Candidate Sirai
Houka Ryuu
houka_ryuu@hotmail.com
Common Knowledge:
He is the only black-haired person
among the family. His birth is the result of his mother having witnessed a
golden flight of a queen while visiting the Weyr. It is common gossip that
his "real" father must have been one of the bronze riders that did not
catch the queen rider. Despite the fact, Sirai is still claimed by Sireno
as his own flesh and blood and Sirai couldn't care less who his "real"
father is. As far as Sirai is concerned, Sireno is his one and only
father.
Character Name: Sirai
Birthdate (age): 07.17.3305
(15)
Gender: Male
Birthplace: Pioneer Hold
Current Location: Last Hope Weyr
Family: Grandfather: Sirkon
(seer-kohn), 80, Last Hope Hold, Retired Harper of Master Rank
Grandmother: Enoki (eh-noh-key), 75, Last Hope Hold, Retired Harper of
Master Rank
Grandfather: Lanter (lahn-tehrr), 78, Last Hope Hold, Retired Weaver of
Master Rank
Grandmother: Aisling (eyes-sling), 73, Last Hope Hold, Retired Weaver of
Master Rank
Father: Sireno (see-reh-noh), Last Hope Hold, Harper of Master Rank
Age: 35 Winter Birthing Day
Description: Sireno has copper-colored hair which he has started to let
grow. He has almond-shaped green eyes with smile lines at the edges. He
stands six feet and five inches with a body used to hard labor. Despite
his age, he still carries himself proudly and his muscular body is
well-maintained without sagging or visible body fat like love handles or a
belly pouch.
Personality: Takes things as they come. He never panics and strives to
find solutions instead. A very easy-going person that is quick to laugh at
jokes and pranks.
Mother: Aislan (eyes-lahn), Last Hope Hold, Weaver of Master Rank
Age: 29 Winter Birthing Day, (Deceased)
Description: Aislan had golden blond hair that reached way below her waist
and almost touching the back of her knees. She had round-shaped dark brown
eyes that could make a man drown in her sweet innocent gaze. She was on
the petite size of five feet and five inches.
Personality: She was always anxious about anything and everything. If not
for Sireno's calm outlook in life, she would have gotten so stressed out
with her life that she would literally make herself sick with worry.
Brother: Siran (see-ran), Last Hope Hold, Holdbrat
Age: 12 Autumn Birthing Day
Description: Siran has fiery red hair like his father that reaches just a
little past his shoulders. However he has big round-shaped brown eyes a
common physical trait of the people of Pern. At the moment, he stands at
five feet and eight inches and growing. He has started to get a muscular
body since he started apprenticeship with farming.
Personality: He is a very serious person and takes his chores very
seriously. He's very quiet and reserved. In a crowded room, he is often
the one at the back being ignored.
Brother: Renolan (reh-noh-lahn), Last Hope Hold, Holdbrat
Age: 9 Spring Birthing Day
Description: Renolan is the elder of the twins. Renolan has yellow blond
hair that reaches a few inches past his shoulders. Unlike her sister, he
really takes good care of his hair so it is usually clean and neatly
combed. He has slanting eyes the color of green grass. At the moment, He
stands at exactly five feet but He is still a growing boy.
Personality: A very reserved person, he is the one always taking care of
Reta's many scrapes and bruises. He also makes sure that she does her
chores before she goes out to have fun.
Sister: Lanire (lah-knee-reh), Last Hope Hold, Holdbrat
Age: 9 Spring Birthing Day
Description: Lanire is the younger of the twins. Lanire has yellow blond
hair that reaches a few inches past her shoulders. Unlike her sister, she
doesn't really take good care of her hair so it is usually in wild
disarray. She has slanting eyes the color of green grass. At the moment,
she stands at exactly five feet but she is still a growing girl.
Personality: She's very care-free. She doesn't care about cuts and
scrapes, nor does she care about her appearance. All she cares about is
having fun in life while she still can.
