Candidate Kestrel

[Parallel]

Player:
Name: Parallel
Are you 17+?:  yup
Past RP Experience: none at all :(

Character:
Name: Kestrel
Age: 20
Gender: Female
Sexual Orientation: Bisexual
Occupation: Candidate
Description: 5ft 6, short spikey hair, slender agile build, angular heart shaped face, high cheekbones, distinctive grey eyes.
Personality: Kestrel is strong willed and stubborn when she believes she's right. She has limited patience with those she sees as beneath her, but she is very concious of that fault because of her innate ability to discern how others are feeling. She tries to hide her more ruthless side and use her empathy to connect with people better as she feels much like an outcast and not worthy of companionship, but sometimes she can't help emotionally manipulating others for personal gain or sometimes even pleasure.
History: She was raised in a small insignificant Hold and since she was old enough Kestrel has travelled eagerly. With no knowledge of who her parents were it's almost as if she's been looking for clues. However lately she has desired other people's company and wishes to find a home.
Fun Facts: She is always watching the area around her, her environment, taking note of what's going on and how people are acting. She can take lead easliy but often doesn't out of fear of making a mistake. She loves the creatures of Pern and has a partucular soft spot for Whers.

Bonded Critter(s):
Type: Fire Lizard
Name: Kialio
Color: Bronze
Age: 9months
Description: Light bronze with a darker strip running down his spine. On his left back leg he has what looks like a dark “sock” of bronze.
Personality: Easily spooked, he's almost constantly on guard for no reason. Friendly but suspicious, he's not a bad little guy, just overly nervous and protective.
Fun Facts: He prefers sitting on Kestrel's head as opposed to her shoulder.

Candidates:
Type: Dragon
Color Preference: Brown or Blue
Rider's Shortened Name: K'trel?
General Info: Can i suggest names for my Dragon? I would really like Druith, Danuth, Lokith or Iroth :)
RP Search: ok! :)

[Rouxy]

Hey, sorry for the delay there, but let's get started! Also, don't feel intimidated by the incoming wall of text. It's all just suggestions on how you can proceed :3 We want you to stay, and everyone here is happy and willing to teach and learn.

First off, I'm sorry, but we're not accepting firelizards with applications at the moment. I could possibly be convinced to allow a blue or green, but our bronzes are completely filled On the up side, we do have a nesting little queen who may be rising to fly soon, so you could wait till then and try for a surprise!

Your application has a really solid ground, but I'd love to see you expand on it a bit. Her personality is right on, but could you try something similar with her description? Flesh it out into a paragraph with odd little quirks she has. What does she like to wear? Does she often smile, or does she look serious all the time. Is there a piece of jewelry, or clothing she's particularly fond of? Does she strut when she walks, or is it more of a saunter, or a jog, or a fluid cat-like movement. Little things like that will give us and you a little more to work with while roleplaying, and make the character more rounded. You can always add more later on too if you get stumped, because characters evolve and change as they get played, and you just simply think of more things to add.

Feel free to name a Hold in her history for where she was born, it might give you something to discuss if anyone asks you in character. We have a list of several of them here a little further down the page. How did she manage the funds for traveling without a family to support her? Does she have a nifty trade she'd barter to people she met along the road, or did her unknown parents leave her money she's been saving for years? Did she travel on foot, by runner, by boat, or did she have a dragon rider friend? How did she find her way to Cerulean Weyr? Was she directed there from another Weyr, or did she find Silver Cove Hold on the adjacent coast and decide to hop a boat over from the mainland?

If you do decide to change the firelizard to a different color, how did she come by it? Gift, found, or bought herself?

I was also curious why she'd shorten her name if bonded? Females generally don't shorten their names, but it's definitely not unheard of. We have one even now, I'm just curious why she'd decided to do so Might be an interesting piece of information for either her history or fun facts. We also love when people suggest names they'd like for their dragons, so thanks!

ALSO, I love people who love whers. Because I love whers. And whers are GREAT!

You can PM me, or post something on the cBox if you wanna talk about anything or need any help I also have AIM and SKYPE if you want easier access.

[Parallel]

Player:
Name: Parallel
Are you 17+?:  yup
Past RP Experience: none at all

Character:
Name: Kestrel
Age: 20
Gender: Female
Sexual Orientation: Bisexual
Occupation: Candidate
Description:
Standing at around 5ft 6 Kestrel manages to seem imposing regardless of the height of those around her. When she wants she makes her presence well known, she can be quite intimidating with her staring grey eyes. But for the most part her simple attire and quiet but purposeful stride let her rome unnoticed by those she has no inclination to speak with.

When she left her family she cut her nut brown hair short for convenience sake while traveling, and though she might not readily admit it, an element of defiance was definitely present. She usually runs her hand through it while thinking to herself.
Her pale skin is soft and smooth but is often tinged with a deep red at her cheeks from blushing.

She tries to hold herself well in company, even when the urge to fade into the background presents itself. On her own she leans more toward looking inconspicuous. Usually seen with her arms crossed and a slight frown she doesn't appear to be very approachable. But this is more of a defense mechanism on her part, she's afraid of attracting too much attention and making a mistake.

