Candidate Rolfeo
Jamie
duskdog717@yahoo.com
Common Knowledge:
Rolfeo is Raiwyn's younger brother, and you can tell by the attitude (and
the frequent sibling squabbles) even if they only share a few physical
traits. Sometimes he's a fun sort of guy, but most of the time he's
nothing but a big bully with a big temper and a sullen streak a
dragonlength wide. He's a good, hard worker, devoted to the Weyr and the
idea of dragonrider prestige even though he probably doesn't have a drop
of dragonrider blood in him. Clever people can recognize his
aggressiveness for what it is: frantic overcompensation for his deep, long
list of insecurities.
Character Name:
Rolfeo
Birthdate (age):
09.14.3303 (17)
Gender: Male
Birthplace:
Telgar Weyr
Current Location:
Last Hope Weyr
Family:
Mother - Renolwyn, deceased in earthshake
Father - Unknown
Half-sister - Raiwyn, 21, Last Hope Weyr, candidate
Half-sister - Fieran, deceased in plague
Half-brother - Renolfi, 12, Last Hope Weyr, weyrbrat
Half-brother - Fenol, deceased in plague
Half-brother - Relfin, deceased in plague
Half-sister - Rola, deceased in earthshake
Physical Description:
Rolfeo is a big, solid lad with broad shoulders, a muscular chest, and
thick biceps. He grew fast, so fast in fact that he was insecure about his
size for several turns until others his age began to catch up, but even
though he's no longer unusually large for his age, there's no doubt that
he's going to be a bull of a man. His eyes are pale blue, his inch-long
hair is bright red, and he's covered with freckles that stand out
particularly well against his fair skin. They cover his face in almost a
mass across his cheeks and the bridge of his nose, and are also
particularly thick on his shoulders and upper arms -- anywhere often
exposed to the sun.
Personality:
Rolfeo is one of those boys who isn't truly secure about his worth or his
masculinity, and so overcompensates to the point that he becomes an
insufferable bully. Oh, he has his times when he's a fun guy to be around,
laughing and joking about all the things that boys tend to laugh and joke
about, and he's a great guy to pick for your team in a game, but most of
the time, he's strutting around picking on anyone younger, weaker, or
moderately funny-looking. He isn't particularly smart but he excels at
anything physical, partially because of his size and partially because
everyone always picks him for the hard labor so he has had ample time to
build muscles (and skills) in that department. Unlike his sister, he tries
to behave for authority figures because he just isn't secure enough to
stand up to them, but his fights and bullying have gotten him in trouble
with them more than once. He is highly sensitive to criticism and has a
short fuse, but even when he doesn't lose his temper, he tends to be
sullen and pouty when he's upset. In fact, he's emotional enough that
he'll cry when he's angry enough, but by the time the tears actually fall,
he's probably punching you in the face so that you won't see it when it
happens.
His better qualities are well-hidden beneath all the roughness. He's
protective, and will turn right around and defend someone he normally
bullies if a stranger were to start picking on them. He has a special
weakness for baby animals and once kept an abandoned litter of kittens
alive by bottle-feeding, though he doesn't typically share that with
anyone else. He can be stubborn in a good way, and fiercely determined,
and once he gets his mind set on achieving something, you'd have to beat
him with a stick to get him to let go of his goal. It'd have to be a
mighty big stick, at that. Pit Bull would be a good way to describe him:
loyal to those close to him but territorial when it comes to strangers,
and with a startling potential for both violence and affection, but
thankfully almost always more bark than bite.
History: The
first time that young Renolwyn got pregnant out of wedlock, it was a small
scandal, but things gradually calmed down and she and her daughter were
more or less accepted by the dismayed grandparents. The second time she
got pregnant, however, enough was enough, and they tossed the young woman
out in the cold. With nowhere else to turn, she sought refuge at Telgar
Weyr, where she had heard that babies in such circumstances were the norm,
and it was there that she gave birth to Rolfeo.
When you're the younger brother of a girl like Raiwyn, you only have a few
options. You can either 1. Fade quietly into the background, 2. Become a
quivering emotional wreck, or 3. Learn to give as good as you get. Rolfeo
chose the latter. He was trouble from the beginning, but he never quite
developed his sister's confidence -- then again, it hardly mattered,
because he had the size to back up his attitude. The fact that, though he
was raised in the Weyr, he didn't actually come from dragonrider stock was
a constant cloud over his head, and it's part of what drove him to throw
himself into candidacy when he became old enough.
Renolwyn was one of the many who died in the Southern catastrophe. Rolfeo
took it harder than Raiwyn did, and it's still a shock that he hasn't
fully recovered from.