IGEN WEYR - PERSONA SHEET

Date created: 4 December 1996
Last Updated: 4 June 1998

Persona Information

Timeline:
4 May 1978 - Ralenaya born
30 June 1978 - G'mead born
6 March 1979 - Sophynale born
8 November 1979 - J'torian born
23 September 1980 - Hotora born
6 February 1984 - Jetrin born
16 April 1988 - J'torian fostered out to Igen Weyr
ca. August 1988 - J'torian befriends Sophynale
17 October 1991 - Darian dies
beginning of November 1991 - J'torian befriends Ralenaya
12 November 1991 - J'torian Impresses
9 January 1992 - G'mead Impresses
summer of 1994 - J'torian Impresses flitters
6 August 1997 - J'torian becomes Igen Weyr's youngest Wingsecond ever

Main Character - J'torian
Sex: male
Birthdate: 8 November 1979
Birthplace: Fort Weyr
Rank: bronzerider, Wingsecond of Rising Tide Wing
Mother: Jetora, Fort Weyr queenrider
Father: Darian, holder at Telgar Hold, deceased
Siblings: Hotora, half-sister, High Reaches Weyr queenrider; Jetrin, half-brother, Telgar Weyr candidate

Significant others: G'mead, Igen Weyr blue rider
Children: none
Does J'torian look like anyone famous?: Well, think of a *young* Paul McCartney.

Physical Information:
Height: 195 centimeters (about 6 feet 3 inches)
Weight: 190 pounds
Build: slender/slim but well-muscled nonetheless; slender build but firm-fleshed, not lanky or bony - oh, you know what I mean
Hair: dark, chocolate brown; straight but prone to curl in random places; cut in an A-line - very short at the nape of the neck, but getting longer as you progress to the front so that by the time you reach his forehead his forelocks veil his brows haphazardly/boyishly
Eyes: dark, chocolate brown; large and round
Complexion: milk-white skin (to offset his dark hair) usually flushed a gorgeous, healthy red; tans fairly easily in the sun
Facial features: strong yet delicate; intelligent brow, but not too high; high-arching graceful eyebrows, heavy but not bushy; long, profuse eyelashes; fine nose, perfect/sensuous nostrils; not-too-full lips tinged a healthy dark pink; incredible cheekbones, slightly clefted chin
Identifying marks: slight Threadscoring on right shoulder and collarbone and right side of jaw; two-inch scar from a knife cut on left forearm from a holder man who objected to the fact that he was gay
Handiness: left-handed
Dress: when not in riding gear he wears clothes of dark earth colors or dark water colors; boots and heavier clothes are of a suede-type material (it's too reminiscent of dragonshide for some people's tastes!); tends to dress more formal than necessary
Jewelry: sometimes wears silver drop earrings, in one ear or in both; sometimes wears a silver ring on right thumb, or a silver anklet on left ankle

Pets: two green fire lizards named Veggie and Threadhead
J'torian's self-defense: his two green fire lizards; his intimidating bronze dragon Storalinth; some martial arts skills (all of these are only for self-defense)
Hobbies: harpering, cooking, swimming, healering, herb lore (i.e. researching herbs for medical purposes, for dyeing clothing, almost anything)