Sister: Airen (eye--rehn), Last Hope Hold, Holdbrat
Age: 6 Summer Birthing Day
Description: Like Lanire, Airen has yellow blond hair and at the moment,
her hair is a few inches past the middle of her back. Unlike her sister,
she really takes good care of her hair so it is usually clean and neat and
arranged in a braid. She has eyes the color of a light brown dragon. At
the moment, she stands at three feet and eight inches. However, she is
still a growing girl.
Personality: Airen inherited her mother's anxious disposition. It is hoped
that she would one day outgrow her nervousness regarding anything and
everything in life.
Brother: Siris (see-rees), Last Hope Hold, Holdbrat
Age: 3 Winter Birthing Day
Description: Siris has red hair just like his brother Siran. In addition,
he has inehirted his father's almond-shaped green eyes. At the moment, he
stands at exactly three feet and he is still agrwoing boy.
Personality: Being only three turns of age, it is still a little too early
for him to have a set personality.
Physical Description: In most
cases, one would almost mistake Sirai for a girl not only for his hair,
but also with the way he clothes himself. Sirai's hair is very long for a
guy. His waist-length hair is very silky and shiny that any girl would
envy. He usually has his hair up in a pony tail. However, once in a while,
he lets his hair down and lets it fall freely down his back. During the
day, one would notice that Sirai's hair has a bluish tint. However, at
night, his hair is the blackest there is. Apart from his unnaturally long
hair, Sirai has deep blue eyes that are almond-shaped. The edges of his
eyes have laugh lines proving that he smiles a lot. However, his eyes are
very expressive that one would know his true feelings no matter how much
he hides them behind a smiling face. His eyes are the windows to his soul
with the way that they reflect every emotion that Sirai feels and every
thought that Sirai thinks. Inheriting his height from his dad, Sirai
stands six feet and five inches tall. His is an athlete's body build, lean
and trim. Yet despite his size, he is fast to act in defense or offense if
need be. In addition, he is very well coordinated and rarely trips on
anything. Sirai has inherited his bronze-brown complexion from his mother.
However, one would say that his complexion is perfect being that his skin
is not too fair and not too dark in coloring. In addition, on his right
chest is a very unique birthmark. The birthmark is lighter in color from
his bronze-brown skin and is shaped, oddly enough, like a dragon in
flight. As for his face, Sirai has a perfect set of white teeth. Which is
something that he looks at first in every person that he meets. His nose
and lips are average enough compared to everyone else. However, make no
mistake, his face is one that catches the eyes of ladies and men alike.
And when he speaks, his voice has such a dreamy quality that most people
who are listening are mesmerized. For clothing, Sirai will wear anything
so long as it does not clash with his look and that they fit him to a tee
albeit a little loosely.
Personality: Sirai has a laid
back kind of personality. He is not one to be found panicking needlessly
and usually helps to find solutions to problems. He likes to take things
leisurely almost to the point of procrastinating although he does get the
job done. Sirai is kind of hard to get to know for he has this
unapproachable vibe around him. One could say that it is a fault of his
personality. But, do not get me wrong, he is the most amiable sort of
fellow. It is just that the way he carries himself puts others off. Once
you do get to know him, Sirai is the kind of person where one could
express his or her most deepest darkest secret and not worry about it
being spread around the weyr. He is a warm and kind person always quick to
offer his help. Sirai does not like to tattle nor does he like people who
spread rumors about others. He believes that secrets must be held dear to
oneself should a person deem you worthy enough to share a secret. In
addition, he firmly believes that promises must be kept and never broken.
He has a dim view of others who do not keep their promises. He is a sure
friend to the end and very protective of them too. He is quick to correct
others about their etiquette and manners especially if they are his
betters. One could almost say that there is no joy in his life but he is
quick to laugh at his mistakes and his blunders. And he has an optimistic
way of looking at things in life.
