Wingsecond D'verish
Brown Melitarth
Persona Information:
Name: D'verish
Age: 36 turns.
Gender: Male
Sexual Orientation: Heterosexual
Rank/Craft: Wingsecond, Weyrleader's Wing.
Mother: Flan, 63, Kitchen Worker.
Father: Dr'vrensh, deceased, Brownrider.
Siblings: No full brothers or sisters.
Foster Parents : None.
Significant Other: None at this time.
Children: One flight child, Verik; deceased.
Persona Appearance:
D'verish is 5' 10" and no lightweight. He has the hard muscles of a dragonrider, and his bones are large. He has a bit of excess weight, as he enjoys his food, but he is not fat, just well-padded. He stands squarely on his two very large feet, the confident stance of a confident man, and his walk, slightly bow-legged from being astride a dragon for many turns, is fast, bold, and decisive. There is an aura of strength and solidity about him, and something in him that inspires trust. He seems as if no matter what, he will always remain, and never flag in his duties and efforts.
He has brown hair which he keeps closely cropped, but when he allows it to grow out a bit it curls slightly. He is one of the few men on Pern with the genes that allow him to grow a beard, and it is thick and very curly. His skin is darkly tanned from the southern sun, and his eyes, not quite blue, not quite green, shine like small jewels. His nose is large and rough-hewn, and has been broken several times, and he has a large scar across his back from a fall he took in a fight as a youth.
Persona Personality:
D'verish is a stoic man. He takes what comes to him without question, and refuses to let whatever fate befalls him stop him from completing his duties. He doesn't care what other people say about him, just that he fulfills his duties, cares for his dragon, and never falters in his task. He believes that dragonmen are men apart, that their calling is a higher one, their duty a grim one, and their purpose to protect. He has always been a man of tradition, not imaginative but not cruel or stupid either, and able to adapt if necessary. It was this attitude of resiliance that advanced him in rank, and he is proud of his position as Wingsecond. He works tirelessly, and since his wingleader, T'lobl, lost his Weyrmate and Weyrwoman, Santara, he has taken up much of the wing duties while his wingleader grieves.
He himself has cause to grieve; a scant turn ago his only child, of a mating flight between himself and a greenrider now inhabiting to Ista due to the great Wing Transfers, died of pneumonia. For a while, grief threatened to drag him under, but the support of his brown dragon and his strong, stiff-upper-lip demeanor kept him from collapsing. Though the death of his child weighs heavily upon him, he still continues. Sometimes, however, he allows himself to cry, when only his dragon can see him.
Persona History:
D'verish was born Duverish. His mother was a mere kitchen worker, and remains so today. His father was a brownrider, and during a flight, one that he'd lost, he came seeking a willing female. Flan was so, and Duverish was concieved. After that first night together, Dr'vrensh and Flan continued a casual relationship.
Duverish was raised by his mother, and grew up an average weyrbrat, reasonably happy and continually dreaming of impression. Duverish always wanted a brown, just like his father. His father was fond of the boy, and watched over him, but did not take an active role in the child's life; he preferred the 'admiration and affection from afar' type of parenting.
Though Duverish began standing when he was fourteen he did not impress until he was four turns older. It was a clutch in which Santara's queen laid twenty-nine, a large clutch in Interval times. All of the boys were eager for the hatching date, and even one or two girls stood, defying tradition. Clutches were few and far between, what with no Junior gold. Duverish became D'verish, impressing his brown Melitarth.
D'verish learned from the Weyrlingmaster along with the other young men and one girl who had impressed. D'verish impressed his wingleaders, and at twenty-nine turns became a wingsecond, much to his delight. D'verish persued several casual relationships, having one flight child, but never really settled down with anyone, until he met Laisa, a beautiful young greenrider whose wit and laughter entranced him. The two fell in love.
Then, two turns ago, the Weyrs, led by Ista and Igen, began to withdraw wings and riders from Atora. They pulled the woman D'verish had intended to Weyrmate. This bittered D'verish, and he keenly felt the loss of his love. To make things worse, a wave of pneumonia swept through Atora during an especially rainy wet season, and both D'verish's son and elderly father passed away. The double tragedy rocked the middle-aged brownrider, but he rebounded, and is currently himself again, though he acutely misses his lost family members.
Dragonrider Information:
Dragon's Name: Melitarth
Dragon's Age: 18
Dragon's Color: Brown
Dragon's Appearance:
Melitarth is an average-sized brown, well-muscled and stocky like his rider. He is a rich, warm color, like watery klah, with hints of red on his wing membranes. His head is large, and his eyes huge in his head. His neck ridges are especially pronounced, large and graceful. His wings are broad and long, giving him great power and speed when flying, although his maneuverability has been sacrificed.
Dragon's Personality:
Melitarth is a sensible fellow. There honestly isn't much to say about him; he is a solid, dependable type not wont to flighty or irrational behavior, with a decent memory for a dragon. He is good at coordinating his wingmembers during threadfall, and he will work until he drops. The saying like rider, like dragon, is especially apt in Melitarth's situation.
All references to worlds and characters based on Anne McCaffrey's fiction are copyright© Anne McCaffrey 1967, 2001, all rights reserved, and used by permission of the author.
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