Personality/Background:
     J'torian, Igen Weyr Wingsecond of Rising Tide Wing, rider of bronze Storalinth, was born in Fort Weyr to his queenrider mother Jetora and Telgar holder father Darian - his parents had been under the influence of their fire lizards' mating passions - and was fostered out of Fort at the age of eight to Igen Weyr (he was then Searched at the age of eleven). The death of his father Darian, three weeks before his twelfth birthday, caused him great depression: if it hadn't been for Sophynale's support, or the beginning of his friendship with Ralenaya two weeks later, or his Impression of Storalinth a few days after his twelfth birthday, he probably would have remained in his depression. He met G'mead in 1995 when G'mead got transferred to his wing, and the two began their relationship about three months later. His relationship with his half-siblings Hotora and Jetrin is just one of friendly acquaintance, nothing more, and sometimes he wishes there was more, but he was brought up at Igen and his half-siblings were fostered out to High Reaches and Telgar Weyrs and so it is not easy to catch up on lost time. J'torian's fave color is deep Harper blue and he loves cute men and good Benden red.
     J'torian always gives more of himself than he gets in return. He is the one you see at parties calmly/quietly listening to a complete stranger spill their guts about their personal problems. Something about him tells people that he is an attentive, sympathetic listener. However, J'torian will not do the same in return; the only person he'll spill all *his* guts to is his lover G'mead, and his two closest girl friends, Sophynale and Ralenaya. You may think he's spilling all his guts to you because he's so open and because he shares so much personal stuff, but he's only telling you the things which HE doesn't consider as very personal/private news - that sort of news is reserved for G'mead, Ralenaya, and Sophynale. J'torian always draws women to him, 1) because he is very attractive 2) because he is highly empathic and 3) being gay the women know that he would only be interested in them as people and not as sexual beings. J'torian also draws so many women to him because he is the best therapist: he listens to all their problems and does his best to offer suggestions or solutions, or just a friendly shoulder. But as mentioned above, the only persons J'torian will go to with HIS problems are G'mead, Ralenaya, and Sophynale. With *most* people he knows, J'torian is the comforter/protector, not the comforted/protected. He has a large group of women friends, but very few male friends; other than G'mead, he only knows several guys in the Weyr to any good extent, while he is on good terms with nearly all the weyrwomen and female dragonriders.
     The reason why J'torian has few male friends is that he gets cold around men, especially around men he is interested in. He's always afraid of his own reactions to men since his first four love attempts were nightmarish. Those relationships were with four different holder males Searched by the Weyr (each at different times, obviously - J'torian isn't into group things ^_^) who each gave J'torian the impression of being the perfect man, who each used J'torian for a quick sexual fling, and then each beat J'torian up out of fear of their own homosexual tendencies being revealed to others. All this occurred after J'torian Impressed Storalinth and the bronze came to his rescue all four times, but the ensuing commotion and attention focused on J'torian would always cause him extreme humiliation/embarrassment even though his rational mind knew that he shouldn't be embarassed for someone else's crime. And yes, this happened to him four times! Each of the four times the holder guy in question (one was the Lemos Holder's first son) was severely, publicly punished, and J'torian became known in the Weyr for his men troubles, a reputation which he did not enjoy even if it wasn't his fault.
     Because of these four unsuccessful bouts with horrible males, J'torian has an immense weakness for men who treat him even semi-nicely. So if some guy does something for J'torian just out of commonplace niceness (such as fetching him a cup of hot herbal infusion to drink after a cold morning of fighting Thread or even just complimenting his flying ability), he could be in danger of falling in love with the guy just for that random act of kindness. By acting cold to men, J'torian can distance himself and prevent himself from falling in love too soon. Because of this J'torian has had a bad relationship in the past with Harlegen (Igen Weyr's Headsteward), because Harlegen, being gay, could have been a potential lover. They were polite to each other, but they were also indifferent/distant to each other.
     Storalinth can and will snap J'torian out of his hostile phases when it gets to be too much. And the fact that J'torian's hostility makes Storalinth upset is also a deterrent to J'torian, but nevertheless he can't help how he feels towards men after all of his emotional scarring.