History: It was the early
winter of the turn 3317. Aislan was 18 turns old and she was allowed to
accompany her mother when she, Aislan's mother, went to the Weyr to give
her finished weavings to those people that ordered them from her. It was a
crisp bright day and they were promptly received and ushered into the
lower caverns where the weyr hall was located. There, they were given mugs
of hot klah each and were told to wait for the people who will collect her
mother's weavings when suddenly, a great bellow was heard through out the
weyr. Gold Jesarath had Risen to mate. Aislan was totally unprepared for
the strange sensations crawling through her body. Quite frankly, she
didn't know what was happening to her and that just made her worry more.
As time passed, the sensations gradually decreased but with it she was
experiencing increasing pure unadulterated lust. When she had looked at
her mother, she didn't seem to be in anyway disturbed like she was.
Striving for anything to do, she had asked her mother if she could explore
the weyr on her own, her mother fearing nothing would be wrong about that
let Aislan wander.
As Aislan wandered near the weyrbowl, it was then that she noticed the
graceful body of Gold Jesarath in the air flying without her rider. Seeing
the riderless gold jolted Aislan's mind to what it all meant. Jesarath was
flying to mate. And somehow, Aislan was so mezmerized about the flight
that she unwittingly wandered to where the other riders had gathered
around the gold rider. And of course, as the winning dragon caught
Jesarath, the others slowly unmerged from their dragon but they were still
sexually in overdrive. By pure happenstance, Aislan was caught in the
gold's projected emotions that she never even knew that one of the riders
had turned to her and started doing the deed with her. Aislan's whole
being was being overwhelmed with the pure emotions and feelings that she
didn't even fight back and allowed the rider to have sex with her. It was
rought, hard, fast and over too soon. The rider thinking that Aislan was
one of the willing partners had left her without any intorductions nor a
glance back at her sleeping satiated form. Aislan felt like waking up from
a drugged sleep. She wondered at her nakedness and at the soreness of her
body in places she didn't even know existed. However, the soreness was not
at all painful but, it left her feeling well... satisfied was the best
thing she could describe. As she came fully awake, she realized that her
mother must be already ready to leave. In haste, she dressed and totally
forgot about what had just happened to her. However, after a month, it was
clear to her that something must have happened because she found out that
she was pregnant and she didn't know who the father was. Sireno was one of
Aislan's suitors who did not mind her having someone else's child. He was
understanding of the fact that things happen when one is under the
influence of... the mating lust of dragons. They were married not soon
after Aislan found out that she was pregnant.
And in the turn 3318, Sireno named their first born son, Sirai. Sir from
his own name, Sireno and ai from Aislan. Sireno treated Sirai just as if
he was his own flesh and blood. And as the turns passed, Sirai grew up to
love Sireno and Aislan just like any child would love his own parents.
Sirai was a silent child, never one to cry out loud when in the hands of
strangers, especially when his mother left him at the creche with other
hold babies and holdbrats. He learned to walk at a very young age of ten
months old. And just like the children from old Earth, his first word was
Dada at thirteen months old. As time passed, it was rather evident that
Sirai was a very intelligent child. And by age three on 3321, he was being
thought how to read and write by his Harper of a father, Sireno. In
addition, Aislan gave birth to his brother, Siran. Life went on as usual
for Sirai with the sole change of having Siran as part of their family
now. Once in a while, Sirai will help his mother to take care of Siran,
but usually, Sirai will be found practicing his letters or trying to read
one of the hide records in the hold.
Sirai's love of learning and reading has made him rather too advance for
those children his age and so, we find him in the company of older
holdbrats as his playmates. Sirai thought that those of his age were not
worth his time because they did not understand the things that he did.
Sometimes they, the older holdbrats, played rough forgetting the fact that
Sirai was really young. Therefore one day, when he was barely four turns
old in 3340, while he was playing with the other older kids, he got
accidentally pushed out a window and fell five feet to the ground. He got
a broken leg and arm which both healed nicely enough without any visible
scars. However, since that time, he has been afraid of heights. So long as
there is solid ground or floor beneath his feet that he could visibly see,
he was fine. However, place him near a window and he starts to freak out;
and sometimes ends up fainting because of his fear of heights.
