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• • Profile: Jazsen • •
Potts / Stats | Physical Description | Personality | Family
• Stats •
• Name
Jazsen (pronounced jazz sen)
• Nickname
Potts
• Elided name
J'sen (pronounced juh sen)
• Species/nationality
Pernese human.
• Gender
Male (heterosexual)
• Age
18.
• Craft and Rank
Metalsmith (kitchenware)
• Duties
Hammering away in the forge...he rarely sees the light of day as a result. Lately, he has decided to stand as a candidate hoping that a good sturdy dragon would help him deliver his goods. Therefore, he has put his freetime to good use by studying about the dragons of Darkling Dawn, and the rider's way of life.
• Home
Darkling Dawn.
• Physical Description •
• Hair
His dirty-blond hair is cut close along his head but a little longer on top. His eyelashes and brows are pale blond.
• Eyes
Large, long-lashed light brown eyes.
• Physique
Baby-fat seems to have finally fled Jazsen, from spending over two years as a full-time Smith, leaving him the "ox" everyone thought he would one day be. His stalwart strength of body and character preceed his 6'4" frame as he walks through the halls, and despite his weight, walks with a lightness of step.
• Appearance
He has a boyish, round-shaped face set with a medium-wide nose and full, expressive lips. With his ruddy skin, he always seems to be blushing even when his expression is calm. Several burn scars criss-cross his arms, obtained working in his metal shop.
• Clothing
Jazsen has had few occasions to wear formal clothing, most of which came second hand from the Weyr's stores. His life has been focused primarily on metalworking, so he grew accustomed to wearing a leather apron and heavy-duty canvas trousers. He always wears black boots and his short-sleeved shirts are streaked and stained. Little has changed since he moved to Darkling Dawn, though he has become mindful of his appearance in public. Because of this, he always has a few pairs of presentable clothing. Noteable accessories include the heavy leather apron and a wide belt carrying various tools for his craft.
• Personality •
• Attitude
He is big and burly, jovial and huggable: the teddy bear sort. He's been known to dip into the stew pot at off-hours or share a skin of wine with friends and bards well into the night. However, as with most riders and crafters, his smithy comes first. If he isn't out socializing, he will most likely be in the forge.
• Hobbies
Sometimes there are little scraps of metal left over at the end of a day, and if the fancy strikes him, he may create a little figurine made of strips of metal wound together, reminding one of balls of yarn, and welded together. These he will line up on a shelf to show children, if they happen to visit the forge out of curiosity, and will let them choose one they like.
• Family •
• Father
Father unknown, probably a dragonrider.
• Mother
Mother a greenrider.
• Sibling(s)
Siblings unknown.
• Pet
The Rukel named Lady. Please read further to learn more about Lady.
• History •
Jazsen has always lived at the Weyr working in the Lower Caverns. As he grew older, he showed a talent with metalworking, so he was apprenticed to the local Metalsmith, a woman whose two sons he soon befriended, named Pyotr and Ilviylir.
Most of the kitchen staff at Darkling Dawn are familiar with him if they don't know him by name, as he often supplies them with pots and silverware, the latter made with molds of his own artistic design.
• Lady •
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Jazsen's companion is only a recent edition to his life, a purple rukel by the name of Lady. Like all rukels, she is a small creature a little larger than a parrot, the perfect size to cuddle, if she allows it! All rukels have the same general characteristics, with some color variations and mutations (such as the number of wings, tails, etc.). But mainly the following are true: a longish face shaped similarly to a dog or deer, large, doe-like ears, small paws, brightly-colored fur including a mane that flows down the back of the head and neck along the spine, feathered wings, and a long, lion-like tail. Lady is typical in form, with a single pair of wings adourned with purple, lavender, and white feathers, a dark blue-violet body, a white-tufted tail, white paws, throat, and mane. She has no mutations except for her lop-ears, which make her appear even more adorable.
Don't let her appearance fool you, she lives up to her name in all ways. She is a lady, very proper and clean, with an air about her that simply demands respect and civility. It seems strange that she should befriend a metalsmith like Jazsen. Is it not dirty, sweaty work? She would never begrudge Jazsen his favorite pasttime. She has seen the good he does. She simply demands everything out of him that she demands in herself, and that includes baths twice daily!
When all is said and done, Lady makes an excellent companion for her counterpart Jazsen. She forces order into his life where he would otherwise just spend all day in the forge. She is demanding of his attention just by being there, for he is always mindful of the safety of others. That she "must" share the same living space as himself forces him to remain tidy when he would rather not bother. She makes it all worth it.
The only thing he would rather she remain quiet about ("Leave me alone," mutter mutter) is her opinion on the subject of his lonliness. "You need a woman," she says. Yes, rukels can, and often speak verbally, like any person. He doesn't want to bother with the subject, it is not worth his time. Ah, well. Perhaps if someone should just happen along that he simply cannot ignore...
• • •
Jaszen will be standing at Darkling Dawn.