     When it came to G'mead, J'torian had always noticed him here and there, but never thought much about him. Too busy with Threadfall and after the fourth holder guy had beat him up he was avoiding any male contact. But when G'mead got transferred to J'torian's wing, J'torian began run into him about more and more, in the Lower Caverns, at Gathers, etc. as G'mead had intended. J'torian quickly fell in love with G'mead (who had already been in love with J'torian for quite a while) and everything about him: his green bedroom eyes, his contagious laugh, his various combinations of boyishness and maturity, his bashful-yet-outgoing quality, his awesome hazel-colored hair that was dark at the roots but quickly lightened to a fine blond at the tips due to constant exposure to the hot Igen sun.
     Yet J'torian, still retaining the memory of those four holders and other various disappointments, remained cold, or at least indifferent, to G'mead's advances. In fact, J'torian even became hostile to a slightly aggressive G'mead at a Keroon Hold Gather, and physically pushed the blonde man away even as he wondered to himself what he was doing. J'torian walked away, leaving a stunned/torn G'mead standing motionless in front of a drink stand, with various narrow-minded holder-bystanders laughing at him.
     Later that night, as he and the last of the dragonriders returned from the Gather in the hours just before dawn, J'torian began to feel horrible for what he did to the guy he wanted; as soon as he reached Igen Weyr he had Storalinth fly directly to G'meads weyr. Still wearing his flying gear and entering silently, he found G'mead apparently sleeping on his bed, with G'mead's blue Birtath also in slumber. J'torian walked over to the side of G'mead's bed, looked down at the face for a few moments, and with a quiet "I'm sorry," lightly kissed G'mead on the mouth.
     However, G'mead was not sleeping; he just had his eyes closed, unhappily contemplating J'torian's behavior at the Gather, when he heard a noise and remained still, thinking it was someone with malicious intent and intending to surprise them by pretending to be asleep. Opening his eyes a slight crack he realized it was J'torian, and with puzzled anticipation he kept his eyes shut, waiting. When he felt the kiss he opened his eyes and the completely surprised J'torian jumped back, blushing and staring at the ground. G'mead, sitting on his bed, continued to stare at the standing J'torian, who studied the floor in shaken silence.
     J'torian turned to run out of the weyr in embarassment/fear when G'mead whispered, "Wait!" J'torian, not wanting to let himself become happy, looked at G'mead half in disbelief, half in lust. G'mead slept in the nude; he had been under the covers but when he sat up he showed a lot of flesh. G'mead noticed J'torian's reaction and, raising his eyebrows in entreaty, beckoned J'torian to sit down on the bed. J'torian stared into the other man's earnest, loving, pleading green eyes and G'mead was rewarded when his object of desire flashed a heartstopping, gentle smile of acceptance and began to strip.
     As J'torian has had an idyllic relationship with G'mead since 1995, he is almost completely healed of his demons concerning past lovers. He now acts his normal innocent/charming self around men and although he'll lapse into his "indifferent mode" around them from time to time, G'mead or Storalinth will snap him out of it. Things with Harlegen have since been resolved and any bickering between them now is friendly bickering so Harlegen lets J'torian help out as much as he wants in the Lower Caverns - J'torian loves to cook.
     J'torian's nature makes him the perfect candidate to be a Weyrhealer; in fact our ambitious J'torian hopes to become either a Weyrharper or a Weyrhealer, or even both. He loves music and can play as well as the Igen Weyrharper, and his knowledge of herbs is that of a journeyman healer - as a kid he would always hang around Weyrharpers and Weyrhealers, and he was (and still is) intelligent enough to absorb their knowledge by watching. He sings and speaks in a lazy, soothing/smooth baritone. J'torian prefers to be out alone or with one or two friends at a time; when he goes to eat in the Lower Caverns he is usually alone with his flitters, or he's with G'mead or Sophynale or Ralenaya or some combination of the three - and if he's alone he's usually joined by some acquaintance who needs someone to talk to about their problems. But this isn't to say that he can't enjoy larger crowds - he DOES. He's the type of guy who won't be inclined to say a word if you sit next to him during a meeting or a party, but if you ask him a question, he'll answer it with sincere good-naturedness and be happy to talk if YOU want to.
     J'torian is not macho in any sense of the word but he isn't the stereotypical effeminate gay guy either: he prefers his men to be in that middle ground between macho and effeminate, sometimes leaning more towards macho, but he really doesn't have a type. While J'torian is the dominant, more masculine protector-type character in all his friendships, he is the less dominant character in his relationship with G'mead.