When he turned five in 3323, Sirai has learned to talk so eloquently that
people especially strangers are taken aback at his wit and intellect. They
would have guessed Sirai as being a child of ten when he was in fact only
five. In addition, Sirai has started trying to teach his young brother
Siran who was only two turns old how to speak properly. In 3324, his
mother gave birth to twins a boy and a girl. They were named Renolan and
Lanire respectively. They were two new additions to his family. In
addition, he now started to attend the lessons thought to all children by
the resident Harper in the Hold. He would usually want to be the best and
the brightest among the group of children. Since he already knows how to
read and write at this time, the Harper then began to teach him the
Teaching Songs and Ballads. Time passed quickly with his life being in a
sort of routine. And only important aspects in his life remain lodged in
his brain like the birth of another sister who was named, Airen, in 3327
just a few sevendays after he turned nine turns old. By this time, Sirai
has develop a love for always arranging things either alphabetically or by
color gradient. This habit formed because he would always pick up after
his brothers and sisters who always seem to leave all their toys on the
floor. Sometimes, to escape the hussle and bussle in their hold, Sirai
would venture out alone to swim in the nearby lake and gaze at the sky as
he let himself get dried under the sun.
In 3330 his life was dealt a shocking blow when his mother died as she
gave birth to his youngest brother, Siris, a few months after he turned
twelve turns old. Despite this, Sirai still loved his brother Siris even
if his birth caused their mother's death. Instead of going into grief and
despair, he took over taking care of Siris and his other brothers and
sisters. However, because of his mother's death, he had formed a deeper
bond with Siris for the reason that he, Siris, was the only memento he had
left of his mother. At his mother's funeral, one of the guests had given a
portrait of his mother as a parting gift. He was so impressed with the
drawing that he started to visit and talk with Artists asking questions of
how they made their drawings. As time passed, since he was taking care of
his brothers and sisters, he developed the habit of always correcting
their etiquette and manners that in the end, Sirai could never stop
himself from correcting strangers in the proper etiquette and manners.
When he had turned fourteen on 3332, Sirai began to wonder why he looked
so much different from his other brothers and sisters. And one day, he
asked his father why it was so. He was rather shocked to learn that he in
fact was not his father's "real" son but someone elses. However, his
father adamantly declared that even if that was so, Sirai can rest assured
that his father claims him as his own flesh and blood no matter the facts
of his birth. After the shock wore off, Sirai got to thinking and in the
end, he didn't care if Sireno wasn't his "real" father. After all these
turns, to him, Sireno was his one and only "real" father.
A turn passed and when he turned fifteen in 3333, he told his father his
lifelong dream of becoming a dragonrider. His father, Sireno, wasn't
surprised and gave his blessing and permission when Sirai set off for the
weyr to become a candidate. However, on his way, a blue dragonrider passed
over head and they landed near him. As they landed, Sirai was struck
speechless at how huge and big the dragon was even if he was just a blue.
This was the first time that he saw a dragon up close and personal. Before
the rider could talk to Sirai, there seemed to be some sort of
conversation going on between rider and dragon. Sirai waited patiently by
the side of the road. He was rather nervous of why they were just there
arguing by themselves. And after what seemed like an eternity although it
was only less than five minutes. The rider informed Sirai was his blue
dragon thinks that Sirai has been Searched as a Candidate. The rider
hastilly helped Sirai to ride the blue dragon. It was just luck that Sirai
was too thunderstruck with the events that unfolded which was why he did
not notice that he was flying a-dragonback to the weyr. Only the jolt of
the dragon's landing onto the weyrbowl gave him the necessary interruption
which made him aware that he was rather high up from the ground. It was
all he could do not to disgrace himself in front of the rider by fainting
dead away. And so, we find Sirai in the weyrbowl without any idea of where
to go and what to do next.