{Rider} N'nox of White Serineith (QC'ed)

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Name: N’nox
Age: 118
Nameday: 3458.08.16
Sex: Male
Sexual Orientation: Straight
Weyr: Whitecliff Weyrhold
Rider Rank: Retired
Previous Rank/Craft: If applicable.
Physical Description: Time has not been gentle to N’nox, or perhaps it’s all those bubbly pies? He carries quite a bit of extra weight. Some might wonder how his tiny white manages to get airborne. While he might be overweight, his build is somewhat narrow and he is also tall standing 6’7”. N’nox has mid-length, very wavy dark brown hair that is barely contained by his riding cap. His skin is a dark olive brown tone. N’nox eyes are a sharp hazel that misses nothing, particularly when he’s looking for sweets.

Personality:
N’nox is a sociable man, he always likes to have company. Young or old or in between it doesn’t matter to him. He’s always happy to talk about serious subjects or simply shoot the fat on a lazy day. His door is always open, particularly if you have a problem you need to talk though or just need a friendly ear. He has a knack for saying just the right thing at the right time. All advice he offers freely and willingly; he happily shares his turns of experience with anyone who might want to listen.

This is a man who loves his sweets, and he’ll go to any length to get them. Any length. N’nox is the bane of the kitchens and their staff. Whenever they bake sweets they have to post a guard to try to stop him from snitching as many as he can carry. It’s not always successful. He seems to have an innate nose for whenever sweets are brewing. No matter how kitchen staff try to cover it, N’nox has a super intuition. He knows when sweets are baking.

N’nox is greedy with his sweets. Any sweet he gets his hands on, he’ll gorge himself without hesitation. Many bellyaches have been suffered over the turns when he’s eaten too many sweets. He hates having to wait, like for dinner when the sweets are served. N’nox is also highly suspicious when he does have sweets. He’s not the type to share. His sweets are for him and him alone. Don’t ask him to share because he’ll become uncooperative.

Positive Trait List: Articulate, Sociable, Intuitive
Negative Trait List: Thievish, Uncooperative, Suspicious

History:
N’nox was born at High Reaches Weyr to several cavern workers. He spent most of his young life in the crèche. He roamed the weyr with his friends. As a young boy he got into a fair share of trouble. He loved peeking at the gold’s clutches and flitching sweets from the kitchen. Particularly the latter, N’nox was often assigned extra chores for the extra goodies.

He started standing when he came of age but wasn’t sure he’d really impress. It was fun at first, the lessons, but mainly getting to touch the eggs. He still took his chances to peek at the eggs when they were laid, and got into other shenanigans with his friends.

It wasn’t until he was 20 that he found a voice on the sands calling to him. A little white that had her shell broken open by her siblings had come to his side. She was very slim and almost seemed malnourished. It was love at first sight. N’nox picked up his tiny white and carried her from the sands. He knew life for them at High Reaches Weyr would be anything but easy.

Despite his best efforts and stuffing her maw every couple of hours, Serineith never looked anything except scrawny. The white grew at her own pace. In time she’d reached her full length. N’nox went through training and learned everything he could. Eventually he felt stifled by the attitudes of those residing at High Reaches Weyr.

N’nox and Serineith took their leave of the weyr 6 turns after she’d hatched. At first they enjoyed their freedom and flitted from place to place as their fancy took them. They visited the mountains and the plains, the oceans and the jungles. No place felt like home until they stopped at one weyrhold. Whitecliff Weyrhold.

They settled down. Even though they’d left High Reaches Weyr, N’nox kept in touch with one of his old friends. He had gotten a green firelizard during his travels and often sent her back to his friend with letters.

Over the turns, N’nox sired 5 children. His oldest is the only girl of the bunch, the rest are boys with the last two being twins. His daughter and the twins have different mothers, while the two oldest boys share the same mother. He kept in touch with them as much as he could around his duties but let them live their own lives.

N’nox and Serineith served their duty to their weyrhold. They took their turn doing sweeps and watchrider. It made it much easier to do their job appreciated instead of scorned. They lived their lives to the fullest. It was a shock when thread eventually returned. Now in their old age, they mainly run firestone during threadfall.

Other: Has a green firelizard Starswirl.

DRAGON
Name: Serineith
Age: 98
Color: White
Size: 32’
Physical Description: Serineith is almost the opposite of her rider. This dragon comes off as super thin, long legs and long body. Someone who may not know her well might think she’s too thin and her ribs are showing.

Personality: Unlike her rider, Serineith is a solo dragon. She doesn’t much like excessive company or unnecessary chatter. Most dragons that try to buddy up to her will be given a cold shoulder. N’nox makes sure she isn’t too cold to everyone.

She also shares her rider’s tendency towards thievery of food. Mainly when the bigger dragons are eating she’ll slip in to snatch a bit of the best bits right under their noses. Nor does she like to share her stuff; her food, her favorite sleeping spot. You’d better not come near. Serineith isn’t afraid to use her claws on her fellow dragons.

Dragon Art or Proof of Obtainment: Art to come Oldbie Thread  

[Tsunake]

Hello hello!

So right now, it seems like a lot of N'nox's personality is based on how he reacts to sweets, rather than people. How else is he intuitive besides being able to smell when the kitchens are baking, for example? How do his negative traits impact his interactions with others? Is he uncooperative if told to do something he doesn't want to? Is he suspicious of people who might come off as extremely charming?

Though Whitecliff is considered a Weyrhold, that just means that they are prepared to house a small number of dragons. They do not do any Thread things: no sweeps, no patrols, firestone runs etc. All of that is handled by actual Weyrs, so Western in this case. He would be able to hunt on the Hold land, provided there was no over hunting, and was likely assigned to take Holdfolks to and from places. He wouldn't be able to freely go to the Weyrs, however.

Weyrholds also don't receive tithes at all, so N'nox would have had to find a way to work in order to pay for supplies for oil for Serineith, gear up-keep, etc! Having a dragon is expensive outside of a Weyr!

This is more just a note, but if Serineith does turn her claws on other dragons, there will definitely be consequences for it! She can definitely be grouchy/snappy/threaten all she likes, but N'nox would be held responsible if she lashed out and injured anyone.

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