     As said above, if J'torian is at a party and he doesn't know anyone, he'll be in the corner taking it all in, most likely not participating unless someone tries to involve him. Yet his very presence can dominate a party and soon someone will attempt to involve him, and if he's amenable (as he usually is) he'll join in. While he is quiet, he has a WICKED sense of humor so if you can draw him out his shell just a little bit, he'll come out the rest of the way by himself and proceed to quietly become the life of the party. J'torian can never get very angry for his own behalf - he wastes anger only for his friends' behalf; he only gets annoyed and frustrated for himself. Nor can he truly HATE people; he can only feel pity and distaste for them. Although he has no problem using expletives he does it so rarely that when he uses one you *know* something's bad. He is an expert at hiding his emotions: if he dislikes someone, he'll never show it unless he is alone with that person and that person has really annoyed him in some way. If he's depressed you'll never know (sometimes even Sophynale and Ralenaya don't know); if you truly want to know, he'll have to tell you truthfully. But he's only doing it out of consideration for you: if you ask him how he's doing and he's feeling down, he won't even tell you that because he's afraid to ruin *your* day. He is the best therapist and advocate one can have.
     All this secrecy doesn't mean that J'torian isn't honest; in fact, J'torian is extremely open/forthright and at times he adheres to the credo "honesty is the best policy" a bit too much for most people's tastes.
     J'torian is very friendly, but insult a friend of his and you'd better be ready with a snappy comeback or one of his scathing remarks will hit you directly in the face. But insult J'torian himself and he'll ignore it; if G'mead tries to stick up for him, J'torian will even stop him from doing so. If you seriously offend J'torian, he'll get terse, raise his shields, and distance himself, but he will still be able to give off the impression that you are his favorite person to talk to.
     Being weyrborn and -bred, J'torian always grew up thinking his taste for guys was as normal as a dragon's ability to fly, so he grew up without any mental problems in that area. His Teachings came to him easily, almost too easily, and by the age of ten Turns he was soon in a class where he was the youngest by at least a Turn or so than everyone else. He finished his standard studies quite early but he continues to study music- and lyric-composing with the Weyrharper and he learns herb lore from Ralenaya. He is under consideration for being given honorary journeyman Harper status.
     Since J'torian was fifteen Storalinth had been flying in the queens' mating flights, and J'torian is worried about this because the last thing he wants to do is to sleep with a woman. Storalinth has not yet caught a gold dragon in a flight, and J'torian is worried that it is his own inhibitions that are holding back Storalinth. Storalinth has flown green dragons, and when the green dragons have male riders J'torian feels okay about it (except of course if the green rider isn't into same-gender sex), but once the rider was female. Luckily the woman was understanding enough and J'torian was open enough for both parties to be comfortable with each other, but nevertheless J'torian never again wants to wake up after the excitements of a mating flight to find himself naked in some random woman's bed. He isn't even that comfortable waking up in bed with other men, since he has G'mead and would prefer an exclusive relationship. Yet he is weyrbred and does not want to hate it because if he evinces those emotions he's afraid Storalinth will pick up on them and not fly well during mating flights. Thus J'torian is in a tight spot. He's talked to Storalinth about his being inhibited by his rider, but Storalinth always truthfully assures him that J'torian's feelings don't/won't inhibit him at all. J'torian believes his dragon, but he is still in the process of sorting his own feelings out.
     J'torian enjoys good food, good music, and good, quiet company, but he can and does enjoy loud company if it's present. He loves to cook (especially to create new dishes) and will help out Harlegen and the Lower Cavern workers on nearly every no-Fall day... he makes the best roast wherry and lemon bubbly pies. His favorite guy is G'mead, his favorite dish is roast wherry, and his favorite saying is: "It's not the men in my life; it's the life in my men."
     J'torian is continuously dealing with a slight battle between Sophynale and Ralenaya. While both are J'torian's good friends, neither of them really like the other because of their possessiveness of J'torian. Ralenaya, a weyrbred healer girl, is more intelligent than Sophynale (farmcraftbred) so "Rallie" is in general more engaging to J'torian and gets along on a higher level with J'torian than Sophynale does. However, Sophynale is more compatible with J'torian in personality, and in the fact that she is a queenrider and has more in common with J'torian as fellow dragonriders. Also, J'torian has known Sophynale three years longer than he has known Ralenaya. Therefore each girl is jealous of the fact that J'torian's relationship with the other girl is something they cannot attain. Although the two are civil to each other because they realize that their feelings stem from stupid jealousy and because they don't want to put J'torian in a hard spot, they nevertheless do not do the job well sometimes.