Her movements are well placed, though this grace did not come naturally, she had to work on her fluidity. In doing so she thought she would be able to present herself better.
Due to her almost continuous wandering her already slim frame became toned with strong muscles. Though she had strength in her body she was not at all masculine, her femininity remained distinctly present in her well formed curves, her angular heart shaped face, high cheekbones and mocking smile.

Personality:
Kestrel is naturally quite a shy and nervous person but through years of practice she has created an external appearance of self confidence and self assurance. She tries very hard to believe that she is this braver and to that end is very stubborn with herself.
Around people at first she is very quiet, silently trying to understand them without any interaction (she usually feels uncomfortable starting a conversation). But when she feels comfortable enough to relax with someone this is is when her real confidence shines through. It's at times like these that she can express herself more clearly and genuinely, often surprising herself in the process.
Kestrel is strong willed and stubborn when she believes she's right, even if she'd only be brave enough to tell a few people she trusts exactly what that belief is.

She does, however, have an unfortunate limit of patience for those she sees as beneath her, perhaps because of long periods spent on her own. But she is very conscious of that fault because of her innate ability to discern how others are feeling. She has never held a position of authority, but from her experiences travelling on her own she has grown accustomed to trusting her intuition and therefore not tolerating anyone else's judgment. It's not very particular to any particular kind of person, just those who happen to think differently from her at the time, she starts to look down on them a little. It's one of her major faults.

The years of rearing and handling runnerbeasts have strengthened Kestrel's talent for reading body language fluently. From watching and understanding runners she has learned how to watch and understand people. She always tries to be aware of her surroundings, focusing on those in her immediate presence.
This then gives her an advantage to manipulate them, and unfortunately she sometimes does. She has used someone's emotions against them more than once to fuel her own self-indulgent agenda.

But lately she's been trying to curb that emotional blackmail because she has become ashamed of it. She now tries to hide her more ruthless side and use her empathy to connect with people better as she feels much like an outcast and not worthy of companionship.

She feels like she needs someone to put her trust in because she's finding it hard to trust herself.


History:
Kestrel was born and raised on the outskirts of Telgar Hold. The man and woman who had raised her as there own were not her true parents and the moment she found this out she convinced herself that she didn't belong with them anymore. She began travelling soon after that with her Runner Brenin and has since avoided speaking to anyone about her parentage. She was good with runners, always had been. She often wondered if her real father had some talent with beasts, it comforted her to think that maybe they shared this connection.

She travelled south, making money using her skills with animals, helping farmers with stubborn herdbeasts and tradesmen with young unruly runners. Along the way she was watching for clues as to who her parents had been. She always looked at people directly (regardless of how intimidating that may seem), wondering if there was a likeness between them. Maybe her parents were still alive and would recognise her? Maybe she would see a part of herself in someone else, a sibling perhaps?

When she reached Keroon she met a young man named Jordan. He was well built and proportionaly perfect, though not as handsome as you would hope. He was a WherHandler. His bonded partner, Brown Jorsk, was nearing his 5th Turn. Jordan himself was, Kestrel guessed, was close to his 24th. Jordan had been an apprentice at the Beast Hall until he bonded with Jorsk, so Kestrel felt an immediate connection with him. As he was in search of a new WherHold they agreed to travel together. Though this meant sleepng during the day and continuing on at night, Kestrel didn't mind. She enjoyed they're company, which surprised her greatly as she normally avoided people. But the more she travelled with Jordan and Jorsk, the more she longed for a companion of her own and a place to call home. She had grown extremely fond of Jorsk and decided that she too wanted to be a Wherhandler, though she never spoke of this with either of them.

They decided to cross to the Sothern Continent by boat to see what it had to offer. Their journey took them to Silver Cove Hold where they began to discuss their future plans.

Fun Facts:
She is always watching the area around her, her environment, taking note of what's going on and how people are acting. She can take lead easliy but often doesn't out of fear of making a mistake. She loves the creatures of Pern and has a partucular soft spot for Whers.

Candidates:
Type: Dragon
Color Preference: Brown or Blue
Rider's Shortened Name: K'trel? Kestrel would inevitably shorten her name for two main, almost contradicting reasons, that may only make sense to her. She would both want to stand out from the norm and yet blend in more with the group.
She would relish the idea of being different from the other women at the Weyr as she inwardly sees them as a threat. She's never had much interaction with women as she has spent most of her life around animals and the men handling them. But the more times she spends with her own gender the more it frightens her to think how attrected to them she is. She therefore would want to seperate herself somehow from them and shortening her name would link her more closely to men, whom she feels more comfortable around.
That would be the second reason, to feel more at home with her weyrmates as the majority of them would have their honorific names. It would give her a better feeling of closeness within the group, like she fitted in easier.

General Info: Can i suggest names for my Dragon? I would really like Druith, Danuth or Lokith
RP Search: ok!

If it's ok I'd love to be allowed one of the eggs if the nesting Gold does rise soon I think I'd prefer a surprise than just outright choosing a blue or green!

[Rouxy]

I love her! I really love how you lfeshed her out, and now she's all Approved! You can start up your search as soon as you like : D

[Parallel]

Thank you! XD