky. Is he only cheeky with men then? You say he loves people and being around them, and yet he's shy around and can't verbalize his feelings.

I just feel like he's a little contradicting. I feel like being shy around women is why he struggles verbalizing his emotions to them; but if it was a man would he struggle the same way?

I'd try to iron that out, or expand on his negative qualities a bit more. They're important when trying to match Hatchlings. gaia_star

Much better!

Approved.