J'torian's Dragon:
Name: Storalinth
Color: Bronze
Size/wingspan: medium-sized for a bronze
Wing: Rising Tide Wing
Date Impressed: 12 November 1991
Where Impressed: Igen Weyr
Physical appearance: unusually long legs, almost out of proportion; tail and neck are also long, making for a slinky look; the bronze of this dragon is dark/rich and tinged with a clear red wine color; there is a gold-green sheen to the hide under his wings and the same sheen is also visible on his tail in the right lighting; Threadscore along the upper part of the right side of the neck

Personality:
     He is J'torian's comforter; few things may faze J'torian, but NOTHING fazes Storalinth. While Sophynale, Ralenaya, or G'mead can't always be right within reach for him, Storalinth can. J'torian is the therapist for so many people that he needs someone like Storalinth to be his therapist, and the mind-link of course makes the therapizing a lot easier. His humor is not the same as J'torian's so sometimes J'torian will make some comments which totally goes over Storalinth's head... but then the mind-link explains them. Storalinth is very much like J'torian, keeping to himself yet always friendly and approachable. He enjoys swimming, wherry, and Benden white!

Abilities:
     Like J'torian, he is highly empathic and helps J'torian when J'torian accompanies Ralenaya on her healer duties. Also, he has good musical ability for a dragon and he has a tendency to hum when he is happy or when music is playing. His perception for which girls would make good dragonriders is almost uncanny, but when it comes to Searching out male candidates, Storalinth would do better by random guessing.

Relationships:
     Storalinth can understand J'torian's interest in men, but he himself is infatuated with at least one of the queens at all times. He is one of the younger bronzes who are well-respected by older bronzes and browns; as mentioned before his personality is very much like J'torian, keeping to himself but always approachable. He has no compunctions about cavorting with flitters, or even speaking with any human present, and he will even tell some random passerby a joke if he's in a playful mood or a mood to share, but he does this rarely. Not that he doesn't want to, but he just doesn't do it most of the time. He's friendliest with the queens, who adore him (to the consternation of the other bronzes), and he has the least contact with blues even though he is still friendly to them.

Secondary Character - G'mead
Sex: Male
Birthdate: 30 June 1978
Birthplace: the Harperhall
Rank: bluerider of Rising Tide Wing
Height: 2 meters (about 6 feet 6 inches)
Weight: 200 lbs.
Build: deeper-chested, more strapping build than J'torian's, but still graceful
Hair: very straight hair in an A-line like J'torian's, dark at the roots but quickly lightening (due to Igen sun) to a fine blond at the tips - this phenomenon give his hair a general hazel color
Eyes: green-gold eyes not as big as J'torian's but just as arresting
Facial features: slightly tan complexion; face is stronger featured than J'torian's and has a slight Japanese cast to it; J'torian is strikingly, sexily handsome as is G'mead, but G'mead's beauty stems more from his vitality and combination of boyishness and maturity
Handiness: right-handed
Dress: likes wearing a light vest over his bare torso; prefers clothes of light, muted colors
G'mead's self-defense: his bronze fire lizard Goldrider, his blue dragon Birtath, and shouryuken (shouryuken are throwing stars - J'torian kind of despises such weapons)

Personality/Background:
     Although G'mead, Igen Weyr dragonrider of Rising Tide Wing and rider of blue Birtath, was born in the forward-thinking Harperhall, he was fostered out to Igen Hold and when he learned at the young age of 11 that he was gay he chose to hide it for two years (even if he never thought it was wrong), waiting until he was Searched and sent to the Weyr at 13 before he revealed himself. In fact, when he was still at the hold, at age 12, he got into a bad situation with a 14-year-old: when Ganmead expressed his wish to break off their illicit relationship the 14-year-old told him that if he broke it off he would tell all the hold about Ganmead being gay. Of course after Ganmead went to the Weyr he didn't mind his sexuality being revealed and after he Impressed Birtath at he had dragonrider rank to give him security (the only good part about seeing that 14-year-old guy was that he learned from him how to throw the shouryuken). Unlike J'torian however G'mead was not traumatized by his unsuccessful relationship. G'mead LOVES J'torian and is his opposite in many ways - he prefers crowds and usually is the one telling and not listening, unless he's with J'torian. He cooks, swims, and knows music like J'torian but is not into the herbs and healing like J'torian. J'torian is quietly/gently outgoing in a flirtatious way; G'mead is hotly/aggressively outgoing in a more jovial way.
Fire lizard: Goldrider (bronze)
favorite color: moor gray
Married: no, but lover is J'torian
Dragon's Name: Birtath
Color: blue
Impressed: 9 January 1992
Where: Igen Weyr
quick note: Birtath is infatuated with J'torian's younger Storalinth - the infatuation is somewhat sexual but nevertheless is more like the admiration a boy has for a higher ranking male - and will flirt with him cautiously as if he's testing the waters, even if the bemused Storalinth won't respond in the way Birtath wants. Birtath, being a blue, is better than most at Searching candidates: his strength lies in an uncanny ability to literally sniff out the best male candidates. Coupled with Storalinth's ability to seek out the best girls makes it a formidable combination, so Weyrwoman Ocean usually sends J'torian and G'mead on Search together, which is fine with all parties involved.

Minor Characters

Name: Ralenaya
Sex: Female
Birthdate: 4 May 1978
Birthplace: Southern Boll, fostered and raised in Igen Weyr
Height: 5'9"
Weight: 170 lbs.
Hair: black, wavy to curly
Eyes: snapping dark blue
Personality/Background: White-coffee complexion, with Asiatic AND African ancestry slightly evident, and an hourglassed figure. Fiery, witty mind (it shows in her eyes); usually puts on a tough, asperity-type front but can get quite soft and giggly when she feels comfortable enough. Loves herb lore like J'torian; is a talented Journeyman Healer. Apprenticed to the Southern Boll Hold's journeyman Healer and was going to go to the Healerhall at Fort for learning after five years of apprenticeship but she was transferred to Igen Weyr to help out the Healers there. It was then that she befriended J'torian, only a few weeks after his father died. Along with Sophynale at Telgar and G'mead, Ralenaya is J'torian's closest friend and the two can invariably be seen eating lunch with each other in the Lower Caverns, usually with G'mead and sometimes with Sophynale. Four years after being transferred to Igen Weyr, she was formally given the title of journeyman even without the formal training, as the Igen Healers had noticed her talent (especially in dragon healing) and recommended her for the rank. Ralenaya and Sophynale are jealous of each other's relationship with J'torian, but they realize that they are being petty and stupid and to be jealous would only put J'torian in a tight spot so they try to be nice to each other. However miscommunication is building up and it is at times tough for the two girls to be friendly.
Fire Lizards: Slip and Shod (browns)
favorite color: dark purple
Married: no, but secretly in love with Igen Hold's head Harper
Craft/Rank: Journeyman Healer
Apprenticed: 8 September 1986
Journeyman: 26 May 1995

Name: Sophynale
Sex: Female
Birthdate: 6 March 1979
Birthplace: Nabol's Farmcrafthold
Height: 6 feet
Weight: 180 lbs.
Hair: white blond
Eyes: silver gray
Personality/Background: Soft-spokenness hides a devastatingly sharp humor; on the whole is a quiet girl. Water to Ralenaya's fire. Knows music well, and loves to hunt. Since she is a junior Weyrwoman at Telgar she keeps J'torian informed on how his younger half-brother Jetrin is doing over there.
favorite color: muted green
Fire Lizard: Domino (bronze)
Married: no
Dragon Name: Dulmenith
Color: gold
Impressed: 24 May 1991
Where: Telgar Weyr

Name: Jetora
Sex: Female
Birthdate: 24 September 1952
Birthplace: Fort Weyr
Height: 5'11"
Weight: 180 lbs.
Hair: brown
Eyes: blue
Personality/Background: Generally a nice woman; had no problem with the fact that J'torian loved men; also very much into herb lore, which was probably how J'torian got started.
Fire Lizards: Lepp (blue) and Deva (green)
Married: birthed J'torian by way of Darian of Telgar Hold; birthed Hotora and Jetrin through her now ex-weyrmate H'trin, a bronze rider at Fort
Dragon Name: Jolinth
Color: gold
Impressed: 1 August 1965
Where: Fort Weyr

Name: Hotora
Sex: Female
Birthdate: 23 September 1980
Birthplace: Fort Weyr
Height: 6' feet
Weight: 185 lbs.
Hair: brown
Eyes: brown
Personality/Background: An all-around nice girl, very much into music like J'torian; loves visiting her older brother but hates Igen weather, so usually asks J'torian to see her instead.
Married: no relationships at this point, but has had relationships with a few of the bronze-riding and brown-riding weyrlings - her queen has risen already and though the rider of the bronze who catches her all the time treats Hotora well, nothing has happened between the two riders except friendly acquaintance
Dragon Name: Forolith
Color: gold
Impressed: 26 March 1993
Where: High Reaches Weyr